Study Finds Branded Communities Increase Sales Significantly
Companies are benefiting from having a branded community attached to their website, according to a University of Michigan-based study. In an article found in online publication Campaign US, called “Study: Branded Communities Boostthe Sales by 20%” by Douglas Quenqua, written on May 6, 2015 – we learn why having a branded community is worth considering.…
SocialEngine Self-Hosted 4.8.11 is Released
We’re glad to announce the release of SocialEngine Self-Hosted 4.8.11. We’ve done many important changes in this release, fixing some warnings coming with Self-Hosted version 5.6+, a fatal error with Self-Hosted 7 and many other bug fixes. While we’re still not at 100% compatibility Self-Hosted 7, this release brings us closer to fully supporting Self-Hosted…
Why Your Organization Needs a Custom Social Network Script
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…
Top 5 Reasons You Should Consider a Branded Community for Your Company
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…
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…
How to keep backer communities engaged post funding
If you have completed a crowdfunding campaign, congratulations! You’ve identified a group of people who believe in your project and vision so much they invested in you. To keep your momentum going, you want to build a strong community of engaged supporters. But you don’t own your backer list so it’s not as simple as just…
SocialEngine Self-Hosted 4.8.10 is Released
We’re glad to announce that SocialEngine Self-Hosted 4.8.10 is released. This update comes with total 15 fixes out of which 10 were reported by our awesome community. It comes with an upgraded and better version of flowplayer and also fixes an issue that happened because of some recent changes done by Facebook in their API.…
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 until January…
Leverage Online Communities to Enhance Crowdfunding Q&A
Try SocialEngine for Two weeks free, visit Crowdfunding Plugin. Most popular crowd funding sites, including Kickstarter, Gofundme, indiegogo and Crowdrise offer a variety of tools to engage your audience. These include the ability to describe your campaign with words, visuals, videos and, of course, rewards. A Community Platform Makes It Easier to Answer Common Questions…
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 platforms…
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