Niche social networks have gained popularity, and there are social networks for everyone from automobile lovers to shopoholics to entrepreneurs in global business.  Creating your own social network is as easy as getting on Ning—a white label, out of the box social networking platform.  We will look at examples of how organization have deployed Ning for the creation of niche social networks. We will start by examining why you might want to create your own social network and then review examples and case studies of organizations who made the leap.

Takeaways:

1. Do you really have a community?

2. Ning do and don’ts

3. Managing your network