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5 Most Important Features Of A Modern CMS

A great social network relies on presentation to draw people in. Poor presentation is always noticed, and it will hurt your following. If you want to build a social network and enjoy the benefit of having an organic marketing engine, it must fit with your organization’s branding. Choosing the right content management system (CMS) will make all the difference. An effective…

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5 Types of Hashtags and When To Use Them

Hashtags are fantastic marketing tools and fickle beasts that can destroy a carefully laid plan. As with every community-building-based marketing strategy, it takes a lot of work to make hashtags appear natural. Plan and create hashtag guidelines for your company with specific tags and a little room to improvise. Here are 5 of our favorite hashtag categories…

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Five Steps to a Successful Branded Community

Companies wishing to create a community bond between themselves and their consumers should consider branding their businesses online. A branded community is marketing focused on nurturing the attachment a customer can experience towards a product or brand. Below are steps to ensure building a successful branded community. 1. Don’t look at your branded community as a marketing strategy,…

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5 Advantages of a Custom Social Network

Social media is a fast-growing segment of online interaction in almost all demographics. Everyone from teenagers to senior adults is participating on social media in some fashion. However, there are problems inherent with using large social media sites to interact with other people online. These problems include lack of privacy, topic focus and difficulty with…

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7 Benefits of Interacting with Interest-Based Communities

Interest-based communities invite interaction that goes far beyond a “like” or a “share.” This interaction benefits you – and others in the community – in many ways, personally, socially, and professionally. Socially 1. Friend Finder Even for the most outgoing, finding friends with whom you share a passion can pose a problem. Joining an interest…

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The Benefits of Interest-based Communities

Communities have always existed. Since humanity first began communities were called tribes, which were a group of individuals banning together against the elements. People in these nomadic groups then created their own religions, cultures, and ideals in order to form a sense of belonging as well as structure. In today’s high tech world we look…

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How the Use of Emoji can Connect Your Community

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…

3 Ways Custom Social Networks Enhance Crowdfunding Campaigns

3 Ways Custom Social Networks Enhance Crowdfunding Campaigns

Crowdfunding platforms are used in many different ways for many different purposes, but all can be enhanced with a custom social network. What makes crowdfunding work is the many people who contribute small amounts of money toward a purpose goal, so creating a way for these people to interact and be further engaged only enhances…

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SocialEngine Self-Hosted 4.8.12 is here!

We’re happy to announce the release of SocialEngine Self-Hosted 4.8.12. This release comes with a bunch of fixes that include some important security vulnerabilities, some warnings, notices and other small issues. Security of your websites is our responsibility and we take such issues very seriously. This is why we dedicated our technical team to get…

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Reaching Out to Your Post Crowdfunding Community

So you’ve decided to start a crowdfunding campaign and get the world to help you fulfill a need, or a dream? Well, it’s not over once the campaign ends. Those donors are now a community, your community, and you’ll need to stay in touch with them. They will want to stay in touch with each…