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Honoring Those That Volunteer
Thanks for the nice mention here but it is all of the volunteers in nonprofits that are the local heroes to our community. This was a fun event and I was honored to have met so many of you. Thank you – click here for a nice mention in the Washington Post.
Caps Make Good On Their One Power Play Last Night
According to the Washington Post.
They say we now have won or gotten points in 9 straight games in Pittsburgh; who knew? I didn’t – that is an odd stat; doesn’t feel like it though.
Read this one. That is enough for last night’s game. See you all on Saturday. Thank you.
Quiet Period
We had media day for the Washington Capitals.
I didn’t attend it.
The focus should be on the team – the players and the coaching staff.
There will be lots of stories; lots of drama – lots of angst – lots of joy – lots of pixels generated as we enter this new season. Here is a bunch of stuff from the Washington Post as an example. Thank you as I am appreciative of the coverage we get in this important local news medium.
There are great expectations on our team; we are what our record says we are.
We are one of the few franchises to qualify for the playoffs 4 years in a row; we need to keep our focus on the regular season so that we can qualify for the playoffs again.
That is our focus to start the new season. We must qualify for the playoffs.
If we do – then we can discuss other goals. It concerns me greatly when I hear that making the playoffs is a given; nothing is given – everything is earned.
Time to get the regular season started. See you all on Saturday night. I am so very grateful for your ongoing support. Go Caps!
Washington Post on SnagFilms
A nice write up here.Thank you! We had a great weekend on SnagFilms too. Double the streams; the new design is being valued highly; Thank you.
Talked Out
In a batch of recent research, we asked our fans and customers how do they receive information about our teams.
The top five sources of information gathering were identified by more than a majority of fans in this order: Our team websites; Comcast SportsNet; The Washington Post; my blog Ted’s Take; and team emails and mailings and in-arena communications.
These five sites and media are the starting points for fans and most fans don’t go past this grouping of sites for information. The drop off is dramatic in terms of how far and deep fans will go to find information.
I remain committed to communicating far and wide and treating all media outlets with respect and with transparency. I believe in the long tail and believe in democracy of information flow. Social media is starting to creep up in the rankings but I was surprised to see that these sites such as Facebook and Twitter and some blogs are still in a smallish minority of how most people gather information about our teams. I would like to encourage more participation and the driving of traffic to more blogs and more individual Twitter feeds and will try to figure out a way to be more supportive.
Google remains high in terms of relevance and driving clicks and people to specific information.
Yesterday I went on our own website to do an hour and ten minute interview with Mike Vogel. I tried to answer many fan generated questions. I have received and read more than 1,000 emails since our season ended. I believe I have responded to more than half of those emails.
Here is the link to the video interview.
I also conducted a 60 plus minute season ticket holder telephonic session with Wizards season ticket holders yesterday. I answered questions live from our customers. I have also received and read more than 500 emails from fans of the Wizards since the season ended and we conducted the draft lottery and redesigned our look and feel and new uniforms.
I want to thank you all for listening; for caring; for communicating; and for participating. That is very nice of you.
Washington Post
It is the best run of all the companies in its class.
It has the best people.
And it serves the best and most educated and wealthiest market.
It launches the best and most innovative new products in its class.
And it is shrinking and struggling as a business mostly company wide.
What does this say about the demography of our area and about the future of these great old line industries?
I laud the Post for being so honest in its coverage of itself. Click here to see this article about the financial condition of the Washington Post.
Some new companies I know will soon be bigger than the Washington Post in terms of revenues. That is simply mind blowing to me. The pivot in the way people consume info or market their products locally has changed forever.
We need a healthy press and local media. I am wishing the company well. We should all send good vibes their way. I am a subscriber; an avid reader; a user; and an advertiser. And I am a fan.
Playing With Trove
The Washington Post launched a news gathering service called Trove. It is social and adaptive and gets wise with your click streams.
It really rocks.
It is intuitive and easy to use and gets smarter the more you use it– it allows you to create your own channels; and create your home pages.
WTED– my personal news network–all news–all the time.
Go get it and play with it. I am impressed.
It’s Complicated
Our relationship with the Washington Post. My relationship with the Washington Post. And the mainstream media in general.
The owners of several of our local sports teams sat through a couple of hours with the Washington Post this week. We were asked questions on a panel by a very smart and tough editor. The session was filmed and streamed live to the Washington Post’s audience. I enjoyed the session and was honored to share the stage with my friends and colleagues.
The Washington Post sold sponsorships to the event and around the streaming broadcast. It sold tickets to the event. We were made into programming and the Washington Post “monetized” us.
We were reported on, too. A lot. Four days worth of content was generated. A virtual bonanza. Click here for even more.
There have been many articles written and many pixels generated by our talk and discussion.
Those articles then activated many other media outlets to write. They generated blog posts. We became ripples in a pond. They all sold some ads around our words. The monster was fed. Worldwide.
We place some ads in the Washington Post newspaper and website via our teams. We have a business relationship with them. It is respectful and productive. We give the Washington Post money.
The Internet Gives and Takes Away
Mike Wise was suspended for trying to pull a “goof” on other media outlets.
Whoops.
I think the suspension is harsh but deserved. Mike and the Washington Post are beacons of process and hopefully journalistic integrity. This joke crossed the line. Mike is paying a steep price. He has taken accountability for his actions which is the first step in atonement. I know for I have made lots of mistakes in my life and career as well. And Twitter has a technical glitch – it needs to be held accountable, too, to its users for lack of uptime!
Playing with integrity is a third rail for journalists. Don’t touch.
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