2018 #AthleteDriven Awards
Breaking Down UCF’s Athlete-Driven Domination
The latest in athlete social media & opendorse news.
The latest in athlete social media & opendorse news.
From revolution to evolution, opendorse reimagines athlete-driven sports marketing
Today marks a new beginning for the opendorse family. The launch of an entirely new platform that enhances the power of athlete-driven sports marketing through social media. We sat down with our CEO, Blake Lawrence, and Head of Product, Abbie Giffin to hear directly...
Draft Day: The Top NBA Draft Prospects on Social
The 2019 NBA Draft takes place tonight, and fans are eagerly waiting to find out who the latest addition to their favorite team will be. In preparation for tonight’s event, we’re providing a pre-draft analysis of the strongest social brands in this year’s draft class....
USWNT’s Strongest Brands on Social
The FIFA Women’s World Cup is officially upon us, and the United States women’s national team is once again a front-runner to win the title. To prepare for the group stage, we’re taking a look at which members of the USWNT are driving the most impact on social media....
USC Helps Hundreds of Athletes Publish Posts
USC Athletics kicked off 2019 with a strategy to reach more fans and help athletes — current students and alumni — build their brands on social media. The Trojans social team committed to athlete-driven content, sending highlights, graphics, and high-quality images...
Behind the Brand with JuJu Smith-Schuster
In just two NFL seasons, JuJu Smith-Schuster has built one of the strongest brands in sports. He joined Blake Lawrence to go behind the posts and share what makes him one of the world's most engaging athletes. In his words: "It's lit!"
Draft Day: The Top Prospects on Social
It's Draft Day and football's top prospects are ready to realize their dreams on the big stage. To prepare fans and followers for tonight's festivities, we're providing a final pre-draft analysis of the prospects who are driving the most value on social. Steady since...
Golf’s 2019 Social Leaderboard
Golf's greatest week is finally here. As the players take the course at Augusta, we're checking out the game's top performers on social. Since 2017, the world's top golfers have blown up across Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. With help from their partners at PGA...
NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Gets a 20X Athlete-Driven Boost
The 2019 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl got a big assist from participating players on social at this year’s all-star game. In the days leading up to the game, the NFLPA team helped more than 50 participating Collegiate Bowl players access and publish behind-the-scenes content...
The Top NFL Draft Prospects on Social
Once again, the NFL's annual combine created serious hype and gave fans an inside look at football's latest class of top prospects. While these players took to Indianapolis to showcase their skills on the turf for a few days, many have been fine-tuning their brands on...
The MLB Spring Training Social Media Report
Camps across Arizona and Florida are buzzing as teams report to MLB Spring Training, and baseball social media is sure to follow. MLB players currently lag behind their peers in the NBA, NFL, and MLS in most social categories, but it's never too late to catch up. 2019...
Top Athlete-Driven MLS Teams of 2018
As athletes and fans prepare to kickoff the 2019 regular season of Major League Soccer, we take a look back at the league's most powerful teams on social in 2018. Our athlete-driven report — focused on the performance of MLS players grouped by their respective teams —...
The NBA’s Top 50 Players on Social
The 2019 NBA All-Star game will take place on Sunday, February 17 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C. In preparation for the festivities, we break down the athlete-driven data from the league's Top 50 most powerful players on social throughout the first half of...
Breaking Down UCF’s Athlete-Driven Domination
It's no secret that UCF Football's brand has blown up. The team ran the table in 2017, claiming their share of the national title just two years after finishing with a winless record. They nearly did again this year before falling short in the Fiesta Bowl. From...
The NHL’s Top 50 Players on Social
Just in time for NHL All-Star weekend, we take a look at the league's most powerful athletes on social throughout the first half of the regular season. As stars gather in San Jose, CA to showcase their skills and compete, the data in this athlete-driven report offers...
2018 #AthleteDriven Awards
Top Athlete-Driven NBA Teams
NBA players and their teams are consistently some of the strongest in the world on social. Thanks in large part to a combination of star power and quality content, these athletes build massive audiences and drive engagement that tops North American sports. While...
Top Athlete-Driven Teams of 2018
Many leagues began to embrace athlete-driven social strategies in 2018, but numerous teams have already hit the ground running. Across professional sports, we witnessed first-hand how powerful player-driven strategy can be. The NFL showed us how activity from a few...
2018’s top 100 athletes on social
Ealier this month, we reported on the leading athlete-driven leagues of 2018. Our recap featured eight of the most powerful sports leagues in North America, all with one thing in common — their athletes create serious impact on social. Here, we take a look at the...
The Leading Athlete-Driven Leagues of 2018
If 2019 becomes the year of athlete-driven marketing on social, 2018 was the year that built the foundation to make it happen. The leading leagues, properties, and publishers in sports have made significant strides to empower their talent with technology, strategy,...
The Power of Formula One on Social
The 2018 Formula One World Championship came to a close in November with Lewis Hamilton securing a second consecutive Drivers' Championship Trophy for Team Mercedes and continuing his decade of dominance in the sport. Hamilton's daring approach to driving and...
NASCAR’s Social Leaderboard
The NASCAR regular season came to a close last week with the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In a season dominated by talk of a 'Big 3' champion — Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., or Kyle Busch — it was wild card Joey Logano who...