) October 24, 2009 -- The idea behind The Restaurant Section is for restaurant owners to affordably market their restaurants online by creating a complete fact sheet on their business profile within The Restaurant Section. Once the profile is complete, The Restaurant Section begins to market the restaurants. Clifford Bramble, the founder of The Restaurant Section wanted to pass on his experience about marketing and publicizing a restaurant to other restaurant owners. And with the technology available, and the economy on a rebound, he feels that now is the perfect time to start.

) January 20, 2009 -- Analysts have been talking about how Social Networking will be transformed into a new Business Networking platform in 2009. In today's economy, everybody from small businesses to major corporations have been cutting back on their advertising budgets and moving towards Social Networking as the next phenomenon in business marketing.

Networkers United Worldwide is a community of social business networkers that share the same vision of helping each other in growing their businesses by referring business to one another, exchanging tips and ideas, educating, promoting and connecting with each other on a localized or global basis.

) October 2, 2009 -- Interactive Media Escrow, LLC, the lead generation industry's first and only escrow service, announced the launch of a new Trusted Lead Generator program. This program is launched in response to the massive amounts of fraud that the lead generation industry experiences. Lead Generators who participate in the program are given seals that they can place on their sites to indicate their participation in the program. Lead buyers will immediately be able to identify lead generators who are trustworthy.

) February 24, 2009 -- gibLink (Global Internet Business Link) one of the few social networks exclusively for business owners, or anyone looking to start a business, has launched its third generation, gibLink 3.0! Membership in this community, started in 2007, is available to anyone involved in networking for their home based business or even a brick-and-mortar store. Entrepreneurs joining gibLink have a variety of options to choose from including free membership or a paid membership with a referral plan. In its first year of operation, gibLink shared revenue of over $8 million with its members. In its new enhanced revenue sharing plan, 70% of revenue is shared and even those with a free membership can also earn.

) September 16, 2008 -- LinkedIn is the most popular place online for business professionals to network their way into new job opportunities, gain new business, dig for crucial information and make new connections.

) September 17, 2008 -- In this global economy where Information Is Knowledge and Communication Is Key, Connectivity is in Demand. The E.Factor knows this and aims to bridge the gap globally and locally between Entrepreneurs and Investors.

With 50,000 members from 72 countries in 75 different industries and over 100 investors connected, the E.Factor is a one-stop destination for all things Entrepreneurial.    The E.Factor makes it easy for the busy entrepreneur and business owner to leverage the necessary tools offered via social networking to ensure their relevance, and more importantly, their survival, in the 21st century and in this rough economy.

) October 9, 2008 -- The latest addition to focused social networking has arrived. Without much fanfare, the Federal Contractor Network (www.federalcontractor.us) was launched in August and is enjoying great success with over 2,000 members joining in less than two months.

) October 21, 2009 -- HelpHive.com, the free-to-consumer social referral marketplace connecting Homeowners and Home Service Professionals, launched today its "Referral Pro" Plans which leapfrog traditional lead generation and advertising programs by taking a performance based approach to online customer acquisition. Just as search engine marketing disrupted traditional display advertising with the cost-per-click model, HelpHive takes aim at the traditional small business advertising and lead generation models of pay-per-lead and pay-per-call with a "pay-per-job" model.

) June 9, 2009 -- FirstQuest, Inc. founder Gene Sibbett, says the company will embark on a three-phase rollout. Scheduled to officially launch December 2009, Phase 1 is accepting prelaunch applicants starting today who want to position themselves and any referrals before the company launches a massive media campaign.

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On its most basic level, myehusband.com provides its members with a wealth of practical information and great one-on-one support to help protect them from making poor decisions, and costly mistakes. Members also have access to helpful and encouraging peer support discussion areas. Plus access to a comprehensive referral data base of both Recommended and Preferred Service Providers covering everything from home maintenance to automotive repair.

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) February 17, 2009 -- As the talk of recession crowds the news and the economic stimulus package debate rages on in Washington DC, John Jantsch, author of Duct Tape Marketing, determined it was time for small businesses to take matters into their own hands. Therefore he is declaring March 9-13, 2009 - Make a Referral Week.

Make a Referral Week

Make a Referral Week is an entrepreneurial approach to stimulating the small business economy one referred business at a time. The goal for the week is to generate 1000 referred leads to 1000 deserving small businesses in an effort to highlight the impact of how this simple action can blossom into millions of dollars in new business.

) February 4, 2009 -- A new social network for groups and organizations called Homeingle.com, has just launched nationwide.

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"Homeingle (home + mingle) takes the social features of networks like Facebook and turns them into tools for organizations," says CEO and co-founder Bob Armbrister. "Homeingle helps organizations achieve their goals by allowing them to create groups, manage events, post news, communicate with members, expand their online visibility, and get things done."

