Comments on: Why Ning’s Shut Down of Services is Like a High School Break-Up http://juliagorzka.com/ning-shuts-down-service-like-high-school-breakup/ Branding | Marketing | Communications | Strategy | Social Media | Consulting | Workshops | Speaker | Creativity | Awesomeness Fri, 20 May 2011 23:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Sam Orchard http://juliagorzka.com/ning-shuts-down-service-like-high-school-breakup/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Sam Orchard Fri, 20 May 2011 23:03:01 +0000 http://juliagorzka.com/?p=552#comment-165 Shame that so many people lost their jobs, but I guess that's business. Shame that so many people lost their jobs, but I guess that’s business.

]]> By: joey28 http://juliagorzka.com/ning-shuts-down-service-like-high-school-breakup/comment-page-1/#comment-164 joey28 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:58:32 +0000 http://juliagorzka.com/?p=552#comment-164 Ning is changing their business model starting with firing 40% of staff and pulling the plug on millions of free networks to focus on Ning is changing their business model starting with firing 40% of staff and pulling the plug on millions of free networks to focus on

]]> By: Julia http://juliagorzka.com/ning-shuts-down-service-like-high-school-breakup/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Julia Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:30:30 +0000 http://juliagorzka.com/?p=552#comment-162 Thanks Nick! Brand Tampa is carrying on. :) Thanks Nick! Brand Tampa is carrying on. :)

]]> By: Nicholas Malizia http://juliagorzka.com/ning-shuts-down-service-like-high-school-breakup/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Nicholas Malizia Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:39:19 +0000 http://juliagorzka.com/?p=552#comment-161 Dear Julia, I'm a little confused. Does this mean that Brand Tampa will cease to be? I hope not, I find it's a very useful network. The members are both friendly and talented. sincerely, Nick Dear Julia,

I’m a little confused. Does this mean that Brand Tampa will cease to be? I hope not, I find it’s a very useful network. The members are both friendly and talented.

sincerely,
Nick

]]> By: davenycity http://juliagorzka.com/ning-shuts-down-service-like-high-school-breakup/comment-page-1/#comment-98 davenycity Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:43:15 +0000 http://juliagorzka.com/?p=552#comment-98 great blog thank you great blog thank you

]]> By: cottage copy » Self-hosted vs Hosted blogs – and why you should always self-host http://juliagorzka.com/ning-shuts-down-service-like-high-school-breakup/comment-page-1/#comment-74 cottage copy » Self-hosted vs Hosted blogs – and why you should always self-host Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:29:08 +0000 http://juliagorzka.com/?p=552#comment-74 [...] had a similar issue, not with blogs, but with communities when Ning.com suddenly announced that it wasn’t going to do free anymore because it wasn’t profitable. And the writing group that I was a part of had to go move all [...] [...] had a similar issue, not with blogs, but with communities when Ning.com suddenly announced that it wasn’t going to do free anymore because it wasn’t profitable. And the writing group that I was a part of had to go move all [...]

]]> By: Joshua Streeter http://juliagorzka.com/ning-shuts-down-service-like-high-school-breakup/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Joshua Streeter Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:43:31 +0000 http://juliagorzka.com/?p=552#comment-55 Following their high school break up model, I'm about to break up with them, before they can break up with me. Did you see their new plan is to integrate with Cafe Press to sell stuff, and Heyzap so your members can play games...paid games. I don't see this going anywhere. Wordpress will give me better SEO and Facebook connect. What would I be missing out on? Let's chat this week about it. Following their high school break up model, I’m about to break up with them, before they can break up with me. Did you see their new plan is to integrate with Cafe Press to sell stuff, and Heyzap so your members can play games…paid games. I don’t see this going anywhere.

WordPress will give me better SEO and Facebook connect. What would I be missing out on? Let’s chat this week about it.

]]> By: Oliver http://juliagorzka.com/ning-shuts-down-service-like-high-school-breakup/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Oliver Mon, 03 May 2010 17:42:29 +0000 http://juliagorzka.com/?p=552#comment-53 A free alternative to Ning is mixxt.com. The functionalities are very similar to what Ning offers but with some additions. mixxt's most prominent advantages are strong Community Management features, powerful sub-groups, full collaboration features, and advanced customization. The philosophy is different from Ning's: it's based on White Labeled solutions for large institutions and enterprises, as well as Freemium services. As for now, primarily education, work-related and event networks use mixxt networks. Ning users wanting to import their network to mixxt find a useful tool in mixxt's Ning importer (http://bit.ly/ningalt). If you want to give your own mixxt network a try, check out this site (http://mixxt.com)! A free alternative to Ning is mixxt.com. The functionalities are very similar to what Ning offers but with some additions.

mixxt’s most prominent advantages are strong Community Management features, powerful sub-groups, full collaboration features, and advanced customization.

The philosophy is different from Ning’s: it’s based on White Labeled solutions for large institutions and enterprises, as well as Freemium services.

As for now, primarily education, work-related and event networks use mixxt networks.

Ning users wanting to import their network to mixxt find a useful tool in mixxt’s Ning importer (http://bit.ly/ningalt).

If you want to give your own mixxt network a try, check out this site (http://mixxt.com)!

]]> By: mixxt » A real Ning-Import and the migration survey http://juliagorzka.com/ning-shuts-down-service-like-high-school-breakup/comment-page-1/#comment-52 mixxt » A real Ning-Import and the migration survey Sun, 02 May 2010 22:25:55 +0000 http://juliagorzka.com/?p=552#comment-52 [...] wild search for alternatives to Ning is keeping many social network creators more than busy, especially in the educational sector. Migrating your social network from [...] [...] wild search for alternatives to Ning is keeping many social network creators more than busy, especially in the educational sector. Migrating your social network from [...]

]]> By: Julia http://juliagorzka.com/ning-shuts-down-service-like-high-school-breakup/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Julia Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:20:19 +0000 http://juliagorzka.com/?p=552#comment-50 Joshua - I've been using their premium services for awhile and have been happy. Just not happy about new mode of no communication. If you want to brainstorm about network best practices let's talk Sustainable St. Pete & Brand Tampa sometime. TheInfoPreneur - I'm glad you enjoyed the article & thanks for telling me David led you here. I saw you applied to win his Crush It! Contest - you've been busy the last few months. I was impressed! Joshua – I’ve been using their premium services for awhile and have been happy. Just not happy about new mode of no communication. If you want to brainstorm about network best practices let’s talk Sustainable St. Pete & Brand Tampa sometime.

TheInfoPreneur – I’m glad you enjoyed the article & thanks for telling me David led you here. I saw you applied to win his Crush It! Contest – you’ve been busy the last few months. I was impressed!

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