Jeff Esposito

JANUARY 10, 2013

We dumped data from Lithium Social Media monitoring and dumped it into some weighted formulas to pop out the winners ( more on the formulas here ). Throughout the regular season and first round of the playoffs, we have picked NFL games in a pretty unconventional manner.

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Jeff Esposito

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Each week, we pick the weekend winners using social media data pulled from Lithium Social Media Monitoring and dropping them into a series of formulas ( full formulas here ). Entering Week 10 of the NFL Season, our weekly NFL predictions are 10 games over.500 500 with a 71-61 mark following a break-even Week 9.

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Jeff Esposito

JANUARY 17, 2013

For those of you that are new here, we use Lithium Social Media Monitoring to dump social data on the teams over a two week period and dump it into a slew of formulas ( more here ) and like magic out pop the winners. During the regular season, we wound up with a record of 137-111-1 mark, but have not done as well in the playoffs (3-5).

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Jeff Esposito

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

For those of you coming to this blog for the first time, each week we pull 14 days of social media data from Lithium Social Media Monitoring and dump it into some formulas (more on those here ). Currently we 77-68-1 (who ties games? It is like kissing your sister) after a 6-7-1 mark last week.

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Jeff Esposito

OCTOBER 18, 2012

For t those of you visiting for the first time , click here to see our prediction method sponsored by Lithium Social Media Monitoring. With six weeks in the book for the 2012 NFL season, Social Media’s predictions are in the middle of the pack with 47-44 mark following a lackluster 6-8 finish last year.

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Jeff Esposito

OCTOBER 4, 2012

For those of you that are new to this series, each week I leverage social media buzz for each team over a two week period using Lithium Social Media Monitoring , plug them into some formulas then *BOOM* winners are picked (more details here ). To add to the intrigue, I ask a friend from around the Internets for their picks.

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Jeff Esposito

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The methodology uses buzz collected using Lithium Social Media Monitoring and some formulas to predict the winner of each of the weekend’s games (more on that here ). Over the course of the 2012 NFL season we’ve racked up a 117-83-1 mark predicting NFL games using social media buzz.

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Jeff Esposito

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

After analyzing the data with the Lithium Social Media monitoring software, the collective social Web decided that the Green Bay Packers would be the Super Bowl champs. Last week, I ran a report to decide the Super Bowl Champion using social buzz. Fast forward a week and we’re looking at a successful experiment for using.

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Jeff Esposito

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

For that I have no excuses except that my notion to pick the weekly winners using social media buzz collected using Lithium Social Media Monitoring and a series of formulas. Seeing that record you might be thinking to yourself as to how a guy who used to work in the NFL was performing so crappy in terms of weekly picks.

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Jeff Esposito

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

A 10,000 foot overview is that I compile the buzz surrounding each team in the social media space over a two week period using Lithium social media monitoring and dump it into some formulas to assign a score which decides the winners. You can read more about it here.

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Jeff Esposito

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Like many football fans, I enter pools to pick the winners of each game. For this season, I decided to go against my gut and rely on the wisdom of the social web.

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Jeff Esposito

JANUARY 5, 2012

During the 2011 NFL season, I picked the weekly winners utilizing social media metrics gathered using Lithium Social Media Monitoring and a series of formulas ( click here for full formulas). While it might sound like bunk, figured it would be an interesting experiment to see how those fan-generated buzz could be used in predicting games.

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Jeff Esposito

OCTOBER 20, 2011

So without further delay, here are the NFL Week 7 picks courtesy of Lithium Social Media Monitoring and Damm Estrella. Despite not watching a snap of Week 6, my social picks ( formula ) were 7-6 and on the season I am sitting at 46-45. San Diego 6, New York Jets 10. Houston 10, Tennessee 6. Denver 6, Miami 10. Chicago 10, Tampa Bay 6.

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Jeff Esposito

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

If you missed the keynote that I did with Lithium’s Jenny Zaszut from Lithium, and want to see how the team at Vistaprint manages and measures social media for the business, you can check it out here as a webinar. This was a busy, but short week for me with some family activities in Jersey. How was your week?

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Jeff Esposito

APRIL 1, 2013

Aside from the cost of a Jive or Lithium, creating your own community comes with the task of recruiting users to the platform and keeping them coming back. While there are inherent risks in building a community on a rented piece of grass (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), the barrier of entry is also far lower than that of a company-hosted community.

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Jeff Esposito

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

This year, I am going to continue my work from last year in predicting winners of the games using social media buzz and some formulas using Lithium Social Media Monitoring. Some people will pick on gut intuition, some on stats, while others pick by color or cuter quarterbacks. You may have your own method.

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Jeff Esposito

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Don’t be – I used Lithium Social Media Monitoring (formerly Scout Labs; Disclosure – I received an evaluation license ) to use the social buzz around the teams to pull together a report called the Passion of the Fan to see if online passion would translate into on-field success.

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Jeff Esposito

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

I pulled the data surrounding Deval Patrick, Charlie Baker, Tim Cahill and Jill Stein using Lithium Social Media Monitoring (formerly Scout Labs) over the past month. Instead of relying on phone or exit polls, I decided to use social mentions of the candidates to determine the next governor of the commonwealth.

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Jeff Esposito

JANUARY 5, 2011

Using Lithium Social Media Monitoring to pull the data, I rated the two top candidates from the NFL pundits in conversation share, net promoter score, SIM score, positive conversation share and negative conversation share. Image - Boston Herald. So who better than the social masses to crown the league’s MVP?

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Jeff Esposito

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Jenny Zesut of Lithium and I have a great conversation that you won’t want to miss. I also recorded a presentation on measuring and tracking ROI for social media for the Social Customer Virtual Summit on November 10. If you want to check it out, you can register here. Any big weekend plans?

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Jeff Esposito

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

For those of you just tuning in, I have decided to use Lithium’s Social Media Monitoring tool to use social buzz to create my picks for the season ( click here for a full methodology). Last Sunday was a great week to be a coach potato watching the NFL. The docket was filled with tough games to pick that made for some excellent viewing.

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Jeff Esposito

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

The NFL season is nearing its halfway point and teams are starting to emerge as favorites to make it to the playoff tournament. How is your team doing?

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