Facebook. MySpace. Insert the name of your favorite social networking site here. These Web sites allow you to connect with contacts of all types -- old college chums, family members, acquaintances, co-workers, perfect strangers -- but they also largely have something else in common: advertisements. How are you supposed to promote yourself and your professional services if these social networking sites are so preoccupied with their own marketing agendas? Find out if you should be Clocked In instead.
How is Clocked In Different?
Unlike Facebook and many other popular social networking sites, Clocked In is ad-free. That’s right -- you can view profiles, enjoy the services and start making contacts without having to view a bunch of ads for everyone who isn’t you. Think of it as no-distraction, agenda-free networking. Doesn’t having a completely clean, self-designed profile appeal to you?
Clocked In (http://clocked.in/) gives users completely customizable online profiles with absolutely no ads. With your profile, you can show off links, promote your services and provide contact information so others can learn more about you and what you’ve got to offer. With this, you can begin amassing your network of friends and professional contacts. You’ll even have the option of taking advantage of Clocked In’s on-site instant messaging service.
And here’s the great part: you can do all of it without viewing any ads. This immediately sets the site apart from other social and professional online networks, though many of the other features may feel the same. Social networking is familiar enough, but strings-free professional networking may seem like something else entirely -- something much better.