Sam Smith review

I would like to review the blog of the Chicago Bulls’ beat writer Sam Smith. He has been with the team for a decent amount of time now and I just think some of his articles get the hopes up of so many fans now a days, with me being one of them. A couple years ago when the free agency class was full of so much talent, including the ‘Big 3’ of Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade, and LeBron James, he produced articles saying how the bulls had the money and team that would be most attractive to those three and the chances of signing them to come to Chicago was high. But what happened? They all signed with the Miami Heat obviously making fans very upset because they were being led to believe the Bulls were going to have another dynasty run like what they did in the 90’s with Michael Jordan. Being a beat writer I just think you should have more inside knowledge of what you are producing and know that the fans what to know reality, and they do not want to be led on to believe something is going to happen when in reality there is no chance of it. Now articles that he writes, I do not even read anymore. I am personally sick and annoyed of what he has to say because what he says seems to never be true and I think the Bulls’ should think about hiring a new writer to report for the team so fans will have something more truthful to read about.

Dan Patrick blog review

I would like to promote the blog of Dan Patrick who writes posts for Sports Illustrated. He is also featured on the Dan Patrick radio show and works for NBC’s Sunday night football in America. Dan has been around the sports world for many years and I really enjoy the interviews he does and writes about. He posts them through Sports Illustrated. Dan also used to work for ESPN before deciding to break away and become a bigger hit on his own. While also being a very well respected sports writer, he has been featured in movies because he is known for his humor and making people laugh in any situation. That is what I really like about Dan. He likes to make the best out of any situation. Like if a team is struggling, he will take phone calls on his radio show for example and kind of make fun of a team to relieve some stress from hardcore fans that they have for their teams. Dan is one of the most famous sports journalists of all time and is probably at the top from a person I would like to meet in the sporting world. He is living every man’s dream who loves sports. His radio studio is named “The Man Cave” because his crew is all guys and they just sit there and talk sports for a couple hours in the morning while making tons of money throughout the year. Dan Patrick is a true inspiration for sports writers everywhere.

Review blogpost

I would like to promote the writing of Pantagraph writer and blogger, Jim Benson. He is the beat writer for many sports around the Bloomington/ Normal area. The one sport that I really follow that he happens to write about is the Illinois State University Men’s Basketball team. I follow his writings because I happen to be a student assistant to the basketball program. I follow what he writes to see if what he is saying is actually the truth and to see whether or not what coaches say to the press is pretty much true or way off. Jim Benson is very dedicated to his work and is very passionate about what he does. For example, last year when the university was in the process of hiring a new basketball coach because former coach, Tim Jankovich , left for Southern Methodist University to become the coach in waiting behind Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown, Jim thought he knew and was going to be the first one to break who was going to become the next head coach at Illinois State. But really, what happened was that he got erroneous information from an “inside source” and happened to make a fool of himself and wrote a big apology article. So I respect what he does work wise because he is hard working and very dedicated, but I think he should be more patient when it comes to writing articles. The Pantagraph “network” is small and less credible compared to someone writing for ESPN or Sports Illustrated.

Jayson Stark's Blogs

I would like to promote the blog of Jayson Stark who covers Major League Baseball for ESPN. The blog was posted at the beginning of October covering the different playoff scenarios. Playoff rules changed this year for baseball and there were some scenarios that happened that took the playoff chase down to the wire. At the beginning of the last day of the regular season, only one playoff game was set, the Braves and the Cardinals. He does a great job of going into great detail about each scenario about what could happen and who would end up playing who. Jayson Stark is well respected around baseball for his inside coverage for America’s game. He always has the latest and up to date information that huge fans want to know. He does a good job of dumbing it down for the amateur of fans, but also goes into the great depth that people are in the know about everything that goes on. I really enjoy reading his blogs and what he has to say. A lot of the time he is on TV explaining the same thing he has wrote about or is going to write about, so you can hear what he has to say to through your TV. If you would like to check out his blogs, either go to the MLB section on ESPN’s website or you can simply google Jayson Stark. Everything he writes about has a purpose and I really enjoy that about his posts.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/blog/_/name/stark_jayson

