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Community Bootstrapping: Tools & Strategies To Build A Community.

Jason Yormark

Step 2: Build Your Home Base I have practically made a living utilizing open source software to fulfill all my web needs. They offer the standard fare including profiles, groups, message boards, multimedia, etc. Be sure to check out open source platform Pligg as one option or Ideasource which has a free version and paid ones.

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Facebook vs Twitter (A Comparison)

The Marketing Blog

The only other place where Facebook scores over Twitter is on the Disqus platform but there also it is a close fight b/w the two. Connecting with everyone around u in a very user friendly way through wall posts, pics, vids, chats, messages, groups, pages and even apps. or u can just make it 100% private full stop.

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4 WordPress Alternatives: the What, Where, and Why

ProBlogger

Disqus integration for commenting. users group. access to the Google user group. open source and completely free to use. Concrete5 is available from the concrete5 website and is open source, so it’s free. Feedburner integration. modern spam filtering techniques. automatic Twitter updates.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

For instance, open source software and the Freemium model are allowing for a more organic, bottom-up adoption of many applications and technologies. Alternatively, an organization may use the open source LAMP stack and OpenOffice and save a great deal on software licenses. Enterprise 1.0 was very much top-down.

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My Gov 2.0 Heroes

Social Media Strategery

Heroes: Don Burke/Sean Dennehy December 2006 – that’s when I read “ Open-Source Spying &# by Clive Thompson. Group hug and Gov 2.0 Without the following people, I can say that I probably wouldn’t be writing this blog post, working in my current position, or even living where I am today. Hero Day [.]

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Justifying Social Media to the Big Wigs

Social Media Strategery

Use an open source microblogging service like Yammer or QikCom. If your organization already uses Instant Messaging, microblogging offers the potential to turn those one-on-one conversations into group collaboration. Think of it like an IM platform where every IM you send is open to everyone else in the network.

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Gov 2.0 – We Need to Get Past the Honeymoon Stage of Our Relationship

Social Media Strategery

You’re also right on about open source software – it’s not always the answer. You’re also right on about open source software – it’s not always the answer. isn’t all sunshine and butterflies – Near the end of 2009, a group of Gov 2.0 Thank you soooooo much for [.]

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