On Thursday, November 5, I was a panelist at Football Partnership's Tweet Blowing the
Whistle on Social Media, a discussion about soccer and social media. The panelists also
included Greg Lalas (Goal.com), Chris Schlosser (MLSnet.com) and Chris Toy (Studs-Up.com). For more
about the panelists, check out the blog I posted the day after the event.
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Last night I attended Alex Kotler's Football Partnerships panel, "Tweet: Blowing the Whistle on
Social Media." Greg Lalas, Chris Schlosser, Chris Toy and myself were the panelists, and there were
some seriously smart people in the room, all with incredible perspectives. It was humbling and
insightful to be included among this group to discuss and share information on how we are each
using social media to achieve our business objectives.
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This blog post takes a brief look at how Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) and its teams have
used Twitter. We'll look at the early days of Twitter integration and how it's evolved as a sports
marketing tool. Then, we'll discuss a couple ideas for utilizing Twitter's new List feature.
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This blog post takes a brief look at how Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) and its teams have
used Twitter. We'll look at the early days of Twitter integration and how it's evolved as a sports
marketing tool. Then, we'll discuss a couple ideas for utilizing Twitter's new List feature. Keep
in mind this is a very short post on a topic I could describe for days.
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Tonight, October 19th, at 5pm PST / 8pm EST, a lecture: "Facing Off Over Facebook: The Impact of
Social Media on Women Sports" is going to be broadcast LIVE online from the Tucker
Center at the University of Minnesota. http://www.cehd.umn.edu/tuckercenter/lecture/default.
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In November, Alex Kotler of Football Partnerships is putting on a rockin' panel to discuss how
social media is affecting the sport of football, and yours truly has been invited as a panelist.
(I'm super honored/excited to be a part of this! Details below.)
So I'm calling on all my Social Media gurus out there to help me prep!
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The Web is a big place, full of new and interesting things to discover. The problem is finding
the good stuff and keeping track of it all. This is where Delicious can help. Read more about
delicious.
Basically, delicious.com is a Social Bookmarking service, which means you can save all your
bookmarks online, share them with other people, and see what others are bookmarking.
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Dear athlete,
Whether you know it or not you are, quite literally, a marketable product... but unless you're
one of the few headliners in your league, chances are you just can't afford a team of people to get
your name out there, build a cool website, or create a personalized marketing campaign.
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I admit it - I'm addicted to Twitter. So it comes as good news that while in-game Twitter posts
might be a technical foul of sorts in the NBA, at least one sports league is embracing the idea of
having players use the social networking Web site during a game. The new Women's Professional
Soccer league will [.
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WPS, and our Commissioner in particular, recognizes the unique opportunity social media presents
us. I've started to compile a comprehensive list of all the WPS Tweeters. Here's the ones I already
know are in the Twitter-mix off-hand (more will follow - I will keep a comprehensive list for you
here and on my Big Soccer blog).
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So I spent the better part of my weekend sorting out all my bookmarks and RSS feeds. Then, I posted
all the WPS team Social Media links on my Big Soccer blog at
http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/blog.php?b=3803SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Ultimate WPS
Social Media Resource is on Big Soccer", url: "http://www.
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The Guardian.co.uk has released an interactive chalkboard application on their website. Where did
they get all the data, and what's next? SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Will the Guardian.co.uk
Interactive Chalkboards Catch On?", url:
"http://www.amandavandervort.com/blog/2009/02/will-the-guardiancouk-interactive-chalkboards-catch-on/"
});
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Rob Penner, the Director of PR here at WPS, just sent this article out to all our teams about the
change in media coverage for professional sports. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "L.A. Sol
Bloggers - Anybody out there? C'mon you've got MARTA!", url:
"http://www.amandavandervort.com/blog/2009/01/la-sol-bloggers-anybody-out-there-cmon-youve-got-marta/"
});
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I just sent this email to the Women's Committee, and I wanted to share it with you.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Email to the Women's Committe - Good links!", url:
"http://www.amandavandervort.com/blog/2009/01/email-to-the-womens-committe-good-links/"
});
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$695 bucks get you hotel room (double occupancy - $250 extra for single occupancy), breakfast,
transportation to/from games, meeting rooms, field rentals, NSCAA notebook, and entrance to all
Algarve Cup games.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Wanna Go To Portugal in March?", url:
"http://www.amandavandervort.
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I read a blog post a while back that read, "...While MySpace's popularity is starting to fade
and more people are embracing Facebook, we thought it'd be good timing to point out which famous
footballers are on the cutting edge of social networking and who have their own Facebook pages. 1.
Peter [.
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I'm on a layover in Las Vegas as I travel home from my Thanksgiving Day festivities, and I've just
polished off Malcolm Gladwell's latest release, Outliers. I'm also working on Growing Up Digital by
Don Tapscott. Insightful reading!SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Thanksgiving Reading:
"Ouliers" and "Grown Up Digital"", url: "http://www.
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Turns out that one of the few, most notable, soccer writers in the country was in Chicago this
weekend for a couple big events.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Beau Dure from USA Today visits
the Chicago Red Stars office", url:
"http://www.amandavandervort.com/blog/2008/10/beau-dure-from-usa-today-visits-the-chicago-red-stars-office/"
});
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A look at the WPS Chicago Red Stars' social media strategy. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:
"Reflections On The Chicago Red Stars' Social Media Strategy", url:
"http://www.amandavandervort.com/blog/2008/09/reflections-on-the-chicago-red-stars-social-media-strategy/"
});
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I visit these seven SEO websites more than any others so I wanted to share them. Includes SEOBook,
SEOmoz, TropicalSEO, and more.
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Photo courtesy of Peter's blog. Peter Wilt was the first President and General Manager of the
Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer, and has gained a noteworthy reputation for being a
fan-friendly soccer businessman. He's known for answering questions from fans through the BigSoccer
Internet message boards, and he now maintains his own blog [.
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