Product Recommendation Again

Here’s to another product recommendation for my store! The product I will be talking about today is the hood sweatshirt with my company’s logo on it. It is a cotton sweatshirt that is extremely warm and comfortable for those days when it is a bit chilly outside. It makes a great gift for anyone who loves my store or sports memorabilia because people know my store. People are probably wondering what size to order in case it shrinks, but I promise you that it will not, otherwise you will get 100% of your money back. A lot of sweatshirts come tight in the neck also, and I made sure when I designed this product that it did not come this way. I have seen people that ruin new sweatshirts by cutting it at the corner of the hood to give them more neck room and it looks bad, plus it is also a waste of money. So be sure to buy this product from my store, you will love it. Again, thanks again for visiting my blog and reading what I have to say about my business. Also by buying this sweatshirt, it helps give my company more publicity. The more, the better to me. I am trying to make this the best sports memorabilia store around so word of mouth and wearing around the logo will help me out significantly. I also want to reiterate that I’m here for the customers, so if you have any ideas for products, please feel free to suggest them to me.

Dri-fit shirt!

Again, welcome back to my blog for my online store. The one and only, hopefully to become famous soon, Blake’s Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. My goal is to make this experience as fulfilling and easy as possible. If you are on the website trying to get some gift ideas, I do have some recommendations for you to try to make this process easier. Some things I would recommend are the clothing items that we have available that have the store’s name a logo on it. These may just be normal clothing products, but if the store is going to turn out like I planned, you can say you were one of the first people to shop from my store. We have a wide range of clothes to offer, but the product that I am going to recommend to you is the Dri-fit white t-shirt. Dri-fit shirts are the new technology whether playing sports or wearing shirts recreationally. They feel lighter and softer, but they also absorb moisture and wetness. For athletes, this is huge. Athletes sweat like crazy and that can make it hard in controlling their respective sports object, like pitching a baseball or throwing a football because sweat is dripping down their arm to their hands. If you buy this shirt, it will absorb wetness in the sleeve so it does not get down to your hand. Be sure you make the purchase today for your athlete that is competing every day to make you proud and also give him the competitive advantage.

11 Things I've Learned This Semester

1. How to create a blog.
2. How to create a website.
3. How to create products on Cafe Press.
4. How to put a contact form on a website.
5. How to make my own privacy policy.
6. How to write pillar articles.
7. How to add labels to your blog posts for keywords for search engines.
8. How to embed code onto a webpage.
9. How to write a review blog post.
10. How to write a list post.
11. How to publish things onto the internet.

Sneeze Page of Recent Posts

Here’s a look at the posts I have done over the past couple of weeks, so you can easily choose which ones you would like to read. I will give you the name of the blog post and give an excerpt from each article to use  as help when trying to figure out which one you want to read.

The first article is called “Reasons I got into the Sporting Business”:

“The final reason I got into sports is because I want to spread my knowledge and passion to other fans, whether seasoned or new. Sports is a multibillion dollar industry and is involved in so many lives and everyone should be able to have the chance to enjoy it, and I just want to help spread the knowledge and gear” (http://blakeshofsports.blogspot.com/2012/10/reasonsi-got-into-sporting-business-1.html)

The second article is called “Promoting Derek Hart”:

“I would like to promote the blog of Derek Hart. He recently wrote about the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and I think this blog relates to mine because the Angels made history this season in more than one way and some of their memorabilia will be worth a lot of money someday.” (http://blakeshofsports.blogspot.com/2012/10/promoting-derek-hart.html)

The third post was called “Products to Buy!”:

“If you are on the website trying to get some gift ideas, I do have some recommendations for you to try to make this process easier. Anything that is related to the sports industry can be expensive and knowing that everything is certified authentic makes it even more competitive when it comes to pricing.” (http://blakeshofsports.blogspot.com/2012/10/products-to-buy.html)

Link Post- Taking sports away from kids?

How can you ever say sports are bad for anyone? You want to try and get them out of schools because you think they cost too much money and distract kids from their studies? America is known for being great at sports at it is a huge industry in the United States. David Safier has been writing a three part blog on the internet, with his latest post called, “After school sports are bad for education” (http://arizona.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/after-school-sp.html). He claims that America is one of the worst ratings academically wise for kids in school, and teachers scratch their heads trying to figure out why, and he is blaming it on sports. I find this ridiculous. If you take sports out of school, it was have so many affects besides education. One of the long term affects is it was drive competition downwards in professional sports because people won’t be in sports as long so they won’t be as developed and people will stop watching which means they lose money because of poor ratings. Some short term effects are obesity and more kids will be on the streets. Obesity is already a big concern in this country and if you take sports away from schools it will lead to unhealthy kids and that could make it harder to learn. A big concern from taking sports away is that means more kids in the streets. A big reason kids do sports is because it is something structured to where they stay out of trouble and in a safe place to where them and their parents know they won’t be in any harm, so I think this article about sports is terrible!

