FS Sports's List: Social Media

Too much live tweeting at a University of Washington sporting event, however, could land you in hot water.

The face of social media is changing. While once largely text-driven, social media sites are becoming more image-based, allowing users to upload pictures and share videos with the click of a button. This image-based shift in social media is largely due to the birth of image-sharing websites like Instagram and Pinterest, along with video-sharing websites like Tout and Vimeo. In the wake of a new social media era, professional athletes, teams and leagues are adopting new sharing strategies to capitalize.

By Greg Wyshynski
April 25, 2012

"April 17, 2012

A new infographic from Zintro answers the burning question of which social network you should use for business.
Facebook or Twitter? LinkedIn or Google+? Find out which network suits your needs below."

By Terence Moore, Special to CNN
Fri April 13, 2012

Editor's note: Terence Moore is a CNN contributor and a sports columnist of more than three decades. He has worked for The Cincinnati Enquirer, The San Francisco Examiner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and AOL Sports. He's on Twitter @TMooreSports.

Atlanta (CNN) -- Where have you gone Walter Cronkite, and why have you been replaced by the likes of woopig.net?

Well, at least in the world of sports journalism."

By Kevin Stott

March 26, 2012
D.C. Denison, Globe Staff

The Boston Bruins are launching an ambitious effort Monday to bundle all of their digital, mobile, and social online assets under one umbrella brand, so the team and its fans will more easily tweet, friend, and pin each other.

Christopher Heine | March 27, 2012

According to new social data from Visible Technologies and Applebee's, advertisers may want to target female sports fans more often.
Visible studied 125 million social media posts over a recent three-month period, finding that 17 percent of the messages conveyed purchase intent. From that subset, women authored 69 percent of the posts, Visible says, most often using Twitter to show off a recent purchase and employing blogs to express their desire to buy an item.

by Alyssa Pridgen on March 30, 2012

Pinterest is still a hot topic in social media and now brands are starting to utilize the site’s powerful referral potential (3.6%). Since Pinterest is a visual network, the way to get clicks and repins is to optimize your images. The infographic below from Pinnable Business provides some helpful tips and tricks.

by Alyssa Pridgen on April 5, 2012

March Madness is sadly over, but congratulations to the new champions, University of Kentucky! Since we know how the teams fared during the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, let’s take a look at how Twitter did. Email marketing provider ExactTarget created an infographic by tracking the top trends over the course of the tournament.

"Published on March 9, 2012

To help you bring some coherence to all the noise across Twitter and the blogosphere, we've compiled a list of powerful and, in some cases, lesser-known "oldies but goodies." "

July 5, 2011

"Sports Digital Revolution is upon us with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube & LinkedIn changing the way sports fan connect with sports. "

July 8, 2011

Interesting video on Social Media Revolution