See how far the commonground Community has progressed since its inception two years ago. Commonground is the online social networking site for environmental and property due diligence professionals.
2. Current Membership and Content: Content: 1,020 blogs 16,000+ posts/comments 8,250+ Service Provider Groups Top News, Job, & Twitter Feeds Research, Reports, Data, Events Membership: 6,000 Members 3,000+ unique companies 76% of Env’l Business Journal’s Top 200 Engineering Firms (↑9%) Newsletter open rate ~40%
4. Total Visits, April 2009- April 2010 Provider Directory Push for 5K Platform Change
5. Digging Deeper, Membership 1,600 unique companies represented 2009 18% of those who shared title, are owners, principals, and leaders of their company 65% of members: EPs, scientists, geologists, engineers, project managers 12% of members are from government, legal, energy, appraisal, lender industries and the academic area
7. End Users are fast becoming members, too. Wells Fargo GE Commercial Finance JP Morgan Chase N.A. Wachovia Bank Genworth Financial Citibank Louisiana-Pacific Circle K Stores Pitney Bowes Credit Corp Stanley Works Manufacturers Bank 3M Company TD Bank N.A. HSBC Bank USA JC Penney Verizon Wireless Terradex, Inc. Kelly-Moore Paint Co. Eddie Bauer S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Qwest Communications MFA Oil Company Amway Intel
12. Goals for 2010 and beyond Expand membership organically by increasing page views Add new features like an industry wiki and training modules Improve existing features like the Job Board, on-site search engine, and site navigation Expand blog roll Attract members from sustainability, energy and industrial hygiene industries
13. Thanks to our members for making commonground such a success over the past two years! As always, we welcome your suggestions! commonground@edrnet.com