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Face to face with Salem’s Chamber of Commerce

Face2Face is the social network for Salem, Oregon’s Chamber of Commerce. Business owners can join to connect with each other and residents and promote their business. Biweekly podcasts of city council reports are uploaded to the social network’s music player, which is displayed near the top of the right column on all pages. This allows [...]

Making people and ideas findable at Smaller Indiana

Smaller Indiana is a social network for people in Indiana to meet and share ideas. The social network prides itself on making “creative people and innovative ideas easier to find. This is the place for you to share your ideas and engage with Indiana’s most creative and inspired souls…working together to build community, culture and commerce.” Created [...]

Assign a member to moderate a specific piece of content

As we wrote earlier this week, choosing and promoting the right Network Administrators can help you manage your social network’s members and content. Administrators have access to the Manage page, just like Network Creators, though they don’t have access to the Premium Services, Network Information or Analytics sections. If you don’t want to have a full [...]

Married Life, a social network for married couples

Married Life is a social network connecting married couples with each other and providing a space to get answers and share marriage advice. Created by online marriage magazine Hitched, Married Life tackles all of the key issues. In the Forum, members talk about everything from the 10 Commandments of Marriage to dealing with estrangement in [...]

The Ghet: A Dinnerparty Network

Started in an Oakland basement apartment in 2004, The Ghetto Gourmet has become a nation-wide phenomenon for adventurous foodies. Groups based in DC, New York, and Denver are always planning out the next dinner party and sharing local secrets. Guerrilla gourmet has made its way outside the US as well — one member links to [...]

Assign a member to moderate a feature

Yesterday we blogged about appointing Network Administrators to help you manage your social network. You can also provide members with moderation tools without giving them full access to all administrative features on your social network. This can be useful if you’d like a member to moderate and delete videos and photos, but don’t want to [...]

Welcome to Jason’s Place

Bachelor star Jason Mesnick appeared with his girlfriend Molly Malaney on Good Morning America today to talk about their relationship and the new social network, Jason’s Place. As he said on Good Morning America, “There are over 20 million single parents in the country, growing by 1 million every year. We’ve started an incredible website that’s [...]

Manny’s Music: The Virtual Wall of Fame

Manny’s Music, a musical instrument store in New York City opened by Manny Goldrich, closed its doors at the end of May after nearly 75 years of business. The store, long known as a landmark and icon, was a frequent stomping grounds for musicians from the Who to Paul Simon to Jimi Hendrix and had [...]

Administrators can help moderate your social network

Moderating your social network – and doing it right – is key to building a positive reputation. While your social network is equipped with the tools to let you review all new members, photos, videos, groups, events, and even blog posts before they’re added to your social network, turning any of these moderation controls may [...]

CultIndie, for fashion industry insiders

CultIndie is a stylish, in-the-know social network for fashion industry insiders to discuss the latest season’s offerings, network with industry professionals and post their own insider news. The welcome center on CultIndie has all the information members need to get involved. They can submit an article on fashion and trends to be featured on the [...]