Create a Social Media Simply

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Create a Social Network Simply

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Develop a Robust Site

• Step 1 Decide whether you want to build your
  niche social network from scratch or use a social
  network platform.
• Step 2 To start from scratch, simply register a
  domain, start a web hosting account, and build a
  social network website from the ground up or
  hire software developers to help you build it.
• If you look forward to develop it from scratch,
  it means it will take a long time before the site
  is up and running.

If you wish to see the results more quickly then
you need to use an already developed system.
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A. Pick a Platform

• There are several platforms before you to choose
  from
• a. Social Engine (http//www.socialengine.com/)So
  cialEngine
• Social Engine is a fairly good choice for anyone,
  whether the website management team has little or
  gross experience.
• It gives a social network on an elegantly
  designed site at a low cost with multifarious
  built-in features.

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A. Pick a Platform Contd...

• b. PhpFox (http//www.phpfox.com)phpFox
• PhpFox gives you the ability to create a unique
  community that includes a single sign-on feature,
  which provides the ability for your visitors to
  use their Facebook, Twitter, Google, Open ID and
  other types of usernames to log in to your site.
• It is compact, orderly designed with modern
  features like Photo Tagging, likes, Brand
  pages, groups, blogs, a forum, videos, music, a
  marketplace, quizzes, social sharing, ad
  Campaigns, Subscription, etc.

This community offers a number of modules and
plug-ins which are already available and if you
need something special created, they can build it
for you.
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A. Pick a Platform Contd...

• c. BoonEx Dolphin (http//www.boonex.com/)
• Built on the PHP platform, BoonEx Dolphin is a
  fully scalable and customizable social
  application.
• You just download, install, and run it for your
  online community, which you control from top to
  bottom. It also allows webmasters to build sites
  similar to Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, Flickr and
  others.

The application provides such tools as chats,
multimedia functionality, forums, groups, e-mail
addresses, events, and much more.
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A. Pick a Platform Contd...

• d. Ning (http//www.ning.com/)
• Ning helps setting up good-looking,
  sophisticated social networks with no coding
  involved. However, Ning is a self-hosted
  platform but, using Ning is a very simple
  experience.
• You can designate who can sign up and what your
  users can do on your network Hosting their own
  blogs, Creating forums, Uploading photos and
  Videos, or taking advantage of numerous other
  built-in features.

With Ning Simply choose a design and open your
network to users.
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B. Manage and Customize

• Pick all the plugins that fulfill your
  requirements.
• try finding pluggins that help you to meet your
  needs better If you look forward to increase
  your social presence you can you use Facebook,
  Twitter, etc as your pluggins.
• If you are not inclined to do it yourself you can
  also delegate it to the freelancers who have the
  needed expertise to accomplish this job.

Its better to manage and customize your site
understanding the level of engagement that you
seek from your audience.
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C. Hire a Developer

• Once you are through with the pluggin part, you
  need the help of a developer who could build the
  ideal site and to help debug real-time
  performance problems.
• You can look for prospective developers in
  recommended lists by platform, or you can
  research the developers of plugins you have used
  and appreciated in the past.
• Examine their strengths by scrutinizing their
  portfolios, the testimonials given by their
  previous clients, or the plugins they have
  created will give you an idea of the kind of work
  they can offer you.

Try to find the best match between the budgetary
aspect of your project and the required technical
skills for the inherent tasks.
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C. Manage the Project

• Regularly communicate with the outsourced team to
  make sure you and they are on the same page.
• Stay involved with the outsourced team and give
  them your feedback at every step of the process
  to ensure the efficiency and direction of the
  project.
• Get started with developing your own social
  network project and prepare a meticulous project
  report using these guidelines to conclude your
  project successfully.

Analyse, collate the desired information, hire
the right resource and manage the project well.
You have the recipe for making your own social
network.