Features

A community is not just a single group but is more accurately described as a "group of groups". For example, within a small geographic neighborhood groups have interests they share with a few (such as school activities or kid’s sports teams) and interests they share with many (such as news, dining and shopping). A community solution requires software that solves problems for all groups. Most software platforms are designed to serve the needs of one group not these multi-group communities.

BubbleCommunities is Designed for the Neighborhood Organizer

BubbleCommunities isn’t just a platform for one group, it is a platform for a collection of groups that share content and help organize efforts. It features different types of groups that address different needs such as:

• News Groups – Automatically pull and generate content from web, blog and other groups
• Discussion Groups – Provide a Digg.com-like experience for sharing content and links
• Blogs – Showcase content from a single member or organization
• Calendar Groups – Make it easy to post and schedule online events
• Q&A Groups -  Facilitate member-to-member help
• Team Groups – Offer a Yahoo Groups-like solution with a community focus
• Websites – Provide  businesses, organizations and groups a neighborhood address for their content

Each group is a container for content libraries including forums (or discussions), calendars, files, photos, links and wikis. Groups can “bubble” or share information between each other. Through group “friending” events or library content entered in one group instantly appear in other groups. Bubbling makes it easy for groups to be independent and still share content with their neighbors.

BubbleCommunities is Designed for Email and the Web

If users don’t have time to visit your site, why not take your site to them? BubbleCommunities offers users the ability to fully participate through their inbox whether that inbox is in Outlook or on an iPhone, Blackberry or on another brand of smartphone. Through their inbox users can:

• Read your newsletters
• Share articles with friends
• Start a discussion about a newsletter article
• Post a new discussion or question to a group including photos from phones
• Receive notices of new content
• Reply to an ongoing discussion or question
• Answer survey questions
• Answer calendar attendance surveys
• Receive neighborhood alerts about important news

Not only does email make it easier for users, it helps site owners keep their content in front of their readers and generates a dependable number of daily readers whether on the web or via email.

BubbleCommunities is Designed to Deliver Content and Sales Results

Beyond its multi-group organization, content bubbling and email capabilities, BubbleCommunities offers a powerful suite of features that enable an integrated approach to your community.

• Content and Community Monetization
• Feature-rich Content Tools
• Social Media Integration
• Simplified Site and User Management

With BubbleCommunities, you’ll spend your time where it matters the most – growing your content, readers and advertisers.