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Do you belong to three or more social networking sites?  Do you find it difficult or easy to interact on all of the sites? 

I am a member of 6 different social networking sites.  The only time I can find to network is late at night.  I`m working on a strategy to effectively network on all of them at least twice a week.

Jerrilynn B. Thomas, CEO
International Virtual Women`s Chamber of Commerce
Facilitator of partnerships between busy business and professional women
http://www.IVWCC.org

I belong to a couple of other forum sites, but I only post when I have time - which is also usually rather late.

I am really only active to Startup Nation. I have not found a way to feel connected at the other sites. What to do? What to read? How to become involved?

At Startup Nation, I already spend 2 hours a day here. I am barely connected. Maybe it just takes me to long to read. I hate reading and at the same time, know reading is the only way to get new ideas and information (I don`t get out much to meet friends of challenging thought).

So, since I spend so much time here, I think I will just focus on the new relationships I have met here. I do check two other sites I have registered to. (Found them on ....um maybe it was HDean`s list... can`t remember)

Anyway, I tend to be loyal and don`t spend much time anywhere else. 2 hours online here is enough time spent on things other than "priority list" items.


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Vincent Wilcox (a.k.a. KRAKR)
Drummer
My band: Letters Make Words

For now as far as business networking forums, I`m just here. Perhaps more later.
I`m also on a handful of other non-business related forums.



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Good question! I am a part of 4 online network groups and I organize two face2face groups of entrepreneurs and bootstrappers.

SUN is the place where I gain the most information but I do admit it`s hard to keep up.  So much so I`ve toyed with the idea of developing some type of program that makes it all easier.  I spend about 3 hours a day coordinating & reading, asking & answering but the value I get from that three hours is priceless.

I`ll be happy to connect on:

- Ecademy - offers a friendly & trusted environment, with many great functionalities and resources about running a business and personal development. More and more subscribers in the US (btw they are currently looking for local leaders, get in touch with me if you want to know more). A great feature is that anything you publish there has great rankings on Google.

- OpenBC - large and very international, you can reasonably expect to make good local or distant business connections and deals quite quickly. A couple of people I know here are on OpenBC as well. There are also clones like CIWI and Ecademici.

- LinkedIn - more a giant database of resumes than a social platform. But it`s definitely the place to be if you want to hire or get hired!

- Soflow - kind of middle-of-the-road platform, good for building your personal brand though, and international as well.

- Not to forget the French-speaking platform Viaduc. On July 12th 2006 there were about 2,400 US-based subscribers. So it`s probably a good place to start for those of us who are interested in French-speaking countries.

See you all there!

Pierre

 

I belong to about 3
I belong the the Hispanic Business Forum, House of Fusion, and Start Up Nation, Start Up Nation being my main one. House of Fusion is only for Coldfusion developers and Hispanic Business Forum tends to not stay focus with the business topic. So I don`t visit much.

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Edgar Monroy
Web Developer / Owner / Consultant
When starting your own business the need to "know-how" is greater than money!
http://www.nuevolution.net

I belong to them all. LOL. I used to work for a social network site last year and my job was to do market research on our competitors so I had to join all of the sites and present a monthly report to the senior management team.

Ironically because I joined Myspace, I met my business partner a Rock singer in Nashville and we partnered up to create a wickedly awesome brand.

The site I log into the most is Myspace and now StartupNation.

Myspace allows me to promote my company with a customized page www.mypace.com/grooverockgear whereas most other networking sites force you to keep your profile plain. The coolest site is actually Wallop... www.mywallop.com but you have to know someone at Microsoft to get in...they only give you 5 invites so its hard to get your friends in.

The most interactive site is www.secondlife.com which allows you to build your business virtually and make money while participating in the community.

Check out my Hot elevator pitch this week on the podcast which will be posted on 7.24.06

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Laurie Champagne
CMO
Groove Rock Gear, Inc.
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