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UK Golf - TGSJ - Golf's Social Network

See on Scoop.it – UK Golf http://www.tgsj.com/signup.php?signup_referer=Zebedeerox

The Golf Street Journal; Samantha Lewinst’s Profile Wonder whether any other golf networks have members like this? Fancy playing a round with Sam? Mm, who wouldn’t?

Join us at The Golf Street Journal: you can sign up, here: http://www.tgsj.com/signup.php?signup_referer=Zebedeerox

Do you write golf?

Sign up to TGSJ and join us in the "Golf Pro Writers" group. Can't say too much nor make promises just yet, but big plans are afoot. Watch this space, that's all I ask.  Will reveal more when I'm back from Lanzarote w/c 22nd October.

In all seriousness, this is the single, best golf social network - as there tag-line goes: "Fore Golfers, by Golfers" - and it shows. If you like golf and you like social and/or business networking, this is for you.

Whilst the membership is predominantly from the US, Europe is building up a head of steam, too and is becoming more representative of the overall membership.

It's early days and there is even a chance to earn from the Virtual Partner program - the co-owner Jeffrey will give you all the gen when you sign up - just head on over to the Virtual Partner program (direct link through your profile) to see which exciting competition they have this month.

Look, I could wax lyrical about this all night, but there's only one way you're going to find out, and that's by getting stuck in yourself.

Sorry, the cost, you ask?  There is none - zip, nada, zilch. Here's my introductory link to the simple sign up page, again:

http://www.tgsj.com/signup.php?signup_referer=Zebedeerox

Come say hi, write on my wall - the 19th hole, check out my profile (Zebedeerox, btw) or Samantha and the other girls, including the infamous Aphrodisiac Ice Cream girls - even if you do nothing else, it's worth signing up just for their galleries...

...well, that's enough from me - I'll see you when I'm back from The Canaries in two week's time.

TTFN, Zebedeerox.

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More interest generated in Golf Street Journal

Okay - it seems that there are still a few missing links in the information chain that has got Golfers from across LinkedIn wanting more information about TGSJ.

There were a couple more questions today on the main thread for this new social network site. Not being want to cast aspersions, but as well as the benefits of joining such a site Golfers want to know what's in it for them.

The first question posed was: "I'd be interested in learning a bit more about this network. How do you think members could benefit from membership?", followed swiftly by "I am a professional clubmaker/fitter, would this be a site where I could promote my business?"

Both are very fair comments; golfers are - by their very nature - men of business; time is money. It seems that no matter what the venture, it has to be worthwhile.  As such, my response was thus:

"The benefits are many, let alone that it's a totally free service; but the three that have just blown me sideways after just this first week are these: * everyone on the site loves golf. From manufacturers to tutors, mentors to actual pro-golfers - it is a place where you can unashamedly be golf-mad and no one takes the slightest umbrage. * business networking - if you've got something of value to golf, people want to know about it. You don't have to pitch - it's a given that, as well as being there to make friends, you have something to offer the rest of the network on there. * the best of other social networks, but rolled into one. Larry, with a 1,000 character limit, I could hardly touch upon the tools you have on offer to you. Your own blog, the 19th hole (time-line) add/send friend requests, customised backgrounds, news-feed, reply privately. It's as if Eric, the co-founder, has thought: what do golfers need to connect, wax lyrical about their product and get the message across to like minded professionals? I can't believe he's put it all together for free. To save me waffling here, there are a couple of articles on my blog, one links to the other.

And look - it's free to join, simplicity is at its heart - why not head on over and check it out for yourself? There is nothing to lose. Sign up is like 2 minutes, a basic profile can be set in ten minutes, so in 15 minutes from now, you could be networking your fanny off with people who genuinely want to hear about your product... ...what are you still doing here? I'm Zebedeerox on there - nip over and say 'Hi!' and I'll scribble some on your wall, too!"

So there we have it; I think that with these three articles or other places are covered vis a vis The Golf Street Journal.

Join me over there, write on my wall, do a little networking and, most of all, Let's do GOLF!

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Okay, I was just on my way up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire when I got a strange invite pop up in my inbox - must have been from my efforts to promote the UK Golf weekly ezine that's hit the virtual shelves today.  I don't know, I'm sort of guessing. The response has been quite overwhelming.

But the invite was even more intriguing now I know than when it first stopped me from logging off - about three hours ago!

Now, in the blogosphere we have a very deep affinity with social media land - the more people we have share our content on their social media, the more Google likes our site and the more views both our content and that of our guest posters gets distributed, liked and promoted.  Therefore we have to love our Soc Med associates.

So when an invite came across just as I was about to hit the hay to join an all-golf social media site, I flinched my finger back from the little red x to shut down Outlook.  Intrigued I was.

And you know, I'm so glad I did!

The Golf Street Journal is a site that, from its blog archives (yes, a social media site with a built-in blog! Hard to believe, but hey-ho, there we go!), has only been live since June.

Well, I say live - a personal welcome note from one of the site owners (how often do you see that?), Erik, explained that their particular golf social media site was only in 'soft launch', hence they've not yet aggressively been marketing it.  Like I say, Yet!

Answer me truthfully, when you've first joined a site that wasn't populated by family or school chums, how long did it take you to get, say, five people contact you? Okay, ten?  Fifteen?  Yeah, it's like pulling teeth, innit?

In the last three hours I've had seventeen people - all genuine golfers or golf fans - contact me to befriend me.  I've checked out all of their profiles and the one young lady golfer, mm, she could so easily have been a model.  Half a dozen time-weary, alcohol-laden Celts or a fit blonde from The States - who you gonna befriend first?

Anyway, the point of this post is just to let you know that, as golf moves into the virtual age, so too are its fans, at last.  If you're sick and tired of being ignored as people think you're either too posh or well loaded because you spend your weekends in Mortal Combat with your fairway wood and are dying to meet up with other golfers online, head on over to The Golf Street Journal (tgsj, to you and I).

I'm Zebedeerox - remember that when you get over there and come and look me up!

Definitely, I'm off to bed - see you in the morning!

TTFN, Zebedeerox.

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