The most clicked stories from this week’s #Sports e-newsletter include: Instagram star users document NHL playoffs, how sports brands are using stars and social media, how social media will change the Olympics, how check-ins will change social, and Olympic site launches new fan experience.
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1. Instagram Star Users to Document NHL Playoff Game
National media photographers won’t be the only photojournalists packing Madison Square Garden for Saturday’s pivotal NHL playoff game between the New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators. Six popular Instagram photographers is being brought in to document the game with a social media twist…
2. How Sports Brands Are Using Stars And Social Media
…Sports collaborations between an athlete or a sports team with a brand or company, like other channels, have adapted and incorporated the digital aspects of the ever changing marketing landscape to remain effective…
3. How Social Media Will Change the Olympics [INFOGRAPHIC]
This year’s Olympics are being branded by organizers as the world’s “first social Games,” and it’s not hard to see why. Social media has narrowed the divide between athlete and fan over the past few years, with new and unexpected connections happening every day…
4. The Final Four & Stanley Cup Signify How Check-Ins Will Shape Social
…Badging and Stickers can commemorate your passion. Digital Badges (or stickers) that are ONLY available if you check in physically or check in with context virtually are the seat cushions of the future. Meaning these are ways we can commemorate our experience and share it with others. We get something exclusive and we can inherently and easily share it with our friends. How can teams apply this? We can look at our season, see the matchups, and create amazing art that you can only get if you check in (and thus tell your friends where you are and what you love!)…
5. Olympic Site Launches New Fan Experience
Olympic organizers are intent on making London the first social games. With over 845 million Facebook users, and 140 million people on Twitter, it’s not hard to understand why…
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- NFL Stars Learn Tough Lessons on Twitter
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