05 Jun
Posted by: Patrick ONeil in: FanSection, NHL, Social Media, Sports, Statistics
Thanks to the Stanley Cup playoffs, we are once again seeing tremendous growth and increased engagement during the post season. Since the playoffs began in mid-April, the Red Wings and the Penguins communities have grown by a combined 200k+ users. We have also seen many existing users return to the communities to support their team [...]
The Vancouver Canucks get social media. At Watercooler, we’ve worked with several professional sports teams from the Montreal Canadiens to the Los Angeles Clippers, but it’s clear when talking to the folks in Vancouver that they get it more than most. And that is by no means a shot at the others. You can probably [...]
15 Apr
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: NHL, Social Media
To kick off the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs in style, the NHL is hosting a variety of Tweetups around the US and Canada over the next several days beginning tonight. According to Mashable, the complete list of cities are as follows:
Starting at 7pm EST on April 15th, NHL Tweetup will be taking place in Anaheim, [...]
19 Jan
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: Major League Baseball, NBA Basketball, NFL Football, NHL, Sports, Statistics
I just found a list of the top 20 sports team brands over at Sports Business Journal, and it’s dominated by NFL teams at the top of the list. Overall, the NFL has 7 of the top 20 compared to the NBA with 5, NHL with 5, and MLB with 3.
This is similar to what [...]
As mentioned previously on the FanSection Blog, Richard Loat, our intern up in Vancouver, doubles as an officer of the Vancouver Canucks Fans application on Facebook. Due to his work on the Facebook app, he was also asked by the Canucks to be one of the faces of fans all across the city as part [...]
