Hi all,
I live in a country side county call Cayambe in Ecuador - South America. This county is about 100 000 people, where around half live in the town and the rest in the rural areas. At the moment there is relative good Internet in the main town where people could start using the social network right away. I have a plan to get people in the rural area involve, but that is another plan and I would work on that later ;)
My dream is to use this social network as the online place for the local community. I want people to met each other and know the profesional skills of the other people. Something in between linkedin and facebook. I also want to promote local economy, where people can promote not only their professional skills, but also their business. I want the artists to upload videos to the Internet and then sell presentations thanks to the Internet and Elgg ;).
I also want this social network to be sustentable over time. That means I need to make money out of it. I have two ideas for it, but I am not sure how to implement them;
1) Is to have cheap advertisement. You can create your company page, and do business out of it, but if you want to be on the most viewed pages then you should pay somethin for advertisement. I was thinking something like $10 a month for individuals and something like $200 for companies. Not sure how to implement the banners in elgg yet.
2) The other idea is to go for the big companies in town and ask them to sponsor the site. They may pay way more than what I said in option #1, and I can have may site sustainable from the beginning (if they think I have a good idea). The $10 advertisement would go here to.
Is there a tool to do per click advertisement for elgg and/or php?
Promotion
I plan to negotiate with local radio station to go online throw this social network. That way when they advertise their online radio they would also be advertising the social network. There is also the idea to ask them to give me space in their radio to talk about Cayambe Libre (the social network name). At first it would be how to create accounts, how to use the tool, but after it should be about what is going on on the social network.
Is there any plugin to put an Ice cast player in elgg?
Well, I just post this because I think someone already has some experiencing with projects like this out there and I would like to know them. Also, I have to admit, I needed to share my ideas to the community. Is easier to find someone who understands me in this community, than in the local community ;).
Best regards,
Rafael
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* Per click Advertisement
* Ice Cast player
I do not believe these have done before in the GPL area,
but can be done...
There are none GPL on the internet, and it will require tons of hour$ of development.
mi amigo;-)
que está aprendiendo las formas de
comercialización y también de alcance * proyecto real .. ;-o
true -- per-click tracking will need somewhat heavy code..
@Dhrup yep, I learn that the hard way =( real heavy code... Have you seen my social profile plugin?
http://community.elgg.org/pg/plugins/project/774025/developer/rjcalifornia/social-profile
hehe
Yepz ;-oO -- I never miss any PlugIn/ Theme -- always.. study&learn:: code, style, UI, trickx, etc, etc ;-P El aprendizaje de un estudiante no se acaba nunca ;-)
=) cool! what do you think about it? hehe
Are you a mod here at the community?
Thank you guys for your feedback. About publicity in Elgg I found this:
How to Add Google AdSense and Advertising Banners to your Elgg Powered Social Network
That is in my TODO list.
What do you think about the social part of a local community in a social network? Do you know any expirience about this?
Regards,
Rafael
Experience ?
My Elgg Site has 210,000+ members ;-P
If that counts as 'experience' ;-o
It has to be simple, easy to use and you will need to do a "How to use" tutorials. Als you need to target your niche. What do you wanna accomplish with your network? What tools are needed?
Rodolfo Hernandez
Arvixe/Elgg Community Liaison