Welcome to the Arlington Dart League Blog

What is a blog?

Before you even get to the next sentence, you might be asking yourself…a blog? What is a blog? And more specific, why a blog on a dart league website? This inaugural blog post will answer those questions, and also provide insight into what to expect from future blog post topics.

Simply put, a blog is an online platform that provides content and information about a particular topic to a specific audience. The content is delivered in the form of what’s called a ‘blog post’ (aka a ‘post’), while focusing on being relevant and of interest to that specific audience. To garner interest and relevancy, the posts must be educational, informative, thought-provoking, and enjoyable to read. That’s exactly what the Arlington Dart League blog will strive to do.

Why a blog on the Arlington Dart League website?

Whether your website represents a sport, business or organization, there are many reasons to include a blog as part of the website. There are also several reasons why every dart league website should include a blog. It would be easy to write an entire post on the importance of blogs. But to keep the conversation focused, I’ll address why the Arlington Dart League website has a blog, and the purpose and goals of the ADL blog.

The purpose and goals of the Arlington Dart League blog.

1st goal:
The mission of the Arlington Dart League, blog and website is to help all dart players become better dart players.

2nd goal:
The second goal is to provide value to league members beyond the league itself. Meaning, providing value, and contributing to the community of dart players that make up the sport that we all love.

3rd goal:
When it comes to improving darting skills, nothing beats the primary methods such as good practice and actual matches. Unfortunately, those options may not always be easily accessible, available, or possible to take part in on a daily or even weekly basis. So while it may not be possible to set up a dart board at work to squeeze in a few hours of practice, having easy access to relevant, insightful and actionable content to help you improve your darting game, is possible

4th goal:
It’s 2019 in the 21st century. Research dart league websites in major cities in the US and around the world and you’ll see some of the worst websites in terms design, content and usability. And that’s being nice. You know those websites. They usually have that outdated AOL look and feel of the early—mid 1990’s, and for the most part, changed very little since the website was first created. They’re also a challenge to view on modern web browsers and mobile devices (ever find yourself having to pinch and zoom on your phone to read the web page?)

Even worse, and unfortunately very prevalent, are the hundreds of dart leagues that still don’t have even a basic, modern website. Or equally as bad, they use a Facebook Group page (often in private mode and blocked to everyone except league members), as their primary web presence. Those days are over. The competition to recruit players to a league is greater than ever. And the reasons players decide to join one league over another, besides proximity, is the value players receive from the league.

5th goal:
Related to the previous point, a majority of dart leagues continue to take an antiquated approach to their league website. Specifically, the content and information they provide (and don’t provide). The purpose of many league websites are to primarily serve as a one or two page destination for league members to visit once a week to look up an event and their individual and team stats. And like most league websites, after that once-a-week flurry of activity ends, no one returns to the website until the following week. That’s the opposite of a valuable website.

What topics will the blog cover?

The ADL blog posts will cover a wide variety of dart-related topics relevant to players of all levels. Topics will range from how to improve your darting skills, creating good and/or breaking bad practice habits, physical and mental issues dart players face, league and tournament preparation, effective ways to learn outs for ’01 games, information to help team sponsors/bar owners, video posts, product reviews, social media updates, and league updates, announcements and events.

As with most things in life, it’s expected that some readers will agree and disagree with what is written. Understanding that readers are entitled to their own opinion, there will be an opportunity to contribute and comment on each post. So in addition to the content be educational, informative, thought-provoking, instructional, hopefully inspirational, and maybe even a little entertaining, readers can also count on the content to be written through the lens of being candid, fair and objective.

How often are blog posts published and distributed?

New posts will be written and posted to the Arlington Dart League website at least once a month, possibly twice a month. Blog subscribers will be notified of the new posts via email, and then promoted across the league Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Will there be guidelines or rules on commenting?

Yes! Before you make comments, or if you’re thinking of making comments on any blog post or any content on the Arlington Dart League website, please read the Arlington Dart League Blog Comment Policy.

What’s Next?

First, I hope this post answered the questions of what a blog is, and the purpose, goals and reasons of including a blog on the ADL league website. From here, if you’ve already subscribed to the ADL newsletter, you’re all set. Notifications of new posts and updates will be sent directly to your Inbox. If you haven’t done so, be sure to subscribe to the Arlington Dart League newsletter to receive the latest blog posts and league updates.

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About the Author:

Sean Brennan is the VP of Branding and Marketing for the Arlington Dart League. Sean designed the new ADL identity, the league website, and never hesitates to look up local dart bars whenever he travels. Sean has been playing darts since he was 15 years old, and forged some of his fondest dart memories at that age including playing in a weekly Luck of the Draw at a local New Jersey tavern with his father, and having the honor of playing against John Lowe. If you have questions or comments about this article, you can email Sean directly or follow Sean on Twitter.