We all understand that social media can be a great way to connect to family and friends, find a hot date, or advocate for a cause, but did you know that there are networking sites devoted to growing your business?
If not, you should start exploring. Entrepreneurs are a resourceful, motivated, outgoing bunch, capable of doing big things when banding together for mutual benefit. Your next lucrative partnership or marketing campaign could be as close as a click of a mouse.
Opportunity
Imagine a lead generation tool built inside of a booming business network designed to accelerate your career and send sales through the roof, and you’ll get an idea of what Opportunity offers.
Meetup
Whether you’re learning to cook, study astronomy, write a screenplay or master the art of digital marketing, Meetup is a one-stop source for making local connections.
Gadball
Looking for an alternative to LinkedIn? GadBall offers job searching as well as messaging and resume and profile creation on an easy-to-use site that’ll have you up and running in no time.
Nexxt
Nexxt (formerly Beyond) gives you access to hundreds of websites, thousands of companies, and millions of job opportunities as you seek to grow your business and your brand.
PartnerUp
If you’re part of the Google+ community, you’re going to love PartnerUp. PartnerUp focuses on efficiency, connecting you with small business owners and entrepreneurs whose challenges and opportunities are similar to your own.
Networking for Professionals
Networking for Professionals facilitates both online networking and real-life events where you meet your peers face-to-face and share strategies, business contacts, and more.
StartupNation
StartupNation is a community devoted to the power of ideas. It links up-and-coming business owners with seasoned entrepreneurs to inspire a vibrant community discussion in which you can participate.
Data.com Connect
Have a question about industry best practices or a fantastic idea you’re just burning to get feedback on? Data.com Connect, which brings together an active, dynamic community of entrepreneurs and professionals, is the place for you.
Ryze
Don’t let the kooky spelling throw you off: Ryze boasts more than 1,000,000 members from all across the globe, helping you to form new business relationships and reconnect with potentially profitable allies you may have lost track of.
Entrepreneurship can be lonely, and the difficulties of running a small business can leave you feeling as if it’s you against the world. But it ain’t necessarily so. Research your online options for establishing exciting, lucrative connections with movers and shakers just like you.
This article was originally written on November 3, 2017.
Have at it! We'd love to hear from you and encourage a lively discussion among our users. Please help us keep our site clean and protect yourself. Refrain from posting overtly promotional content, and avoid disclosing personal information such as bank account or phone numbers.
Reviews Disclosure: The responses below are not provided or commissioned by the credit card, financing and service companies that appear on this site. Responses have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by the credit card, financing and service companies and it is not their responsibility to ensure all posts and/or questions are answered.