I started working for myself in 2006 and was told to join a social networking site.
I didn’t have a clue what that meant but as none of my friends were using the internet and weren’t self employed either I thought it might be a good idea to join.
So I joined Ecademy and enjoyed it. LinkedIn and Twitter followed soon. I resisted Facebook for a long time but then knew I needed a Facebook page, so I joined that too.
Then, in 2010, my online friends spoke about Empire Avenue and tried to persuade me to join
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