If you’re an entrepreneur who has been seduced by tools of social media like Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook, you can get the benefits of using these basic tools for research and stay in touch with business partners, employers and customers, with learning new information.

If you are late to the party, however, we have listed a number of key tools for social media networking – as well as a number of social media sites designed just for entrepreneurs. Some may be familiar, but some may be new discoveries. Through these sites, you can network, build a Web presence, place ads, find funding and more.
The Basic Social Networking Tools

* Digg: create a niche for news from the loading of information that is useful to you and to others who want your information. This is a great place to find like-minded individuals who are interested in your information.
* Facebook: Not just for children, this tool can help to create ’pages’ that affect your business where you collect ’fans’ as ’followers’ to Twitter.
* Flickr: Share photos of your products or services, personnel, photos conventions and meetings to prove that you’re a pro and you like to have fun as well.
* Friendfeed: Create a private group for your company or colleagues to collaborate on a research paper, coordinate an upcoming event, or to provide updates on the status of TPS reports. Alternatively, use Friendfeed as a collection of feeds from your other social networking tools.
* LinkedIn: LinkedIn is the leader of the Social Business Networking in the box. While you may be tempted to use your business as the ’name’ for your LinkedIn account, you may think of a down-the-road situation where you sell that business activity. Be yourself at LinkedIn, state what you do, and put enough information in your profile to show that you have a business and that you’re human, too.
* Twitter: Use Twitter to show that a real human being is behind your brand. Some media pros recommend using a photo rather than a logo for an avatar, but use what feels ’right’ to you.
* YouTube: This tool is a no-brainer for film companies, entertainment and politics. But, you can use the video as how-to guides, information centers and more to promote your business.

Entrepreneur-specific social platforms

* BizFriendz: Increase your online presence and sales and developing new business contacts and partnerships through this social media platform. Earn money while building the network through the sale of tickets for events to create and fees through the first and second reference level by others who join the network and use functions BizFriendz ’the best one.
Biznik *: If you hate the isolation, they need more customers and clients want to increase your visibility and need help with certain parts of your business, then Biznik may be right for you. While LinkedIn is a great place to find a new job, Biznik is for sharing ideas online and face-to-face.
* Cofoundr: This community for entrepreneurs provides a comprehensive environment for entrepreneurs to find the co-founders, to build teams and to get advice. This is a public beta offering, so get in on the ground floor might appeal to your entrepreneurial spirit.
* DreamStake: This is a collaborative platform for "creative entrepreneurs" who want to meet with other talented people with experience in a wide range of disciplines. Finding funding, legal advice and marketing and software design and development of skills in this site.
* Ecademy: Create new contacts and friends, your business and visibility of Google, share your knowledge for the chance to meet others and build your business by advertising unlimited Marketplace.
* Connect Entrepreneur: create a profile, share ideas and make connections without feeling under pressure to self-promotion (which is not recommended in any case). You can also create or join groups to network, create dynamic business trade relationship and get your creative juices flowing.
* Fast Pitch: Fast Pitch provides a "one-stop shop for networking and marketing. Increase your online presence with a 60 + page manual explaining how to use Fast Pitch to its full potential.
* Go Big Network: Billed as the largest "business community to initiate" this social networking site offers ways to build a business plan, find funding, services and mentors. Think of this site as a Grand Central Station for entrepreneurs.
* PartnerUp: This is another social networking site for owners of small businesses that offers material on how to build your business, learn more about being in business and the opportunity to find a new job and even real estate for sale or leased.
* Perfect Business: Get the education and resources necessary to succeed in business with a place that promotes meeting thousands of entrepreneurs, both beginners and experts. Use this site to find potential business partners, customers and mentors.
* Ryze: The Social Media offers a business network for the free homepage for you to use to make quality business contacts, and offers connections with customers, colleagues and friends.
* StartupNation: This is a farmer-to-site contractor who helps self-starter to go ashore, market and build a business. This site also welcomes owners of franchises.
* StartupSpace: Develop a profile page for your business and invite friends to your network. You can develop a blog, a group and / or a discussion and to upload and share videos about your company and your interest on this new social networking platform.
* Financing: This is an online community full of entrepreneurs to research, rate and review funding sources worldwide. Terms of share of service sheets, helping others with the search for seed funds and request support for your company.
* Upspring: Using social media platform to promote your company and increase sales online, to develop new B2B contacts and profile for your business visibility online.
* Vator.tv: If you want to expand your exposure beyond YouTube videos, try this social platform for size. This is a place for emerging companies to display and sell their products and / or services. Obtain feedback, and join the community and share news, while meeting new entrepreneurs and customers.
* Young Entrepreneur: If you’re a young entrepreneur, join over 50,000 other members to discuss the start-ups and issues in forums, through blogs and private messages.
* Xing: manage your business contacts with seven million other members of this site. You receive a profile, a personal home page and messages as well as limited special offers on travel, electronics, and more.

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