Unique Niche Social Networking Sites

10/6/2016

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Aquent originated the concept of specialized temporary staffing for high-end creatives and web experts. Today, we offer a broad range of services including:

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IdeaLists is not just a free for all, nor is it a place for an unproven artist to get their start. Rather, its membership is highly curated to allow only proven professionals, and the marketplace administrators manually match each submitted proposal with a small group of highly-targeted and well suited potential matches – therein lies its greatest strength and its greatest weakness. This can include both freelance designers, developers, photographers, videographers, musicians, strategists, and publicists, as well as full-service global agencies like Wieden Kennedy.

“You have no idea how much time is wasted by both brands and creative shops,” Glickman says. “We allow them to be much more efficient and targeted in their search for talent.”

Once invited to join the community, creative members complete a profile which indicates their strengths and the types of campaigns for which they want to be contacted. They also upload work samples against which clients and the IdeaLists administrators can evaluate their fit for a particular job. Clients then submit briefs based on the 4D’s: Deliverable, Deadline, Dollars, and Details.

OpenIDEO is a place where people design better, together for social good. It's an online platform for creative thinkers: the veteran designer and the new guy who just signed on, the critic and the MBA, the active participant and the curious lurker. Together, this makes up the creative guts of OpenIDEO.

To become a place where good ideas gain momentum, OpenIDEO depends on participation — your inspirations, his comments, her concepts, our design process. It's these efforts, these big and small moments of sharing and collaboration, that make this platform a dynamic resource for tackling significant global challenges.

On niche social networks, however – communities where users connect around specific topics – it's hard to argue that there's not a site for every hobby, profession, ethnicity, or state of being. The niche sites are appealing to Facebook devotees and critics alike for their specificity. Users get to build profiles, swap stories, ask for advice, and otherwise interact with people who share their interest. As an added bonus to privacy-concerned users like Gardiner, the niche platform deters oversharing of extraneous information – say, family photos and random rants – because participation revolves around one subject.

For home cooks, there is Allrecipes; for intrepid travelers, CouchSurfing.org. There are social networks for figure skaters, soccer fans, stamp collectors, newlyweds, gays and lesbians, senior citizens, plus thousands of others. Niche networks have big numbers, too: More than 338,000 registered users have logged on to Ravelry in the past month, and homemade craft community Etsy has gained 278,208 new members in the same period.

CouchSurfing helps you meet and adventure with new friends around the world.

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Buy and sell handmade or vintage items, art and supplies on Etsy, the world's most vibrant handmade marketplace. Share stories through millions of items from around the world.

We offer high quality courses from the top universities, for free to everyone. We currently host courses from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of Pennsylvania. We are changing the face of education globally, and we invite you to join us.

BigOven is the social network about food that makes you a better cook. Leading recipe apps for iPhone, iPad and Android.

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Dribbble is show and tell for creatives. Designers, developers and other creatives share shots—small screenshots of the designs and applications they are working on.

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A new community is taking shape in Minnesota, and we’re glad you can be a part of it. Throughout the state at in-person gatherings as well as on the Web, InCommons connects Minnesotans so they can find and share credible tools, knowledge and resources to solve community problems.

Sermo is a sign of a larger trend: the move to smaller, more specialized social networks that have custom tools to support a unique activity and may cater to a private or exclusive set of users. In this case it is sharing medical information among verified doctors. But there are many other specialized networks being built

To the people inside that community, niche social sites are as natural as any software (if software can be natural). So as software infects all parts of our lifestyles, so it will support our various activities, no matter how odd or niche they are. For niche sites, the opportunity isn’t just connecting the people together, the opportunity is making them better at the activity they’re doing. PatientsLikeMe, Ravelry, and Dogster demonstrate the power of niche communities. It’s not just improved communication, it’s improved action. The value targeted, focused software can have is astounding…even as the novelty of the web has long since worn off.

For Dog's Best Friends! Dogster, is a must for any dog enthusiast! Breed info, adoption, food, health, dog advice and a vibrant community.

The project notebook; Pattern search; Books, magazines, and sites; Yarn pages; Groups; People.

Ravelry is a community site, an organizational tool, and a yarn & pattern database for knitters and crocheters.

Here's my 6 reasons why I believe that SoberCircle and many of the other seemingly random, obscure niche social networks online are in fact viable businesses in a huge, untapped market.

PatientsLikeMe, an Internet start-up, creates information-rich communities for the chronically ill. Is it the next step forward in medical science — or just a MySpace for the afflicted?

PatientsLikeMe is a privately funded company dedicated to making a difference in the lives of patients diagnosed with life-changing diseases. Our personal experiences with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) inspired us to create a community of patients, doctors, and organizations that inspires, informs, and empowers individuals. We're committed to providing patients with access to the tools, information, and experiences that they need to take control of their disease.

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Wakoopa is a social network that helps people discover the best software, games and web apps on the market. Sign-up, install a small tracker on your desktop and automatically create your online software profile that you can share with friends and the world, also through widgets. Wakoopa keeps you updated about what your contacts are using, and sends you smart recommendations. Games, audio & video players, instant messengers or office tools: Wakoopa knows what's hot.