42 Rocking Niche Social Networks
Last week during the discussion about 5 Ways To Find Your Next Prospective Client I mentioned that I would do another post on the top 42 niche social networks. So, without further ado, let us discuss these 42 niche social networks.
Please note that these sites generally have an Alexa ranking of 100,000 or less, unless there is a lot of recent activity. Additionally, some sites I use on this list and there are some that I have heard of from other professionals or through online research. I will do my best to give you the best niche social networks, however, I ask for a mea culpa if I am off anywhere.
Here are these 42 rocking niche social networks with a brief description in no particular order.
42 Niche Social Networks
1. Warrior Forum-One of my favorite networks, because this is for internet marketers.
2. MLM Social- I have made some great connections there in the past.
3. Etsy-Are you crafty? Then take a look at this for a place to sell your wares.
4. MLM Beat-Similar to MLM social, except for MLM bloggers.
5. Active Rain-Real estate social network.
6. Bigger Pockets-I use to devour this site up as a real estate investor.
7. Flixster-Good for movie buffs.
8. Blog.com-Community for bloggers.
9. Good Reads-My wife loves this, so she can keep track of her 2,000 plus books.
10. GovLoop-This network connects different federal, state, and local government workers across the web. Any federal contractors reading this?
11. DeviantArt-This is a social networking community surprisingly for…Artists.
12. Eons-Need to target people over 40? Then this baby boomer network is for you.
13. LinkedIn-before I hear cop out. Remember this network is business only.
14. Ning-We have to include a network that is all about users creating their own niche networks.
15. SocialVibe-This is a network devoted to charity.
16. WAYN-Social network for travellers. It is the acronym of Where Are You Now.
17. Couch Surfing-Social Network for travelers looking for a place to crash.
18. TCN-For my UK construction workers reading this. Small group, but interesting.
19. Developers Force-Part of SalesForce.com
20. HR.com-Largest site dedicated to HR professionals in social networking.
21. Blackboard-Site for teachers looking to interact with students
22. Biznik-This is for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Note: MLM not wanted.
23. TripAdvisor The travel site has an extensive forum along with 60 million reviews.
24. PetSide Are you an animal lover?
25. Student.com-Getting into college, paying for college, you get the drift.
26. GodTube-For those with a more religious audience.
27. Gaia Online-Gamers playground and forum
28. Socializr-Events social network. Note: this site is in beta.
29. Epinions-Rating and social network on consumer goods. This might be a good place to do some advertising. Note: they were bought by Shopping.com.
30. Cafe Mom-Articles and topics by and for moms.
31. Lawyrs-Social network for lawyers and law students. This group is a little small.
32. MediaBistro-This is a community for creatives (artists, writers, editors, book publishers, tv, radio, etc).
33. VegetarianPassions-Smaller network, but from what I can see devoted users. (This is not anywhere near my niche, so I am can not really tell you a lot about this group).
34. Pattern Review-Social Networking for sewing professionals. Might be good for fashion professionals.
35.Parents Connect- Nickleodeon’s social network for parents.
36. Barista Exchange-13,000 members doing coffee talk! Reminds me of the Saturday Night Live skit.
37. Star Wars-Yes! I completely geeked up the entire list with Star Wars! Use the social network, young Skywalker!
38. Trek Space-Does my geekiness know no bounds with this Ning network. Engage Star Trek fans!
39. Tip’d-Social networking for finance! Money and social networking all in one place.
40. Young Entrepreneur-Part of Entrepreneur.com forum for entrepreneurs.
41. Entrepreneur.com-Okay, so they have two forums for entrepreneurs. Tre Bizarre!
42.Cnet-The place where you get to download all those free software programs also has a happening forum.
Now, go forth to the proper social network and find some clients! Also, if you have any social networks please put the name (not the link) in the comment section below. I will check them out and add them if warranted to the list. In the meantime, these 42 niche social networks should you rocking and rolling to business.
11 Responses to “42 Rocking Niche Social Networks”
Greg M on January 31, 2012
#33 is misspelled both in the list and the link. It’s
http://vegetarianpassions.com
admin on February 1, 2012
Greg,
Changed it. Thanks for the heads up!
Andy
BuySellWordpress on February 1, 2012
You did an excellent social networks’ research! It can be very-very necessary for all bloggers
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admin on February 1, 2012
Thank you very much! The right sites for the business!
Anthony McNeil on February 1, 2012
Hey there Andy. Thanks for putting the list together. I just bookmarked the page so that I can come back and check out more of the sites.
Anthony
admin on February 2, 2012
Anthony,
Glad you liked the list!
Andy
Dawn Abraham on February 3, 2012
Hi Andy!
I love your list! But it isn’t complete without the leading motivational community.
Motivational Whisperers Social Media/ Networking/ & Marketing Self Help & Life Coach Community. Motivational Whisperers. Com
admin on February 3, 2012
Dawn,
I appreciate your inclusion of this community. I did take a look at it, but realized that it is a growing community where a lot of the other networks that I choose were more established.
Definitely a community to keep an eye!
Andy
Roy, TheFilmPortal.net on April 29, 2012
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Joshua Dorkin on May 14, 2012
Andy –
I just found this post and noticed that you included BiggerPockets. Thank you so much! I appreciate being a part of your elite list of 42, and of course, hope we’ll see you devouring more of our site in the future.
Best,
Josh
admin on May 15, 2012
Josh,
I have been out of real estate investing for the past few years, but when I was in the biz I was on your site regularly. It was and continues to be one of the best places online to connect with real estate investors.
Andy