tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85478780233186674922012-02-16T20:28:55.760-08:00This blog is a personal contribution in exploring best practice and to encourage organisations to develop their own online communities. Your insights &amp; suggestions are valued and most welcome.Steve Kittnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547878023318667492.post-49941224516542512972012-02-02T01:39:00.000-08:002012-02-02T07:34:45.776-08:00<br /><div style="background-color: transparent;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.34022629423998296" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have started 2012 with an exciting new challenge, to establish the UK &amp; European business for an online communities platform provider, </span><a href="http://www.sambaash.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2f88cd; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.sambaash.com</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.sambaash.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2f88cd; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></a><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The sambaash 2.0 platform enables you to build and run purpose built online communities on a SAAS mode which are ideally suited to meet the needs of community &amp; industry groups and large enterprises:</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And with my experience of working in digital marketing, online travel and e-learning, there are many online communities which I understand could benefit from giving employees, members &amp; consumers access to socially powered private networks:</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b><br /><ul><b id="internal-source-marker_0.34022629423998296" style="font-weight: normal;"><li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brand marketing &amp; consumer engagement </span></li><li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Industry sector &amp; Special Interest Groups</span></li><li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Group holidays, online travel and tourism businesses</span></li><li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Professional training &amp; education portals</span></li><li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Event, exhibition &amp; conference followers.</span></li><li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Employee &amp; stakeholder communities encouraging innovation</span></li></b></ul><span id="internal-source-marker_0.34022629423998296"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So if you are interested in exploring the potential for building your own purpose built online community, or know someone else who is, &nbsp;then please get in touch at my social co-ordinates:</span><br /></span><br /><span id="internal-source-marker_0.34022629423998296"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LinkedIn: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://uk.linkedin.com/in/stevekitt" name="webProfileURL" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #006699; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="View public profile">http://uk.linkedin.com/in/stevekitt</a></span><br /><span id="internal-source-marker_0.34022629423998296"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/stevekitt" target="_blank">@stevekitt</a></span></span><br /><span id="internal-source-marker_0.34022629423998296"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Email: &nbsp;<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><a href="mailto:steve.kitt@sambaash.com" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">steve.kitt@sambaash.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tel: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #49535a; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">+44 (0)20 8133 6690 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Web:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://www.sambaash.com/">www.sambaash.com</a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am also committed to developing my professional education in this sector, so I would very much appreciate you contributing to this blog with your insights or suggestions on what it takes to develop and run successful online communities.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank You.</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8547878023318667492-4994122451654251297?l=stevekitt.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Steve Kittnoreply@blogger.com0