If you are an entrepreneur and looking for ways to start and promote your own business then you should consider the power of social media. As an aspiring entrepreneur you have to make an effort to network, connect, collaborate, and share knowledge with talented and like minded people.
Below is a list of some very popular social networking sites for entrepreneurs and businessess:
Linkedin is an established name in the field of professional networking. Members use Linkedin to create professional profiles, connect with like minded people, collaborate with potential business partners, connect with service providers, recruit new talent and much more.
Link: http://www.Linkedin.com
Konnects
Konnects powers online newspaper communities. Our social media platform for magazines and newspapers is intended to bring growth and engagement to your organization’s website. Our Software as a Service (SaaS) platform is designed to be integrated into any website easily. The Konnects Community Platform includes social networking, commenting, registration tools, user-generated content, advertising and community analytics for online newspapers and publications. A successful community is much more than just deploying a social appliation. Our solutions team is available throughout the entire community deployment process to assist in multiple areas from strategic planning, launching the platform and goal tracking.
Link: http://www.konnects.com/
Sprouter (Red Wire Nation)
Connect with other innovators to network, share ideas and collaborate. Solicit real-time feedback and benefit from previous discussions.Discover relevant events in your local area and post your own.
Link: http://sprouter.com/
Ryze
Ryze helps people make connections and grow their networks. You can network to grow your business, build your career and life, find a job and make sales. Or just keep in touch with friends. Members get a free networking-oriented home page and can send messages to other members. They can also join special Networks related to their industry, interests or location. More than 1,000 organizations host Networks on Ryze to help their members interact with each other and grow their organizations.
Link: http://ryze.com/
Biznik
Biznik is an award winning networking site for entrepreneurs where they can connect both online and in person. Biznik is for people who want to set up real businesses, not for those looking for a new job.
Link: http://biznik.com
Partner Up
PartnerUp is an online networking community that entrepreneurs and small business owners use to find the expertise and resources they need to start and grow a business. Members can connect with potential partners, advisers, and business resources.
PartnerUp also builds online communities for companies that target small business customers. SCORE Association – a nonprofit association of more than 11,000 counselors dedicated to advising entrepreneurs about growing successful small businesses – has their own community built and powered by PartnerUp that
connects to PartnerUp’s community of more than 100,000 members.
Link: http://www.partnerup.com/
eFactor
eFactor is a business networking site where entrepreneurs get to make contacts, find investors, attend special events and market their products or services. eFactor has members from different industries and Countries.
Link: http://www.efactor.com/
Cofoundr
Cofoundr is a private social network where entrepreneurs can find partners, form teams, and look for investors. The service requires you to have a vaild work or university email id.
Link: http://www.cofoundr.com
Start up Nation
Start up Nation is a business networking site for Entrepreneurs to connect and exchange information with like minded people. The site also offers advice, tips, articles on how to start and run your own business. Features include blogs, forums, podcasts and on demand seminars.
Link: http://www.startupnation.com
Fast Pitch
Fast Pitch is a social networking site for business professionals. Members create their business profiles and interact with other members in real time. Members market their business with the help of blogs, press releases, emails and announcements.
Link: http://www.fastpitchnetworking.com
Go Big Network
The Go BIG Network is an on-line marketplace that connects the startup and small business community. The company allows startup companies, funding sources, advisors, and service providers to post requests for help on-line and have those requests routed to other members of the Network who can help them.
Link: http://www.gobignetwork.com
The Funded
TheFunded.com is an online community of entrepreneurs to research, rate, and review funding sources worldwide. In addition, TheFunded.com allows entrepreneurs to view and share term sheets, to assist one another finding good investors, and to discuss the many facets of operating a business.
Link: http://www.thefunded.com
Perfect Business
Perfect Business is one of the fastest growing networks for entrepreneurs. Perfect business helps entrepreneurs to connect with potential partners, investors, board members, advisors and other entrepreneurs. Features include: the business plan builder, ask an expert service, video center, pitch center
and the investor center.
Link: http://www.perfectbusiness.com
Open Coffee Club
The OpenCoffee Club was started to encourage entrepreneurs, developers and investors to organise real-world informal meetups to chat, network and grow.
This is an attempt to establish recognized, open and regular meeting places where entrepreneurs can meet with investors (and anyone else who fancies coming along) in a totally informal setting.
