Abstract:

Nowadays social media gather millions of users and virtual communities have become the core of the Internet. Thanks to various forms of communications (both the standard and more invasive ones) the function of social media undergoes changes. What initially was meant to make new virtual friends, now more and more often is implemented in enterprises’ activities, thus opening new opportunities to build a dialogue with buyers, to strengthen a positive image of science and to boost sales. The key to conduct effective actions in the social media are the measurements of what is happening in them. The application of these measurements allows to make better adjustments in the strategies of companies’ presence in the social portals. The aim of the article is to define the most important areas/subjects of the measurements used in this regard and the tools that are used to monitor the Internet.

Abstract:

Neiberia.com is a prototype business and social networking website created for the project: “New information technologies for electronic economy and information society based on the SOA paradigm” under the Operational Programme Innovative Economy. The idea of the portal is based on local communities, both focused on private users as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and electronic markets, where they both meet and may interact. After completion of the project in January 2013, the team faced a completely new task of commercialization of its results. The first stage of project promotion was participation in competitions for business idea, conferences for startups and pitching. The project qualified for the final of the competition “Innovative Poland. How to jump over the crisis.”organized by the Institute for Liberty (Instytut Wolności). At the same time, team members decided to increase their knowledge on raising capital, running a business and marketing by participating in trainings and workshops. According to the creators of the portal Neiberia.com the knowledge and experience gained during the training sessions, workshops and competitions was very valuable and it is not sufficient for the commercial success of the project if the team is provided only with financial support.