Ning Expedition

Hey Guys,

In a post at Mashable.com about facebooks declining application use made me think about when the time come for Myspace and Facebook to hit the decline who will be the major beneficiary. I must say whole heartedly that Ning.com will be the elephant in the room when big boys get older. Of course many of Nings Competitors will see some rise too but Ning.com will by far be dominant in this market unless something quite unforeseen occurs.

The reality is while many still host and make their own networks, unless your making a web app to monetize the network itself your better off using sites like Ning to host your network so you can focus on building your brand and brand community which is the major upside to your social network. The benefits of a network market like Ning is users are more open to separate networks if the sign-up process is less hassle and there isn't a learning curve to every new network someone joins. Ning, Kickapps, Flux, etc. all provide these benefits, but again, Ning dominated.

Below I've embedded an episode of my new favorite show, PopSiren, from Revision3. In this episode you get to actually meet the awesome co-founder of Ning. Note: I have a huge crush on Sarah of PopSiren.