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Yup, I work on a cruise ship, I don't add anyone on facebook I haven't met. So yes, All Over The WORLD...
Fair enough.
Yup, I work on a cruise ship, I don't add anyone on facebook I haven't met. So yes, All Over The WORLD...
The whole thing kinda read quite spammy, sorry. It's the only genuine spam I've given but I felt this was worth it.
I didn't want to disagree, thought spam was more apt
easy to dismiss social media as 'it doesn't matter': but it does.
EPL top teams, ranked in terms of Official Facebook Page Likes:
1. Manchester United: 33 million LIKES
2. Chelsea: 17 million LIKES
3. ARSENAL: 14 million LIKES
4. Liverpool: 12 million LIKES
5. Manchester City: 5.5 million LIKES
6. Tottenham: 2 million LIKES
OTHERS,
1. FC Barcelona: 42 million LIKES
2. Real Madrid: 38 million LIKES
3. AC Milan: 15 million LIKES
4. Galatasaray: 8 million LIKES
5. Bayern Munchen: 7 million LIKES
6. Fenerbache: 6 million LIKES
7. Juventus: 6 million LIKES
8. PSG: 3.5 million LIKES.
I remember the good old days when Citeh had less Facebook likes than us.
EPL top teams, ranked in terms of Official Facebook Page Likes:
1. Manchester United: 33 million LIKES
2. Chelsea: 17 million LIKES
3. ARSENAL: 14 million LIKES
4. Liverpool: 12 million LIKES
5. Manchester City: 5.5 million LIKES
6. Tottenham: 2 million LIKES
OTHERS,
1. FC Barcelona: 42 million LIKES
2. Real Madrid: 38 million LIKES
3. AC Milan: 15 million LIKES
4. Galatasaray: 8 million LIKES
5. Bayern Munchen: 7 million LIKES
6. Fenerbache: 6 million LIKES
7. Juventus: 6 million LIKES
8. PSG: 3.5 million LIKES.
easy to dismiss social media as 'it doesn't matter': but it does.
Spurs have become reasonably proactive on facebook. Here's the rub chances are that 99.99% of everyone who likes our page won't turn into anything more, with little or no further interest in the team. HOWEVER - that 0.01% that do could become customers. Could become fans who buy a ticket, who buy a shirt. Hell they could even be a youngster that in a few years time might receive an offer from spurs to join the team.
Saying it doesn't matter is wrong. It does matter, which is why almost every organisation in the world is joining in. Social media is here to stay and only the dinosaurs of marketing, sales and entertainment ignore it.
And as a fan it gives me some solace that I can add my voice to the team outside of what they do on the pitch. I can show my interest to all my friends, allover the world.
If we aren't spreading the word about our team, who else will?
Maybe to you it does, to many others its as useless as Twitter.
It's not social media that doesn't matter, it's the stats presented in the opening post. Of course all the big companies use it, it's free advertising and they'd be silly not to. They must be loving it because they can sit back and let the public do their jobs for them.
It's about percentages though isn't it? Why not use something that has the potential to increase the clubs awareness for very little investment? You might not be interested, but there are very, very good reasons why the club should be
Have you got shares in Facebook
I barely own shares in my marriage let alone facebook.
especially when most blokes over 35 on principal don't have a Facebook account and its been a fair few years since we were top of the tree!I certainly wouldn't base a club's size on the amount of Facebook likes. Nothing to stop the same people liking every club and skewing the figures.
It's about percentages though isn't it? Why not use something that has the potential to increase the clubs awareness for very little investment? You might not be interested, but there are very, very good reasons why the club should be
The problem with Asian fans is this, how many buy shirts etc... & how many are genuine shirts which actually result in income for the club?
It's as much, if not more, about eyeballs on the club as it is about direct revenue from merchandise.
More people laying eyes on the team, the kit, the Facebook page, the website etc. directly effects revenue. Why? Sponsors. Sponsors pay more based on the increased number of people that lay eyes on their brand.
AON:
'We have been more than delighted by our partnership with Manchester United.
'Awareness of the AON brand increased from 39% to 50% in the first year of our sponsorship and the percentage of unique visitors to our website have increased by up to 55% on matchdays.'
Oh by the way, AON recently signed up to sponsor United's training ground, yes training ground, for almost 20m a year.
I'm not debating the loyalty or hardiness of a lot of these 'fans', but they do have a verifiable effect on revenue for a club.