Plum.com - A New Social Groups Platform

Adding social features to any website is a sure way to generate more commitment when it comes to your visitors, and ensuring they will resort to your site even more than they currently do. This new solution fulfills that very same role, as it lets you add topical groups to your site and it gives like-minded individuals a chance to interact easily.

These groups can be either public or private, and the platform also supports the implementation of widgets and access through mobile devices.

Sites ranging far and wide could benefit from such a platform. For example, a travel site could let those who are going to be part of the same tour get to know each other better before they actually set out, and educational sites could benefit from the flexibility this brings as well. Students can meet up and exchange notes among themselves and keep each other updated on research tasks. Teachers and professors can also interact with students easily, and given the reliance of young people on computers nowadays this might just be the right channel for spicing their interest.

“Plum helps websites become social by powering Groups in the Travel, Education, Entertainment, Publishing and Not-for-Profit sectors. Plum has offices in San Francisco and Boston and is backed by Vulcan Capital and Levensohn Venture Partners.”

Those who are looking into giving their visitors more to do onsite will make the best out of this new service.

What are the most notable features on offer when it comes to the groups you can create? Is it possible for users to share media of any kind?