How to Plan

Customers typically want the same things from a positive Social Community experience. They want information , support , and interaction : Information. Information comes in the form of Forums or Blogs and can be documented and searched. Some common topics may include technical information, product/sales information and upcoming product enhancements etc. This makes it easy for users to easily search for technical answers...

Working for Telligent the last 6 years, I’ve heard all sorts of spirited “Buy or Build” arguments related to social community software. Here are some of my favorites… “We only need a little bit of social functionality for now. Our developers are smart, so they’ll just build it for us. I mean, really, how hard is it to create a forum, right?” “IT says build it so we own it and save money but marketing says buy...

One of my primary responsibilities as a Sr Solutions Advisor for Telligent is delivering product demonstrations. It's something Farrukh and I do multiple times a week for new and existing customers. So... why should you request a demo ? First off, delivering a #demo is the best way to show off what Telligent Community can do and how it can be used to address business issues, like enabling your customers to help each...