How to Create a Social Network on Ning

A great friend recently asked me about creating his own social network on Ning. Here are a few articles and resources I found really useful and thought I should share it with everyone.

Articles to Read

What is Ning?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ning

Eight Steps to Creating a Great Social Network
http://blog.ning.com/2007/03/eight_steps_to_creating_a_grea.html

Top 5 Ways to Make Money Online with Ning
http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/01/12/ning-making-money-from-social-networking/

Why Create Your Own Social Network?
http://about.ning.com/why.php

Understand the Different Between Ning & Flux
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/28/ning-ceo-calls-flux-and-viacom-to-the-mat/

Meet Cofounder of Ning - Marc Andreessen
http://www.stevehargadon.com/2007/07/marc-andreessen-from-web-browser-to.html

Meet Cofounder of Ning – Gina Bianchini
http://www.stevehargadon.com/2007/04/interview-with-gina-bianchini-from-ning.html

Do:
Search and Review Social Networks already provide similar topics
http://www.ning.com/?view=search

Review Good Samples of Social Network Created by Ning
http://my.spanishdict.com/ - Nice logo with white background. Simple Layout
http://pickensplan.ning.com/ - Great background that go with the front page picture.
http://navyformoms.ning.com/ - Great header banner. Simple and to the point.
http://www.poshmama.com/ - Great way to highlight their contributors.
http://thisis50.ning.com/ - Wow…
http://diydrones.ning.com/ - this network supposed to be making $400 per month

You can also review other Ning social network highlighted by the Ning blog.

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