We’re seeing plenty of upheaval in the social-media world, which means we’ve had to adjust our social media feeds and add accounts on new offerings, including Threads and Bluesky. (more…)
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Time for Old Ballparks!
We’re in the midst of a pretty exciting playoff season, and we’ve been tracking former playoff ballparks on our Old Ballparks Facebook page and Twitter feed. Join us! (more…)
Ballpark Digest on social media: More is better
We’ve expanded our footprint on various social-media services, so there are plenty of ways to keep up with everything posted daily on Ballpark Digest. We know many of you are social-media mavens, and although the vast majority of Ballpark Digest readers come to the site daily (either directly or via an RSS feed), some of […]
Today’s brilliant baseball marketing: #VoteKluber
MLB is doing some brilliant marketing these days, but the Cleveland Indians unleashed the creative hounds in pushing Corey Kluber for the All-Star team. The Indians took to social media to promote Kluber: Ever wonder what @CKluber does the morning of an off day? http://t.co/e84yU9epqd #VoteKluber #ClevelandRox pic.twitter.com/5CDzrZKT8t — #VoteKluber (@Indians) July 7, 2014 Scary […]
Biscuits show the money with Hidden Cash Montgomery
There’s nothing like giving away money to make a promotion a success, and that’s what the Montgomery Biscuits (Class AA; Southern League) are doing with Hidden Cash Montgomery today. The social-media trend, established a mere week ago in San Francisco, has taken the Twitter world by storm. An anonymous millionaire started the movement by hiding […]
TinCaps celebrate Social Media Night with 6,000 Twitter fan handles
Certainly one of the best promotions of the year: The Fort Wayne TinCaps (Low Class A; Midwest League) celebrated Social Media Night at Parkview Field last night with jerseys sporting more than 6,000 Twitter fan handles. “We like to say that Fort Wayne TinCaps baseball is ‘All About You,’” TinCaps Vice President of Marketing Michael […]
We hit a milestone yesterday — thanks!
Just wanted to share the news of a big milestone yesterday: We’ve now tallied as many page views this year as in all of 2011 — well over 8.3 million. We have lot of cool stuff planned for the fall: a new book line and some giveaways. And we’ll be exhibiting once again at the […]
Ports offering voters chance to choose with their butts
Nice promo: the Stockton Ports (High Class A; California League) are giving away Presidential Seat Cushions to the first 1,000 fans in attendance at Friday night’s game. The Seat Cushions feature the likeness of presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on either side. Fans will be able to have some political fun and show […]
Follow us on Google +!
A little housekeeping: you can now follow Ballpark Digest on Google +, in addition to the other popular social-networking services. You can see the Google+ page here. And, don’t forget about about our Facebook page and our Twitter feed.
River Bandits offer first crack at tix to Facebook, Twitter followers
Here’s an interesting twist on the use of social media in baseball marketing: the Quad Cities River Bandits (Low Class A; Midwest League) are offering Facebook, Twitter and newsletter followers first crack at individual game tickets for the 2011 season. Today followers of the River Bandits on Twitter, friends of Rascal and fans of the […]