This is Cool: The Facebook for Small Business
Posted on June 24th, 2008 by DotComMogul under small business
If you have or are Starting a Business, there’s a new social network, Sta.rtUp.biz, that recently launched. Rather than trying to promote your business on a social network geared towards teens and celebrities, small businesses can have a page and network with other like-minded small businesses.
Not only can you network with other small business owners, the site is jam packed with resources for the small business owner, such as Motivational Video Clips and Free Search Engine Optimization. The forum also has three experts to provide you with assistance in each major area of small business. A corporate lawyer will answer your legal questions, the “Search Guru” helps you with Google rankings and provides Free Search Engine Optimization, and there’s a veteran serial entrepreneur to mentor you on business management and strategy. Check out the page I just started … mind you, I just started it, so it’s not very active yet.
In addition to the resources above, Sta.rtUp.biz provides daily articles from the most popular business magazines, including Inc, BusinessWeek, FSB, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Forbes, and Fortune. There’s also the the “Video Hall of Fame”, a comprehensive video library, with videos from Zig Ziglar to Tony Robbins.
You can get 10 friends or have five of your invitees join to become a featured member.
- Start by adding content to your profile page.
- Use it to keep a blog, and display your profile answers.
- Start contributing: Add photos • Upload videos • Contribute to discussions • Join groups
If you’re interested in networking with other small business owners and learning the skills necessary to launch and operate a small business, sign up now.
June 25th, 2008 at 5:40 am
the page looks quite similar to the pages on Ning …
June 25th, 2008 at 10:21 am
sounds like an interesting website! I will have to head over there and check it out!
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June 25th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Thanks a bunch. I’m going to go and sign up now and promote my make money online blog.
June 26th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Thanks for the heads up, I have an online business and have signed up already
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June 26th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
You know, I really am not liking this new trend in domain names. What’s supposed to be clever just turns into a brain twister to remeber. Where does the dot go again? After the sta, or the st, or, or…
Nevertheless it does sound like a cool concept.
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June 27th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Thanks for the info, will sign up here now.
June 30th, 2008 at 5:40 am
I agree with Jonathon, the domain name is terrible. Good idea though.
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Could this site compete with the recently launched Visa Business Network from Visa and Facebook, at first glance, it definitely looks like it has some potential.
I too agree with the domain. I think they will have more success if they get startup.biz. Even del.icio.us has delicous.com.
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July 5th, 2008 at 11:21 am
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July 30th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Very interesting blog, i have added it to my fovourites, greetings
October 1st, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Great idea, I will try it.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:36 am
startup.biz is what most people will get this domain name confused with.