BlogCatalog Launches Indiegogo Campaign For New Publishing Platform

SAN ANTONIO - Jan. 31, 2015 - PRLog -- BlogCatalog one of the web's preeminent blogger social communities has launched JURNL a social community builder.   JURNL was created after   reviewing close to 1 million blogs and seeing how challenging it is for individual bloggers publishers to create beautiful looking magazine style publications that harness the power of community.

"We've reviewed close to 1 million blogs on BlogCatalog and see that there is a difference between the "haves" that are investing $100,000s in their online magazines and the rest of us who either need to use a simple blogging tool or invest a bunch of money into building out a community publication in order to compete," says CEO of BlogCatalog, Angie Alaniz.

The companies new publishing platform JURNL enables any publisher, whether business or individual, to create a powerful and beautiful online presence.   It's an elegant solution to address a challenge that many bloggers have, and that's how to compete or stand-out in a web with so much content.

BlogCatalog JURNL platform builds community, something the company has specialized in for the past 10 years.  "Our goal was to take this community experience and share it with smaller publishers that do not have access to the tools that the largest players on the web do," reports Tony Berkman, founder of JURNL.

Tool's that come standard on a JURNL start with  making it simple to publish content.   According to the company it's the publishing of content that is the primary reason for most publishers giving up.   Then there are the community building elements that provide publishers with a way to build a community of writers, so that there is a continuous stream of new content being created.  The tools they've developed include invites after each post,  email digests of top media and trending posts, discussions, polls, and features usually reserved for the largest sites on the web.

JURNL  is about making it simple and worthwhile for anyone to build a community of writers and create a publication that will stand out.  It's somewhat a combination of Pinterest,  Facebook and Tumblr.  The major difference being that you get to own it.

Among the various tools that come with JURNL some of the interesting one's include community features such as beautiful profiles that highlight writers,  invites after writing,  leaderboards to run writer contests, polls and share videos..

"Unlike current platforms we designed JURNL so that you rarely have to access an admin area.  Writing posts, placing videos and photos in a gallery is a fun and happens instantly.  It's the first time in 7 years I've managed to keep creating," says Tony Berkman, President of BlogCatalog. I

The company has built the JURNL that they do custom installs have just kicked off a a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to meet their next goal of turning JURNL into a self-serve, one click set up so that anyone has access to creating their own JURNL.   For more on their campaign visit https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/create-your-own-jurnl/...