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Tool: Static Google Map Generator with Embed Code

Posted by ⚡JFarrow⌁ on May 8, 2014 at 9:00am in
Content Creators Custom Code Design

If you want to give your members a tool to use for showing where their posts and content are geolocated, here is a tool for you.  Use this static map generator tool to create an embed code for adding maps to your posts, pages and groups or virtually any post on Ning 3.0 networks using this tool. Code is below for adding your own to a site.  

 

 Code for Adding Google Maps Static Map Generator to Your Site.  Just plop the following HTML into a text box on a page if you'd like to allow your members to generate a static map code for their posts.
 
<iframe name="mapgenerator" width="100%" height="700" style="border: 0px #FFFFFF none;" src="https://api.ning.com/files/wfufAsrgkK*dMtUnEu5ba5GlRf0GEuu1R-cL7FRLHnHijJhKkAGQUWaTDm1zB-MBF91V1Dn7U*mTPSR6SGcB*2OsGI9rc9Bp/1062334408.html" marginheight="0px" marginwidth="0px" frameborder="1" scrolling="yes"></iframe>
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Migration to Ning 3.0 - Demo and Q&A Recording

Posted by Crystal on May 7, 2014 at 12:36pm in
Ning Staff Blogs
Last week, we hosted our first Migration Demo and Q&A Webinar. Thanks to Juliet for her awesome Demo and to everyone who attended. There were a few technical glitches, but we worked some of those out for the recording and we'll definitely be taking your feedback on things we can improve on for the next webinar. Read on for the video and additional resources.
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How To Help Members Overcome Their Fear of Participation

Posted by Crystal on April 30, 2014 at 10:54am in
Engaging Your Community
Members need both the motivation to initiate and to overcome their fear of starting a discussion. Their motivation to initiate will be to either learn something (e.g. "Does anyone know how to....?"), to impress others (e.g. "does anyone else think business class travel isn't as great as it used to be?" or to bond with others (e.g. "I'm upset Kelly got fired from the Apprentice").
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How to Increase Activity in Your Community (Richard Millington)

Posted by Crystal on April 30, 2014 at 10:44am in
Engaging Your Community
The majority of communities struggle to sustain high levels of activity in their communities. We typically only hear about the rampant success stories. It’s fun to believe that a community will just attract members and explode to life. Unfortunately, that’s probably not going to happen. It’s going to take a lot of hard work, an understanding of why people participate in communities, some principles of activity, and a clear plan of action.
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Business Fights Poverty: A Community With a Cause

Posted by Crystal on April 30, 2014 at 10:40am in
Success Stories Ning Staff Blogs
Business Fights Poverty was established in March of 2008 to pioneer new ways of fighting poverty utilizing economic and business opportunities by groups and individuals. Founder and Director, Zahid Torres-Rahman discovered and implemented the perfect platform for his idea through a chance conversation and a day’s worth of work.
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Looking Back at 2012: Identifying Success

Posted by Crystal on April 30, 2014 at 10:36am in
The Business of Community Success Stories Ning Staff Blogs
As the year comes to a close, it's a great time to look to a few Ning Networks that have had great success throughout 2012 for inspiration. We asked Network Creators on our Creators Network to let us know how their year went, and we received some exciting stories of success and lessons learned.
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Global One TV - Online Spiritual Site is REALLY Growing :)

Posted by Eric Allen Bell on July 16, 2011 at 2:02pm in
Success Stories

THE DREAM OF SPIRITUAL MEDIA IS BECOMING A REALITY

 

This Chart Shows Visitors Per Month for the Past 24 Months, as of July 8, 2011:

 

 

The total number of unique visitors during the past 24 months is 14,045,305

The total number of page impressions during the past 24 months is 17,034,634

 

SOURCE: eTracker Analytics


WEEKLY PERFORMANCE:

Chosen Timeframe: 07/02/2011 - 07/08/2011


 

JUNE 2011 PERFORMANCE:

June Visitors: 1,476,267

June Impressions: 1,729,074

 

 

JUNE PERFORMANCE:

Chosen Time frame: 06/01/2011 - 06/30/2011

 

 


YEARLY PERFORMANCE:

We launched in March of 2009


NOTE: Halfway through 2011 we have already exceeded our entire 2010 traffic volume!

 

THANK YOU!


 
Visit Global One TV


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Getting free press for your network

Posted by Alex Olejnik on July 1, 2011 at 3:56am in
Marketing
One way of getting traffic to your network is by using the press, and I do mean USING, not paying. Free press is great if you can get it, and I'm gonna tell you exactly how to do it. So far I've been featured in local press as well as a couple of glossy monthly mags, 5 publications in all, and it did not cost me a penny!
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Guía de ayuda para recordar las opciones de MI RED [en español]

Posted by Lorenzo M. Oliver on June 22, 2011 at 8:40am in
Ning 2 Archive

He pensado que sería interesante disponer de una plantilla para recordar las opciones de MI RED, desde donde controlamos todos los aspectos y funcionalidad de nuestras redes. Se trata de 6 plantillas, 6 "chuletas", que muestran en español las correspondientes capturas de las diferentes opciones que hay. Esto sin duda ayudará a localizar rápidamente una determinada opción de menú. Es posible que también nos ayude a descubrir algunos aspectos nuevos.

He incluido también los iconos de los Accesos directos para los que aún se rigen por estos. También he provisto de un margen a la izquierda de las capturas por si alguien quiere hacer algunas anotaciones a mano. El tamaño se ajusta más o menos para imprimir en una hoja DIN4 (recomiendo imprimirlo en color).


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The Ning POV: How Custom Social Communities Can Change the World

Posted by Jason on June 21, 2011 at 10:00am in
The Business of Community Ning Staff Blogs
There are over 90,000 social websites on Ning worldwide. As a social platform that integrates with major social tools, Ning is in a unique position to observe patterns across the entire social ecosystem. The new Ning Point of View (POV) Report examines trends in community engagement across the ever-changing social ecosystem that all inspired organizations and businesses can apply to spark change with as few as 20 people.
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Check Facebook Before Approving a New Member

Posted by Shelli Poole on May 23, 2011 at 7:49pm in
Tweaks & Quick Tips
I don't know why I didn't think of it before, but for the last few months, when I have a new member request and I can't quite decide if they're a spammer or just lousy at filling out their profile... I take their email and plug it into the search blank on Facebook. It's not a perfect system, but it is one more step to test a new member's authenticity before you hand them the power to blast nasty on all your members!
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A Thank You to Jen and Ning Creators, from The 100.

Posted by Tom Callos on May 20, 2011 at 6:37pm in
Ning 2 Archive

The screen shot, above, is of my private website for the members of The 100.  ---martial arts school owners, teachers, and their staff members. 

 

The green tabs on the left are expandable --and I found the idea here on Ning Creators. It's made organizing my information so much easier --and it's so much better looking than what I had before. 

 

Wanted to pass along a thanks. I really enjoy Ning. 

 

Tom Callos

 

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