ParentsConnect – Real Parents. Real Information
Mashable has reviewed ParentsConnect…what is ParentsConnect all about, Mashable puts it nicely as…
ParentsConnect is a new social network for parents that debuted at the start of this month – it was developed by MTV Networks Kids & Family Division, the creators of Nickelodeon. Despite being a brand new community, the site is already full of content and copious amounts of advertising – based on the job ads posted earlier this month (example), it seems they’re paying bloggers to seed the network and get the ball rolling.
It is another addition to the mix of pure social networking sites. It does seem like companies are following the right direction in terms of providing a need to certain demographics, like parents, who need to connect efficiently, as well as work out ways to monetize effectively for the advertiser and still provide real value to the member.
The exciting view of the future for all social networking sites is to enable communities to connect through any device, and anywhere in the real world. As parents are time precious, not time poor, I wonder how soon this will become a ‘must have’ for social networking sites? A start in this future progress is Alberta’s SuperNet, which I was privledged of listening to a talk by the CEO of Axia on his visit to Perth, Western Australia.
Pretty exciting if this happens in our state… it will also be interesting to see the positive impact on society, social networks may have in helping to connect people, and if in the future people who feel alienated or are located in rural areas will feel apart of society as a whole. Will things like depression, youth suicide decline? For parents it seems the social door are expanding.
ParentsConnect provide a service to help parents stay in touch with peers from the home…the only draw back with ParentsConnect is in the sign up process you need to input your postcode, which immediately signifies that this social community is not globally focused.
Stay tuned on ParentsConnect.
Vibe Capital – Open for licensing…
Who’s the company behind the Web 2.0 site, Minti, the member powered content site for parents??? v…v… Vibe Capital…who has launched it’s homepage and is open for licensing/partnerships.
(I will say upfront, I am a co-founder…)
To get the Vibe and go Web 2.0… the features that Vibe offers are…
- Member blogs
- Intelligent Search – powered by the VIBEngine
- Tagging and Tag-cloud generation
- User generated content management
- Friends links between members
- Extensive tracking/watch-lists
- Discussion forums
- Flexible RSS feeds
- Member ranking technology
- Content ranking by members
- Group creation and management
- Private messaging
- Member rank rewards
- Administrator functions and more funky social stuff soon…
Sites that have been around for a while in the Family space or other… may want to leverage their member base, especially if you have been around for some time and want to get the vibe and start bringing social networking to your members…jig jig
The main idea of Vibe’s software is enabling user generated built content, as well as turning your “discussion forums” into “social communities” that will help “dramatically increase your page-views with a pre-existing member-base, or launch a new vertical market in your preferred area of expertise.”
Minti, the Vibe showcase has been focusing on it’s core technology and is now switched to focusing on member experience, is in BETA. Member participation since tracking ‘latest activity’ has topped 16,900 actions that include an advice article, blog post, comment or vote. Minti launched in March 06 and was profiled on Techcrunch. Members and advice articles are growing, (that much I can say).
For the blogging community; Minti has also just launched the feature for external blog owners to “claim their blog” at Minti, upon becoming a Minti friend (member).
For members…you can also subscribe to search results for a tag/keyword (pretty much subscribe to most anything) and watch all activity you want to on the site…
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The CEO of Vibe Capital, Clay Cook comes from a background in Search Engine Marketing with ineedhits (founded 10 years ago), a leader in providing Search Engine Marketing for Small to Meduim business and enterprises globally. With 200,000 global/US customers. He brings a lot of knowledge and experience to Minti and Vibe Capital.
More on Vibe Capital go…here
