03-14-2021, 10:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-18-2021, 03:20 PM by StamkosFan.)
SHL PT
Perhaps there would be a way to partner with Youtubers, sponsoring videos and in return they would promote the league to their sports fan viewers. Sponsorships have long been a way to recruit people to games, sites, and apps, as the people on there are inclined to both their niche interest and technology, the combo ISFL needs to draw in viewers. While we already recruit heavily on Reddit, we could investigate paid avenues on there as well to get onto subs that will not let us advertise at the moment. I'm talking r/gaming and r/sports, the big guns. It also would not be affected by upvoting nor could it be construed as brigading, so it might fit better within Reddit's annoying definition of vote manipulation. The last thing we want is to get nailed for violating their terms of service, that would set us back awhile. Lastly, we could promote more heavily on PBE and SHL, doing some specific pushes to get more users to cross over between our leagues. People over there are already involved with sim leagues and know what they're doing, we just need to give them incentive to join, perhaps a once per player +2 TPE if you're active in at least one other affiliate league for a month? It does not have to be anything huge or game breaking, all people need is a push to go outside the sport they're comfortable with.
As for retention, more events and point tasks geared only at rookies would give new players more to do as they join the league. Automatic updates like they have over in EFL would be huge, as updating through threads honestly is a chore at best, and it is very difficult to get the scale and the posts right. If you had a portal, where you could claim TPE with the click of a button, it would be a lot less daunting to join, and help more people get down to actually growing their player and enjoying the league. I know I would be more active for sure if ISFL had a portal, and I'm sure others who've been in leagues with portals feel the same. Plus, I'm sure it would make life easier for the updaters, eliminate any chance for cheating or mistakes, and make auditing a lot more streamlined. Really, it's a win-win for everyone to automate the updating process, and it would be one of the best ways to boost engagement and retention in my eyes.
You probably guessed it, but Thomas Passmann is as much a troublemaker in old age as in his wild, youthful day. This time, he has crossed the law by making a pyramid scheme, where his vague marketing was "Invest in the Outlaws, get your money paid back double in a year." Initial investors made back their money and got some profit, and nobody thought a professional athlete would be scamming people, they probably just wanted a quick infusion of cash to pay contracts right? But now the SEC is looking into Passmann's latest venture for fraud, and the media is having a field day with this revelation. The Outlaws claim they had absolutely no knowledge about Passmann taking investors money under the guise of being a franchise venture, and that he was acting alone. They have condemned his efforts to defraud their fans and say his position on the team is under thorough review, though they might be stuck since who the heck will take him in a trade? They've already ridden out the Passmann chaos train this long anyways, his career will be up soon. Passmann won't comment, but it is just another controversy that he is mired in; controversy has dogged him throughout his career, ever since the FBI accused him of multiple counts of murder. Will he finally get put behind bars? After all the charges he has escaped so far, we are betting against it.
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8) Write about a potential new recruitment strategy for the league. How can we attract more new players, and what can we do to retain them better?
Perhaps there would be a way to partner with Youtubers, sponsoring videos and in return they would promote the league to their sports fan viewers. Sponsorships have long been a way to recruit people to games, sites, and apps, as the people on there are inclined to both their niche interest and technology, the combo ISFL needs to draw in viewers. While we already recruit heavily on Reddit, we could investigate paid avenues on there as well to get onto subs that will not let us advertise at the moment. I'm talking r/gaming and r/sports, the big guns. It also would not be affected by upvoting nor could it be construed as brigading, so it might fit better within Reddit's annoying definition of vote manipulation. The last thing we want is to get nailed for violating their terms of service, that would set us back awhile. Lastly, we could promote more heavily on PBE and SHL, doing some specific pushes to get more users to cross over between our leagues. People over there are already involved with sim leagues and know what they're doing, we just need to give them incentive to join, perhaps a once per player +2 TPE if you're active in at least one other affiliate league for a month? It does not have to be anything huge or game breaking, all people need is a push to go outside the sport they're comfortable with.
As for retention, more events and point tasks geared only at rookies would give new players more to do as they join the league. Automatic updates like they have over in EFL would be huge, as updating through threads honestly is a chore at best, and it is very difficult to get the scale and the posts right. If you had a portal, where you could claim TPE with the click of a button, it would be a lot less daunting to join, and help more people get down to actually growing their player and enjoying the league. I know I would be more active for sure if ISFL had a portal, and I'm sure others who've been in leagues with portals feel the same. Plus, I'm sure it would make life easier for the updaters, eliminate any chance for cheating or mistakes, and make auditing a lot more streamlined. Really, it's a win-win for everyone to automate the updating process, and it would be one of the best ways to boost engagement and retention in my eyes.
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19) Your player or team made big headlines in the news this week. What did they do, and why did it garner so much attention?
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