Review

I think “Sports Illustrated” is the best sporting magazine out there. You get all of these magazines now a days that are trying to be competitive in the sports journalism industry and this magazine basically started it all and has survived anything that has tried to come at it and mock it. They have, in my opinion, one of the best investigative sports writers in the journalism world that has so much inside information that he publishes online and in the magazine in Peter King. He is so good at what he does NBC even hired him to work Sunday Night Football in America to give the latest information going on around the league because that is what fans what to hear. Fans become so attached to their teams that they feel like they are a part of the organization so they want to know what is going on and happening so they know what to expect. I think Sports Illustrated is at the top of the industry, definitely a first class company. They adapted so well to market changes by publishing online and packaging deals with the Madden NFL games for fans so they were more likely to subscribe. I think their main competitor is ESPN the magazine in that they have both been around for a long time and are both so good at what they do in being such great investigators that fans read both of them, but in the end I think Sports Illustrated is definitely the best!

Check out my Website!

Hey everyone, welcome back to my blog! It feels great to be blogging a couple times every day right now and reaching out to my followers and customers. I hope you are all enjoying the start of fall and we get into the middle of football season. Who would have thought that the St. Louis Rams already have as many wins as they did last season and it is only week 5? They just came off a huge win by knocking off the undefeated Arizona Cardinals by giving them their first loss in a very tight and competitive NFC West. And the St. Louis Cardinals are back at it again making the playoffs as the second wild card team, and they are back in the same position as last year going for 12 in ’12. All you St. Louis fans, where are you at? I have all kinds of gear for you whether to hang up and frame for display or to wear on game day. Just be sure to visit my website at www.blakeshofsports.webs.com and you can get all the information you need about what you can buy or if you have any further questions, feel free to contact me through my contact page and I will get back to you as soon as possible, but definitely within 72 hours. October is one of the best months of the year with the MLB playoffs starting and football in the midst of things, good thing we have the regular officials back, but that is for another day! Hope you have a great weekend, and be sure to check out my shop to satisfy all your sporting needs.

Analyzation

After reviewing all kinds of blogs recently in my niche of sports and memorabilia I discovered all kinds of things. On the sports side, they like to stay very current with up to date information for their fans that follow them, they try to stay away from the past. They stay current with what is hot because that is what people want to learn about so they can stay informed. For example, everyone likes to talk about Tim Tebow and when he is going to take over for Mark Sanchez in running of the New York Jets. Personally, I can’t stand anymore of Tebow, but that is what sells. Now, vice versa, when it comes to memorabilia, the older and more preserved the better. The better condition it is in, the more money  you can make off of it and they talk about how to keep it kept up maintenance wise. Sometimes they like to talk about items going into auction soon and how much things end up selling for. The sports industry is so big, people will pay almost anything for certain items. They like to keep their audience of all levels whether advanced sports fans or for the modest ones. They usually post every day, but sometimes they with do it every couple of days because they need time to research the topic they end up writing about. I feel like they write from the standpoint of  a radio broadcaster because they are voicing their own opinion on things.

Products to buy!

Welcome to my online store. The one and only, hopefully to become famous soon, Blake’s Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. For most of you, this is your first time visiting this site, and hopefully not your last either. My goal is to make this experience as fulfilling and easy as possible. If you are on the website trying to get some gift ideas, I do have some recommendations for you to try to make this process easier. Anything that is related to the sports industry can be expensive and knowing that everything is certified authentic makes it even more competitive when it comes to pricing. The two things I would recommend are my autographed jerseys and autographed pictures. The jerseys are the more expensive item so be sure the person means a whole lot more to you of course! Everything on the jersey is authentic down to the very last thread. Some jerseys in stock are game worn and some were just bought authentic and then signed. The game worn jerseys are more expensive than the regular ones, but not by much and if you buy it, you can say that this player wore it! Most of the pictures I have that are autographed are made out to the people in the picture because they had it taken with that particular athlete so they are less expensive because they are hard to sell, but I do have some regular pictures that are autographed too. These would make great gifts for anyone in the immediate but extended family!

