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.…
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…
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…
Important compatibility fix for websites using PayPal
If you use SocialEngine Self-Hosted and have PayPal enabled for collecting membership fees, this affects your site. We’ve recently received an email from PayPal titled “Immediate Action Required” in which they’ve mentioned that due to vulnerability to version 3 of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL 3.0), they will discontinue support for SSL 3.0 on December 3rd,…
SocialEngine: CMS Critic’s People’s Choice Award Winner
A little while ago we sent out a tweet to you guys letting you know that we were in the running for CMS Critic’s People’s Choice Award for Best Social Networking Solution. The turnout was absolutely fantastic and we ended up winning! Check out the full article here.We wanted to thank CMS Critic for letting…
How To Create an Online Community with SocialEngine
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…
Make A Social Network With SocialEngine
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…
How To Build A Social Network with SocialEngine
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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