PR NEWSWIRE — Aug 2 — The first niche online social network, Community Connect continues to innovate online social networking with the re-launch of their properties: AsianAvenue, MiGente, and BlackPlanet. 16 million registered members and 500 million monthly page views. (Blackplanet has 14 million registrants). Launched in 1997. Recently upgraded features on BlackPlanet and MiGente include: — Enhanced photo management, User-generated news, Professional networking tools providing new ways, Video section, Free instant messaging, Improved Personal Page tools. FULL ARTICLE @ SYS.COM
Mark Brooks: Community Connects story is inspiration for entrepreneurs interested in developing niche dating and internet communities. Niches work. Choose carefully, shoot for the holes in the market and seed your word of mouth campaigns carefully. Community Connect spent NOTHING on advertising until 2006. Now they are becoming more aggressive as more competition springs up. Blackplanet is their mainstay community. They make money from advertising, jobs (Monster.com) and personals.
