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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