On September 9, 2012 I was pumped for the first football Sunday of 2012. Facebook pages, Twitter accounts and Instagram profiles of NFL teams were getting a lot of action as fans geared up to cheer on their team. In my normal routine of checking Facebook, Instagram and Twitter upon waking up, I noticed the New Orleans Saints’ Instagram profile posted this:

In my opinion, the Saints have one of the best social media programs of any NFL team. During games they tweet about each play, post amazing content and photos on Facebook and Instagram photos live from the field. I always tweet to the @Saints and like and comment on their photos on Instagram, but have never received an actual response from them. Until Sunday. I uploaded a photo to Instagram of myself and a few fellow Saints fans, using the hashtag #Instagameday. Later that night, I noticed the official @NewOrleansSaints Instagram account gave my photo a ♥! I thought it was a good sign. Sure enough, on Tuesday they Instagrammed my photo!  I definitely felt semi-famous because the photo got over 2,300 likes. They even tagged me in the post! Now, that’s what I call going VIRAL!