Comments on: Social Media and the Olympics http://vaynermedia.com/2010/01/social-media-olympics/ The Official VaynerMedia blog Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:06:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Matt Sitomer http://vaynermedia.com/2010/01/social-media-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-618 Matt Sitomer Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:49:22 +0000 http://vaynermedia.com/?p=1243#comment-618 Very cool Sam, yes I saw a lot of interesting Olympic chatter on Twitter especially. Cool to hear that from the perspective of someone attending in person. As Marcus has been writing about, social media is having a huge impact on the way we experience live televised events. Very cool Sam, yes I saw a lot of interesting Olympic chatter on Twitter especially. Cool to hear that from the perspective of someone attending in person. As Marcus has been writing about, social media is having a huge impact on the way we experience live televised events.

]]> By: Sam http://vaynermedia.com/2010/01/social-media-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-617 Sam Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:14:26 +0000 http://vaynermedia.com/?p=1243#comment-617 I'm a little late Matt, but since I was there (you can tell from my tweets) I have to tell you it was the most amazing thing both on and offline. <br><br>Every event had play by play via twitter (#van2010 was the unofficially official hash tag), and many were asking: "how did we ever watch sports before twitter?"<br><br>On top of that, ctvolympics.ca really brought their game. There were multiple live feeds going on at the same time, and when I complained outloud on twitter that the internet feed was slower than my twitter feed (presumably ppl watching it on real tv), @ctvolympics was quick to reply that it was due to encoding issues.<br><br>Also, the transit system used twitter to inform followers of both the latest events (in case people were reading while on their skytrain or buses) and any road / traffic incidents. It was extremely well done.<br><br>Finally, I can't leave without talking a little bit about the True North Media House, a bunch of local bloggers who basically made their own media accreditation and blogged their asses off wherever they went using Flickr/Twitter Tags #tnmh.<br><br>I joined in on the fun with <a href="http://www.another2010blog.com" rel="nofollow">www.another2010blog.com</a> where you can see some of my experiences. I'm a little late Matt, but since I was there (you can tell from my tweets) I have to tell you it was the most amazing thing both on and offline.

Every event had play by play via twitter (#van2010 was the unofficially official hash tag), and many were asking: “how did we ever watch sports before twitter?”

On top of that, ctvolympics.ca really brought their game. There were multiple live feeds going on at the same time, and when I complained outloud on twitter that the internet feed was slower than my twitter feed (presumably ppl watching it on real tv), @ctvolympics was quick to reply that it was due to encoding issues.

Also, the transit system used twitter to inform followers of both the latest events (in case people were reading while on their skytrain or buses) and any road / traffic incidents. It was extremely well done.

Finally, I can't leave without talking a little bit about the True North Media House, a bunch of local bloggers who basically made their own media accreditation and blogged their asses off wherever they went using Flickr/Twitter Tags #tnmh.

I joined in on the fun with http://www.another2010blog.com where you can see some of my experiences.

]]> By: Matt Sitomer http://vaynermedia.com/2010/01/social-media-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Matt Sitomer Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:21:43 +0000 http://vaynermedia.com/?p=1243#comment-295 It was a little off topic so I left it out of this post, but since AJ mentions summer and winter, here I go. I think it's hysterical that Subway has Michael Phelps swimming through pavement and corn fields to get to Vancouver for the winter Olympics... swimming is a summer sport! "Who are the ad wizards that came up with that one?!" It was a little off topic so I left it out of this post, but since AJ mentions summer and winter, here I go. I think it’s hysterical that Subway has Michael Phelps swimming through pavement and corn fields to get to Vancouver for the winter Olympics… swimming is a summer sport!

“Who are the ad wizards that came up with that one?!”

]]> By: AJ Vaynerchuk http://vaynermedia.com/2010/01/social-media-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-294 AJ Vaynerchuk Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:31:15 +0000 http://vaynermedia.com/?p=1243#comment-294 What I really like about the Olympics is the rarity of the event. We have the winter and summer olympics and one happens every 2 years ( individually once every 4 years ). Going to be interested to see what they learn from this Olympics, and what they will do to take it to the next level for either the Summer Olympics or the next winter. What I really like about the Olympics is the rarity of the event. We have the winter and summer olympics and one happens every 2 years ( individually once every 4 years ).

Going to be interested to see what they learn from this Olympics, and what they will do to take it to the next level for either the Summer Olympics or the next winter.

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