Free data export, custom terms – Socialcast updates for 7/23/09

This week, the Socialcast team experienced the foggy, windy summer weather that San Francisco was rumored to bring. We knew that the sun and mid-70s of our first few weeks here were abnormal, and this week, we were greeted with gray skies and misty mornings. That didn’t stop us from pushing out new features, however. Here’s an overview of recent changes made to Socialcast.

What’s New

Desktop App Enhancements: Our desktop app now allows you to share a message with your groups as well as view individual streams. Both of these functions are enabled with a drop down menu. Logging in is now also easier – use your email address and password for your network instead of your community’s URL.

Custom Twitter Hashtags: Import select tweets using a custom hashtag. We realize that tags take up precious real estate in your tweets, so customize the tag to be anything you want. Click on “Import Site” in your network to create your custom tag.

What You Requested

Custom Terms and Privacy Policies: We both know that legal teams like policies, so we’ve enabled each company to create custom Terms of Service and a Privacy Policy that each member must agree to upon signing up. This is a FREE feature and the administrator can create these policies at any time.

Community Message and Data Export: We believe that since a company owns the data inside its network, the company should be able to export messages from the network at any time. You’ve asked for this too, and we listened. Administrators can now export all messages inside a network for FREE. Request an export in the Admin panel and within an hour, you’ll receive an email message with a link to your network’s aggregated data.

What’s Coming Soon

Broadcast Message Feature: Important announcements from leadership are key to keeping tabs on the pulse of the company. Next week, we’ll release a new tool that fills this need.

Did You Know?

Did you know that once you’ve claimed your Socialcast network (which is free to do), Administrators can add external members to the network by invitation? Some companies elect to invite consultants, customers and board members to their network to participate. Our tool permits this for all claimed networks, making it free and simple to communicate with people outside of your domain. At the same time, since only site Administrators have this ability, the company still has control over network access.