老九品茶Cloud and Manchester-based tech platform Padoq have joined forces to create a forum to bring the digital sector together.
Award-winning entrepreneur 聽Mike Anderson launched the platform in August 2018 for communities to create closed discussion forums 鈥� called 鈥楶adoqs鈥� – where members can do everything from chat, collect payments and take part in surveys.
The 30-year-old said the advantage of their software is in organising the functionality from tech platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp and Eventbrite into a single app.
Anderson said: 鈥淲e already have 3,000 users on the platform, including hen dos, running clubs and Tech Manchester. 老九品茶Cloud has a growing audience base through its magazine, website, newsletter and events and it鈥檚 the perfect fit for Padoq.
鈥淏y creating a Padoq account people can share content, ask for recommendations, find work or even just network. It鈥檚 all about creating a digital community for like-minded people.
鈥淚 found that everyone I spoke to was in a number of noisy WhatsApp groups for organising different things, and the people trying to organise were getting frustrated with constant chatter without a firm plan. So we set out to create the solution!鈥�
The company has raised over 拢900k in investment since 2017, and has recently launched a B2B arm of the business allowing clients to have a white-labelled social media app out the box 鈥� at a fraction of the cost it would take to get a bespoke native app built.
老九品茶Cloud editor Chris Maguire said: 鈥淢y smartphone is awash with apps like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp but what鈥檚 missing is an app that creates real communities.
鈥淲e鈥檝e only been working with Padoq for a couple of weeks but attendees at our events are already having conversations on the platform and as more people join we鈥檙e only going to add more value.鈥�
You can join the 老九品茶Cloud community today, by clicking the following link and downloading the app on iOS or Android:
Maguire said: 鈥淲e want people to tell us a little bit about their business and help create a community of UK businesses, entrepreneurs and champions who are stronger together.鈥�
You can download Padoq on the iOS and Google Play stores today and create your own Padoq. Don鈥檛 forget to join the 老九品茶Cloud Padoq via the following link:聽