Monthly Archives: June 2010
How To Launch A Social Network – Part 2
First, try to describe your concept in one sentence with a few keywords. The thinking here is that you should be able to describe your web start-up in one succinct sentence so that you can then stick to this core concept when fleshing out the details of your site. Remember that oftentimes the more narrow in focus and easy to understand your start-up is the more potential it has to go viral. Think Google. People won’t talk about it if they don’t know what it is or why it would benefit them quickly enough.
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How To Launch A Social Network – Part 1
If you’ve been bitten by the social network bug, you’re not alone. You are joining the ranks of thousands of other entrepreneurs pining for a social network to meet the needs of particular niche or provide utility to an increasingly “social-spoiled” audience. Social networking, and I’ll talk about this in my next blog post, isn’t just for socializing. It’s not only for consumers and it isn’t simply about conversation. Social networking is a feature, not a product and as such can dramatically enhance and impact an e-commerce website, directory or content-driven site. Social networks have many faces. There are simple, turnkey social networks like Ning and custom, complex social networks like WhereToGetEngaged.com and of course THE social network, Facebook.
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