Comments on: The Importance of Social Media

By: Thursday Thoughts: Blogging « I Watch Too Much Racing

Thursday Thoughts: Blogging « I Watch Too Much Racing — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:19:45 +0000

[...] The Importance of Social Media was a post I wrote about 3 weeks ago about the impact of Twitter on the racing world, from fans to media, to series, teams and drivers. The appearance of Claire Williams of the WilliamsF1 Team at the recent F1 tests armed with a mobile phone and Twitter/Twitpic accounts prompted a frenzy among F1 fans and blogs at the amazing level of access she was granting vicariously to the humble follower. Vision Racing had the same effect on the IndyCar community last season and I had been planning to write a Twitter article for a while on that basis. Claire’s appearance was the perfect excuse. [...]

By: Write to the Top « I Watch Too Much Racing

Write to the Top « I Watch Too Much Racing — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:35:13 +0000

[...] to fans more than they ever have done before, whether by survey or direct interaction via Facebook or Twitter. What’ll get his attention on Day 1 better than a stack of letters from the fans? Okay so [...]

By: Viva F1 » Something for the Weekend – XIV

Viva F1 » Something for the Weekend – XIV — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:11:03 +0000

[...] great articles this week on the empowering nature of Twitter so I’ll start with this one from Too Much Racing on social media and why it’s important to him. Pat gives us his personal view of how the [...]

By: Dan Schrementi

Dan Schrementi — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:30:15 +0000

Social Media in the racing space inspired me to start my own blog as well as gave me an outlet of racing geeks I can talk to with my interests (like you!). Social media is the most powerful communication tool since the dawn of the Internet…
Cheers.

By: Pat W

Pat W — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:45:24 +0000

As a resource it is brilliant. I tend not to use it for ‘day in the life’ things as much as I did, rather I go for the latest talking points and my take on them.

By: Pat W

Pat W — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:44:30 +0000

Possibly, yeah. For me Rubens has been the more ‘human’ of the F1 tweeters and that’s the same route Claire has taken, that’s probably not a coincidence.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:44:46 +0000

Must admit I don’t really do much chatting on my twitter account as I think a day in the life of salti might bore the socks off people, but as a resource, to find out what’s happening even before its published in Autosport it’s invaluable.

By: mr. c.

mr. c. — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:30:12 +0000

it’s rubens isn’t it?

the whole claire williams thing, was kicked off by rubens’ arrival at the team. how did i not connect that before? cheers sir.