Take your offline community online and create your own Facebook™ style social network. People use SocialGO for everything from businesses to clubs and organizations, churches and schools, and political campaigns.
Features
Build and launch your very own social network!
Can you imagine a world beyond email, beyond websites and beyond Facebook™?
At SocialGO we are taking people like you into that world. Websites are becoming more social. Instead of your site’s visitors just looking and leaving, they want to stay and engage with you and other like-minded people.
This is your opportunity to race ahead of the pack and create your own social network. It’s like having your very own special Facebook™.
And on top of organizing and gathering your community online, you can make money by selling your goods in SocialGO, charging members for access to the network site (or even parts of it) and of course running GoogleAds or sponsorships. It’s all about bringing your offline community online, making more money and having more fun.
Creating a SocialGO social network requires no technical skills as the interface is just point and click. We also have no advertising on SocialGO in any form (although you are free to run advertising on your networks).
Member Profiles
Each member gets a profile page where they can create a custom design, and add personal details, photos, video, music, friends, groups and events
Groups & Event Pages
Network owners can create official and unofficial groups and events for members to join.
Blogs & Forums
Members can broadcast their views and join the conversation through blogs and forums.
Live Video Chat & Chat Rooms
Members can interact with each other live via video chat and chat rooms.
Member Billing & Ads
Network owners can monetize by charging members for subscriptions and by running ads.
Do-It-Yourself or Concierge
You can create your own social networking website in minutes by doing it yourself or you can get a helping hand from our Concierge service. If you can book an airline ticket or hotel room online, you’ll be able to launch your very own social network.
Pay As You Go
If you chose the Premium or Concierge package, you pay monthly and have no long-term contract, so you can stop anytime.
Support
We’re always there to lend a helping hand with our help desk, video tutorial library, owners’ network (www.owners.socialgo.com) and professional services directory.
Highly Customizable
You can customize a little or a lot with our simple point-and-click Network Designer© and Layout Manager© all the way through to developer level API and CSS code access.
Data Ownership Guarantee
At SocialGO, we guarantee you own your data, your members and your content. You can export anytime and do what you want with it. Privacy is assured – unlike Facebook™ SocialGO will NEVER disclose any details or share any data on you or your members.
Examples
Here are a couple of examples of how real people are using SocialGO: (There are many more examples on our site www.socialgo.com)
Jane’s Earthlings
Jane decided to start an online baby clothes store with a difference. She realized that by creating a social network for her customers and enabling them to share information and swap stories, not only would they return, they’d likely invite their friends to join. New customers meant higher sales.
But what should be the nature of the network?
The baby clothes she sells are organic. Maybe a network for people interested in all things organic? Probably too general. Perhaps some sort of parenting safety zone? Hmmmm – too specific. Then, Jane hit upon the idea of creating a “mumsnet” to add to her website. She went to www.socialgo.com and completed the simple set-up process. She had no technical skills, but found she really didn’t need any. In minutes, she had her new social network up and running.
She uploaded photos of baby clothes, wrote blogs from her experience as a mom and even added home videos of her own kids modeling the children’s range of products. Then, she went through her mailing list of previous customers, added a bunch of friends, and emailed an invitation for them all to join her new moms’ network.
With nearly 1,000 members putting up their blogs, photos and videos, and commenting on forums, Jane is not only having fun with her customers, but she hears the cash till ringing beyond her expectations. And because these moms have joined her network, she can send professional emails with special offers and news on her products to all of them without the feeling of ‘spam’. They joined her club and have an interest related to what she’s offering. The best form of marketing? Permission-based.
The Writer’s Workshop
Here’s another example: The accomplished editors at The Writers’ Workshop wanted to give writers a home on the web – a place where authors could share their work and get feedback from their peers before submitting it for professional editing and possible publication. They wanted to offer forums and groups for the various writing genres, places to post the latest news and advertise upcoming contests and events, and the ability for their members to post blogs and pictures. Above all, they wanted to make this service available to the writing community free of charge, so they needed a cost-conscious solution.
Enter SocialGO. The Writers’ Workshop is now able to offer “the web's best community for writers,” called The Word Cloud. It’s proven to be a lively and useful network for some 2,500 like-minded writers to gather online and share ideas and experiences.
The Writers’ Workshop also monetizes The Word Cloud social network by tastefully including some sponsored Google ads below the fold of the pages. This is a simple way to recoup the cost of any premium services you might want to add to your own social networking site using SocialGO.
FAQS
Do I need developer experience to set up my network?
Not one bit. We use simple point-and-click tools like Network Designer© and Layout Manager© so anyone can create a great network. But if you are a developer, we offer API and CSS code access so you can go further.
Can I try before I buy?
Sure – take out our FREE plan. Or test the fully featured Premium plan with a 30-day free trial or the Concierge plan with a 7-day free trial.
Concierge? What’s that?
That’s where we do all of the design and set-up for you if you’d prefer, and we dedicate a designer to you for first line support, bouncing off ideas and general fast-track help.
I’ll probably want all the Premium features and customer support, so what am I likely to have to pay?
Our Premium Plan is $24.99 per month and has all the fully hosted features and functions you could need. Also, you get access to the Widget (App) Store. It’s a bargain! People are paying $1,000s to developers to make them social networks that wouldn’t be as powerful or as comprehensive.
How many members can I have?
You can have as many members as you want. SocialGO is hosted in the cloud so you can scale as much and as quickly as you want.
Am I stuck with long term contracts?
No, not at all. You pay by the month and can cancel anytime and move your data without any hassle.
Do I own my data?
Yes, at SocialGO we guarantee you own your data, your members and your content. You can export your data anytime and do what you want with it.
Pricing
Create a SocialGO social network for free – it’s FREE I tell you!
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