Tag Archives: Twitter

Social Media Marketing and Professional Sports

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While the rise in participation in social media channels has increased greatly for individuals and brands, one area where social media has become useful is for professional sports. Why is social media right for sports teams? As with anyone using … Continue reading

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NBC’s Olympic Twitter Tracker Visualizes Tweets

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NBC has made it easier to follow the pulse of the Olympics by developing the Olympic Twitter Tracker, which categorizes tweets for each sport in an interactive, visual interface. The tool works by indexing tweets related to each Olympic sport … Continue reading

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iPhone Application Review: Echofon

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Jason Douglas Spyder Trap Online Marketing Recently, Echofon came out with an update to their iPhone app. As the only iPhone user at Spyder Trap, I am the lucky person who gets to test out everything iPhone related. I have … Continue reading

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A Closed Mouth Gathers No Feet (even in Social Media)

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Glenn Seaberg Spyder Trap Online Marketing Today I saw an article in the Minneapolis Star/Tribune titled:  “Med-tech is shy on social media use.” Among other things it praises a  medical device start-up for its innovative and viral use of  YouTube.  … Continue reading

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ESPN, Marines Restricting Social Media

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Jason Douglas Spyder Trap Online Marketing Yesterday, Ric Bucher of ESPN sent a tweet from his personal account stating: ‘The hammer just came down, tweeps: ESPN memo prohibiting tweeting info unless it serves ESPN. Kinda figured this was coming. Not … Continue reading

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