Football Media

FanBanta goes bust – a lesson in prudent financial management

29/3/08
Yesterday we talked about the gap between what MyFC (My Football Club) initially promised and what the venture actually delivers in terms of value to the users. Today let’s talk about another company that arrived with a big bang but ultimately collapsed when the revenues did not materialise as expected (or rather, as their huge [...]

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MyFootballClub – and now the balloon finally pops

29/3/08
Fancy owning a football club? It used to be that you needed millions to buy out a club, but then MyFootballClub broke the barriers between big football and the common man and brought club ownership to the Internet for only £35 per year. The biggest draw – the biggest selling point – was the level [...]

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How to get maximum traffic from NewsNow

11/3/08
Previously we talked about how to get your football news site listed in NewsNow. That’s only half the battle though – once you’re in, you also need to know how to maximise exposure and traffic from NewsNow. Here are a few suggestions to help you maximise traffic to your football news site from NewsNow: (more…)

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How to get your Football News Website listed in NewsNow

7/3/08
NewsNow (Football) is, at the time of writing, the easiest source of traffic for football bloggers. Yes, Google (search, images and news) may get you more traffic and social media sites like StumbleUpon can also bring in plenty of traffic, but NewsNow makes it easy. Once you’re in, you just need a catchy headline and [...]

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