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Interacting with my fans

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

What up, worrrrrrrld!!! We’re getting ready to start our season Wednesday night against Philly, the same team we played in the first round of the playoffs last spring. The Sixers always play us tough because they like to push the tempo, but I like our chances.

I wanted to talk today not about basketball, but instead you the fans. Ya’ll mean everything to me and I enjoy interacting with you so much. I try to tell people all the time that there’s more to me than “Dwight the Basketball Player.’’ I’m just a regular dude and that’s why when I talk to people out and about I like to talk about other stuff than just basketball.

Twitter, Facebook and Superfan.com have been great because they are new ways for me to interact with the fans and let them know that it’s not just about playing basketball for me. I love being around people and I’ve tried to show some appreciation to the people who follow me as a player on Twitter, Facebook, Superfan and here on my website.

We’re actually flying my one millionth follower and her son to the season opener against Philly. I’ve also bought lunch and some copies of NBA Live 10 for some of my followers who could find me in Orlando and Atlanta during the summer, and given away free copies of NBA Live 10 on Twitter, Facebook, and Superfan to fans that could answer Dwight trivia questions. I wish I could do similar things in every city that I go to and for every fan that follows me.

I always thought the “Where’s Dwight?’’ idea was a really good one and I had a lot of fun doing it. I still hope to do it more. The couple of times that I did it, it was craaaaaazy how many people actually showed up.

Hopefully I’ll get to do that a little more with the fans around here so that I can keep on interacting with them. I’m just always looking for ways to give back to the fans and let them know that I appreciate all of their love and their support.

I like having these conversations with fans because I want to chat with them and find out what’s going on. And I really want people out there to try and get to know me for the person that I am instead of just the guy they see out on the basketball court.

Twitter, Facebook, Superfan.com and here at my website are just great avenues for me to connect with people.

So you guys keep the tweets, facebook posts, superfan posts coming, and blog comments coming. I get more enjoyment out of this than ya’ll realize. So you guys take care and I’ll see some of you down at the arena Wednesday night when he get after Philly.

Peace out.

—D-12

Fans: Be sure to check out Dwight on Twitter, Facebook and Superfan

Tags: Contests, Dwight Howard Blog, Facebook, Social Netowrks, Superfan, Twitter
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I’m giving away more copies of NBA LIVE 10

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Hey World. NBA Live 10 dropped yesterday. As part of the launch we gave away 100 games to fans at the NBA Store in NYC. I dropped in on the event via satellite and it was a ton of fun.

A lot of my fans in Orlando were upset that they weren’t able to get a chance to get a chance at a free copy, so I had a twitter scavenger hunt where I bought copies of NBA Live 10 for the first five fans that could find me in Orlando. That also was a lot of fun.

I realize that I have a lot of fans outside of Orlando and NYC that would also like an opportunity to win a copy of NBA Live 10. I love ALL of my fans, so for the rest of the week I’m going to start giving away games on Superfan, Facebook and Twitter. I want to be fair to everyone, so here are the rules to win on each site:

Superfan.com

I will give one copy of NBA Live 10 to my Superfan and another copy to the Superfan of NBA Live as of 8pm EST this Friday October 9th. If you haven’t been on Superfan before, it’s a website where you can compete to become the “Superfan” of your favorite things. So if you want to win a copy of Live 10, log on to both my page and NBA Live’s page and start competing to become the Superfan of both.

Facebook

I will post trivia questions on my Facebook page for fans to answer. The first fan to correctly answer the question I post will win a copy of NBA Live 10. But in order to qualify to win you MUST have your facebook profile changed to the NBA Live 10 cover. So the first person that replies correctly and has the NBA Live 10 cover as their profile picture will win a copy of the game. There will be five opportunities to win on Facebook this week, but I’m just not sure when I will post the trivia questions. So if you’re thinking of playing, you should go ahead and add your boy on facebook and change your facebook profile photo to the NBA Live 10 cover now.

Twitter

The rules for the contest on Twitter are almost the same as Facebook. I will post trivia questions and the first person to answer the question correctly will win a copy of the game. But in order to qualify for the contest you must have the NBA Live 10 cover set as your Twitter profile picture and have the #nbalive10 hashtag added to your answer. There will also be five opportunities to win on Twitter this week. Just like with Facebook, I’m not sure when I am going to be posting each trivia question, so you should go ahead and change your Twitter profile pic to the NBA Live 10 cover now.

This should be fun. Good luck y’all!

—D12

Fans: Be sure to check out Dwight on Twitter, Facebook and Superfan

Tags: Contests, Dwight Howard Blog, EA Sports, Facebook, NBA Live 10, Superfan, Twitter
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Think you’re my biggest fan? Prove it on Superfan.com

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Heyyy Worrrld. By the time you guys read this I will be on out in China participating in the adidas double double tour with Derrick Rose. Before I left, I wanted to make sure to have a post scheduled to tell you guys about a new site I’m a big supporter of called Superfan.com.

Everyone knows I love social media sites. I have over 850,000 followers on Twitter and nearly 400,000 fans on Facebook, but my favorite site is SuperFan.com.

Superfan.com is all about showing what you are a fan of and meeting people with similar interests. It’s fun because I can compete with other people to become not just a fan, but the SuperFan of my favorite things. You can compete on Superfan to show that you are the superfan of your favorite artist, athlete, restaurant, charity, etc. They have virtual currency so you can steal the SuperFan crown from each other to decide who is the biggest fan.

I really like Superfan because it gives me another outlet to interact with my fans and show them my interests beyond just basketball.

Everyone always tell me that they are my biggest fan. Well, Superfan.com gives you an opportunity to compete with other fans prove that you are my Superfan.

If you become my Superfan, you get to do special things on the site like change the colors and images and get your own picture and your own quote on my page. So if you really think you are my Superfan, log on to my Superfan page now and compete for the Dwight Howard Superfan crown.