) November 3, 2008 -- Businesses are generally well served by local, face-to-face, networking events arranged by Chambers of Commerce, BNI and others. However, there has been a need for a local, low cost, online networking service to complement the face-to-face groups. Our new network of sites contain all the features to support professional communication and promotion. One major attraction for small businesses is that it costs nothing to join and use all the features on the site. They will be accepted as members as long as they are either located in the area or offering products/services that will be of interest to the local business community. Adult businesses are not permitted.

) December 26, 2008 -- ProRakeback.org is a leading poker rakeback provider and they have recently launched a brand new website design as well as announcing details of a market-leading rakeback referral program which promises to pay 9% commission.

With rakeback growing in popularity amongst online poker players there has been a great demand to allow existing players already getting their monthly rake back to refer friends and earn an extra referral commission in return.

) October 27, 2009 -- Social networking expert and popular social media blogger Neal Schaffer has introduced a highly anticipated book about how to benefit from the LinkedIn phenomenon titled "Windmill Networking: Understanding, Leveraging and Maximizing LinkedIn."

Windmill Networking: Maximizing LinkedIn

) August 31, 2009 -- Contact Bangkok, one of the largest free directory and lead sourcing websites in Thailand, today announced the re-launch of the updated website and a special offer to the first one hundred advertisers. The new look ContactBangkok.com offers better functionality and services to companies and individuals connecting businesses in Thailand to the world.

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) December 17, 2008 -- Jaxtr (www.jaxtr.com), one of the world's largest and most innovative social communications companies, today launched FreeConnect, a new service that provides free, unlimited member-to-member calling worldwide. With FreeConnect, jaxtr members will not incur long-distance charges on international calls, or be required to use Jaxtr credits - called "Jax" - to talk to one another using any landline or mobile phone.

G2G3 (www.g2g3.com), the leading provider of business simulations and readiness programs, has today announced the launch of an exciting new referral program, G2G3 Connect.

) November 4, 2008 -- Business communications specialist, Esendex, launches its Affiliate Partner Program today to help partners generate additional revenue streams of up to ten per cent on every new customer* that they sign up. The free program is aimed at businesses and software suppliers who want to enhance the functionality of their own services with Esendex SMS and voice messaging services.

) October 7, 2008 -- SalesBook.com, the next-generation Web 2.0 tool for salespeople, announced the release of its first public beta program.

With sales down in almost every industry, sales professionals are struggling to find new ways to stay competitive and profitable, and increasingly they rely on Web 2.0 technology and the Internet to more effectively present their offerings to a larger audience. SalesBook gives these forward-thinking sales professionals a new level of focus for taking full advantage of all the possibilities and potential this new technology has to offer.

) October 13, 2008 -- "Imagine an on online community like MySpace that actually pays members to attract new friends to the site." It's an awesome concept, and the brand new VegasSocialClub.com is making it a reality. In addition to offering features like profiles, photos, forums, videos, and chat, VegasSocialClub.com offers generous cash bonuses for members who attract more friends to the site. What's more, the site has a well-focused theme that caters to those with a passion for the fun, excitement, and naughty nature of Las Vegas.

) December 2, 2008 -- Adler Interactive launches landing page development to help online marketers increase sales and leads while reducing costs.

With marketing budgets slashed for 2009, how can companies continue driving sales and leads for less money? One way is to turn as many online visitors into leads and sales as possible. This is the area of "post click marketing."

Post-click marketing is what happens after a potential customer clicks on a link in email marketing, Google ads, or banner ads. It is the process of building landing pages and testing them to maximize conversion of visitors into customers.

) May 20, 2009 -- Chamber of Commerce takes on a nationwide leadership role in championing Internet Social Networking for its members and the community. According to Frank Kenny, North Mason County Chamber President & CEO, "Chambers are uniquely positioned to bridge the "Internet Gap" between businesses and residents. Once we multiply our innovative Internet member-networking site against the exponential reach of Twitter, we will achieve a tipping point for community relationship building and information sharing. In 5 years, if one doesn't have an established presence on these social networking sites, it will be comparable to saying you don't have email. I don't want my members left behind. Let's lead."

) December 9, 2008 -- TugLink.com is a fast growing peer-to-peer job referral exchange. Desperate to find employment, candidates are looking for new job search alternatives. TugLink is not just another job board, nor is it a traditional social network. Although some users describe it as 'eBay for jobs', candidates cannot actually 'buy' a job here. What they can do, however, is introduce themselves to company insiders, get unpublished job leads and receive coveted referrals to hiring managers.

The new buzzword in the Web 2.0 world is social networking and social application development is further helping it propagate to masses. This social networking has come in limelight for community building, connecting friends and recently for creating new business opportunities.
A newer trend with the growth potential is application development for social networking sites. Various social networking sites are offering API or development platform to build social applications that can be plugged in to the site. With common platform coming up like Open Social this application development task has become smoother and web entrepreneur can now utilize write once and run anywhere feature through such common platform.

