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“Build it and they will come?” Not anymore (if that was ever really true).


Chris Bennett - Guest Contributor

Just building a feature-filled social networking site with a sound infrastructure is only the start of your website journey. Don’t fret, though, because it’s an exciting journey: social networking sites are the most visited area of the Internet. According to recent statistics from Hitwise.com, social networking actually accounts for 11% of all web visits.

Check it out - our very own Cathy Siciliano was featured on Anita Campbell's Small Business Trends radio show. During the show, Cathy shared best practices for working with an outside consultant.



Cathy also co-hosted last week's episode of Small Business Trends radio focusing on selling to wholesale buyers.  Listen in as Cathy and Anita learn best practices for promoting your small business to wholesale buyers with Stephanie Cartwright, co-founder of MyWares.

Did you notice the new “tab” at the top of every page on Elance? 


The new addition – Skills Central – is a resource where you can explore the inner workings of the Elance talent market, especially facts and data about the skills in demand and the skills for hire on Elance.

Cool, right? Better than cool, Skills Central is actually useful in helping make you a better elancer, too. Here’s how …

We launched several enhancements to the website today:

• Launched Skills Central, a new place where you can view skills data
• Introduced a new role, Consultants, to the Teams functionality
• Integrated comments on Status Reports with private messages (PMBs)
• Improved keyword search results for employers
   

Read on to learn more.

Elance provider SynapseIndia recently achieved a Level 3 status of the Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI) for Software product development.



The CMMI award is given to companies that maintain a high level of quality and systematic processes in the following functional areas: