If you had the chance to...

I'm running a new place where people can run pages about different subjects - niches, brands, celebrities, and now, places, like towns and cities around the world.

Given the appeal-factor, I can easily attract people to run these pages because they can be very easily monetized in a big way.

My problem is, I need to deter spammers and spinners, so I'm trying to work out what kind of people would be the best fit to run my "places" pages.

Instinctively, I'd pick offliners. Like you lot. You are "on the ground" and you are face-to-face with people in that town/city every day.

Question is, would this be of appeal to you? Maybe I can tickle your fancy by saying it can be used for free. I can spice it up even more by pointing out that page-managers can make a lot of money from their pages.

Here's a quick intro :

Each page/account includes a bunch of tools for the page-manager to use :
- a Blog.
- a Photo and a Video gallery.
- a local Events section to promote local concerts, fairs, special dates.
- a Classifieds Board to list/promote local businesses.
- a Store to sell local products, tourist memorabilia, delicatessens, etc...
- plus, you can run Forums for local residents and businesses to interact.

Visitors can also subscribe to your page by clicking "Follow" and they will automatically be mailed updates on your page, building a mailing list on automatic.

Monetizing all this can be done in multiple ways and we leave it to each page-manager to decide how to monetize their pages.

For offline marketers, taking over a page about the town/city you "work", could be a massive advantage. For example :
- attract local residents AND businesses.
- listings in the classified ads section on your city page is yet another lead for your local clients.
- offer a spot on your city page's store to sell local produce from your clients to local members.
- use photos and videos to promote your town/city and attract more local people each day from search engines, YouTube, etc.
- build a list of local residents and businesses on auto-pilot.



So, before the doors open to the general public, I wonder if I could pick the brain of 1 or 2 of you via PM to understand if this is something that could compliment your offline business.

Let me know if you'd like to know more and I'll send you the link with additional information.

Thanks in advance.