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Re: Baristas Unite! Social Networking At Street Level

Konnects — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:58:33 -0000

Great article. We have many entrepreneurs at konnects.com build and grow their business using Konnects. This is a proven tool and has been very successful.

Re: Baristas Unite! Social Networking At Street Level

Top Rated Digital — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:05:22 -0000

Wow, a real life example of social networking in the real world. Another skeptic converted ;)

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PS3 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:06:04 -0000

I have to agree Nicole, there is so much negative talk around that it is nice to see a more positive slant from time to time, thanks.

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Nicole Price — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:59:50 -0000

What a success story. Truly inspiring and a role model for finding an effective niche. Thank you for this story.

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Re: Baristas Unite! Social Networking At Street Level

Rob Mills — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:14:03 -0000

Great post Frank. We need more examples of Social Networking success.

I have a bit of experience with Ning and to answer Angela's question yes there is quite a bit of overlap between it and a traditional membership site but there are ways that the two can work together.

1. Market research. Since it's ridiculously easy ,and free, to set up a Ning for your niche you can use it to gauge interest without having to invest a lot of time and money.

2. If you're considering charging for memberships you can use a Ning for free introductory level content and a membership site for premium content. Build a base following with the Ning then set up a pay for access membership site. Ask the members of the Ning what premium content they would pay for.

Rob

Re: Baristas Unite! Social Networking At Street Level

Nick Stamoulis — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:33:50 -0000

Using Ning for this purpose for is a good idea, but does take time and energy to build a healthy and active group.

Re: Baristas Unite! Social Networking At Street Level

Frank Reed — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:05:29 -0000

Angela - I will expose how little I actually know about the workings of Ning.com other than an article from Fast Company in April. Would love to get more response regarding this idea and how to integrate multiple "platforms" effectively.

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Seologia — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:55:43 -0000

Nice post. Love the final punch line. :)

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Re: Baristas Unite! Social Networking At Street Level

Angela Chen Shui — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:52:25 -0000

Human to humans always works. Was reminded of this just yesterday after spending a bit more time than usual on Twitter. Ended up inspired by all the interaction and visiting sites to see different things some of the Twitterati are doing.

Do you think Ning can work alongside a membership site? I joined recently but felt it may be double overload, so haven't done anything... ;-)