Social Networking
We live and breath social networking: 3 out of 4 projects we accept have social features. We have been building high quality custom social networks for nearly five years and websites for ten. We can help you from documentation/planning to beta launch to public launch to the marketing of your social network through social media channels, the staffing of your social networking start-up after launch, and even helping you find investors.
A Custom Framework
We have worked long and hard to develop a powerful framework designed to drive the next generation of web-based applications. Because we have this pre-existing framework in place, we’re able to spend our time tailoring everything to fit your needs, developing the custom modules required to set yourself apart in a highly competitive market. Getting customer feedback is critical to creating useable applications that are a pleasure to work with. Long development cycles usually lead to customer feedback getting lost and forgotten about. Working from our framework creates short development cycles, allowing you to get your product or new features launched as quickly as possible.
General Feature Sampling:
- Custom professional design (including layout, navigation, header/footer, styles, formatting, logo, etc...)
- Search engine friendly coding
- Multi-browser compatible
- Membership sign-up
- Member admin panel
- Share text, photos, flash, videos, songs, files
- Tagging
- Advertising Module
- Messaging
- Message Board
- Calendars
- Weather
- Statistics
- Blogs
- Chat
- Polls
- Newsletter
- Events
- User profiles
- User awards
- Commenting
- Moderation
- Metrics / Ad Stats
- Privacy Controls
- vLogs
- Groups
- Friends
- Photos
- Dynamic Content
- Content Management w/WYSIWYG functionalities
- Ratings
- RSS
- Widgets
- Forums
- Search
- Videos
- Billing
- Keyword Advanced Search
- General Search
- Automatic Notifications & Reminders
- Facebook Auxillary Application
- Mobile Version
- SMS/Text Message Support
Custom vs. Turnkey
Turnkey is best for prototype social networks, auxiliary social networks, and social networks “on a budget” while custom is best for enterprise social networks, revenue-generating social networks, social networks with long-term plans, and social networks blending social functionality with other functionalities such as e-commerce, directories, etc...
Our custom social networking solutions are built with a marketing-infused approach and demographic-based design and development to give you a scalable, extensible solution that you have complete control over from the get-go.
In a nutshell, a custom social network may offer these advantages:
- Strategic Design
Design with a purpose, not around pre-determined layouts/functionality. - Better Usability
With screens and functions designed specifically for your target audience and your desired value propositions, your website can be far more usable. - Differentiation
It’s not nearly as effective to simply apply the social network feature set to a vertical market or niche in the same way everyone else has and expect results. Our approach will naturally create differentiation, so you’re network is not simply “more of the same” in the realm of web 2.0. - Ownership
You own it, you can host it where you want, and you can maintain/improve/sell the code as you see fit. AKA, your money isn’t spent, it’s invested.
