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Adidas Social Media Strategy: Sporting Online Traction Globally

Keyhole.co

This iconic footwear and sports apparel brand is well-known, no matter which part of the world you’re from. Dassler brothers — Adolf and Rudolf — started a sports footwear business from their mother’s laundry. The rest is sporting history. million Facebook: 40.95 million Facebook: 40.95 million Twitter: 4.38

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How to use social media in sports to keep fans engaged

Sprout Social

The integral role of social media in sports is hard to ignore. Meanwhile, real-time sporting events and competitions are prime for social media engagement. From team news and trash talk and beyond, sports-related topics are almost always trending on Twitter. The current state of social media in sports. Not by a long shot.

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4 Top Sports Brands on Social—And What We Can Learn From Them

Likeable

Football season just ended, college basketball is about to get exciting, and baseball teams are reporting to spring training later this month, so we figured there was no better time to take a look at how sports teams and athletic brands are using social media. Philadelphia Flyers. million impressions on social media.

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Can Ottawa’s NBL franchise recover from a branding disaster?

Sherrilynne Starkie

So says Ken Evraire , the Ottawa branding consultant for Bytown Sports, according to an Ottawa Citizen story last week. Evraire must rue the day he thought that properly researching something as important as the name of a new professional sports franchise could be skipped in an attempt to avoid complexity in marketing.

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Instagram Reels: What Brands Should Know

Ignite Social Media

Aside from creating, editing, and sharing your own videos on Reels, users can repost old videos, share educational content, showcase products or services, lead tutorials, show behind-the-scenes, announce brand news, take part in viral trends, and much more! Find out how to get your brand ready for Instagram Reels. million plays.

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Research: Influence of Personal Connections on Social Media Drives More Purchases

Bill Hartzer

Notably, in urban settings, sports celebrities have gained popularity, especially among Gen Z and Millennials who admire active lifestyles. Saptarshi Banerjee, Senior Lifestyle Analyst at Mintel Reports India, emphasized the need for brands to consider consumers’ preferences when developing their social media marketing strategies.

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Social media and the rise of fantasy sports

Sprout Social

You don’t have to be a sports fanatic to know how much sports fans love to share updates about their teams on social media. Fantasy sports have played a huge role in shaping fans’ communities and conversations on social platforms. What are fantasy sports? And what did social media and fantasy sports?

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