Casey Bisson

<p>GigaOM built this plugin during a 1-day hackathon on August 7, 2012 as a collaborative team building excercise.  The goal was to produce a fully functional, scalable solution that could be used for future events that should be live-blogged.</p>


GigaOM Liveblog

Arena.IM

<p><a href="https://arena.im/products/liveblog/?utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=plugin_wp&utm_term=liveblog&utm_content=wp" rel="nofollow ugc">Arena</a> is the best live blogging platform for real-time events.</p>
<p>Automate content generation and distribution, leveraging social media to cover sports, breaking news, or any event, 24/7. With our plugin, your Live Blog can be fully automated or moderated by an editor or community manager.</p>
<p>Additionally, you can combine content generated by your team with user-generated content from social media.</p>
<p>Boost user engagement and time spent on your site by providing users relevant content they will want to consume and share.</p>
<p>The Arena Live Blog platform and WordPress plugin provide critical features such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Real-time Live Blogging</li>
<li>SEO Ranking Improvement</li>
<li>Integration with the Arena Live Chat to increase user engagement</li>
<li>Integration with Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, and other platforms</li>
<li>Connection with your AdSense account to increase revenue</li>
<li>Real-time audience analytics</li>
<li>User-generated content curated from social media</li>
<li>Automatic or moderated sports play-by-play</li>
<li>Layout customization according to your brand and design style guide</li>
<li>Sports calendar integration</li>
<li>Cross-posting to social media</li>
<li>In-feed comments inside the Blog</li>
<li>Mobile Optimized</li>
<li>Unlimited number of editors to manage your live events</li>
<li>Reactions, sharing options, and threaded comments available on each post</li>
<li>Interactive polls to keep your audience entertained and understand their views</li>
<li>Sound alerts to notify your users of new posts</li>
</ul>
<p>Live Blog is an impactful, authentic, and real-time engagement solution. It transforms your marketing strategy by making your content more interactive while increasing revenue and customer retention.</p>
<h3>Arena Live Blog – Support</h3>
<p><a href="https://help.arena.im/en/collections/2208027-liveblog?utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=plugin_wp&utm_term=liveblog&utm_content=wp" rel="nofollow ugc">Here you can</a> access our Help Center with additional guidance on setting up and making the best use of the Arena Live Blog.</p>
<h3>Website</h3>
<p>Visit our official website for more information: <a href="https://arena.im/?utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=plugin_wp&utm_term=liveblog&utm_content=wp" rel="nofollow ugc">https://arena.im</a></p>
<h3>Contact US</h3>
<p>For more information, access <a href="https://arena.im/?utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=plugin_wp&utm_term=liveblog&utm_content=wp" rel="nofollow ugc">dashboard.arena.im</a> and talk to us on the Live Chat. We will get back to you within hours.</p>


Arena.IM – Live Blogging for real-time events

Arena.im is a powerful FREE live blogging platform for real-time events. Cover sports, news, tech, etc. SEO optimized and mobile ready.

GigaOM Liveblog vs Arena.IM – Live Blogging for real-time events