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Harry O’Brien is running another Twitter competition and a few athletes (and franchises) could take note how it is done.
Get a compelling & unique prize
Harry is offering a signed football boot as the prize which will get fans involved in a big way. Sharing the prize via Twitpic.
Make it easy for people to enter
All people have to do is RT some of Harry’s tweets promoting the band Gasoline Inc’s new single “Superstar”.
Tweets can be tracked using services like TwapperKeeper or TwitterReach.
Harry has built a social media following over 6000 Twitter followers & over 5000 Facebook fans. It allows him to promote his causes & in this case his brother’s band Gasoline Inc.
Retweet this for a chance 2 win http://bit.ly/bQiAK8 my bros band’s Music Vid We Shot during Preseason #harrysboot http://twitpic.com/2k65g2
Harry O’Brien
harry_o
Share the competition on all channels
Via his Facebook Fan Page (even for a Twitter competition)
Next steps?
Promote entries of fans
Add a #harrysboot widget to Harry’s World like below.
Make it even simpler for fans to enter
Add a ClickToTweet Link to allow people to automatically enter from Harry’s World. Click here to enter
Drive traffic back to Gasoline Inc
Add more links back to Gasoline Inc properties like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, iTunes Pre-Order site & GasolineInc.com.au in follow up tweets.
Enjoy the video – Superstar
28
Aug
2010
Digital Dragon, Facebook Places & Ben Cousins
Best of Digital Sports World #12
The St George Illawarra Dragons are seeking to appoint a Digital Communications Co-ordinator and are doing so via the Digital Dragon campaign. Keep an eye on YouTube for job applications and follow updates on Twitter via #DigitalDragon. Good luck if you’re applying, shows you need to be in the space to understand the space.
MLB financials info leaked via Deadspin, Darren Rovell looks at why it matters.
Want to own an NBA Team? Golden State Warriors are looking for investors from @Sports_Business
The latest Partnership Activation newsletter is out from @BrianGainor.
Essendon did well with the #efctweetup hashtag created 488,562 impressions, 36,066 unique views from 341 Tweets. Want to collect data on your hashtags? This data was reported using Tweet Reach.
With the @AFL finals approaching you can now get a Twibbon to support your team. They have to be the biggest Twibbons we have ever seen, no little logo in the corner for the AFL! 
Facebook Places – no longer What you’re doing but Where…
Facebook Places has been launched entering the world of geo-locational social networks. It should be noted that Facebook Places is not yet available in Australia.
Here is what people are saying about the launch:
- Let the Location Wars Begin from @sevnthsin
- Who, What, When, and Now…Where from Facebook Blog
- Facebook Places: A field guide from Mashable
- Location based social networking has sports marketing potential from Australian Sponsorship News [subscription]
Sports Mini-sites…
Sports mini sites around events & signings will become another tool available to sports marketers. Like We Want Wade previously profiled Bring Back Cardinal does the same for Timberwolves fan favourite Brian Cardinal.
Such is Life – Ben Cousins
Not here to judge or comment on the Ben Cousins documentary there is more than enough commentators on the subject.
However, Channel 7 missed the mark understanding social media with the program.
Problems with execution include:
- After the first break Hamish McLaughlin told everyone to join the conversation with the Twitter account @SuchisLifeBen
- @SuchisLifeBen account not setup at the time, someone obviously setup the account on the night and collected 360 followers
- They did not monitor the hashtags actually being used by TV viewers #suchislife #bencousins
- For part 2 they obviously were not monitoring Twitter that closely and didn’t see the viewer backlash for delaying the start of Part 2 with a panel show
- Additionally they rectified their hashtag to #suchaslifeben to further fragment the conversation
- Kudos to the @AFL for using the #suchaslife hashtag to respond to the documentary but I think it would have been braver to engage the AFL fan base during the show.
For those who missed it here is a clip from Fox Sports.
Best of Digital Sports World #11
And #BODSW is back! Thanks to people who asked where it was, especially after I quoted Jerry Seinfeld’s “Don’t break the chain” philosophy!
If you missed the Sydney (#scau) and Auckland (#scnz) SRG Conferences in July then you really did miss out!
Obviously the Australian & New Zealand sports markets have been inspired into action gauging on the interest & development in digital sports projects ramping up in the past month.
Congrats to Essendon who this week will host #efctweetup to get Twitter fans of the Bombers to unite. I will be watching to see how the event goes this Sunday.
New York Times gives Tumblr a big pump up, will it be the next big social media platform? Follow Sports Geek on Tumblr.
For #scau & #scnz attendees who miss Dan Harbison (@danstwitter) from the Portland TrailBlazers you can catch him being interviewed by @rowshow from NACMA.
Detroit Red Wings are the latest team to release their own iPhone app. What is your take on club/franchise based apps?
Chris Bosh (@ChrisBosh) may be 3rd fiddle in the Wade-James trio but he is “Master of his own domain” (and everyone else’s it seems).
Good article by @jeffespo linking live sport with social media activity with MLB.com.
This article from @Mashable definitely rings true after great tweets at the conferences “How to: Get Tweetable Moments from your Presentations”.
Great use of Facebook Like button (AKA Social Graph) by the New Orlean Hornets – Honeybee Auditions.
Facebook changes Custom Tabs
Are you using Custom Tabs in your Facebook Fan Page? Well Facebook are changing the width of Custom Tabs to 520 pixels on the 23 August, make sure you have resized your custom tabs. Here is a quick run down from Facebook Developer’s blog.
@SportConference tweets mashup
Wonder what was discussed at @SportConference? Thanks to TweetStats & Wordle you can.
Quick Facebook Tip
Do you hate it when you try to add a link to an article on from your site or a news website but get a terrible image with the link?
Solution: Upload the photo of your choice and add the link in the caption! As seen here by Real Madrid.
Video Clip of the Week
Like we need more evidence that Roger Federer is a freak!
For those who didn’t pick up the change @_SportsGeek_ has lost the underscores and is now @SportsGeekHQ
08
Jul
2010
LeBron will break the Internet
If you don’t know by know LeBron James will choosing his next NBA team (or perhaps staying in Cleveland) via ESPN in a prime time special at 9pm ET.
Why will LeBron break the Internet?
Joined Twitter as @KingJames yesterday… 279,400 followers when I started this post now 280,748…
It took 2,242 tweets for @chrisbosh to get to 172,260 followers. LeBron (@kingjames)? Just 1.
darren rovell
darrenrovell1
Where is LeBron?
Want to know where Lebron (or at least the person tweeting for him) is?
Take the Location details from his Twitter account and put the numbers into Google Maps.
Hint: Turn off Location update when tweeting from UberTwitter.
Perhaps LeBron needs some training from Sports Geek?
LeBron Online Launch?
Why not launch a personal site & take control of your Facebook Fan page while you have the world’s attention?
What is it doing? Collecting email addresses, smart strategy why not hit up the sports world email boxes with new offers from King James?
Check http://bit.ly/apxlxx (lebronjames.com) for updated info on my decision.
LeBron James
KingJames
But the most staggering is the traffic hitting up his new website from that one tweet via Bit.ly.
Still not convinced about social media being an effective platform for sports & athletes? Why not?
Where will LeBron end up?
Happy to have LeBron as a Sports Geek ambassador
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