ProductProject Aspen

Build a Community Around What Your Members Have in Common

Project Aspen is our micro-social network platform. It gives an audience, a cause or a place its own home for content and conversation, instead of renting space on a network built for everyone.

Talk to us about Project Aspen What it does

What it is

Big Networks Are Built for Everyone. Yours Is Not.

General social networks decide what your audience sees, own the relationship and change the rules whenever they like. People who share a faith, a hobby, a cause or a hometown want a place that fits them.

Project Aspen is the platform behind niche communities such as Zeale, FrankSpeech and Our Community Now: a focused network where the commonality is the point, and the content and audience belong to the community.

What it does

A Home for a Focused Audience

01Niche communitiesA network organized around a shared interest, identity or belief, so members find each other and the content that matters to them.

02Hosted contentPublish and host the content your audience comes for, and keep it in one place your community controls.

03Video, live and on demandLive events and video content, supported by our streaming and transcoding platform, Zeus V.

04Local and community hubsCommunity pages tied to a place, as in Our Community Now’s local hubs such as Denver Now, Boulder Now and Vail Now.

How it works

How We Launch a Community

Define the commonality

We work out what your members share and what they should be able to do together.

Build and launch

We configure the network, connect your content and video, and launch to your first audience.

Grow and operate

We host and run the platform while you focus on the community.

Why Niche Beats Broad

✔An audience that owns its own space and content.
✔Content and conversation focused on what members care about.
✔Video and live events supported by the same streaming stack.
✔A network shaped around your community rather than around what a general platform wants to promote.

Before you call us

Is Project Aspen Right for You?

Right for you if you

✔Serve an audience defined by a shared belief, interest or place.
✔Want your community to live somewhere you control.
✔Produce content, video or live events for that audience.

Not right for you if you

✖Want a general-purpose social network for the public.
✖Only need a website or blog; see our web hosting and CMS.
✖Need a livestream channel without a community around it; see Zeus V.

FAQs

FAQs About Project Aspen

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What kinds of communities is Project Aspen for?

Any group with something in common: a faith community, a media audience, a local area, a club or a cause. Zeale, FrankSpeech and Our Community Now are examples.

Can it host video?

Yes. Video and live events are supported through Zeus V, our streaming and transcoding platform.

Who runs it day to day?

We can host and operate the platform, so your team can concentrate on members and content.

How is this different from a Facebook Group?

A group lives inside someone else’s network and rules. A Project Aspen community is its own network, designed around your audience.

Can we see a live example?

Yes. Ask us and we will walk you through one of the communities running on Project Aspen.

Talk to us

Give Your Community a Home of Its Own

Tell us who your members are and what they have in common.

We will map what the community needs before anything is built.

Expect questions about your audience, not a brochure.

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