NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday,
January 15, 2010
Contact: Robert Bolson, Director of
Corporate Marketing
Blood-Horse Publications
(859) 276-6809; rbolson@BloodHorse.com
TheHorse.com Passes
3,000 Fans on Facebook
Lexington,
Ky. –January 15, 2010— Social media is an important part of the way horse
owners, trainers, managers, veterinarians, and others connect today. TheHorse.com Facebook page has broken the 3,000
friend barrier, illustrating our success in trying to be where our users want
us and supplying them with the horse health, care, management, and welfare
information they want and need!
TheHorse.com Facebook page isn’t just a
“post-it-and-leave-it” spot; News Editor Erin Ryder and other staff members
spend time sorting through items from TheHorse.com
Web site and posting them to our Facebook
page to make sure our Facebook
friends are kept informed and up-to-date with important news, features, and
discussions. They also respond to queries for information when appropriate.
“While
other equine-related Web sites have a Facebook
presence, TheHorse.com is using this as
a means of reaching out to the equine community and helping horse owners stay
up-to-date with news and information,” said Kimberly S. Brown, Publisher of The
Horse brand. “We believe
in listening as well as disseminating information, and I think that is what
makes us such an integral part of the horse community.”
“Hitting
this milestone confirms something we all know; that horse owners love their
animals and connect with other like-minded people,” says Ryder, who also
presents the weekly Ryder Report video show on TheHorse.com. “TheHorse.com’s Facebook site is a great place to
do just that, with daily news updates, blog postings, videos, fact sheets, and
polls inspiring feedback and discussion on a variety of topics.”
Please
visit http://www.facebook.com/TheHorse
and join the 3,000-plus others in the horse industry who follow news and
information from TheHorse.com via Facebook. And give us feedback on
how we are doing, and what else you would like “The Horse Herd” to do to help
you stay better informed.
About The Horse:
The
Horse is
an all-breed, all-discipline equine education provider for hands-on
participants in the horse industry. The Horse brand disseminates the
latest and most reliable news and information on the health, care, management,
and welfare of equids through print and electronic means. TheHorse.com
is operated by Blood-Horse Publications, publisher of The Horse: Your Guide
To Equine Health Care.
Readers are cautioned to seek the advice of a qualified
veterinarian before proceeding with any diagnosis, treatment, or therapy.
About Blood-Horse
Publications:
Blood-Horse Publications is a multimedia publishing company that
traces its roots to 1916. Its flagship publication, The Blood-Horse, is a publication of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association
(TOBA), and is the leading weekly Thoroughbred racing
and breeding news and information magazine. In addition, Blood-Horse
Publications also publishes The Blood-Horse MarketWatch,
a newsletter for Thoroughbred investors; the official
Kentucky Derby souvenir magazine; Auction Edge; and Keeneland
magazine. In addition, Blood-Horse
Publications also publishes equine-related books and videos under the Eclipse Press banner, and operates a family of award-winning Web sites
including BloodHorse.com, TheHorse.com, StallionRegister.com, ExclusivelyEquine.com, the official store of Blood-Horse Publications; and
TrueNicks.com.
To receive the latest news and important information from TheHorse.com via RSS feed, visit: TheHorse.com/RSS
To
receive news and information via Twitter, visit Twitter.com/TheHorse. Follow The
Horse on Facebook, visit: Facebook.com/TheHorse.
To
receive TheHorse.com E-newsletters, visit: TheHorse.com/Enewsletter
To subscribe to any Blood-Horse Publications' publication, or for
more information, call toll-free: 1-800-582-5604. To view/download logos for
any Blood-Horse Publications' brand, visit: BloodHorse.com/pressroom/logos/
To view/download media kit information, visit TheHorse.com/mediakit
For more information,
contact:
Robert Bolson
Director of Corporate Marketing
Blood-Horse Publications
Tel.: (859) 276-6809
E-mail: rbolson@bloodhorse.com
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