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A Post Crowdfunding Community: The Lifetime Perk for You and Them

One of the most dramatic examples of the power of individuals coming together is crowdfunding. It starts with just a couple of people who have an idea, but no way to financially support its production. From there tens, hundreds, or even thousands of people give just a little, and something amazing comes from the small…

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Using Interest-based Communities to Expand Your Customer Base

Any one who uses Facebook, Twitter or any of the other major social media platforms understands how quickly topline mainstream stories saturate feeds. This renders direct use of these platforms less productive as a marketing tool for any niche business looking to expand its audience. However, using interest-based communities to generate initial support is a growth hack…

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December Community Roundup

Welcome to 2016! We hope everyone’s Holiday season was as wonderful as ours. Here’s a quick recap of what is happening in the SocialEngine Communitiy. New Add-ons and Updates: REST API Plugin – This plugin provides robust, secure JSON REST API for SocialEngine. REST API opens up exciting world of possibilities for the SocialEngine platform, and…

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Vote for SocialEngine

Thanks for nominating SocialEngine in the CMS Critic’s Choice Awards! We are one of the three finalists in the “Best Social Network Software” category thanks to your nominations.   Now that we have made it to the finals, it’s time to get out and Vote to help us win this thing! You can vote up…

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November Community Roundup

Hey everyone! November is over so its time to take a look at what has been happening this month with the SocialEngine community! New Add-ons and Updates: Chellenge Theme – With the most modern board / grid style theme for SocialEngine Cloud crafted with a clean design and choice of smooth color pallete, your community members will…

Keeping Your Crowdfunding Audience Engaged and Happy

So you’ve successfully completed a crowdfunding campaign – congratulations! But now what? How are you supposed to keep your fans engaged while you try to focus on actually completing your project, especially knowing that most crowdfunding projects don’t make their target shipping dates?   A custom social community can solve a lot of problems crowdfunding…

Crowdfunding: What You Need to Keep the Post-Campaign Momentum Going

      Crowdfunding is a fantastic way to build buzz around your start-up, art project or social cause. But what happens when that campaign is over? It’s often difficult to keep the momentum going in the lag between raising money and fulfilling your project goals.   Customer Social Networks Drive Engagement You don’t actually…

Celebrating  Ning and PHPfox Import Scripts with 10 Days of 10% Off SocialEngine PHP

    Over the past couple of months SocialEngine has made available importer scripts for Ning 2.0 and PHPfox.   In celebration for the first 10 days of October (Oct 1 – 10) we are offering 10% off your purchase of SocialEngine PHP. Use code “SocialEnginePHP10” at checkout to SAVE 10%.   The Ning and PHPfox scripts have been…

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2015 CMSCritic Awards

A couple years back we had the honor of receiving the CMSCritic award for Best Social Networking Solution. We were given this award thanks to all of you who took the time to show your support by voting for us at cmscritic.com and this year we want to do it again! Nominations are currently open for the 2015 CMSCritic…

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May Community Roundup

Hey everyone! May is over so its time to take a look at what has been happening this month with the SocialEngine community! New Add-ons and Updates: Team Showcase & Multi-Use Team Plugin – This plugin helps you to add team members to your website with their names, designations, short descriptions, social profiles link with smooth hover…