TSBNG An Association Of Local Businesses
January 1, 2010
I am way stoked, thrilled and jumping for joy over the launching of our Ning based social network. I had been very active on another similar business networking association here in Tucson. However, that sites owner banned me from his site. That was Thursday afternoon and by Sunday evening this site was a reality. It was only a matter of time before I launched my own site.
Heck, I was putting in two hours a day on local social networking on a site that I did not own. So now, I am putting in the effort building a network of my own. I get to call the shots here and I like that. One of the advantages for me is that I don’t have a profit motive here. While I do hope to acquire business through referrals, the site is not meant to be a profit center.
I really love what I do and I love sharing what I know. There are so many tremendous opportunities available that I want to share that with other local small business owners. In many way I see myself as a small business advocate. Buying web related services can be a daunting task and fraught with anxiety. It is very easy to make mistakes. I should know I have made my share so that my members don’t have too.
I have purchased the domain Tucson Small Business Networking Group it should hopefully be redirecting traffic to the site soon. I have very high expectations that we will be ranking high for the search Tucson networking groups very soon.
Update: The redirect is in place and working. The normal 301 however would not work Ning required what is know as a Cname to work properly. This was news to me! I must admit that I still learn something new almost everyday in this business.
You can Optimize your pages but it is based on the Page Title matching the post title which is OK. However, with WordPress I can make the Post title and Page different which I do almost every time. Ning also does allow you to choose your page description. While page description does not affect search rankings it does affect click thoughts to your website. Since about 45% of searchers will decide to visit your site based on the description this is very important. Given this is a not for profit site I can live with this.
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9 Responses to “TSBNG An Association Of Local Businesses”
I’m really glad that you started this network. Since I’m in from the very beginning, it will be a great way to make new friends as they join the network. I’m really looking forward to the future of this group. Thanks for starting it.
Hi Teresa,
I want to welcome you on this journey. This business has entered year # 3 and this site is a natural progression. It should prove to be a wonderful marketing and networking tool for those who use it! I’m glad you are along for the ride it should be interesting.
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I just wanted to let you know that we are growing… Slowly but we are growing. If you haven’t checked out the site I would definitely suggest that you check out the site… Thanks!
LOL whenever you run a popular site whether it be networking or other and you have qualified webmasters working on it with you don’t piss them off or they will soon enough become your competitor. Well I am sure your ex friend will learn his lesson soon enough best of luck with your new site.
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looks interesting. gotta check this out.
Admin: Ryan, the site is limited to Tucson Businesses I just thought you should know!
I just wanted to wish you good luck with the networking group!
^Thats so sad that I won’t get to take advantage of the community. Anyway, I hope to learn from your social networking site still. Thanks a lot!
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Thanks for sharing. We’re based out of Minneapolis and thinking of putting together a similar Ning networking site for small business owners in the area. We’ve enjoyed watching the success of this organization grow and will probably do the same thing for ourselves in early 2010. Thanks for setting a great example of a working small business networking site!