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Archive for the ‘Niche Sites’ Category

April 24th, 2008

It’s good being on (all)top

Everyone knows Guy Kawasaki. He’s pretty much a rockstar in the social media world and everyone wants a piece of him. I met him at the BlogHaus at SXSW this year, albeit briefly. I had to fight my way through the crowd gathered around him to introduce myself. It was quick and dirty, but it […]

By Colleen -- 3 comments

February 23rd, 2008

Fast Company Joins the Social Networking Bandwagon

Social networking is growing at a rapid pace and companies are desperately trying to find ways to leverage it in terms of building relationships with customers and boosting sales. Now, Fast Company has joined the social networking bandwagon by introducing user-generated blogs on the FastCompany.com website.
Visitors to the Fast Company website can register to […]

By Kevin -- 3 comments

August 17th, 2007

More Niche Social Networking Sites

 Just a quick little note about a few more niche sites that I have come across.
Cafemom.com- I believe I have touched upon them before, this site is growing at a rapid pace and is one to keep an eye on. Their growth rate has been pretty astounding.

Eons.com-  For the over 50 crowd, also the site […]

By Kevin -- 1 comment

July 10th, 2007

Google are you going to answer my dreams with Social Stream

I have read a few different posts on the web the last few days about Google working with Carnegie Mellon in designing a social networking website that unifies the information from multiple websites. To say that I am more than ecstatic about this idea would be an understatement, I believe that this is the next […]

By Kevin -- 0 comments

June 13th, 2007

Niche Sites, Niche Sites, Niche Sites Everywhere

Over the last two weeks I have come across a few press releases and news articles about some different niche sites that have sprung up. I am trying to compile my list and review them as fast as possible. Here are a few of the new entries onto the scene:
PetPlaces.com- NetSky holdings entered the pets […]

By Kevin -- 1 comment

June 7th, 2007

Using Niche Social Networking Sites as Target Practice

Adweek had a great article about companies using niche social networking sites as target practice for their ad campaigns.
Using these niche sites allows advertisers to go after a target market, albeit significantly smaller than what the larger social networking sites offer. This targeted approach is not only looked at as a sandbox for these companies […]

By Kevin -- 1 comment

May 18th, 2007

Windows Live Spaces, should we stop ignoring them?

When I talk about social networking the first sites that come out of my mouth are usually myspace, facebook, bebo, friendster, and tagworld. I ignore the offerings by Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft on a regular basis, not out of spite or any other preconceived notions, I just see them as extensions for products they already […]

By Kevin -- 0 comments

January 15th, 2007

Niche social networking

As we continue to look at the world of social networking we need to not forget that there are niche sites that are set up with special interests in mind. Sites have been created for dog lovers and cat lovers to gear heads and stay at home mothers.
Some companies are able to take advantage of […]

By Kevin -- 0 comments

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