Business networking: can’t get by without it

Business Networking is essential and not just for the extrovert or the sales man or women any more. We all do it in one form or another, whether at exhibitions, breakfast clubs, LinkedIn, Twitter or even on the train in the morning commute. At heart most of us are social creatures and networking is not just a way of gaining or giving prospective business it can also offer informal mentoring and support and job opportunities. And this is where Ecademy steps in, providing a ‘hub’ of knowledge and advice that supports small businesses.

Created in 1998, Ecademy has built up a thriving community of active small businesses who offer support to each other and learn from each other. New to Ecademy this month is Ecademy Assist, a learning support area of their community network offering a rick knowledge base of videos, blogs, articles, RSS feeds and PDFs.

With dedicated areas for IT, sales, marketing, social media, finance and logistics, Ecademy Assist offers a wealth of resources for small businesses and Microsoft is pleased to contribute to these. Take a look at our IT Support and Advice page; offering free downloads, customer videos and our ‘Ask the Expert’ panel.

Penny Power, founder of Ecademy says:

“When we first started Ecademy in 1998, we created a place for members to 'learn, network and develop their career'. Those three words remain true today, although 'career' is now replaced with 'develop your business' now we are seeing such an increase in the number of people starting their own businesses. With the launch of Ecademy Assist we are finally giving this vision its fullest respect,” adds Power.

For more information visit Ecademy.