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POI is a mobile app for iOS. A social platform giving celebrity & people of interest incentive to interact one on one with fans.
About this project
POI. A marketplace for fans/followers and the people that interest us the most, to share our questions, thoughts, and ideas.
PROBLEM. Ever had the urge to talk to someone famous, semi-famous, infamous, or a person of interest that's not necessarily a celebrity? Like the guy from the evening news who survived an event against incredible odds, a reality TV star, a creative type, the original bass guitarist from your favorite band 20 years ago, or what have you? And then thought well I'll try social media to try and talk to them but soon found out the interesting people we most often want to talk to never reply to us? Of course there are a few exceptions, but at least 99% of the time they just don't.
Solution. So would you be willing to put up a few bucks to have a real interaction with that person. For a question, to have engaging conversation, or maybe just a simple and quick one-time novelty experience? If so POI can help. POI will be a place where any and all people of interest can create an account with the ability to charge for interactions with their fans including video chat, direct messaging, and more.
Who are POI users?
Anyone and everyone can join and use POI, but if you feel you have something to offer and others would be willing to put up a few bucks to communicate with you, you may do so on this platform. If you're not so interesting and you try to charge you're going to have a hard time. Here are a few type of people I personally would pay to chit chat with. Including but not limited to...
- Athletes, like minor league baseball players and college athletes
- Experts/Gurus in their respective fields, including scientists, teachers, business leaders, healthcare, and much more
- Reality stars, from shows like The Biggest Loser, American Idol, The Bachelor, Deadliest Catch, Survivor, and many more
- Performing artists, such as cast members from broadway plays such as Cats, Phantom of the Opera, or The Book of Mormon
- Writers, from various TV shows including The Office or The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon
- The man or woman on the news for something incredible and will now have their 15 minutes of fame
Risks and challenges
About me. Risks and Challenges.
First, I'm a physical therapist not a techie or coding guy.
Second, I love the idea of being able to communicate with anyone at anytime along with the sharing of information and ideas, even if that interaction came at a price. Hence the idea. How many times have you asked yourself, "If I could only ask this person about this or that?"
I've been toying with this idea for some time now, I'd guess approximately 3-4 years now. I thought initially that it was only to be a dream because I didn't know anything about app development. However after developing the wire frames (by the way I didn't know what I was doing even had a term like that), I was no longer able to shake the idea and leave it in dreamland as it became too real.
Challenges I feel will be for coming in under budget with a MVP (minimal viable product) focused on security and quality of the app to insure a good user experience for all users. Security is of paramount importance to avoid fraud on part of someone claiming to be someone they are not. As well as maximizing the quality of interactions between users. I'd like to tell you more about this but this is the "secret sauce" of the app. Also, having the app developed and distributed in 6 months or less as well as marketing will all be challenges.
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