Upcoming feature set for Talk Sox

[Brock Beauchamp]

I sent this to yeszir as part of my pitch so I thought I'd share it with all of you as well. I'm using Twins Daily because that's our "flagship" site and all new features run through that site first. In the coming year, here are the features you can expect to see added to the site with roughly half of them coming with the relaunch of the site in the next few weeks.

 

Front page news:

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User blogs available to any user of the site, a great way to engage the community and find new content creators for our paid roles on the front page:

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The forums are absolutely critical to a community and we offer incentives I’ve never seen anywhere else. Every moderator receives a year-end holiday gift for being such an important part of our site. And twice a year, I give out prizes to the most popular comments and user blogs. We try really hard to let the community know we appreciate them CHOOSING to spend their time with us.

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Videos. Another way we can get some content creators paid is through video. It’s a loss-leader for us but an important part of trying to distribute funds to people who help keep the site packed with content.

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The draft tracker. We keep this page updated so, at a glance, users can keep track of draft picks.

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Rumors. Another channel we use to get our content creators paid with quick-hit pieces aimed to start conversations and keep people engaged.

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Prospect rankings. This is an internal voting process with 50% of the vote going to writers and the other 50% going to the community.

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Prospect voting. This happens to be open right now, we’re doing the post-draft voting so you can see what it looks like in action.

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Guides and resources. This is a section dedicated to “evergreen” content that Sox fans can refer to as needed. A guide to Fenway, minor league affiliates, gift-giving guides, etc.

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Rosters. Just another resource for users that is updated nightly.

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The Players Project. This is quite new and will be a big focus of mine this winter. It’s a wiki-style repository of useful information on players past and present. Just click on a player to see what that entails, it’s easier to just show you than explain.

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Offseason blueprint. This is available to all users to build their own roster, explain their reasoning, and then it automatically posts to the forums to encourage discussion.

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Offseason handbook. Every offseason we write up a guide to the team and what to expect as we head into winter.

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