If this is your first time visiting my blog, welcome! Yesterday, Take A Peck was added to Alltop’s social media section. For readers who may not be familiar with Alltop, it’s essentially a site that aggregates major blogs/news sources for a variety of topics. It’s a great way to quickly scan through headlines in topics that you’re interested in. For those of you who are new [...]

I’ve been pretty busy lately so I didn’t even notice this. As of last month, I’ve been blogging here at Take A Peck for two years. The blog has definitely undergone some changes since I started it in 2006, shifting from focusing on advertising and random thoughts to sports business and social networking. Here are a couple of posts from the last two years. 50 Sports Social Networking [...]

In December 2007, North Carolina’s governor signed a bill that allows mixed martial arts fights to be staged and promoted in NC. On April 26, Carolina Fight Promotions will have an event in Raleigh at Dorton arena. This is obviously not major news nationally, but it’s just one more signal that MMA isn’t going away anytime soon. According to Carolina Fight Promotions, “MMA fights [...]

I was recently interviewed by Mitchell Blatt, who runs Juiced Sports Blog and the Sports Blogger Forums, a new set of forums for sports bloggers and webmasters who are trying to make money by blogging about sports. If you’re interested, go check out the interview.

Take A Peck experienced record traffic in January. It’s clear that more and more people are interested in the intersection of sports business and social networking. While I don’t claim to be the know-it-all authority on these subjects, I at least try to provide a few interesting posts each week that may lead to the development of new ideas and discussions. If you like what you see here, [...]