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Times have changed, and more and more people want to get a point across as quickly as possible. Enter the emoji. No longer just a silly little icon that kids use, the emoji has become a staple in everyday communication for all ages. Many people believe that using them is too unprofessional, but here are…

There are personalities and businesses with millions of followers on social media and no sales to show for it. If you are going to build a community, then you need to build a community to sell to! Here’s how. Set the Expectation Members of your social media group should understand that you will solicit for…

Are you looking to develop an online community around your message, product, or service? You could certainly create a closed group on one of the popular social network sites, but what you really need is a custom social network script. You Retain Control of Your Community When you use your own custom social network script, you have the final say regarding who…

The dream of every marketer is to develop your brand into one around which people will rally. One of the ways you can encourage this behavior is by creating a branded community. Here are the top five reasons you might want to consider a branded community for your company. 1. Limited reach of social media It used…

When you host your community with SocialEngine, you gain access to a powerful platform with awesome features and extensive customizability. You’ll be amazed at the amount of things you can accomplish with minimal effort and at a much lower cost. Want to see for yourself? Take advantage of our new and improved Ning to SocialEngine…

Our friends over at NuSoft wrote a great article on how to build a paid Video Chat Membership site and we thought you’d like to hear about it too!Take it away George… How to Build a Paid Video Chat Membership Website with SocialEngine 4, AVChat 3 and PayPal by george on October 18, 2013. Hi…

So you want to create a Social Network, and you want it to be vibrant. What are some things you can do to make sure you’re successful? First, you have to accept that humans are tricky things. You can’t write a formula for how to grow a community, or at least if you can, I’ve…

A social network is a map of relationships between individuals. Add a laptop, internet connection and some great user experience, and you have an online network where people can interact and connect to one another in meaningful ways using standard, modern features like instant messaging, video chatting, tweeting, commenting, and of course, photo sharing. So…

The SocialEngine Cloud community is growing so much faster than we expected! We’ve been watching you guys build out your sites and have been discussing how we can help you customize your templates more easily. Today we’ve added a new resource that should help tremendously. We’ve rolled out documentation for SE Cloud widgets. These docs…

An online community is more than a flash-in-the-pan marketing or CPC campaign. It’s not something you just ‘set and forget.’ Merriam Webster defines a community as, “a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society.” It’s more important than Facebook Fans, Twitter followers or just about anything you…