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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…

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…

Following up on our featured tips highlighting music, mobile, photo sharing, and video sharing, let’s talk about groups. Groups promote discussion and sharing for your members, privately or publicly, with conversations under member control. A tool that naturally organizes members by topics, interests or friendships, groups offer advanced functionality such as event creation, unique admin…

Jazz up your community with music. As with other industries, music has gone social; Spotify populates Facebook feeds with songs your friends play, Soundcloud connects artists directly with fans, and YouTube commonly hosts audio only music posts with no video. Some say music and social media just seem to go together – 50% of Twitter…

SocialEngine customization begins with the layout of your site. Edit the layout from the Admin Panel to control how members interact with content. Over one hundred blocks are available for you to drag on drop directly on the page you desire to really make your community unique for you and your members. As SocialEngineAddons, an…

Continuing where our Photo Sharing post left off, let’s talk video! Photos may be in the spotlight recently, but some say videos are next, with Viddy and others racing to be the next Instagram of video. Netflix streams Hollywood to our homes, we upload clips to the web—one hour of video is uploaded to YouTube…

Social media interaction is often as visual as it is textual. Facebook’s billion dollar acquisition of Instagram, and the popularity of photo-sharing focused services like Pinterest, Flickr, Tumblr and others, means people enjoy sharing photos, and may even expect your community to offer these sharing features. Of course, photos may not be right for every…

Presentation is an important element when creating your community. How are you representing your idea visually? In what ways can design improve the experience? A glance at our client showcase sites demonstrates how differently a SocialEngine website can be themed. Our default themes provide some variety, but for those you who find these themes too…