Being reluctant about joining social networks like Facebook, I tried them and got not so much of value in exchange. But a couple days ago I see a light in the horizon: build your own. But looking into different CMS to find the right one, I noticed this isn’t easy technically. Well, at least for any people who wants to run their own without leaving his job (like me?). But I found something more than interesting: Ning.
These guys brings to you a bunch of applications to add to your social network at one click You can create your own from scrap in less than five minutes, for free. Obviously there is a trade off: you must keep their ads on it or pay. Anyway, I must say that Ning is to social networks as Blogger was for blogs years ago.
You cannot find all the hype Facebook has on Ning. But is useful! By this way, you can create a niche about one topic letting users (members of your own social network) collaborate actively to build content using blogs, forums, adding videos, pictures and so on: you can segment the market creating loyalty to your own network (and use it to reach your goals).
Searching a little more I found some Ning followers. See a comparison chart here and reviews of each one here. I didn’t test them, but maybe worth the time… who knows. By the way, I’m planning doing a creativity social network in Spanish using Ning. Keep tuned!
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