MUL goes social...

With the Midlands Universities League (MUL) grand final drawing ever closer the league have taken the next step to further their reach the players and supporters in the league by setting up a Facebook and Twitter account. This is so that information on fixtures, results and league standings can reach the players and supporters quicker.


The MUL final is being held on Monday 10th May at Stadium:MK, home of the MK Dons, and here at 5or6 we wish both Loughborough and Nottingham the best of luck!

5or6 feel the Power!

5or6 have teamed up with Power Balance UK to implement a new social media campaign for the company. Power Balance products work in harmony with the human body to improve athletic performance and health, for more information check out their website.

Or check out Power Balance user Shaq O'Neal's video below praising Power Balance products.

#SA10

Street Athletics 2010 is coming! This years Street Athletics will be kicking off in the next few months, with bigger events and an even bigger social marketing campaign. Watch out for a new Street Athletics Facebook page, Twitter accounts and YouTube page. This year is going to be exciting with more athletes competing on the track and on the net. So keep an eye out for the latest SA news.

Uni Football takes the leap into cyberspace

England Universities Football programme has taken massive strides in the last few years, with numerous players going pro, and many others turning semi pro over the last few years. The most recent being former Wolverhampton University colossal center back Exodus Geohaghan joining Peterborough in January and former UWE Hartpury player Matt Smith joining Robbie Fowler in Australia at Queensland Fury FC.

5or6 have been heavily involved with in the programme over the last few years, yet inn recent weeks programme has begun to develop its on line presents, with a new Blog, Twitter account and Facebook fan page, all being set up to try on draw attention to one of the most successful University sports programmes around.

Over the next few months there will be many more updates regarding the England Universities Football programme as they bid to push more and more players into the professional game. Watch this space.

Twittering About

What can you actually do with Twitter? It's just status updates isn't it? These are questions we get asked all the time by companies, individuals and friends, and they are valid questions. To many Twitter does seem like a status update site, due in part to the question in your 'status' box, "What are you doing?", yet the what the box should really say is " What have you got to share with others?".

If you treat your status update as a way of sharing useful information with others then it opens a whole new dimension. Why not share a link to your company website, or blog that you find interesting, if others find it useful they may re-tweet, sending you link out to many more people. Twitter can be a very powerful tool to connect yourself or company with a much wider range of people, with out spending thousands.

There is a reason why millions have embraced Twitter, it gives you a chance to connect with thousands if not millions of people in 140 characters, give it a go, you never know what might come of it.