Live-Tweeting

Last Thursday, February 24th, I live-tweeted the Premier League Soccer game between Arsenal and Wolves. In order to give my followers some information on the teams and the game beforehand, my first couple of tweets included team stats, time of the game, and where you can watch it before the game even started. I thought these were good tweets to add in before the game because soccer isn’t a sport that everyone gets or keeps up with; therefore, it can help my followers get some background information on the game and players to understand the rest of the tweets better.

Once the game started, I began to tweet updates on anything that I saw necessary to the game. For example, if there was a goal scored, corner kick, penalty, lots of shots on goal, etc. I would tweet about it. I didn't tweet every action that was made because since soccer is a 90-minute game if every match's move were tweeted, my followers wouldn't have been able to keep up.

Since soccer is a long game with no intense action going on 24/7, many of my tweets were very interactive to keep my followers updated and still interested in the game. For example, I would tweet polls of “Who do you think will win the game?” or would retweet something from a Wolves or Arsenal fan and respond to them. I also would add photos or GIFS to show my followers what the game looked like if they weren’t watching and to keep them interested in the game. I thought this was very beneficial to my live-tweeting experience because it kept my followers eager to watch the game, and even if there wasn’t much going on in the game, it was on Twitter.

At the end of the game, I gave a final update of the score (which was 2-1 Arsenal won) and embedded tweets from the Premier League or the individual teams of recaps of the game. By doing this, my followers could go back and watch highlights or overviews of the game, and it summed up the whole game for them perfectly.

Overall, this live-tweeting experience went very well, and it taught me how to report and keep my audience interested and updated for a high-intensity live event. The most helpful thing I did for my followers was adding lots of interactive content and photos because it kept my followers interested and excited for the game, even when there wasn’t much going on. If you want to check out my tweets and see examples of what I’m talking about, check out my Twitter @LucyRushin