Start your own Social Network
Do you have a core group of followers around your product? Do you want to interact with your customers on a more personal level? Try starting your own social network. Sure, you could buy some $300 program and then pay some developers to set it up, etc., etc., etc., and now you’re down a grand or so and need to figure out how to get people to use your network. Forget that, there is an easier way. Ning, it means peace in Chinese. Ning isn’t a new technology (started in 2004) and isn’t the only one on the block, but they seem to be the ones doing it the best. I had thought about signing up for this one a few years ago, but it didn’t have the features I wanted. I couldn’t even host it on my own domain. That has all changed. Ning has an active development community with documentation that can help even beginners start a thriving community around pretty much anything. They have architecture and development guides, widget guides, API refrences, and more. Finally, you can do what you want with a social network, but don’t have to begin at ground zero. The Yovia network will be up soon. Feel free to sign-up.
Mike Palmer
Analyst