How to Start Your Social Network Free
Facebook, Twitter and other social networks caught on to the secret to leveraging online. They started a social network that grew into a monstrous of a website that they were able to monopolize from, advertising space sales and other streams of incomes. Well now is the time for you to start your own social network and have great results like these. The good thing about online ventures like this is that you can start out for free.Follow these simple steps to start a social network of your own...for free.
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Instructions
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Head on over to ning.com and grab a free social networking site. FIll in your name, email address (make sure your email address is an address that you check often for your site updates.Set up your preferences.
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Think of a spunky name that is original. Reserve a domain name for when your network grows so you can upgrade your free membership as you do not want a domain name like mydomain.freesocialnetwork.com, but for now you probably get by. You want to be as professional as possible, so eventually... purchase your own domain name and attach it to your ning account.
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Think of a nice color scheme for your network. Decorate it and make it easy on the eyes. Keep color psychology in mind when designing for a social network. Come up with color schemes that are going to make people feel relaxed making them want to stay on your site. Blues are good colors for social networks they represent calmness, stability, harmony, unity, trust, truth, confidence which will attract people.
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When you have your site set up with your awesome layout, it's time for the fun part...advertising. Invite all of your friends and tell them to invite all of theirs. Join free traffic sites and network with people in your niche and current networks. This part can take time but once you get big you can make money with adsense. If you purchase a ning upgrade for about 20 bucks a month you can buy your ad space. That means you are in control of ads and more cash for you.
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Tips & Warnings
Networking is the key
Don't expect to get rich quick
Good Luck!
Resources
- Photo Credit sxc.hu/profile/toutouke
