Twitter and Facebook and other parts of the social web can't seem to shut up about Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow -- for lots of reasons, including his astonishing performance on the field lately, his ostentatious religiosity (which of course inspired the whole Tebowing meme), his potential status as the sports-endorsement world's next $10 million man, his shirtless Jockey underwear ad, and on and on. (If you're feeling a little Tebow illiterate, Gawker's "Non Sports Fan's Guide to Tim Tebow" is helpful. Posted Wednesday, it's already gotten more than 100,000 page views.)
Just how big is Tim Tebow in social media? Ad Age worked with our editorial partner Bluefin Labs, the Cambridge-Mass.-based social-TV analytics company, to take a look at Tebow-related chatter just surrounding his latest star-turn on the field during the AFC Wild-Card Game (Broncos vs. Steelers) that aired on CBS this past Sunday.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Tim Tebow Is a Social-Media God (So to Speak)
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