The Sports Slant

 

What Is The Sports Slant?

The Sports Slant is a sports blog created by Stan Rosenberg in May 2010. 

The blog looks at different topics in sports with a unique business slant.

A Look At The Site

                         The Sports Slant

How Is The Site Designed?• Tumblr Blog

o Catching Elephant Theme• Advertising

o In-Text Ads Kontera

o Skyscraper Ads Through Yardbarker Affiliation

• HTML Widgetso World Cup Countdowno Grooveshark Musico YardBarker

Website Affiliations

Bleacher Report: User-Generated Sports News Website

Anyone can write for Bleacher Report. Only a select few get to be feautured columnists and analysts

Yard Barker: 300+ Affiliated Sports Blogs

Advertising revenue and exposure in exchange for content

Highlights and Lowlights

Highlights• Being Selected By The Bleacher Report As A World

Cup Featured Columnisto Research Assignments with Deadlines

• My Work Was Featured in the Seattle Post Intelligencero Five Unbreakable Records

• Being Selected As Part of The Yardbarker Network• Being Offered An MLB Analyst Position with

RealSports Net

My Awards On Bleacher Report

Articles on the Bleacher Report receive awards on the number of views, comments, lead stories, etc.

Fire Symbol: Hot Read    Silver: Over 2000 Views    Bronze: Over 1000 Views

Newspaper Symbol: Lead Stories (10)

Speech Bubble: Great Debate (25+ comments on an article)

Lowlights/Challenges

• Research and Fact Checkingo It never feels good to find out that you messed up

part of an article after it has already been published

o This has happened to me three times so far• Not Well-Liked Article(s)

o Some of my articles have not been as well received as others.

o Articles about the AL Trade Deadline and The Best World Cup TV Matches stand out here

What I Have Learned

The Three Most Important Rules Of Blogging

1.Timing Is Everything: A Few Minutes Can Be The Difference Between A Popular Story and One That Is Already Outdated

2.You Can Never Fact Check An Article Enough3.Only Use Original Ideas. Do Not Copy Something

Already Done Before

My Five Favorite Articles  (no specific order)1) Will The US Land The 2018 or 2022 World Cup?

2) Five Unbreakable Records That May Be Broken Soon

3) Ten Biggest Blown Calls In Sports History

4) Ten NBA Draft Storylines

5) Why Chad Ochocinco Is The Smartest Man In Sports

OutlookI really enjoyed working on The Sports Slant and am planning on continuing it in the future.

This summer, I plan to redesign the website for a September 2010 release

I have figured out to generate some revenue from the blog and will use this to grow my offerings

My goal is to add two or three more writers in the fall