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Five Reasons to Start an Online Community

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Creating an online community – especially one on Follr.com! – can be so rewarding. One of the first steps is to get in the mindset of your target audience and define what it is you want he or she to gain from your community. Do you have special or unique knowledge someone can benefit from? Could you provide a new connection or idea for their business? In order to have an active and thriving group of members – or customers! – on your site, stay true to one of the reasons below.

  1. To Entertain

How many people spend a portion of their day reading blogs or visiting other social networks? I’ll tell you: everybody and their mother. People have long used the internet to relax, zone-out or just take a short break from work so use this fact to your advantage and create a community around perking up people’s downtime! Pick a favorite team, player or product as the launchpad for your community.

  1. To Boost Business

Giving your business a leg-up online is one of, if not THE, most popular reasons for starting an online community. Whether you choose LinkedIn, Facebook or a custom community platform like Follr, building an online presence for your business is a crucial – if not imperative – key to success.

  1. To Connect

One HUGE reason potential members join online communities is affirmation and praise. Completing the registration process and clicking “Join” means they want to be heard, appreciated and noticed for their accomplishments and accolades. Online communities for scholars, writers or more specific groups of achievers are great reasons to start or join and online community. Remember to engage with members directly and often!

  1. To Inspire

Another hot online community focus is self-help and improvement, especially fitness. In this current news era, happiness and mental health are more prominent than ever. Everyone wants to do what they can to better themselves. Offering a quick, easy and welcoming online group with which to do so is bound to have members flocking.

  1. To Fix a Problem

If I had a dollar for every time I looked online for a solution to a problem or a quick fix, I could probably retire! The Internet is so accessible that most people reach for the keyboard before the user manual. Establish an online community as an expert of something you love or create a question and answer forum for specific issues/needs – a sports team, a player, a fan community or group!

After the Game: Professions of Former NFL Players

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Source: Statista

While figures on the professions of former professional athletes are not easy to come by, a 2017 analysis from Linkedin sheds some light on the careers that NFL players choose once their careers in professional sports have ended.

According to the survey that looked at the Linkedin profiles of 3,000 former NFL players, the most popular job choice was being an entrepreneur or working in a small business. 20 percent of surveyed former players said they were doing one of the above on their profiles. Working in sales was almost equally popular, with 18 percent of ex-pros reporting a sales position.

More obvious choices, like coaching/fitness, campus athletics or sports broadcasting were less popular, with in between 3 and 9 percent of former players choosing careers in these sectors. Linkedin also found out that positions in coaching and athletics were more likely to be occupied by recently retired players, while players retired for ten years or longer were more likely to hold jobs at businesses or nonprofits. 31 percent of players who were retired for 20+ years were business founders or owners.