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2010 World Jr Hockey Championships & Social Media
Posted on 31. Dec, 2009 by Mike Olaski.
As I mentioned in a previous article, I am currently back in my hometown (Saskatoon, Sk, Canada) for the holidays and to take in the 2010 World Jr Hockey Championships (WJHC). I am currently contracted to work with Yastech Developments who developed the Juniors2010.ca website. Juniors2010.ca is an events listing site that was created to [...]
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Live from the 2010 World Jr Hockey Championships in Saskatoon, Sk, Canada
Posted on 27. Dec, 2009 by Mike Olaski.
I first introduced the Sport Fan Connection Tour back in September 2009 when Mike Olaski and I set out to research the connection between Sports and Fans through the use of Social Media. The experience has been amazing and our travels took us full circle around North America from New York to Washington to Charlotte [...]
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Sports and Social Media Predictions 2010
Posted on 14. Dec, 2009 by Mike Olaski.
While on our travels over the past 3 months, we have met a number of amazing people in the Sports & Social Media world. Many of which, we first met and conversed with via social media (Twitter, Facebook, Blogs). One of these bright minds is Jason Peck. Jason is the author of http://jasonfpeck.com (a blog [...]
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Iowa State Cyclone Hockey – Social Media (Nov 20th – Dec 4th)
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by Mike Olaski.
The Cyclones faced some strong opponents in the past couple of weeks as they headed into the Thanksgiving weekend. First, heading to Arizona State University to face the Sun Devils whom we split; then headed north of the border to the University of Manitoba where the Bison swept the Cyclones. With these two weekend series, [...]
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2009 Grey Cup Festival – CFL Fan Experience
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by Mike Olaski.
Sport Fan Connect had the pleasure of working with the 2009 Grey Cup Festival in overseeing the social media strategy, online contesting (http://greycupfanconnect.com) and video production in the weeks leading up to and during the festival weekend. As a side, our project also included collecting video at many of the events throughout the weekend with [...]
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Grey Cup Fan Connect – Case Study
Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by Mike Olaski.
We recently completed a project with the 2009 Grey Cup Festival that included social media consulting, online contesting and video production. The project was a tremendous success and will be profiled as a case study here on Sport-Fan Connect. Stay tuned for more info!!
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Iowa State Cyclone Hockey – Social Media (Nov 4 – Nov 18)
Posted on 21. Nov, 2009 by Mike Olaski.
Cyclone Hockey had a busy couple of weeks with two home series in a row. We have been using our social media to promote our games and game promotions, as well as to inform our fans of any Cyclone Hockey news and Player of the Week updates. On November 13th and 14th, the Cyclone Hockey [...]
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Sport Fan Connect hoist the Grey Cup
Posted on 19. Nov, 2009 by Mike Olaski.
There are many perks to working with the 2009 Grey Cup Festival…….one of them being meeting guys like Dennis Dowell. Dennis works for the CFL Hall of Fame and is one of three(3) “Cup-Keepers”. He was nice enough to let us check out the Grey Cup last night in the 2009 Grey Cup Festival offices [...]
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Sport Fan Connect announces GreyCupFanConnect.com
Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by Mike Olaski.
We are thrilled to announce that Sport Fan Connect will be working with the 2009 Grey Cup Festival to drive social media awareness through a number of online contests that implement Twitter, Flickr photos and YouTube videos. Each of these contests utilize social tools that make it easy to share information and connect with other [...]
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GreyCupFanConnect – CFL West Semi-Final – Stampeders vs Eskimos
Posted on 16. Nov, 2009 by Mike Olaski.
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