Communities Increase Your Odds of Crowdfunding Success
There are several ways online community can increase the money you raise with crowdfunding: Lots of people jump into crowd funding just assuming that they have the right idea and network to get to their funding goal easily. The truth, according to a PC World article (The Crowdfunding Caveat: Most Campaigns Fail) and statistics from…
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 own your backer list…
Build an Online-Offline Community, Exceed Crowdfunding Goals
The best way to collaborate is with community. In the world of crowdfunding and online connectivity, community can be defined as any group of people who share your passion, hobby or vision enough that they are willing to open their wallet and chip in. In other words they are willing to “show you the money.…
Celebrating Ning and PHPfox Import Scripts with 10 Days of 10% Off SocialEngine Self-Hosted
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 Self-Hosted. Use code “SocialEnginePHP10” at checkout to SAVE 10%. The Ning and PHPfox scripts have been widely applauded from the…
SocialEngine: A 2015 CMSCritic Award Winner
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 awards…
Migrate your Ning 2.0 Community to SocialEngine Self-Hosted
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…
SocialEngine Self-Hosted version 4.8.9 is here!
We’re pleased to announce that the highly anticipated SocialEngine Self-Hosted 4.8.9 has been released! We’ve made many important changes, including a fix for the issues caused by Facebook and YouTube API updates. If you’ve been waiting for a better import tool to migrate your website from Ning to SocialEngine Self-Hosted, the time is now! We’ve updated our Ning importer and now it’s…
Build Your Own Interest-Based Online Community
Forbes Magazine recently published an article titled, “Are Interest-Based Networks the Way of the Future?” Writer Drew Hendricks explored the idea that people naturally come together and prefer to be with others with whom they have something in common. “Today, our tribes are often found online. These are the sites where we gather, share information, discuss…
Five Reasons to Start a Branded Community
Milllenials and Generation Z have forced many marketers and business owners to realize just how powerful branded communities are as a business strategy. Because these generations grew up with social media and the internet, they expect more meaningful relationships with the companies they choose to buy products from. Though a select few brands have enjoyed brand…
Our Public Bug Tracker and Our New Demo Site
A while ago, we moved our public bug tracker from Redmine to GitHub. Most of you have already been filing requests / suggestions over the new bug tracker, which is great! We undertook this change after evaluating multiple options and settling on GitHub as the best solution. GitHub has a nicer interface than the Redmine…
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