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Vendaval -> Virtual networking sites and small businesses (7/13/2008 9:35:06 PM)
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This sounds like a great idea to me. Anyone on here already using this technology at work?
"Small businesses fuel boom in virtual networking sites"
July 7, 2008
Reuters
"Many entrepreneurs have begun to carve out small business communities on spaces originally designed for individual users, such as the online directories Myspace.com and Facebook. Palo Alto, California-based Facebook counts some 80,000 users who have registered as small business owners, says Alex Craddock, head of small business marketing for VISA, which partnered with Facebook late last month to create the VISA Business Network.
The free community, which will be supported by online advertising, is designed to help small businesses connect with each other through robust searching tools and to gain access to resources such as "ask the expert forums" through partnerships with media outlets like the Wall Street Journal. Facebook was already seeing 20,000 new small businesses sign up each month, says Craddock, a trend that influenced VISA's decision about where to house the network."
http://features.us.reuters.com/entrepreneur/news/38E1C4B4-4C3C-11DD-8E8F-0CE0775B.html
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