Posts Tagged ‘Hashtag
2009 NHL Trade Deadline Hashtag!
Today we are launching the NHL approved Twitter hashtag. If you are not sure what a hashtag is on Twitter – Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. They’re like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post. You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol (E.G. #hashtag). Over the past week we have been voting on 9 different hashtags … this morning I took the top 3 vote getters and emailed them to Michael DiLorenzo – Director of Corporate Communications for the NHL and told him about our vote. I asked which one would he like to use as the “official NHL Twitter Hashtag” and his response was … *drum roll please*
#NHLTrade
So there you have it … sanctioned by the NHL and supported by US the Twitterverse, we now have an NHL Trade hashtag that we can use forever. I agree with Michael regarding his choice of #NHLTrade because it is only 9 characters, it is descriptive and also can be used for any and all trades that go down in the NHL. I would like to thank Michael for entertaining the voting results I sent him and for allowing myself, and everyone who voted the ability to help.
Here is the email I received from Michael this morning -
Dear Bill,
Thank you for your work regarding the use of hashtags related to the 2009 NHL Trade Deadline. I reviewed the results of your poll and found them interesting.
It is my feeling that we should use the #NHLTrade hashtag as a generic rollup of posts that are trade-related (but may fall before the deadline itself).
If you are in agreement, we should begin to propagate this message to the NHL fans in the audience.
Many thanks again.
Mike
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Michael DiLorenzo | Director of Corporate Communications | The National Hockey League | o: 212.789.2657 | m: 347.534.6117 | MDiLorenzo@NHL.com | AIM: umassdilo | Twitter: @umassdilo
So, without further a due … I now officially launch NHL Trading, well, on Twitter at least.
2009 NHL Trade Deadline Twitter Hashtag Vote!
OK … so we have 27 days before the GREATEST “non-game” NHL day arrives! The 2009 NHL Trade Deadline is quickly aproaching and in order to get our ducks (or Sharks, or Penguins, or Red Wings or {enter your favorite team mascot here}) in a row … we need to hammer out some details. I will be spending the day glued to my couch, laptop within arms reach ready to Twitter each and every trade that comes down the pipe, as will 236,894 of my closest Twitter friends! I want to know from you all what you want to use as our “Official NHL Hashtag” for any and all trades happening up until March 4th, 2009 @ 3pm ET – So, if you would so kindly … VOTE!!! (Poll closes Wed. Feb 11th @ noon ET)