Comments on: Growing: 18 Online Communities, Forums and Social Networking Websites for Entrepreneurs

By: elenavlanier

elenavlanier — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:32:34 +0000

Thanks a lot for this ncredible list very helpful for get ideas, share comments and help each other!

By: TonyB

TonyB — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:23:07 +0000

Hi Everyone,
I have a carpet cleaning business in Houston,TX that was doing pretty good until the economy went bad, and with it my clientele. I have a website for the business but I dont
know what I have to do the get it to show up in a search. Right now it’s somewhere in the yahoo/google netherworld (LOL).

Is there someone on here that can give me some insight or know of anyone that coud give me insight on how I can get my local website on the front
page of a Yahoo or Google search to increase my business without it costing me 5 or 10k $$$? If so please share with me.

I thank you and my hungry over-eating children thank you.

thanks,

By: SeaseWefReags

SeaseWefReags — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:07:25 +0000

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Let’s learn!

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By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:47:02 +0000

Another great networking site that focuses primarily on exchanging referrals and managing referral network relationships is called Referral Key.

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:12:52 +0000

Very good list. I find for men, that LinkedIn is their domain and used heavily by them. Plaxo just annoys me. (personal opinion). One for women in business that I came across might be worth consider is http://www.w2wlink.com I joined a Network Circle and can see benefit to this form or networking. Speaking of LinkedIn, they have a w2wlink.com Group there as well.

By: Peggy Duncan

Peggy Duncan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:02:14 +0000

For a list and description of all the social networks, visit http://www.go2web20.net/

By: carl

carl — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:54:18 +0000

My experience with linkedIn wasn’t favorable. When I joined them they didn’t have groups and there weren’t a lot of members. Maybe I will give them a try again. There are so many places to try; some are good and others not so good. Some might work well for you and not for me and vice versa. The point is at least give it a try you don’t have anything to loose but time. There is a site that I’m fond of – flupo.com. I don’t get a lot of work out of it but the people are very nice helpful.

By: David

David — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:39:21 +0000

Considering that there are now so many social networks catering to such a wide range of niches, my biggest problem is finding ones relevant to me and related to my specific interests or product niches. Google seems to be inefficient and returns alot of irrelevant results. A good resource that I use to find them is this search engine for social networks called FindASocialNetwork.com

By: Lara Feltin

Lara Feltin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:24:19 +0000

Stacey’s right on about participation. As Woody Allen said, “90% of success is showing up.” This adage applies to online social networking more than ever. A book I recently picked up – Now Is Gone – mentions this too. The author Geoff Livingston says that, “Marketing is participation.”

I am the co-founder of Biznik included in the list above. What makes Biznik unique is that it’s a hybrid between an online social network and face-to-face educational and networking events. We don’t pretend to know how everyone should or wants to meet each other, so we created a tool for our members to host their own face-to-face networking or educational events. As long as it’s relevant to business, less than 5% self-promotional, and intended for the Biznik community, we’ll list the event in the calendar. This gets small business people meeting each other face-to-face, while the web site supports the relationships that are formed there.

@Carl – That’s how Biznik is different from LinkedIN. Because many people are choosing to meet each other regularly face-to-face, they’re very responsive to one another and there’s a true community vibe.

We are three years old and have over 7500 members in the Seattle area where we started, but members in other cities and countries bring the total community up to 17,000 and we’re rapidly growing.