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Instagram at the Ball Park! [INFOGRAPHIC] In celebration of summer officially kicking off and the launch of our blog, we wanted to share an infographic with you of two of our favorite things, Baseball + Instagram.

Instagram at the Ball Park! [INFOGRAPHIC]

When it comes to sharing photos on the niche social network, baseball fans have hit the grand slam: Sharing 40,670 photos from all of the Major League ballparks on Instagram in the first four weeks of the season! Instagram in London Olympics 2012 - InstaGold INFOGRAPHIC. When it comes to image sharing in Social Media, Instagram rules.

Instagram in London Olympics 2012 - InstaGold INFOGRAPHIC

It also became an winner in the London Olympics 2012. A whooping 100,000 images shared by users from the games in last couple of weeks. Players and athletes have posted images from their living rooms in Olympic village. And, these photographs were a distant reach for their fan and followers earlier. Journalists were also not far behind, uploaded tons of casual yet memorable photos via Instagram. 650,000 photos have been posted with the #Olympics hash-tag, 263,000 have been uploaded with the #London2012 hash-tag and 27,000 photos have been uploaded with the hash-tag #Michaelphelps. 7,600 photos have been shared from the Olympic Stadium itself.

VenueSeen.com, a Social Media Tracking Site has prepared an INFOGRAPHIC called “INSTAGOLD for London 2012” to track all the image sharing statistics for INSTAGRAM. How the LA Lakers use Instagram to Engage Fans - FanBridge Blog. With its recent billion dollar acquisition by Facebook, Instagram is proving its value not only as a fun way to share photos with friends but as a marketing and branding tool for businesses.

How the LA Lakers use Instagram to Engage Fans - FanBridge Blog

In this series, we’ll look at how expert marketers are using Instagram to engage fans and recreate live experiences. Today, we have Nick Kioski, Director of New Media and Technology for the Los Angeles Lakers, to answer questions about Instagram both on and off the court. How does the use of Instagram (or just visual content in general) fit into the Lakers‘ digital content strategy? Instagram is the solution we are currently using, but we have tried a variety of solutions to help us get images out to our fans. Images are a key part of our digital content strategy. Enter the Red Bull King of the Rock 2012 Instagram Contest.

Red Bull King of the Rock will return to Alcatraz Island on September 22 with 64 of the world's best one-on-one basketball players.

Enter the Red Bull King of the Rock 2012 Instagram Contest

They'll come from 23 countries, 24 U.S. cities and seven military bases. You could win a chance to watch all the action (and hear the global trash talking), and you don't even have to know how to dribble between your legs. What you will need is a smart phone, the Instagram photo app and a big imagination. Entering is simple: Take a picture of you holding a basketball in the most unexpected or surprising location you can think of to play ball. You can enter as many times as you like, so get creative and start snapping. Rams Social Media Showdown on Facebook. NFL - NFL on Instagram. Instagram Hits Sports Illustrated's Hallowed Pages [EXCLUSIVE] Sports Illustrated readers are used to seeing beautiful, iconic images in the storied legacy magazine — they're just not used to seeing those shots come in Instagram form.

That all changes this week with the publication's July 23, 2012, issue, which hits newsstands Wednesday. Sports Illustrated commissioned a series of shots from contributing photographer Brad Mangin, which will appear in a six-page feature in the magazine's Leading Off section (those are the first and second pages, above). Leading Off traditionally features notable photos from around the sports world, but this is the first time in Sports Illustrated history the magazine has printed images that were processed using Instagram.

Instagobble: Thanksgiving breaks Instagram records. The 10 Best-Branded Companies on Instagram. Earlier this year, we profiled five brands that have each built themselves a solid marketing presence on Instagram, the popular photo editing and sharing social network so often linked to Twitter and Facebook updates.

The 10 Best-Branded Companies on Instagram

We’ve also stressed the why and how of using Instagram for marketing, citing the increasing importance of mobile marketing, and how that should be playing into the strategies and tactics of your social media marketing. Now, I'm sure most of you know that social media is important. I’m also confident that many of you know some basic strategies. But let’s talk about the Earlybird-filtered big picture: when it comes to presenting your brand on social media, your reputation and brand image is only as strong and complete as your most recent update.

If your content is off-brand, your image will come across as confused, incomplete, or just plain wrong. Notable Users Directory. Just getting started on Instagram?

Notable Users Directory

Here are some steps you can take to make sure your brand takes full advantage of the platform right away. We've included Support links for each step in case you need any further explanation of how something works. Sign up for an Instagram account and choose a username that clearly represents your brandAdd a profile photo, a biography and a link to your websiteLink your account to Facebook and many other third-party sharing sites where you have an account by going to your Account Settings > Share Settings). This will allow you to:Share photos to those services, including your brand's Facebook page if you are an Apple iOS user (we hope to make this feature available for Android in the future).Let your Facebook friends find you easily when using our Find Friends tool (Account Settings > Find People to Follow > Facebook Friends).

MLB Twitter Account Goes “Members Only” Social media: MLB.com is private for stunt - Entertainment, Pop Culture, Style and Hot Trends - Trending Blog - ESPN Playbook. Major League Baseball (MLBAM) on Pinterest. MLB. MLB - Services professionnels.