From the category archives:

Social Network Software

If there is one lesson that has held true for social marketing it’s that you have to learn to rely on customers to drive it for you as they will always have control. The third party social software space which includes all the big social networks such as MySpace and Facebook form a massive platform for people with common interests to get together and start conversations.

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It is said the best kind of learning comes from participation and interacting with others. The learning which doesn’t come from having to study a prescribed course but rather, which comes sharing what you know and taking what you can learn from others in a collaborative environment.

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We’ve discussed in previous posts how social software for business and enterprise can be customized to fulfill a very specific requirement or solve a business challenge. By leveraging the strengths and right features a good social software solution can be adapted to various business…

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What’s common between Ellen DeGeneres, Brittney Spears, Ryan Seacrest, Kim Kardashian, and Oprah Winfrey? They all have between 2 million to over 3 million Twitter followers and staggering number of online fan followers.

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I recently had a discussion with a technology professional turned entrepreneur and new mom — and this conversation brought up some interesting points which may prove helpful for anyone considering building a portal. Her new venture was a result of her passion for her work, her newly found situation with a month old baby, and finding herself wanting to work on a flexible schedule from home.

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Businesses tend to think of their websites as a corporate brochure. A place for visitors to come read about their company, products and services and leave behind some contact information just in case they might be interested in what’s on offer

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Recently the social community world started buzzing about Ning’s tyrannical policies affecting all users who have created social communities using Ning SaaS model. For starters, Ning is one of the big players in the SaaS-based social networking domain. Ning allows you to create and host your own social groups at a fixed monthly fee.

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Communifire, our social networking platform in ASP. NET, contains a ton of functionality…including forums, events, friending, article management, internal messaging, photo sharing, video sharing, blogs, and much more. In addition to the functionality I just briefly listed out, Communifire contains a very extensive and feature rich blogging system. Here is a rundown of a list that I wrote up to share those features with you…

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The URL Mapping module will help you maintain your existing search engine rankings for the various pages in your website. When you upgrade into Communifire from your old website, you can map your old URLs to the new URLs you create within the Communifire platform. This is done using dynamic 301 redirectes from within the system.

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Communifire, our social networking platform in ASP.NET, contains a ton of functionality…including forums, events, friending, internal messaging, photo sharing, video sharing, blogs, and much more. In addition to the functionality I just briefly listed out, Communifire contains a very extensive and feature rich Article Management System. So, I thought it would be a great opportunity to share those features with you…

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