Euro 2012 is just over a month away. With league titles in Spain and Germany decided and rapidly drawing to a conclusion in England, Italy and France, European football is slowly transitioning from the weekly cycle of league matches and to a near-daily cycle of international football. Covering an international tournament is no small feat Continue reading →
If you’re a football blogger / football site owner and you’d like to make more money from your website, you absolutely need to read this. Football Media’s Guide To Making Money From Football Blogging, released on 16th March 2011, is the only ‘how-to’ guide specifically targeting football bloggers. Inside, you’ll learn: 11 different monetization tactics. Continue reading →
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 Continue reading →
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?
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 Continue reading →
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. Continue reading →
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/.
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 Continue reading →
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 Continue reading →
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 Continue reading →
