TruFan: Share Your True Passion for Sports

TruFan is a new social network created specifically  for passionate sports fans. They make it easy for you to let people know what teams you support and connect with others who share your sports interests.

The TruFan.com social media platform is designed specifically to power professional sports communities at the local level enabling fans to share and aggregate news and multimedia content about their favorite sports teams from a variety of online sources including traditional print and broadcast media and independent blogs.

The concept is actually similar to FanFeedr, which we covered previously. TruFan is currently in beta. Features include:

• Blogging tools: Fans will have the opportunity to claim their space in the blogosphere by creating and managing their own sports and team-focused blog
• Content aggregation: News, blogs and video content taken from a host of relevant sites to provide fans with all of the latest information about their favorite teams in real-time. Additionally, each site will feature the top independent bloggers covering each team.
• Personalized pages: Fans can customize their pages to include specific content, graphics and additional site features
• Messaging tools: TruFan.com users can interact one-on-one or in groups with a host of messaging applications
• Game reporting tools: Fans can submit their own previews, game recap and stories for their teams – before, during or after the game is played
• Fan voting – Fans have the ability to vote on content such as stories and blogs posted by other fans, slugfest debates and photos
• Survey tools - TruFan.com users can build their own polls that allow other members to weigh in on specific topics and questions
• Marketplace – Allows users to buy and sell both tickets and merchandise
• Online Ticketing application – Fans are given the online tools to buy and sell tickets for local games to other local members cancelling out shipping and handling fees

The site is still new and doesn’t appear to have much activity right now, which is understandable since the beta just launched a few days ago. While similar in concept to FanFeedr, TruFan has a somewhat different implementation. TruMedia initially launched beta versions of this platform in Boston with some success, creating sites for each sports team. Sawxheads.com, created for the Boston Red Sox, has grown to more than 25,000 active users. With 122 professional sports teams in the MLB, NBA, NHL, and NFL combined, TruFan could definitely take off if other sports fans share the same enthusiasm as those Sawxheads.