A new Web Site hit the Internet the other day that I thought was pretty interesting and of course helpful. The company or I should say volunteer group started a virtual community for small business start-ups that is packed with advice, information and more for new business owners. I always find it nice when people give back…More people in this world should be doing just that…giving back.
Last week the website was still being built and after checking today, It looks like they added more information (content), pages, forums, marketing advice and more. I’m blogging about it a bit early…hey, might as well get it out in the open early in it’s stages so people can hit it while it is still ground level. So with that being said, these are some of the things you can find on the website. Best of all, they made it free for small business owners. 
Website: 24virtual.com
Things of interest:
- Starting off on the homepage, business owners will find information such as: Latest information from them. A new business owner “interview” section filled with questions. Which I think is fantastic, by the way. I mean how many business community’s will take the time to interview a new business, post about them in their blog and do it free? Not many. So If I were you, I would fill out that form (find form here) as it is a great way to get your new business in-front of many. Also on the home page, you’ll find a “Best Business Awards Section” all a business owner has to do is register by August 4th 2011(register here) again, a nice thing to have when first starting out. Finishing off on the home page, I found a spotlight product section. I contacted some of the businesses I know and they filled out the information and now some of them can be seen on the website. Wow, they actually put a logo up! Amazing as most of these types of websites ask you to fill out this long drawn out form and do nothing. So another great chance to get your information out on the net.
- Clicking on the business forum section. I see they offer a pretty large forum, I joined. Again, being a new website, I’m not sure they have advertised the forum yet. So it is a brand new community with not many in it. I’m sure in time, people will jump right in and get things going.
- They offer their own blog. The blog looks as it will be offering some great advice, tips and tricks and general business news. Might be worth the read.
- A market place. This drop down offers a lot of discounts from other businesses. Another great reason as they are saving you money. I would look into all the offers. Some of the businesses I know and even blogged about myself. Well worth the look.
- A business Events Section. This is a calendar page, they are allowing marketing reps to list events such as seminars, conference’s, etc. Again, this free.
Looking into them on the About Page. You’ll find that this service was created by other business owners who have, as mentioned, volunteer their time with the goal of becoming one of the largest small business community’s on the Internet, today. I hope it works for them as small business owners need all the resources they can get when starting out. I give them all two thumbs up for creating this website. I hope you can find the time to check it out…Who knows, maybe you might even gain a few more customers out it.
Thanks for ready. Have a wonderful Monday.
You can call me at (Number Removed). I want to talk about j. joshua beistle and his business because I bought into it and am trying to figure out if it’s a scam. Thanks.
- Ben Cohen
Posted by Ben Cohen | June 20, 2011, 6:49 pmHello Ben,
Thank you for the comment. A simple Google, Yahoo or Bing search under that name will show many links about MLM Scams. You will see that I’m not the only one that has made a comment/blog or has reported this person. I was reading a blog over at http://www.quatloos.com/mlm/mlm.htm and they have said it right “So you are being “hired” to sell products, and you have to buy into the program? This is a sure sign that it is a scam. If the product is worth a darn, the company will make its money selling the product. No program that requires you to buy into the program is real, meaning that all our scams.” Further research about all the companies this person is involved in will show more information. Most with a lot of complaints. If you have “bought into” this company…I wish you the best of luck, maybe you will make money or not? It’s a gamble that I would would never take with a MLM company as you have invested money into it. Besides, most MLM’s claim thousands in your first month, right? If that was the case, everyone would be doing it.
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