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Social Networking Sites forEntrepreneurs | My Top 3 and whyAs an online and network marketer, I'm always looking for effectiveplatforms and communities to plug into to network with likeminded open minded individuals. Specifically, I look for networkingsites that are free and focused on entrepreneurship. In this article,I will share my top 3 sites and why.

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1. LINKEDIN

LinkedIn is My #1 choice for a social networking site forentrepreneurs because of the following:

A)LinkedIn has always been the website commonly associatedwith business and professionals. People go on LinkedIn with theintention of doing business transactions. Many businesses willoften research professionals or companies on LinkedIn beforedoing business. 

B)Social Media Today found that 45% of B2B marketers havegained a customer through LinkedIn.

C)Article content you publish on LinkedIn ranks highly on manysearch engines. Specifically, it's one of the top 5 sites that googleindexes regularly.

D)Unlike Facebook, you can have a maximum number of 30,000personal connections and after that an unlimited number of peoplefollowing you. 

E) There lots of groups for virtual networking be it by geography,business category or interest. 

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If you haven't quite figured out how to utilize LinkedIn as a leadgenerator for your business, check my below video on LinkedInTips and Tricks for Entrepreneurs and follow me on Youtube as Iwill be releasing a series of videos in January 2017 focused ongiving tips on maximizing LinkedIn as Entrepreneurs:

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2) FACEBOOK

Although Facebook is primarily billed as the social site forconnecting with friends and family. There are proven effectiveways to use facebook that make it number 2 on my top SocialNetworking Sites for Business, these are:

A)People do business with those they like and trust so throughusing your social profile you and sharing your life with a fewbusiness posts in between, you can actually attract customers

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and business partners. There are many six figure income earnerswithin the network marketing industry who have that as one of thecornerstones of their recruiting and sales.

B)Facebook groups similar to LinkedIn are plentiful and cover alltopics and regions. Leveraging groups effectively and connectingwith other business minded persons through groups can be agreat way to grow your network and then your businesseffectively.

C) Facebook ads is, in my opinion, superior when it comes toreally doing targetted marketing and this is the final reason thatthey made it to number 2 on my list. Check my other blog postwhere I share strategies on how to advertise on facebook (free andpaid).

3. IBOTOOLBOX

This is a little gem that I found recently that I've fallen in love with.It's a free and very active social network for small business, onlinemarketers and network marketers or mlm-ers. This made my top 3because of the following:

A)It provides a suite of free tools and services for the online /internet marketer.

B)The community is of like minded and open minded businessowners. It's thriving and I have already connected with several go-getters within my field that have shared some amazing tips andlead sources with me.

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C)You can connect via what is called associating on the site withan unlimited number of individuals.

D)The search and filter functions on the wall and in the associatedirectory is THE hidden gem of this site.

Those are my top 3 social sites for entrepreneurs and onlinemarketers. I welcome your thoughts and feedback. Feel free toreach out and connect with me on all platforms mentioned.

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