Cultivate connection
GroundSource helps you reach audiences and communities where they prefer to communicate: on their phones, in a conversation. Build and sustain direct, two-way relationships through mobile messaging and voice.
GroundSource is a platform, (like MailChimp for mobile)
Build a community
Use texting, messaging, or voice to turn clients into constituents
Segment your sources
Use tags and filters to build lists of sources who know your beat better than you do
Connect quickly
Use a short code for speedy, high-volume messaging with thousands of people
Get status reports
Use data exports to monitor the engagement levels of your community
Scale deep conversations
Develop two-way communications with automated conversations
Personalize information
Use data webhooks to personalize and localize information your community needs
GroundSource is a service
Industry leadership
Crowdsourcing, audience and community development, and problem solving
Tested innovation
Innovative, tested ways for putting communities at the heart of your work
Global outlook, local impact
Leading global impact by building local capacity of communities
Deep experience
Developing news and information products for publishers, media, and civic organization
Proven tactics
Building community through outreach using proven tactics and approaches
Partnership
A partner in brainstorming and idea generation to meet your goals
GroundSource is built for people who want to develop and own their relationships with their communities
Do better than email
4x-5x higher open rates than email
Actually get responses
5x-10x higher response rates
Keep the fire burning
Ongoing engagement, not one-off feedback
Own your relationships
Direct connection to communities and audiences
Be trustworthy
Increase trust, even with hard-to-reach communities
Be inclusive
Reach stories and storytellers you'd normally miss
“It's getting us from spokespeople to everyday people.”
Cristina Kim, engagement and collaborations manager at Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
Join leading newsrooms and civic organizations by connecting to your community with GroundSource
