http://www.ecrowds.com/news-feed Stay up-to-date with the most recent blog posts and press releases from eCrowds. en-us 2009-08-31 15:50:40 -0400 2009-10-29 18:01:11 -0400 http://www.ecrowds.com/welcome-ecrowds Hello and welcome to the eCrowds community blog. We've been hard at work over the last year perfecting eCrowds, and now that we've launched what we think is the best possible platform for content-centered organizations of all sizes to harness the wisdom of their communities, we wanted to start keeping our very own community up-to-date on the latest news about eCrowds. If you're new to the product... 2008-11-20 19:00:00 -0500 page-104861 http://www.ecrowds.com/using-ecrowds-build-your-succes As so many of today's businesses and organizations embrace Web 2.0 technologies in their overall marketing strategy, the need to create (or perfect) a two-way feedback loop and provide space for customers to collaborate becomes even stronger. A great first step is to build a powerful and easy-to-use success community that makes contributing, discussing, and ranking ideas open and intuitive. eCrow... 2008-11-25 17:29:39 -0500 page-105001 http://www.ecrowds.com/just-few-benefits-corporate-intranets Many of our clients are using eCrowds to power their sites, blogs, forums, and idea exchanges. However, I'm sure there are those out there who have yet to implement an organizational intranet. In addition to managing site content and facilitating online community interaction, a solution like eCrowds is extremely well-suited for creation and management of corporate intranets; and because the system ... 2008-12-18 19:00:00 -0500 page-106511 http://www.ecrowds.com/ecrowds-cloud eCrowds is a SaaS (Software as a Service) platform, offering all of the key features and benefits of cloud computing. 2009-01-01 19:00:00 -0500 page-106561 http://www.ecrowds.com/improve-roi-b2b-success-communities Improved transparency, added credibility, increased collaboration-- there are countless benefits associated with embracing customers and prospects with B2B success communities. However, with the current volatility of the market and departmental budget cuts being made left and right, I thought I'd highlight one of the most important benefits of facilitating B2B success communities-- improved ROI thr... 2009-01-08 19:00:00 -0500 page-107941 http://www.ecrowds.com/keeping-current-content While the variety of social networks is best evidenced by the existence of one for seemingly every niche, industry, and sub-culture out there, they all have the same general idea in mind -- to keep people connected. With that in mind, the importance of ensuring that your community's members are constantly informed of what other users are doing, saying, sharing, and learning is paramount. 2009-01-18 19:00:00 -0500 page-108241 http://www.ecrowds.com/newest-ecrowds-feature-automatic-twitter-tw Check out the new eCrowds Twitter Connector that is now included out-of-the-box in all eCrowds editions. 2009-01-25 19:00:00 -0500 page-108581 uran.piedra http://www.ecrowds.com/building-transparency-credibility-ecrowds In today's business environment, where uncertainty rules and consumers are often skeptical until proven otherwise, providing a safe, open space for community members to suggest, discuss, compliment, and even complain is a great way to build credibility and inspire trust in your organization. 2009-01-28 19:00:00 -0500 page-108691 http://www.ecrowds.com/discussion-boards-let-loose A discussion board is a space for community members to engage in a more casual, less structured way, which encourages camaraderie and strengthens relationships that are still centered around your products and services. 2009-02-03 19:00:00 -0500 page-108751 http://www.ecrowds.com/-your-website-irrelevant Suggestions as to how organizations can avoid the pitfalls of irrelevant corporate websites, and how to facilitate this through eCrowds. 2009-02-15 19:00:00 -0500 page-109211 http://www.ecrowds.com/wikis-sometimes-your-customers-know-more-th When viewed alongside the many components that make up the eCrowds toolkit, wikis provide the best opportunity for your organization to truly take advantage of the wisdom of your crowd. 2009-02-22 19:00:00 -0500 page-109451 http://www.ecrowds.com/why-we-eat-our-own-cms-dog-food In launching a new product, finding a message that speaks to the true capabilities of your offering is critical. Since releasing eCrowds several months ago, we've found that finding our niche isn't as easy as we expected. 2009-03-02 19:00:00 -0500 page-109871 http://www.ecrowds.com/avoiding-common-crowdsourcing-pitfalls-ecro Whether your organization stands to gain by eliciting the knowledge of your community to help solve business challenges, or you simply use crowdsourcing as a means to gain your community's feedback on your product or service, there are many obvious benefits of using your crowd as a business resource. But are there disadvantages of crowdsourcing? Of course. Here we discuss a couple of the challeng... 2009-03-11 20:00:00 -0400 page-110421 uran.piedra http://www.ecrowds.com/-growing-case-saas-content-management Close attention should be paid when evaluating CMS programs and their SaaS capabilities. 2009-03-15 20:00:00 -0400 page-110491 http://www.ecrowds.com/going-green-saas-cms As "going green" becomes a higher priority for many organizations, SaaS content management systems are quickly becoming intriguing options to maintain a thriving business while looking out for Mother Earth. 2009-03-24 20:00:00 -0400 page-110821 uran.piedra http://www.ecrowds.com/ecrowds-managing-content-as-well-as-we-bui So you may have noticed quite a change around here recently -- our new, engaging site design makes it much easier to understand the benefits of eCrowds and how it can work for you. On that note, we thought we'd take a moment to reacquaint you with another aspect of our product. While you may know it as a highly effective online community building tool, eCrowds is an equally dynamic and robust cont... 2009-04-02 20:00:00 -0400 page-111131 http://www.ecrowds.com/get-found-inbound-marketing To a lot folks, marketing is a seemingly ambiguous vortex of activities aimed at attracting prospects to fill the sales pipeline. In the past, many marketers have identified this 'vortex of activities' primarily as outbound efforts to attract new lead opportunities. By "pushing" content to these prospects via tradeshows and events, product mailings, and email blasts to purchased lists, ma... 2009-04-12 20:00:00 -0400 page-111571 http://www.ecrowds.com/debunking-common-saas-myths Since the first emergence of the Software as a Service (SaaS) applications nearly a decade ago, the hosted software market has expanded prolifically. Rarely these days are businesses equipping their own devices with the applications needed to manage their diverse web efforts. Instead, companies are turning to solutions hosted by SaaS vendors, alleviating the need to house and operate their own web... 2009-04-23 20:00:00 -0400 page-112361 http://www.ecrowds.com/fine-tuning-content-for-peak-seo-sem-performance The more organized and clear your content is, and the more you add to and update it, the better your SEO and SEM performance will be -- and eCrowds ensures that your website gets there. 2009-04-30 00:00:00 -0400 page-112621 http://www.ecrowds.com/your-business-and-the-social-web While it's true that connections made between individuals will be the driving force behind 'the Social Web' simply becoming 'the Web', there will certainly be room for businesses to participate and thrive in this space. 2009-05-13 20:00:00 -0400 page-149712