Matthew Artus has some good suggestions for the Mets on how to handle social media. Definitely worth a read.
Some thoughts from me:
– “new media” isn’t going away. Â Embrace it. Â I know the Mets can’t engage all 25,000 Mets blogs but there’s probably a dozen or so “big” blogs.
– I agree with Matthew. Â Retweet. Â Engage the fans. Â Follow some people. Â Reply to questions. Â They don’t need to negage the trolls, but if someone asks “is there cap day this year?” that’s pretty easy for someone to field. Â I don’t reply to everyone who hits me @metspolice, but I bet I have picked up followers because of my back and forth with fellow fans.
Anyway, I’m hitting the sack. Â Go read Artus, Let’s Go Mets, and I have good stuff for you tomorrow. Â Time for me to cuddle up with Howie and a pillow.
They are on Facebook, though – http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/Mets?ref=ts
I don’t remember the exact quote, but I got an email from the Mets yesterday:
“Ceetar, since you write about the Mets, we want to send you a media guide.”
It’s not a whole lot, but it’s very appreciated and way more ‘engaged’ than I ever thought I’d be.