Last week, in one the biggest NBA trades this season, the New York Knicks acquired Carmelo Anthony from the Denver Nuggets.  This trade changed the face of both franchises in many ways.  In particular, it has been interesting to see how social media fans of…

In my last post I discussed the development of rubber technology by the ancient Mesoamericans and in particular the rubber ball. For more on that see:  http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1999/rubber.html…

Bryan Srabian, Social Media Director for the San Francisco Giants, leads one of the most innovative social media marketing campaigns in the sports industry.  This video from the Twitter blog highlights some of the ways in which the Giants utilized Twitter during the 2010…

The number of articles and blog post claiming that companies in the future may only focus on social sites instead of their own corporate brand websites is on the rise. Articles such as “The death of the brand website?” and “The death of the corporate website” are…

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Facebook recently revealed a new layout for its business pages.  Overall, the business page will now look more like the individual profiles.  This is huge…

Personal branding is incredibly important for professional athletes.  The value of one’s brand influences marketability, popularity, and sponsorship opportunities.

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For those who may be interested, we have just updated our Facebook Fan League Table for Europe's Top 20 Football Teams - February, 2011.

Also, an interesting video of FC Barcelona going for 10 million 'likers'.…

Having 3 Million Facebook Fans is Nice, But What's Next?

Yesterday, I wrote about the value of Facebook games.  I’d like to again thank Peter Stringer for taking time to answer a few questions for me.  The post…

Facebook has become a valuable gaming platform.  Social-game developers such as Zynga (responsible for the Facebook games “FarmVille” and “FrontierVille”) are seeing incredible market growth.  In fact, Zynga was recently valued at $5.5 billion, surpassing industry powerhouse Electronic Arts (Bloomberg article).…

Super Bowl XLV clearly demonstrated the value of social media marketing.  There was significant social media buzz before, during, and after the big game.  In fact, compared to last year, online discussion increased 9% in the 12 hours following the game (…

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Who invented the rubber ball? No one knows exactly who but we have a good idea about when and where and I think maybe how.



The place was somewhere in Southern Mexico, now formally known as Mesoamerica, near today’s Veracruz, and sometime after 4,000 years ago. We know that because archeologists have found and analyzed several ceremonial rubber balls some 3,600 years old found there preserved in an underground body of water known as a cenote.…

Dallas Mavericks VP of Marketing and Communications Paul Monroe about how the Mavs are using digital and social media marketing strategies to engage their fans and add to the game day experience.

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