Blog Posts - Sports & Music - For Social Media

We are looking to establish a long-term working relationship with a freelancer for creating fun, socially-oriented content about sports & music for our blog - [login to view URL] These posts will be focused on sports (mostly focusing on the four major sports leagues) or music (mostly focusing on popular artists) and are meant to do well on social media (shared on Facebook, retweeted, etc.). Here are examples from other companies that are in the vein of what we’re looking for: [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] Voice The voice we’re looking for is fun, conversational, witty, sometimes sarcastic (don’t overdo it though), and engaging. We’re not looking for professional reports here, we’re looking for content that is related to the things we sell tickets for - sports teams, artists, etc. - that will crack a smile on someone’s face and get them to retweet it or share it on Facebook. The articles listed above are great examples of both the type of content we’re looking to create and the voice it should be in. Beyond that, FanDuel (a daily sports fantasy league company) is far and above the most successful at generating social shares for their content within this space, and I consider their voice to be the most engaging, so here are the top ten best-performing posts on FanDuel for your reference: [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] Content We’re looking for things that will do well on social media, so including but not limited to: Listicles Articles with nice, big images (unfortunately, we can’t use the logos of the four major sports leagues and their teams in our posts, so either photos that don’t contain those logos, or something that would be easy for me to photoshop), Embedded Videos Embedded Tweets Embedded Instagram videos, photos Embedded Facebook Posts Embedded vines (All of the embedded things must include engaging, written content as well). Other content (hopefully you’ve got the gist of what I’m talking about by now). Next Steps If you think you’d do a good job, and you’re interested in working with us to create socially engaging content about sports and music related topics for a live events blog, then please send me the following information: A little about yourself - who you are, your experience, etc. Why you think you’d be good for the job. Three examples of socially-oriented content that have been previously published on other blogs or websites. If these are sports or music focused, then great, but they don’t have to be. This is just to get a taste of your writing style and to confirm that you have experience writing in the way we’re looking for. A 2-3 sentence pitch explaining your idea for an article you think would work well for us. What you would consider to be fair compensation for your work and how you would like to be paid. Individuals only, no agencies. About TickPick TickPick is where smart fans buy tickets. We’re a no-fee ticket marketplace with tickets to major sporting events, concerts, and theater shows for cheaper than the competition.