I’ve a few clients asking about how best to network online, and which portals/sites/communities are worth signing up to and bring results. Of course, it depends on what “results” you want – there are different communities around for businesses at different stages, sectors, geographic locations, etc. Facebook has several internal
Rory Cellan-Jones writing on the BBC website says “I met somebody the other day who told me that online networking was so important, and he didn’t have the time, he was paying somebody to be him online. To blog, network, post etc . £1,000 a month too. “ I would
Web 2.0 sites These sites will open in a new window. Wikipedia Digg (news items) del.icio.us (social bookmarking) Skype (internet telephony) Maps Google maps Microsoft’s Virtual Earth Sharing content YouTube (videos) Google videos iTunes (podcasts and music) Slideshare (presentations) 4shared (files & documents) Flickr Social networks Facebook (students etc.) MySpace