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Social Network Support Helps Turn Knitting Hobbyists into Hobbypreneurs

Small Business Labs

She found that even on one of the Internet’s great niche social networks, offline encouragement and feedback helped most talented hobbyists recognize their ability and take the first steps toward monetizing it. See the 2009 Inuit research brief Today's Hobbyists are Tomorrow's Hobbypreneurs for more on this topic.

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Remote Work Has Greatly Benefitted Disabled Workers

Allwork

After becoming paralyzed in 2009, Beka Anardi never thought about working again…until the pandemic started in 2020. She sent her resumé to a few people in her network, and she was employed within a matter of weeks. As remote work became the norm, Anardi realized she could continue working as a recruiter.

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Is Your Networking Fishy Enough?

The Small Business Blog

Build your own network! Is Your Networking Fishy Enough? by adrianswinscoe on Jul 02, 2010 Networking is an essential growth strategy for any small (even large) business. However, there is an essential difference between having a strategy and how you implement it and many small businesses try networking with little success.

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/10

The Small Business Blog

Build your own network! Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/11/10 by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 10, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world.

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Networking While in Transition is the Key to Success

Job Advice Blog

There could be many reasons: feeling uncomfortable with the networking process, not knowing the process, being shy by nature, or never having needed to network in the past. The purpose of job-search networking is to cultivate relationships to lean on for getting advice, information, and–it is hoped–referrals.

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/17

The Small Business Blog

Build your own network! Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/11/17 by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 17, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world.

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/03

The Small Business Blog

Build your own network! Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/11/03 by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 03, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world. Starting a Small Business?

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