This week Sean catches up with Black Caps' Digital Manager, Richard Irvine about how they are getting ready for the Cricket World Cup. We also recap a very successful Asian Cup with Matt Bartolo.
On this Sports Geek Podcast you will learn:
- About how Rich's past experience with Telco helped the Black Caps Digital Team
- How the Black Caps is getting ready with the huge digital traffic that the Cricket World Cup is bringing
- Importance of giving a team Twitter account a personal touch
- Managing the amount of time spent on engaging with fans through social media
- The effectiveness of transparency in social media
- Why Asian Cup ticketing campaign through Facebook Ads return over 700% ROI
- Importance of Facebook conversion pixels for reporting
- How important Instagram is in telling the pictorial story of a tournament like Asian Cup

Resources from the podcast
Connect with Richard Irvine on LinkedIn and Twitter @RichIrvine
- Follow New Zealand Cricket on Twitter @BLACKCAPS and Facebook
- Check out the Black Caps website
- Connect with Matthew Bartolo on Twitter @matt_bartolo and on Linkedin
- Listen to Micheal Brown on ep 73 in the lead up to the Asian Cup
- Twitter announce integration with #CWC15
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Posts from Blackcaps you may have missed
New programs My BlackCaps will be running throughout the #CWC15
Team – get the MyBLACKCAPS app and get live scoring, match alerts and video highlights: http://t.co/hjKaGCtE1r ^RI pic.twitter.com/kIRrQOWBS5
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) February 13, 2015
A whole country read for first game
90 minutes until the game starts and this place is ROCKING #nzvsl ^CE pic.twitter.com/LH8xKHfwvS
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) February 13, 2015
Driving the #BackTheBlackCaps on Facebook
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Getting support from NZ celebrities
Will you #backtheblackcaps? Show your support and maybe pick up a prize or two: http://t.co/s0oIhGFddc ^RI pic.twitter.com/MmKHVA82e0
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) February 12, 2015
Plenty of action on Blackcaps on Vine
Mills v Taylor in the final net session before game day #cwc15 ^CE https://t.co/OPt4wZnq6K
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) February 13, 2015
As promised Sean caught up with Warnie at Twitter #CWC15 Party.
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Richard Irvine and NZ Black Caps ready for #CWC15 Transcription
See you at SEAT in Salt Lake City
Join us at SEAT Conference in Salt Lake City Utah on July 14-15 2023. Many of our podcast guests are SEAT attendees.
SEAT is the conference where sports technology executives unite to discuss and solve the tech problems the sports industry is facing. Collaboration across multiple tracks of technology, digital and data has helped the sports industry deliver improvements across stadium access, wi-fi, security, fan engagement, social media, digital content, ticketing and sponsorship revenue. Sean Callanan, Sports Geek