We are excited to announce the addition of videos from ESPN FC to all Follr supporters club Websites!
ESPN FC is part of ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network), a US based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications. Presenters, AKA ‘pundits’, include Dan Thomas, Mark Ogden, Charlie Gibson, Craig Burley, Shaka Hislop, Alejandro Moreno, Steve Nicol, Paul Mariner and Steve McManaman
We have announced several new content source additions over recent weeks and look forward to adding more as we continue to make each supporters club Website the best single source of fan information. If there is any podcaster, blogger or YouTuber that you want us to add just send us an email.
The following video, which asks if VAR has been a success at the World Cup, is an example of the content we will be adding:
Company achieves record new user growth for second straight quarter as content partners continue to join fan platform
Wappingers Falls, NY (Thursday July 12th, 2018) Follr, Inc., a SaaS (Software as a Service) company today announced record new user growth for the second consecutive quarter. Total new users for the quarter increased by more than 25% versus first quarter registrations. This also represents an increase of over 67% versus the same quarter last year and record new user registrations in nine of the last ten months.
The Follr platform provides highly customizable Websites enabling fans and official supporters clubs to create a community centered on a team, sport, person or shared interest and passion. Follr additionally provides franchises, brands, media companies and organizations in the sports and entertainment industries with a broad suite of services that improve fan engagement, protect brand and increase revenues.
During 2017 the company began focusing on sports, specifically soccer. As part of that effort it added highly customized Websites for official supporters clubs detailing meeting points and serving as the richest single source of information about one team online. Each community Website aggregates real time social media content, videos, podcasts and photos for a team and supporters club supported by:
Marketing and communication tools
Ecommerce services
The ability to automate content sharing
An extensive event management feature set
Aggregated real-time content from multiple online sources
“Our core objectives include providing a way for every fan to get access to all information about their team through a single point of entry and this years growth affirms fans want this,” stated Follr Product Lead Mark Wayman. He added “Our market space is evolving and as it matures we will continue innovating and adding value to the platform ensuring Follr services both the fan and the business of fan management.”
Using a multi-layered account management tool, brands, sports franchises and any organization or entity that has a fan base can use Follr as a single platform to:
Protect their brand
Ensure ownership of fan data
Enable supporters clubs to reach a broader market and fan-base
Increase exposure and reach of marketing content and media
Make administration and communication easier
Collect detailed fan demographics
Access currently latent revenue through paid subscriptions/membership options
Stephen Fells
Stephen Fells, CEO, states “We have had an amazing twelve months and expect growth to continue based on recent news coupled with new services we will announce later this year,” He added “Onboarding brands to Follr Global, our white label fan management and marketing SaaS platform, is central to our current efforts coupled with expansion into new market opportunities.”
About Follr, Inc.:
Follr, Inc. (www.follr.com) is a software company founded in 2011 located in California and New York. Follr is a SaaS platform centered on products that “Reinvent the Fan Experience”.
Follr Communities provide vibrant, social groups to engage fans around a franchise, brand, individual, team or organization.
Follr Profile Websites allow individuals, companies and brands to tell a story using a combination of personal or corporate information and real time social media content. They are personally branded Websites used as an initial point of contact and represent an aggregation of all online and offline information. Accessed by an enduring, easy to remember URL they represent a more complete picture and story in an increasingly digital world.
The Follr network provides users with the ability to create, find and join Follr Communities, connect with like minded fans and see content from other members.
