Top ways to build your strong social network

Some of the successful companies can Firstly protect and enhance their clients’ brands by delivering highly-tailored social network components that integrate seamlessly into existing websites.

Secondly, many of these companies provide greater ownership of social network data and/or software.

Thirdly, several of these companies claim to develop closer, longer-lasting relationships with their clients.

Fourthly, these companies can be very flexible when it comes to how much of the work their clients want to take on themselves.

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4 Stages to lead you success

Stage 1. Get to know the person you want to develop a relationship with via their work and their interests.

Stage 2. Provide positive valuable feedback on their work to get on their radar screen.

Stage 3. Create a vehicle for an ongoing direct dialog that is of mutual benefit.

Stage 4. Leverage your relationship.

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34 More Ways to Build Your Own Social Network

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9 Ways to Build Your Own Social Network

The news may overflow with stories about the social networking giants, such as Facebook and MySpace, but a horde of companies are doing their best to reduce the fundamental features of these websites to mere commodities.
Ning (which means “peace” in Chinese, in case you were wondering) currently provides by a wide margin the best platform for setting up fully functional and visually appealing social networks from scratch.
Whereas Ning holds your hand from start to finish as you construct your social network, KickApps is targeted more at web developers who want to incorporate social networking features into their existing websites without going through the hassle of coding and maintaining those features on their own.
CrowdVine may not be pretty or intricate but it’s not meant to be. Until recently a one-man show embodied by Tony Stubblebine, CrowdVine provides the simplest, most basic solution for those looking to set up their own social network.
Representatives for GoingOn (still in beta) admit that their site is ugly (and, I should add, quite disorganized), but appearances tend to mask the potential of this company’s platform, which is intended to straddle the divide between those of Ning and KickApps.
CollectiveX is a borderline white label social network platform. Its questionability arises from its orientation around exclusive groups (”groupsite” being its word for “network”) and from its very narrow range of customization options.
Me.com, which runs on top of software called SNAPP, is the MySpace of white label social networking platforms (and I mean that derogatorily).
Broadband Mechanics’ PeopleAggregator is an experiment in building social networks around open standards so that people can easily move between networks, whether or not those networks are run by the same owners or contain the same features.
Haystack, a Cerado product, is a social networking utility that is even more stripped down than CrowdVine. Networks (or “haystacks”) built on this platform are very simple, both visually and functionally.