Systems and methods for generating and utilizing user profiles based on prior user responses

A system for generating a user profile from user-generated content, comprising:

• a set of computing devices implementing a plurality of domains hosted on the platform, each of said domains associated with an organization;
• community content associated with each of said domains, said community content comprised of a plurality of user generated comments;
• a research platform integrated with said plurality of domains, wherein said research platform aggregates said community content;
• and
• a user profile for each user of the system.

A method for providing a messaging platform comprising:

• detecting a mobile communications device within a geographic location, said mobile communications device associated with an unique location identifier;
• transmitting said unique location identifier to said messaging platform;
• receiving an unique location identifier of said mobile communications device;
• and
• transmitting an invitation for action to said mobile communications device.

A method for engaging an online community, comprising:

• discussing companies or individuals and said companies' or individuals' products or services, wherein said discussions include at least the posting of messages on said online community by a contributor;
• storing said discussions on a non-transitory computer readable medium;
• analyzing and storing said discussions and said contributor's demographics and populating a searchable database with traits, said traits including keywords from said discussions, said contributor's demographics, and other interactions between said contributor and said online community;
• permitting a researcher access to said searchable database for the purpose of identifying traits of said contributor consistent with said researcher's goal.