Niche Social Networking and Sports Connectivity
As social networking gets more intertwined in our daily lives there is an ever increasing demand for niche social connectivity sites. Most of my friends are engaged actively in sites like Twitter, Facebook, Mixx, and People but unfortunately these sites lack a focus that caters to specific segments. Instead, those sites engage and connect large scale groups. A new site, that I am extremely excited about, connects people are interested in sports.
Timu.com is the niche social networking and sports connectivity site that is taking to social networking into a new realm. Both in lines of social media but also in the realm of team communication. As a sports enthusiast, avid skier, Seahawks season ticket holder, ex harescrambler and desert racer, and former Junior Olympian, I get a lot of pleasure out of talking and sharing experiences with others that have a similar passion, no matter what the sport. That void is what Timu fills and which other social networks cannot provide.
With that all said, What is Timu?
Timu allows users and teams, in a variety of sports, to create a team, personal profile, upload pictures and videos to sport hubs, and connect with other enthusiast within specific sport genres for free, join. At first, Timu.com may look and act like other social networking sites. Yes, it has similar attributes and features but other social sites focus on connecting people with people. The difference lies is in the specific marketing focus Timu.com targets.
The sports genre has minimal, at best, a social outlet to share experiences and organize events. Excluding professional sports, which are not the largest community within a sport, sports a part of so many peoples lives. Take a moment to think about how many schools, select, leagues, and homeboys engage in sports all year long and have no one place to stay in communication and place events. The numbers are staggering without even doing the math.
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The internet, specifically social networking tools like Twitter, assaults the boundary between our private and public selves.
Many sites giving sports reports in their sites like niche social networking..
You have done good job!!!!!!.
Social networks do bridge the private and public gap and many people I know ask how does one manage to keep private but also share. I tell them to just do what they feel comfortable with because it is best to error on the side of caution.