Facebook recently introduced an opt-in list of “Suggested Pages” as another step in the new user registration process. In stride with the recent decision to replace the “Become a Fan” button with “Like”, this appears to be an attempt by Facebook to encourage new users to express their interests and become active.
The phrase, “Connect with your favorite celebrities, businesses and brands to hear the latest news from them”, is displayed above the list.
Yesterday’s 2010 NFL Draft was one of the most anticipated and hotly debated in recent history, both off- and online. Rightfully so, the NFL has made a concerted effort to facilitate and capture fan conversations that are taking place across social platforms like Facebook, Twitter and blogging networks.
The key to the NFL’s online social media draft strategy was recognizing that “conversations are happening in a lot of different places,” NFL.com’s General Manager Laura Goldberg said. “We want to make sure we’re aggregating comments no matter where they are.”
Who’s the top athlete on Facebook? Is it an international phenom like Cristiano Ronaldo or Roger Federer with millions of fans? Or maybe an engaging personality like Shaun White or Steve Nash with creative, authentic content?
That’s a question Activ8Social set out to answer early in the new year and in the process, we decided to rank the Top 30 professional athlete Facebook Pages as of February 2010. Top caliber athletes from all over the world and from a variety of sports made the grade. Read our full blog entry for more details.
Activ8Social invites you to network with sports professionals in the Washington, DC area at our first event of the year. This will be a great opportunity to meet new people, exchange ideas, and talk sports.
It is FREE to attend and all are welcome, whether industry veteran or just starting out.
Where: Greene Turtle (Verizon Center), 601 F Street NW, Washington, DC (map)
When: Thursday, February 25, 2010 (6:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
A few weeks ago, I contributed to an e-book put together by fellow sports and social media enthusiast Jason Peck. The focus of my post was industry predictions for 2010 and given the nature of our work at Activ8Social, I decide to focus on individual athletes. I came up with three primary growth areas to keep an eye on: Promotions, Live Video, and Mobile.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed a few examples and decided to point them out to better demonstrate my predictions. Here’s my original post, coupled with a recent example of each primary growth area. Drop me a line and let me know how you see sports and social media growing in 2010 (hopefully by leaps and bounds).
Well-known sports and social media blogger, Jason Peck, released an ebook today that aggregates the opinions and predictions of 16 thought leaders in the sports and social media space.
We are excited that Activ8Social Partner Steve Cobb was included in the first annual release of the compilation. You can find his predictions on pages 21-22.
Sports Social Media Predictions 2010
