Football Media

It’s hard to overstate what a boon the internet has been for football fans. Fans can now share their views instantly and on multiple platforms, and receive responses from other fans in seconds. Four years ago, Soccerlens was born out of a desire to share our opinions on football with a wider audience. The market [...]

Posted by: Ahmed Bilal Posted under: Football Blogging, Internet, Social Media Comments: 0

It’s the dream job, isn’t it? Getting paid to watch football, free tickets to games and the chance to hob nob with the stars. Who wouldn’t want to be a full-time football writer? (more…)

Posted by: Guest Authors Posted under: Football Blogging, Football Journalism, Social Media Comments: 1

The Football Media network is looking for writers. If you want to skip ahead, you can read up on the submission details at the bottom of this article. For more details, read on below. Football Media is a collection of 30+ football websites covering all aspects of the beautiful game, from fantasy football to hot WAGs [...]

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Football Nomad, an independent web-documentary combining film and social media to share the color and excitement of the 2010 World Cup, is set for launch on June 4. Brisbane-based brothers Andrew, 24, and Patrick Weber, 18, will travel the world armed with a laptop, Handycam and with the support of enthusiastic locals, aim to provide an [...]

Posted by: Ahmed Bilal Posted under: Football Blogging, Social Media Comments: 0

Having looked at different publisher models in football blogging over the last 4 years, I see two big trends for the near future (a lot of this has happened and is happening right): 1. Democratisation of access People will access content in a myriad of ways. Mobile, RSS, Website, YouTube, Audio are just the surface. You’ll see [...]

Posted by: Ahmed Bilal Posted under: Football Blogging, Football Business Comments: 0

There’s a football bloggers / writers meetup happening in London next week, Wednesday (yes, the night of the England-Croatia game). Kick off is at 7pm and those fine folk at Football3s are putting on some food and drink while we watch England qualify for the World Cup. More details / register here: http://socratesmeetup.blogspot.com/. (more…)

Posted by: Ahmed Bilal Posted under: Football Blogging Comments: 0

So you want your football blog to make more money / get more readers / get more comments / get better search rankings / help you meet football players. To be honest, when it comes to blogging about football, my first and foremost motivation has always been ‘just talking to friends about football’, but I’ve [...]

Posted by: Ahmed Bilal Posted under: Football Blogging Comments: 2

In the last 3 years (since I started Soccerlens in 2006), traditional media – publishers and advertisers – in the footballing industry have come around to the reality that blogging is going to be a key element in the football fan’s experience online and they’ve worked hard to get up to speed with ‘blogging’ and [...]

Posted by: Ahmed Bilal Posted under: Football Blogging, Football Business Comments: 6

A time of crisis is also a time of opportunity – what happens today is a result of what happened two years ago, and what happens two years from now will be influenced by what we do today. With that in mind, we are moving not only to secure our present status and fend off [...]

Posted by: Ahmed Bilal Posted under: Football Blogging, Football Business Comments: 9

Yesterday we announced the winners of the 2008 Soccerlens Awards – some of our favourite sites made it, some didn’t but overall the best sites were right up there. Have a look and feel free to suggest your own nominations / changes to the awards categories for next year. (more…)

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