{"id":4328,"date":"2012-01-26T11:35:32","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T10:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uk.cision.com\/?p=4276"},"modified":"2021-12-08T17:02:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T16:02:11","slug":"media-spotlight-footy-boots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/media-spotlight-footy-boots\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Spotlight: Footy-Boots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having begun life in 2006 as a series of niche articles, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.footy-boots.com\/\">Footy-Boots.com<\/a> is\u00a0now a football apparel review site that, according to\u00a0editor Alan Spurgeon, reaches four million people worldwide. Despite the growth, Alan says \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.footy-boots.com\/\">Footy-Boots.com<\/a> remains independent,\u00a0relying upon a small team of staff and modern technology to engage with our fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With both the European Championships and the London Olympics taking place this year, 2012 will be big for sports industries, media and PR. \u201cAs a UK-based site, Footy-Boots.com will cover the Olympics comprehensively, with a strong focus on the Team GB football team; in particular, their kit, boots and squad selection. All of our writers have strong relationships with PR companies of varying size and scope. We want to receive pitches with a message rooted in football and that contain strong imagery. The site has a history of championing brands and products and introducing them to a mainstream audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reaching over 15,000 sports and sports-equipment fans via its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Footy-Boots\/34769347494\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Footy_Boots\">Twitter<\/a> pages, Alan believes that the site has a strong social media presence. \u201c2012 is set to be an incredible 12 months for the readers of Footy-Boots.com. As our social presence begins to grow, so does our influence as the internet&#8217;s leading independent resource on football boots and equipment &#8211; producing top-quality articles, reviews and videos to drive the site forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.footy-boots.com\/\">Footy-Boots.com<\/a> is also the originator of the Football Boot Awards. \u201cThe awards are in their 6th year and have become an industry-leading barometer of the public&#8217;s favourite football boots, having been featured in innumerable international publications. There are five categories, including Football Boot of the Year and Best Looking Football Boots of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Any enquiries for PR on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.footy-boots.com\/\">Footy-Boots.com<\/a> should be directed to website manager Kyle Elliot (<a href=\"mailto:kyle@footy-boots.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">footballboots@footy-boots.com<\/a>), who will be managing all coverage of the Olympics over the summer and beyond. For Twitter, the site prefers to only use the main Footy-Boots account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/footy_boots\">@footy_boots<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Editorial information on\u00a0Footy-Boots.com, along with thousands of other media contacts and websites,\u00a0can be found in our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.cision.com\/Products-and-Services\/CisionPoint\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CisionPoint<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.cision.com\/Products-and-Services\/media-database\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media database<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more insight into sports, read our previous spotlight with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/2012\/01\/media-spotlight-sportinglife-com\/\">sportinglife.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having begun life in 2006 as a series of niche articles, Footy-Boots.com is\u00a0now a football apparel review site that, according to\u00a0editor Alan Spurgeon, reaches four million people worldwide. 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