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Sports Social Media: How to “Get’em To Tweet You Back”

By on April 3, 2013 in Social Media in Sports

Do you want “big time” athletes and sports broadcasters to Retweet you? If you go about it the wrong way, getting a Retweet can be a real pain in the rear. Most websites will tell you to engage with people by putting @Username in your message so the tweet will appear in their Interactions stream.Read more →

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Sports Social Media: Nike in Hot Water over Tiger Ad

By on April 3, 2013 in Social Media in Sports

Tiger Woods is back on top of the golf world. On Monday, golf’s most illustrious player regained his world #1 ranking, which he lost in October of 2010. Just as things seem to be turned around for the superstar, his name is back in the media in a negative way. Nike, one of Tiger’s mainRead more →

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Manti Te’o Giving up Social Media? Is he Doing the Right Thing?

By on March 26, 2013 in Social Media in Sports

Is Stopping the Right Thing to do? No we haven’t lost our minds here at Sports Networker.  We want to dig deeper.  Do you give something up because it didn’t work out for you the way you envisioned it?  Okay not just work out, but really almost cost you your career. A few weeks ago oneRead more →

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The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 03.18.13 – 03.25.13

By on March 25, 2013 in Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz

Sports Business Fox Sports Buys Rights to New ‘Big East’ It was announced earlier this month that the Big East division would become a newly named division and have teams break away from it. For the time-being the media is calling it the old Big East. The new Big East division will feature  the ‘CatholicRead more →

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Complete List Of 32 NFL Facebook Fan Pages + Bonus

By on March 20, 2013 in Social Media in Sports

If you’re looking for the Facebook Page for all 32 NFL football teams look no further! Some of these NFL teams have upwards of 3.5+ million fans, with the lowest seen around 852,000 fans. Nevertheless, there’s several ways one could leverage this information, more on that later. I’ve included the team’s Twitter Page and inRead more →

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MLB Twitter Handles and Follower Counts

By on March 12, 2013 in Social Media in Sports

If the World Series were won by Twitter followers, the New York Yankees would hold all the titles. Since Twitter’s launch in 2006, the Yankees have always held the top spot. The Phillies are starting to catch up, but they’re still a good 90,000 follows away from surpassing the leader. Philadelphia does, however, have almostRead more →

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Sports Social Media: Euro Football Study in China

By on March 6, 2013 in Social Media in Sports

China currently has the largest population in the world with more than 1.2 billion people and 15.6 million of them are active social media users when it comes to European Football. These are huge numbers and a recent study by Mailman Group on sports social media titled Red Card takes a look at the relationshipRead more →

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The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 02.25.13 – 03.04.13

By on March 4, 2013 in Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz

Sports Business Adidas Unveils Wild Designs on New College Basketball Uniforms Adidas shook up the college basketball world on Thursday, unveiling new eye-catching uniforms that will be worn by six teams in postseason play. UCLA, Louisville, Baylor, Kansas, Notre Dame and Cincinnati will wear brightly colored jerseys and shorts with a camouflage pattern. The designs for UCLA,Read more →

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NASCAR Attempts to Take Down YouTube Video on Copyright Grounds

By on February 26, 2013 in Social Media in Sports, Sports Technology

Following a horrific crash during the DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, controversy emerged involving a fan video of the crash that was uploaded to YouTube. NASCAR had initially said the video was taken down on copyright grounds, citing language on the back of tickets. On a ticket from a NASCAR event atRead more →

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The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 02.18.13 – 02.25.13

By on February 25, 2013 in Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz

  Sports Business Floyd Mayweather Jr. is ‘Money’ Floyd Mayweather Jr., arguably the best pound for pound fighter in the world of professional boxing, is all about the money. He cares so much about the green that nis nickanme is ‘Money.’ The WBC welterweight champion was listed as the highest-paid athlete in 2012 according toRead more →

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Why Twitter Buying Bluefin May Be The Most Important Acquisition of 2013

By on February 20, 2013 in Social Media in Sports

Twitter’s acquisition of Cambridge (MA) based Bluefin labs could be the single most influential digital acquisition in 2013. Why? Bluefin measures what we’re talking about in the social space as it happens on TV. Twitter is out to build a revenue model based on real time brand activation. Super Bowl XLVII was the most talked aboutRead more →

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The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 02.11.13 – 02.18.13

By on February 18, 2013 in Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz

Sports Business Goodell’s Compensation Nearly Tripled in 2011 It was revealed this week when the NFL filed the league’s tax return that owners nearly tripled commissioner Roger Goodell’s compensation in 2011, paying him $29.49 million, which likely makes him the highest paid commissioner in sports. While Goodell’s salary paid him $3.12 million in 2011, mostRead more →

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