Oct 23, 2009 by brian

Sportsvite’s Newest Teammate: The Nets

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The Nets have always realized the value of connecting with local amateur adult basketball players in their community. Last season, the Nets organized a 3-on-3 basketball promotion that was played at the IZOD center. Coming up on November 8th, head coach Lawrence Frank will host a coaches clinic and instructional lecture at the Nets practice facility. Also, the Nets players actually purchased 600 season tickets to share with underprivileged youth groups and community organizations.

So as the 2009-10 season is about to begin, Sportsvite and the Nets are again figuring out how to work with the Nets to reach out to basketball players/fans in the tri-state area.

Let’s cut to the chase, this means we have FREE Nets tickets and special discount offers for Sportsvite members! The Nets have been generous enough to give us a pair of tickets for the first three home games of the season that we can pass along to you.

Enter the Contest!

Entering our contest for free tickets is pretty simple. All you need to do is create a new Sportsvite bulletin and post it on the Sportsvite Facebook Fan page. We’ll pick one random entry for each game from all of the submissions. Hurry, submissions will only be accepted until the deadline listed below for each game. Not on the Facebook bandwagon? You can still enter to win by sending your bulletin via email to Sportsvite team member Nick B at nick@sportsvite.com.

Magic

Nets vs. Magic — Friday, October 30 at 8:00
Deadline: 2pm ET on Wednesday, October 28
Vince Carter makes his return on Opening Night

Nuggets

Nets vs. Nuggets — Wednesday, November 4 at 7:30
Deadline: 12 midnight ET on Sunday, November 1
Chauncey, Melo and K-Mart visit the IZOD Center

Celtics

Nets vs. Celtics — Saturday, November 7 at 7:30
Deadline: 5pm ET on Wednesday, November 4
Check out Boston’s Big 3

Discounted Tickets

You can still order select seats for the home opener against the defending Eastern Conference Champion Orlando Magic for 50% off the regular price. Plus, you’ll also receive 50% off hot dogs, candy and non-alcoholic beverages! Click here to learn more about the offer and to order your tickets.

Special Ticket Prices 50% OFF
$87.50 each (Regular price is $175, lower level)
$50 each (Regular price is $100, lower level)
$20 each (Regular price is $40, upper level)

How do I post a bulletin on Sportsvite?

Follow these six easy steps…

  1. Log in to Sportsvite.
  2. Visit the Bulletin Boards section on Sportsvite.com.
  3. Click on the blue CREATE A POST button in the top right corner.
  4. Select the Bulletin Board category from the list of six that best fits your request and click on it.
  5. Fill in the fields for your post: Title, Date Needed (optional), Sport and Message.
  6. Click the blue Create My Post button.

Aug 10, 2009 by brian

Hurry Up and Recruit; Tell Your Teammates Promotion Ends 8/15

Sportsvite’s “Tell Your Teammates” promotion ends this week (August 15). There’s just a few precious days left to recruit eight of your unenlightened friends to join Sportsvite thereby allowing you to receive a free $15 gift card to Sportsauthority.com. Right now, Miami Drag Boat Racer Kristen (53) has a solid lead over soccer player Diego (41) and Michelle (32).

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A few SV members have really hit the pavement and are vying for the $200 grand prize that goes to the best overall recruiter. Check out the leaderboard to see who’s in the running.

Yeah, we know we shouldn’t have to bribe members to get their athletic friends to join the Sportsvite community. That’s why we don’t look at it that way. We’re just trying to enable our viral loop. That’s digital nerd speak for saying that We’re trying to shout out that the more people you know on Sportvite the stronger and more useful it makes the community for everyone.

For all you litigious athletes out there, feel free to check out the contest’s official rules.

tyt promo

Aug 05, 2009 by brian

The Sportsvite Weekly - Read All About It

Hopefully, you’ve noticed a new Sportsvite email in your inbox each Monday or Tuesday morning.   A few weeks ago we launched the Sportsvite Weekly email newsletter. The goal of the “Weekly” is to deliver a concise snapshot of all that is happening in a member’s local rec sports scene. The Weekly consists of a few different sections;

Personal Alerts and Updates

The Weekly has links to a member’s unread messages, pending requests and upcoming sports event and activites. It also provides a link to quickly update the sports status message.

Compatible Players

Displays new players in your area who share similar sports interests. Includes profile thumbnails and links to the players. Also includes a link to view even more compatible players.

Teams & Groups

Displays teams and groups in your area that are looking for playersBulletinsLocal bulletin messages from the Sportsvite Community

Promotions

We usually include a promotion from Sportsvite, a league partner, or occasional an advertiser or sponsor

So far, so good. We’ve had an encouraging response to the Weekly and the open and click through rates have been great. It super easy to unsubscribe for those old curmudgeons who don’t want to be bothered. We want to make sure this newsletter stays fresh and are always searching for new ways to make it more useful, informative and interesting. Get in touch if you have feedback or suggestions. We’d love to hear from you (and will send you a Sportsvite head band for a good idea — got to keep that precious brain protected).

Here is a screenshot of the newsletter:

sample newsletter

Jul 09, 2009 by brian

Examiner.com - Attention All Athletes

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Examiner.com (the Buffalo version) writer Amanda Duquette shares her experience on discovering Sportsvite and then dives into the community to search for players, teams and event in her hometown in New Hampshire. Below is a little excerpt and click on over to the full article. We couldn’t have explained the site any better ourselves.

The site is called www.sportsvite.com. In this case, the name truly says it all. It is a website designed specifically to invite players and teams to join leagues or events in a vast array of sports, all through the country. When you first enter the site, your first stp will be to select a region. I obviously chose New Hampshire for my own purposes, but if you are going away on vacation for the summer you are welcome to search states and cities all across the country. Next, a box will appear in the upper right hand corner of your screen. First you must choose whether you are looking for a player, event, team, or league. Next you will choose a sport, which can be as basic as baseball to as obscure as inner tube water polo.

Head on over to Examiner.com to get local content in over 90 markets.

Jun 22, 2009 by brian

Visa Go Campaign Features Sportsvite

We’re happy to share that Sportsvite is currently a featured website in the Visa Go website as part of their new promotional campaign.

To discover Sportsvite on the Visa website click on “Go Explore” tab at the bottom of the page and click on active, community or social groups. You’ll catch Sportsvite on one of the futurisitic digital billboards as your computer screen travels in 3D. Be sure to let Visa know that you like us by clicking on the thumbs up.

visa screenshot

The photo that is used for Sportsvite is from a New York Sports and Social Club dodgeball team (not sure which one but let us know if you can identify them) The caption reads:

“Just because you’ve outgrown your varsity jacket doesn’t mean you have to quit playing. Hop on an intramural team to get in shape, meet new people, and dust off your motor skills.”

Other cool sites we found on the website include Monkeysee.com, rinktime.com, brewskeeball.com and roadsideamerica.com

Thanks goes out to the great team at AKQA who actually found us to be a part of this promotion.