Convince & Convert

JULY 23, 2012

Sports have been played, enjoyed by spectators and covered by the media since well before the advent of smartphones and social media. But it’s no question that the development of social platforms has changed how we play, enjoy and cover sports. Twitter is the new sports ticker. Facebook is the new hub for fans.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Twitter, Pownce, and other “microblogging&# platforms really don’t fit in the type of social networks that I intend to illustrate here. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I ran a sports site until just recently, and I LOVED to talk sports from that Twitter account. I refused to tweet more than once a day about sports on my @danielthepoet account, simply because most of my connections there are marketers or tech-obsessed folks (i.e. not so much sports fans). that is what is important here.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Bloggers like Valeria Maltoni of Conversation Agent , who don’t have a team of bloggers at arm’s length, offer content on a very regular basis (in Valeria’s case, 6 days a week). If you open a newspaper and take a look, even within the Sports section, their’s specific writers who consistently tackle specific topics.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

However, you need to articulate to your client or marketing teams that social media is not just about participating on Twitter and Facebook. If you write for a sports blog, you have hundreds of similar sports blogs to choose from. Answers Yahoo! There’s no shortage of opportunity to connect with the right people.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

It is possible Susan Boyle was the biggest social media hit of the year, but whilst the Official Britain’s Got Tallent team eventually got their act together, they were blown away initially by someone on the ball uploading content faster than they could and capturing all those millions of views. Answers Yahoo!

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