Posts tagged "social"

Q&A: What is the difference between ning and kickapps to deploy a social network?

Question by ashish h: What is the difference between ning and kickapps to deploy a social network?

Best answer:

Answer by Michael G
Here’s one opinion from a site….
“They are often compared to Ning, but I believe they aren’t truly direct competitors – at least not yet. While Ning appears to have more traction with sites created by individuals, KickApps provides a more fully integrated solution that is suitable for larger, established players. Ning requires individual users to register at their site, while KickApps provides a solution to work with a company’s existing membership database. Ning explains how this works on the business help page where they say “When your members register for your social network, they create an account Ning. They can use their NingID to sign in to your network as well as other social networks on the Ning Platform.” I first heard at Mashable that KickApps recently announced support for a tight integration with Joomla, an extremely popular CMS that we use here at Social.com. Before leaving the Ning versus KickApps comparison, let’s point out that Ning has done their own comparison of themselves to KickApps. ”

Both of them require some development skills if you want to add custom pages or if you want to customize your social network. Also, Kick Apps is more expensive.

No programming skills are needed to setup a customizable social network at The Village. (www.thevillage.com)

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My Business Idea, Social Networking, Getting my Name out there?

Question by nicholas_sevas_tra: My Business Idea, Social Networking, Getting my Name out there?
Okay, I have been working at opening and developing my own business and label, as well as getting my name out there. I do music, singing, art, novel works, as well as blogs. Below is a rough idea for getting my stuff and name out there, as well as through the social networking and blogging. Just let me know what you all think?

I am trying to streamline it and make it the most effective. I copied this from my Word and it was in bullet format. Youtube is where all my music and fitness videos will be, as well as my art how to’s. Deviantart is where all my art, and other literature will be at. Myspace/facebook/twitter are my friend networking and follower tools, LinkedIn is there for more professional business contacts. Not quite sure if I should keep Digg on there or if I should maybe even add Picasa for photos (along with DeviantArt)

Thanks

Social Networking/Business Check List

•Blogspot
oMain website, and host to Twitter and Facebook for Blog Updates
Hosts YouTube Embeds, Art Picture Embeds, New Blogs, Recipes, Fun Facts
Updated weekly

•Ping.fm
oHost/Feed site
Feeds #Photos to Community Pages and Blogspot (Which posts to Twitter and Facebook)
Feeds #Updates to Twitter, Facebook, and Facebook Community Pages
Feeds #NewBlog to Facebook Community Pages
Updated weekly

•TwitterFeed
oHost/Feed site
Feeds updates from Blogspot to Facebook and Twitter (Disabled for now)
Updated weekly

•Facebook
oSocial/Personal page, and host to three Facebook Community Pages (Business)
oLinked through TwitterFeed, FormSpring, YouTube, Twitter, and Ping.fm
Updated every other day

•Facebook Community Pages
oSubsidary pages of my main Facebook page. Three Community pages
Updated weekly

•Twitter
oLinked through TwitterFeed, Ping.fm, Youtube, and Facebook
Updated weekly

•DeviantArt
oHost site
oNot linked, but trying to find a linking host to post updates to Community Page

•YouTube
oHost site
oNot linked, but trying to find a linking host to post updates to Community Page

•Myspace

•LinkeIn

•Digg

Best answer:

Answer by Steve D
Are the pieces there? Sure..everyone knows those pieces. What we here don’t know is whether what is there is good and do you know what what you are doing. Anyone can list the tools they use (how’s this: I am a business consultant and I use Excel, Word, SAS, SPSS, Powerpoint…the list goes on – that doesn’t make me a good business consultant not does it even say how I use them).

Rather than worrying about where you are (Twitter, Facebook, etc.), worry more about what content you are putting there. Ask yourself – why should people be interested in me? Let me ask you this – I have written a song and had it recorded (this is true) – if I told you I had a link to it on my Facebook page, would you care? Probably not and I would not expect you to care. However, if I told you that I had had the song recorded in my home studio (I didn’t) and that my blog had tips on setting up a home studio with recommendations for equipment, etc. and oh yeah, here’s a link to the song recorded at my home studio, would you care more? Probably. Ask yourself first, what is it I am offering to people that will get them interested in me. Then, once I have them interested in me, how can I direct them to DeviantArt, etc. Like advertising, you need to suck them in – a list of tools and “places” doesn’t suck anyone in – content does.

So, think Twitter – minimum daily posts – use Twitter to push your Blog…Blog – who cares about fun facts and recipes – focus on art, music, etc. Link your blog to what you are pushing. Go see an art exhibit somewhere and write about it…find a new group and push them and while you’re doing that, plug your stuff. If I were you, I would make the blog the centerpiece and use FB, Twitter, etc. the support group – to quote Field of Dreams, “Build it and they will come”

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Social networking for your dog

Bowie County investigators say Friday marks the tragic anniversary of the murders of 34-year-old AmandaMore >> People all over the world use social media to stay connected and make new friends. And now your dog can do the same.
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How to create a free social networking site without any trial period?

Question by : How to create a free social networking site without any trial period?
I want to create a free social networking site. I knew some web sites which gives this facility like www.spruz.com. But, this site gives only 30 days trial in free. But, I want no limitations of days. I want create social networking site in free. Please tell me the name of the websites which give this facility.

Best answer:

Answer by just “JR”
There are many free host providers, where you can make (nearly) anything you want, as long as it is free.
Google for “social network scripts” and start from there.

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Samsung Galaxy S – Social hub makes it stand out from other Android devices

Chris Martinez, Strategy for Samsung Telecommunications, talks about the Social Hub aspect in the Samsung Galaxy S devices. Four phones were announced at the media event in New York City for different carriers: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, US Cellular and Cellular South. The one for T-mobile is called Samsung Vibrant, while the one for Sprint is called Samsung Epic 4G, Captivate for AT&T, and Fascinate for Verizon The Galaxy S devices all feature 4-inch Super AMOLED display screen, 1GHz Hummingbird Application Processor and a multitude of entertainment, messaging and social networking features and applications. The Super AMOLED technology design results in thinner displays, delivering one of the thinnest, most responsive full-featured smart phones in the industry. Samsung’s Social Hub keeps users connected. It is built around Messaging and Contacts, both of which initiate the sending and receiving of information, whether it is e-mail, instant messaging, social network updates or SMS messages. Two major aspects of the Social Hub shown by Mr. Martinez are the ‘Buddies Now’ and ‘Feeds and Updates’ homescreen widgets.
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Smartphone App, Social Network Helps Kids Fight Fat

An anonymous social networking website, with an accompanying smartphone app, seemed to help obese youths lose weight without fear of public ridicule, a researcher said. Those who used the site, weigh2rock.com, self-reported a mean weight loss of 7.4 … See all stories on this topic »

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