Description :
Photo sharing, blogging, and maintaining social network profiles are already the primary drivers of social media usage, but in all such existing services (e.g. Facebook, Wordpress) the presentation of information is constrained by prescribed system formats. There is a lack of a simple service that gives users the freedom of expressing themselves using a mix of text and other rich media arranged in any shape or form. For professional business use, the new service http://visualize.me provides a visualization of a user’s LinkedIn resume. For casual use, http://about.me attempts to solve the same problem by allowing users to create a one page homepage. While all these emerging services attempt to address this rising need for user expression, none provide a truly comprehensive solution.
Now imagine a YouTube-like platform where anyone can view and share not videos, but online magazines – each professionally designed, entertaining, informative, and accessible from any web-enabled device. These magazines will feature in-depth stories, interviews, and photos of each individual user. This is the premise of Tangomingo, where anyone can design and share their online magazine for free.
Within the magazines, audiences are engaged through embedded social networking functions for a truly dynamic experience, all backed by open technology standards of the current and future web. With an initial focus on individual users to address the mass social networking market, these capabilities naturally extend into the possibility of a generic publishing platform for businesses and organizations.
As a “freemium” service, Tangomingo will be monetized through advertisement displays while users search and explore the platform for magazines of interest. User base growth will be achieved organically as users create and share their magazines with their friends, whom in turn will perpetuate the creation and sharing process. There are also plans for several paid value-add services, such as professional theme designs.
Led by our two founders who are both software engineers and consultants, Tangomingo is an exciting venture into an innovative medium for online expression and personal branding.