Mobli Teams Up with Lance Armstrong in New Video and Photo Sharing Partnership
NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobli, the popular visual-social media platform, announced today an exciting new partnership with Lance Armstrong, cancer survivor and seven-time Tour de France champion. Users will be able to subscribe to Armstrong's private channel on Mobli's versatile platform that he will use to keep his followers up to date with images and video. He will also post moments from his training sessions as well as his work with the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
"When I was first introduced to Mobli, I immediately thought it was an extraordinary platform and an innovative yet accessible way for different audiences to share their stories," Armstrong said. "I'm excited to use Mobli as a direct channel for my social media followers to get a personal look at my experiences day to day."
"Lance Armstrong is an icon and a truly inspiring individual to people all over the world. Lance has shown us that nothing is impossible and it is that spirit that we have adopted at Mobli. As a social media pioneer, Lance was one of the first people to reach one million followers on Twitter, and his vote of confidence in joining Mobli's advisory board means a lot to us," said Moshiko Hogeg, Mobli's CEO. "We are so excited to be working with him. We look forward to the exciting updates that Lance will be sharing via Mobli, and to enabling his fans to see the world through his eyes."
Mobli also announces additional partnerships that it has forged in conjunction with its agreement with Lance Armstrong. Bill Stapleton, founder of Capital Sports & Entertainment and Lance Armstrong's long-time agent, will work together with Mobli to explore avenues to promote its visual-social platform. Stapleton was a founding partner in the Austin City Limits Music Festival, the relaunch of Lollapalooza, and C3 Presents.
Additionally, Mobli has signed an agreement with Andrew Razeghi, a bestselling author and professor at the top-ranked Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and an advisor to many Fortune 500 companies on the subjects of digital media, innovation, and marketing.
Armstrong, Stapleton, and Razeghi will join Mobli's Board of Advisors as well.
About Mobli:
Mobli, where users can share moments and see the world through other people's eyes, is a real-time, visual social media platform, made up of subject-based channels such as people, places and topics. Mobli is the leading photo and video sharing application on the Android platform, and. has seen significant celebrity adoption, providing its users with an intimate connection with otherwise inaccessible personalities such as Lance Armstrong, Leonardo DiCaprio, David Arquette, Ethan Suplee, Andre Berto, Rudy Gay, Jaime King, Stephen Curry, Soleil Moon Frye, Paris Hilton and many others.