) October 18, 2008 -- With the current residential housing market crash and global credit crisis the business model for home builders is rapidly changing. This fact was solidified with today's announcement of a 6.3% drop in housing starts. No longer can builders put up "spec homes", or purchase multiple lots, building one show home, and hoping to sell similar houses on vacant land. In this new market, Home Builder's and Renovators must actively seek out and find clients with land or an existing home, as well as hard to come by capital.

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) October 12, 2009 -- Perfect Networker, an online and offline business networking organization which features members from all over the world has recently begun offering lifetime memberships to its program. These memberships, called Charter Memberships, allow members to pay a one- time fee of $497 or three payments of $179 to allow them complete access to the features of PerfectNetworker.com. In addition, the membership will include 25% discounts for life on any advertising offered on the site as well as live events and seminars held by Perfect Networker. In addition, the Charter Members are featured on a special page created for them and features profile pictures of the members shown randomly on the front page which receives more than 50,000 page views per day.

) September 28, 2009 -- FlashTweet values supporters who spread the word about this powerful Twitter marketing tool. To show this appreciation, FlashTweet has launched its Affiliate Program, offering $3 for each referral that results in a paid sign up. This is one of the first affiliate programs offered by a Twitter application. There's no limit to the number of people a supporter can refer.

FlashTweet Affiliate Program

What is FlashTweet?

) October 29, 2008 -- Alex Mandossian and Linda M. Lopeke, co-founders of SmartStart Giving, and Dr. Ivan Misner, BNI Founder and Chairman, share a common bond - their belief that givers gain. They'll team up for the SmartStart Giving monthly micro-fundraising call October 31 at 11:00 am Eastern and end the call by announcing the next three winners in Mandossian's $3.6 million dollar giveaway project launched earlier this month.

) October 21, 2008 -- Vertical Measures, an internet marketing firm based in Phoenix, Arizona, has announced the recent addition of Social Media marketing to their extensive menu of specialized internet marketing offerings. The rapidly increasing popularity of various forms of social media, including networking sites such as Facebook and YouTube, has led to the crucial importance of social media marketing.

) March 24, 2009 -- Social networking website SocialGO has entered the market for adult social networks, by setting up Zocku.com this month. Zocku is a dedicated platform for creating monetized adult social networks.

With social networking communities becoming more commonplace, the web has become more social across all types of websites, and adult websites are no exception. Online adult communities are growing faster than ever before offering users a rich experience to browse content, make friends and share their personal videos.

) October 22, 2008 -- Dave Saunders of http://www.yoursocialbrand.com is proud to announce a new solution for small business owners seeking the best ways to leverage the Internet to grow their business and maintain relationships with their existing clients. This online training system teaches how to use free social media sites to engage the market place for local, regional and even national exposure. A veteran of the Internet industry, Dave Saunders has been helping people leverage concepts like personal branding and personal networking to engage and create relationships that lead the business growth.

) October 31, 2008 -- Designer.cpwebhosting.net is an online community designed to bring website design service providers and customers together.

) June 2, 2009 -- New Web site provides a silver bullet for Internet Marketers.

To celebrate the launch of its new Web-based Adsense Locator Software, Success Tools UK is offering a free 60-minute self-paced training program for people who register with its site today. This content-rich video training course reveals the secrets of successfully using Google Placement Targeting to reach carefully identified target markets in an extremely cost-effective manner.

) October 21, 2008 -- Bloghology, created by IGM, is a 'one-stop' resource for new and established bloggers, and is excited to announce the launch of its unique Social Network Community, designed to support and connect Bloggers, Marketers and Advertisers alike.

) June 29, 2009 -- Who thought only pizza can be delivered at home? Servemehere.com is the first professional services referral community that takes the hassle out of searching and driving across town for that service you need. With Servemehere, as the name implies, you can search for the services you need, schedule an appointment, sit back and let the professional come to you.

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) September 7, 2009 -- Headquartered in New Delhi, India, vCommission International CPA Network was launched in 2008 with a motive of providing freedom of choice of offers to its publishers. Powered by DirectTrack, this CPA network relies on one of the best tracking platforms in the industry. vCommission guarantees performance based advertising, quality traffic and cost-effective marketing programs. vCommission currently has over 1000 active worldwide offers that include various pay per click, email submit, zip submit, cell submit, short form submit, paid trial, free trial and sale campaigns.

) April 8, 2009 -- The current downswing of the economy has caused many Americans to worry about where their next paycheck will be coming from, and the fact that unemployment rates continue to reach new monthly highs testifies that many businesses are feeling the effects. Consumers, leery of their job stability, have turned to the internet as a new source of income. Blue Ribbon Review recently analyzed numerous home business programs and found that only one delivered with satisfying results.