Business Social Networking, Niches, Dating aspects. Thoughts and Solutions!

Idea and reliable source are basic and most important things for your business, especially if that's Dating or Social Networking. Sometimes it seems like the market is all taken and you should do something else. Though the sphere of social networking allows us invent different niches for business and local social networking sites.

Many huge corporations nowadays start their own business social networks as an effective source to raise their profits through making a strong team of their employees. Business Social Networking is everywhere: at work, in the clubs, at social events.

There are also private networks for people of one social status (to where you have to be introduced) or one religion or matrimonial communities (where others introduce you).

If look closer to all popular networks nowadays, you can notice, that they all have simple design, basic features, paid services for its members, mailing lists and groups. Site designers often offer users main menu at the very beginning and rough interface meaning that the whole life goes on inside the site. That makes people register.

Dating sites offer registration forms at their index page and only after registration are able to see what's inside. Networks are predictable and that's why they get targeted traffic that might be monetized due to text and banner ads, additional services for site users, widgets, games, avatars. Though monetizing in Dating Business goes faster as people are ready to spend money for monthly memberships to find their love.

Mixed solutions are welcomed here. Some informational sites already offer dating or social networking portals. Others add social networking aspect to pure dating themes. It's a known fact that people stay at a dating site for about 3 months then they leave; and social networking may help admins stop people from leaving.

Entertainment is what members need. It's communication, gaming or content. That's why cooperation with other industries may do a world of good for your Dating or Social Networking site. Find out the sphere that your users are interested in. That might be simply weather forecasts, currency rates, traffic reports, events schedules and many more. Capture the minds of your users. There are many widgets you can integrate into your site.

If you have open source software it should be pretty easy to do. Start with small changes, use surveys to tracks user response, check stats on pages popularity, follow business news and trends. Be open to new ideas and people will appreciate it. They will visit your site more often and then you can allow valuable services and monetize your community!

We're open to your thoughts and waiting for your replies.