Get Your Own Social Network
July 11th, 2008 by Alec McNayrPosted in Marketing | 1 Comment »What do they have in common?
They all use Ning.com to host a private social network on their sites. They give their fans an opportunity to upload photos, make comments, and engage as a part of the brand experience.
The best part? Ning is free.
Why wouldn’t you create a ning social network? Barack Obama and my University want to keep their social networks internal and closed, so as to tie data back to their main databases, which makes sense.
No matter how you do it, shouldn’t you be creating a social experience for your customers or prospects? Aren’t they expecting it? I mean, if The ‘Hoff is doing it…
One Response to “Get Your Own Social Network”
By Alec McNayr on Jul 14, 2008
Just got an email from Scottrade, the online broker (cheapest trade fees around). They just started a social network, using software from Small World Labs.
Nice idea, but do I really want to be trading ideas with other users of a discount brokerage? No thanks. I’ll get my investing advice from Warren Buffett.