Carrot Creative vs VaynerMedia: Game On!

A couple months ago, we received this tweet from another NYC-based social media agency, “Hey @vaynermedia since our comps are the 2 best Sports Social Media Shops It is time to battle it out on the Basketball court! #challenge.” Now, if you hadn’t noticed, we at VaynerMedia are quite the competitive bunch. Several weeks ago, our lead developer wrote a piece about a recent team trip to Vermont. “We were on the offensive from the minute we got there,” he wrote, “spurred on by Gary’s constant urgings of ‘let’s do something competitive!’” He described some of the events we competed in that weekend, including volleyball, football, and a “4 hour argument about whether Paul Pierce is overrated.” So, naturally, we accepted Carrot Creative’s challenge right away.

The Website

Carrot Creative put together a great site for the game, socialmediabasketball.com. They included both teams’ starting rosters, complete with names, nicknames, and the ability to follow all of us on Twitter. Even cooler? Visitors have the ability to “Like” which team they are rooting for / think will win (VaynerMedia currently leads 100-63). Finally, a live feed features anyone who tweets about the game with the hashtag #CCvsVM. So, props to Carrot Creative for a job well done.

The Game

Tip-off is tomorrow, August 12th, 2010, just after 3PM EST. If you are would like to attend to watch or to cover the event, please email info@vaynermedia.com.

The good news is that we’re live-streaming the game for all to watch, and having our good friend Owen JJ Stone (aka OhDoctah) announce/commentate/emcee. You can watch live at bit.ly/ccvsvmlive. Also, you’ll be able to follow along with anyone live tweeting from the game by keeping track of hashtag #ccvsvm.

So, what do you think? What’s your prediction? Who will you be rooting for?