How can the Internet help my business?

First things first, get your business online as soon as possible!
The websites listed below might potentially benefit your life/business in one capacity or another. I recommend you sign up, set up profiles, and actively participate in the following online worlds; and of course, not all below will be necessary and or applicable to your unique business situation.
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Culture, self expression, education, content gathering, information sharing
Above ground communities listed below…
Twitter What are you doing?
LinkedIn People, jobs, answers
YouTube Broadcast Yourself
Vimeo post viral videos online
Facebook so far, the best social networking site
mySpace Maybe if your business is music related?
Reddit what’s new online?
Yelp real people real reviews
Deviant Art where art meets application
Flickr photo sharing
Skype free international calls
Digg.com discover the best of the web
Delicious tasty bookmarks on the web
StumbleUpon discover your web
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There are 700 Billion other “things” you can get involved with online
Under ground communities…
Oauth open protocol to allow secure API authorization
OpenID single digital identity
DiSO open, distributed, social
Software Association of Oregon empowering technology professionals
Beer and Blog Bloggers helping Bloggers over Beers
My Lifestream Lifestream Blog
Sweetcron the automated Lifestream Blog software
mint.com the best free way to manage your money
Feed Informer mix, convert, and republish feeds
Mixx your blend of the web
upcoming.org events and things to do
The Global Language Monitor welcome to the million word march
Tipd a community for financial news, ideas, tips
Yahoo! Buzz what’s buzzing online?
Technorati what’s percolating in Blogs now
Squidoo set up your own web page in 60 seconds
boingboing.com a directory of wonderful things
ZoomInfo find people and companies
evil backwards golden
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Go to Tools/Resources
Below are websites I use daily for a variety of reasons…
Wikipedia the bomb
craigslist for rent, seeking job, selling stuff
Dictionary how to spell and what things mean
Google search key word/phrase
Google Maps how to get somewhere
Google Image Search need an image of something for something?
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More to come