Ning New Features

We already know that Ning is an online platform that gives people the freedom to create their own social networks for FREE.

 The site recently reach its 1 millionth network (from which 200,000 are active), and is seeing 85,000 to 100,000 new users per day across all of its networks. This is an incredible accomplishment which prove the value of Ning Platform

The key features of social network Ning we already know about are:

• Branding and Visual Design Freedom
• Unique Member Profiles
• Moderation & Privacy
• Invitations & Search Engine Optimization
• Custom Text & Widgets
• RSS Feeds In and RSS Out
• Photos Feature & Branded Photo Slideshows
• Video Feature & Branded Video Players
• Chat
• Groups
• Discussion Forum
• Blogs for Every Member
• Events
• Recommended Social Networks
• Social Network Activity Feed

I am sure you ask yourself:  what else can be added to this list?

The good news I want to shear with you is that Ning has a beta launch of Ning Applications.

This basically is a new suite of apps and features that you, the Network Creator will be able to use across your networks with only a few clicks.

It was a rumor going around for a while, and I was skepticism about this task, but tomorrow is happening.

In a not shell, Ning Apps is offering 90 new features to you, built by 52 different developers that give you a wide variety of web services.

Network creators will now be able to:

• Integrate live video chat through TokBox
• Conduct contests with Wildfire  
• Create Wikis and so on

It is more; network administrators will be able to easily integrate monetization options like:

• Selling merchandise through Cartfly  
•  Tickets through Amiando  and so on

When a Ning network creator chooses to deploy an application, they have the option of deploying it to all of their users at once.

The applications are based on the OpenSocial standard, with some modifications to make them suitable for network-wide deployments.

Access to applications is beginning to roll out to a small number of Network Creators tomorrow, and will be available to everyone by the end of the month.

At launch, all of the applications will be free to install (though some of the apps that involve fees, like Cartfly, will take a revshare at the time of transaction).

In Summary let’s keep an eye on Ning, the amount of new Apps will increase the flexibility, diversify your portfolio and make Ning even more powerful.

Until the next time, all the best

Michaela

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