Promoting Derek Hart

I would like to promote the blog of Derek Hart. He recently wrote about the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and I think this blog relates to mine because the Angels made history this season in more than one way and some of their memorabilia will be worth a lot of money someday.  His blog is through lasportshub.com. The Angels made a huge step in their franchise by calling up the top prospect in the major leagues at the time in Mike Trout. At 21 years old he is an MVP candidate as a rookie and is the youngest player to hit at least 30 home runs and have 40 stolen bases. No one has done that since Ted Williams, one of the greatest of all time, so he has set the bar high for the rest of his career. My advice to you is start buying your Mike Trout gear now!! Another big move the Angels made was signing 2 time MVP, Albert Pujols, and All Star pitcher, CJ Wilson. All that money spent, plus top prospects that are all stars as rookies, but they miss the playoffs? How? Derek breaks it down in his blog and does a really good job. I love reading his posts because he knows so much about the Angels and goes into great detail about what went wrong for their team. You can tell he really loves his team.

http://lasportshub.com/2012/10/02/angels-officially-eliminated/

Reasons I Got Into the Sporting Business:

1.      Growing up and having such great parents, I got pushed into sports. My parents were athletes growing up and they thought it was important for me to get involved in them not only for exercise, but to meet the great friends I grew up with my entire life. The same kids I grew up with playing baseball, basketball, and football with, are still my best friends even though we go to different colleges. Sports bring everyone closer together. If you know sports you can talk to almost anyone.

2.      I love sports items. Whether it is a jersey, rookie card, or even just an autographed ticket, each item has its own story. I collect pretty much every ticket for each event I go to and because every time I look through them, I can pretty much remember the game and whether something significant happened or not. Also it shows your passion for a particular player or team and you can again, relate to other fans. Even if it is a fan of the rival team, you can get into heated arguments because you are so competitive, but that’s sports! And I love it!

3.      The final reason I got into sports is because I want to spread my knowledge and passion to other fans, whether seasoned or new. Sports is a multibillion dollar industry and is involved in so many lives and everyone should be able to have the chance to enjoy it, and I just want to help spread the knowledge and gear.

About Me!

Welcome to my website and blog, I’m Blake Rosensteel and I write on a blog titled “Blake’s Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia”. It’s about my business in selling certified authentic sports memorabilia to all types of sports fans out there in the world. The point to my business is to take the guessing out of purchasing sports memorabilia, when trying to find a good price and whether it is real or not. I am just now starting this business and I’m trying to get the word out about it through my blog, but also my website. I have been a sports fan for my whole life. When growing up, that is all I did, played sports with some of my best friends and I know how much it meant to have memorabilia from your favorite players. I always keep up to date with my research on the prices on products to give my customers fair prices, so if you ever need a deal for a gift, be sure to check out my website. I am here for my customers anytime. I am here to satisfy their needs in a timely and professional way. Any kind of sports memorabilia you are looking for, I am the guy to contact because I can find almost anything. If I can’t find it, I will gladly help you try to find it, by going through my network of contacts to see if they can help.

You can contact me by email. The email address is at the bottom of this blog.

blakerosensteelisu@gmail.com

HOF Sports Memorabilia

Thanks again for checking out my blog about Blake's Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Let's talk about some of the things that I will be selling through my website!

• Autographs: Jerseys, Hats, Pennants, Shirts, Pictures, Trading Cards, Rookie Cards, etc.
• Classics: Jerseys, Posters, Pictures, Hats, Championship Rings, etc.

We have anything you could possibly want. We have memorabilia from every sport you can think of because we want to be able to help any customer that will come visit the website. I know how hard it can be finding something unique and special that nobody else has and this is your perfect place to shop because we have it for you!

Remember, everything we sell on this site has been certified and is authentic! It is also being sold for reasonable prices compared to private owners that you would find on eBay or craigslist. If you find something you like do not hesitate to ask about it by leaving a comment on the blog!

Thanks,

Blake Rosensteel

Welcome!

Finally, up and running! Welcome to my blog about my ebusiness for my ACC 255 class. My business will be called Blake's Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. We will be selling certified authentic sports memorabilia that any sports fan would want at reasonable prices! Growing up and being a huge sports fan and wanting to collect authentic items, I know how expensive it can get. So, that is why I'm here. To help any type of fan own something that they find special to them and is affordable. Again, welcome to my blog and I'll be posting again soon!

-Blake Rosensteel