2007-03-17 09:00:57 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
It depends on what you mean by social networking in the business context: networking for jobs or for customers/clients.
The first business networking service (and arguably the first social networking service) was Ryze which was started in 2001 and has not grown substantially since.
http://www.ryze.com/
The most popular social networking application for business is LinkedIn by far, which picked up where Ryze left off. It currently has over 9M members and is a popular place to look for jobs or make business contacts. They make money by charging employers fees to talk to people in the system. It has also recently launched a similar application to Yahoo! Answers.
http://www.linkedin.com
Ecademy and XING (formerly OpenBC) are both lesser known business Networking sites that have a somewhat more niche audience
http://www.ecademy.com/
http://www.xing.com/
If you're looking to manage your customers, Salesforce.com is the industry leader in this space. They provide a number of services for people within an organization/corporation to share client information.
http://www.salesforce.com
2007-03-19 05:25:06 · answer #1 · answered by cameron marlow 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AWESOME question. I can't wait for answers!!!!
2007-03-17 10:19:50 · answer #2 · answered by MattyG 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