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Community Spotlight Voting Begins!

Voting has begun to decide which Community of the Week will win the grand prize. Voting will close Friday, April 30th at 7:00 am EST.

Visit the voting page to learn more and cast your vote!

Migrating Your Members Off of Ning
Category: Ning Transition

We have a new Migration Script that you can place on your Ning network that makes it very easy for your members to come over to your new site with Spruz. (Don't have Spruz Social Site Yet? Create one now.)

  1. Generate Code with our Ning Migration Tool (Click Here)
  2. Paste the Code into a Text Box on your Ning site (preferably high up on your home page)
  3. Send a Broadcast Message to all your members letting them know about the move and to click the Migration Link

This helps your members register quickly on your new Spruz website, when a member is logged in and clicks the Migration Link or Button on your old Ning website, their profile information like Name, Age, Location, and Profile Photo will be copied over when they register on your new Spruz website, leaving only the email address and password the would need to fill out.

Please let us know what you think!

Community Spotlight, Week of 4-12-10

Well everyone, we made it. Eight Community Spotlights later and it's almost time for you to vote on which site you think deserves first place. Read through this week's Spotlight and get ready to vote this Monday!

Community of the Week

This week's featured community is the Ottawa Valley Paranormal/Phenomenon Investiagions, or OVPPI for short. It was created by CanWEBada, and is a website for the investigation of paranormal activity within the Ottawa Valley area.

 
OVPPI has two very important qualities I want to highlight. First -- much like last week's Site of the Week -- it covers a unique subject. The second quality further refines this: it's targeted at a local level. By doing this OVPPI makes it easier for visitors to feel like they're part of a community, since they may already share their physical community with each other.
 
That's not to say balance isn't needed; it most certainly is. Create a site that's too local and you risk alienating those that may drop in from other parts of the world wide web. Create a site that's too broad and chances are someone else has already done it. OVPPI does a great job at striking this balance by using elements such as the "Latest Global UFO Reports" widget while at the same time having a widget that displays the local weather.
 
Congratulations once again to CanWEBada and everyone at the Ottawa Valley Paranormal/Phenomenon Investigations! Stop by their introduction page for more information.
 
We're only days away from the voting to start for the top Site of the Week! If you'd like a shot at our next round of rewards post an introduction that follows the guidelines we've provided.
 
 
Suggestion of the Week
 
This week's suggestion is actually a collection of three minor ones. See below for a link to each!
As always we want to hear what you think about each idea. If you've thought of a feature you'd like to see added to the Spruz platform feel free to post it in the Idea Room. Remember to make it as detailed as possible; all topics must be approved before they'll appear.
 
 
Tip of the Week
 
This week's tip is from our knowledge base and will show you how to set your site up with RPX, an amazing feature that makes it easier for people to join and log into your website. The Spruz development team has done most of the coding work that's necessary for it to work with your website. You can see an example of it in action on the Skysa website.
Spruz welcomes Ning Refuges
Category: Ning Transition

It came as a big surprise to a lot of people when Ning announced yesterday that it would be ending it’s free service. But don't worry Ning users! Spruz welcomes you to a platform that has many of the same features and a strong track record.

Sometimes change is for the best! With Spruz;

  1. You are part of a network that really cares about it's users
  2. Experience a deep level of customization and flexibility
  3. Easily use our Invite Feature to import your members from Ning. Need help, we will even do it for you!
  4. Affordable upgrade options (Plans from only $9.95/mo)
  5. 100's of Features, and we are continually adding more.
  6. We listen to our community and make adjustments our members want or need
  7. You are not locked in, you can export your data.

You can count on Spruz;

  1. We have been providing social websites since 2002 from our original property www.clansitemanager.com (A site focused on gaming social websites)
  2. We don't have the overhead or investors dictating our path, we are a company for the community.
  3. We have already tried premium only, only to find out it is a mistake! Free websites help a web company grow virally.
  4. We have the right balance of Free and Premium offerings to ensure we will stay in business for aeons, because we are already profitable!

With that said we would like to officially roll out the welcome mat to our new friends coming over from Ning. We will continue innovating and leading the way in social network technology. You are FREE to stay as long as you like!

Ning Bids Farewell to Free Sites, Spruz Still Better and Still Free
Category: Ning Transition

It came as a big surprise to a lot of people when Ning announced yesterday that it would be ending it’s free service. However it just proved what we have known for a while now: Ning’s free strategy was not sustainable and this kind of implosion was inevitable.

Since we knew this day would come, we at Spruz have been working for the past 6 months to strengthen our free offering into a highly sustainable one. In this way we can continue offering high quality free social networks to our members indefinitely and provide large value upgrades to owners that need them.

With that said we would like to officially roll out the welcome mat to our new friends coming over from Ning. We will continue innovating and leading the way in social network technology. You are FREE to stay as long as you like!

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