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SE Cloud Template Docs Released

The SocialEngine Cloud community is growing so much faster than we expected! We’ve been watching you guys build out your sites and have been discussing how we can help you customize your templates more easily. Today we’ve added a new resource that should help tremendously. We’ve rolled out documentation for SE Cloud widgets. These docs…

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SE Self-Hosted 4.2.7 – Improved Content and Community Creation

Thanks everyone for the substantial feedback we received from our last SocialEngine self-hosted Roadmap post, our survey and via email. Expect an announcement post from us next week that will outline our 4.2.8 release goals featuring items we’ve gathered thanks to your feedback. This, 4.2.7, is a minor release focused on a few fixes and features as…

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How To Build A Social Network

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…

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SocialEngine 4.2.6 – Improved Site Performance and Page Loads

We’ve listened to your feedback, and we’re happy to announce that SocialEngine is now up to 60% faster! Download 4.2.6 and experience the power boost. Server configuration is still the biggest speed bump, so please review our documentation to be sure your installation is one finely tuned machine optimized for speed. As always, please remember to backup your site before upgrading. You may view the full changelog, and here’s our highlights. Highlights: Email us any questions, or please leave us a comment, thanks!

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Guest Post: Paul Rothbein explains how to reach your audience with SocialEngine

This is a guest post by longtime SocialEngine user, Paul Rothbein.  Paul provides service consulting for social network creators, and helps his clients market and monetize their communities, including fundraising through services like Kickstarter.  He has even traveled to Asia recently to provide marketing support for YouNet, a third-party development team for SocialEngine.  Continue reading…

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Video Tutorials 2

Our YouTube channel has a selection of helpful video guides you can follow when tampering under the hood of your SocialEngine community.  We provide installation and upgrade services at a price, but you can always do it yourself using our tutorials.  Check out our latest updated videos by our tech, Matthew. Installation Guide: This tutorial will…

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Tips and Tutorials: Groups

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…

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SocialEngine 4.2.5 – Introducing Quantum and Musicbox Themes

Our minor 4.2.5 update is now ready for download.   Access your account to get started, and please remember to back up your site before upgrading!  Check out the changelog, and here’s a list of highlights. Highlights: Please leave us a comment, or Contact Us if you have any questions. As we mentioned in other…

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Tips and Tutorials: Music Sharing

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…

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Tips and Tutorials: Mobile Engagement

The future is mobile, and optimizing your community for mobile activity is essential as people from all demographics spend more time on mobile devices each year. The International Telecommunication Union estimates that global mobile subscriptions at the end of 2011 reached 6 billion. That means 87 percent of the world’s population has a mobile device,…