http://www.energybyte.com/blog/review-startupbiz-the-small-business-social-network Doing Business, Start-ups, Small Business Blog Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:12:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.energybyte.com/blog/review-startupbiz-the-small-business-social-network/comment-page-1#comment-74728 Tracy Wed, 20 Oct 2010 03:47:39 +0000 http://www.energybyte.com/blog/?p=261#comment-74728 I use to be a member, until the site started bombarding its members with "buy this and upgrade that". Its so in your face that even posting a blog you're hit with some advertising from the site trying to get you to buy into some upgrade. It use to be a cool site to network, but as always, the site owners start getting greedy and slap you in the face with upgrading pleas. Back in the day if you commented on someones page you could leave your business link, NOW, http://sta.rtup.biz doesn't allow you to do that and requests that "you upgrade" to do what was once free? I was away for a while and returned, I guess somewhere I left my link but I never really comment anyway, come today I tried to log in and they "banned" me??? Apparently I went against their policy of no mention of my business in comments, HOWEVER, they do say that if you "upgrade" all will be well and you will no longer be "banned" if you pay up. Greed, gotta love it! I use to be a member, until the site started bombarding its members with “buy this and upgrade that”. Its so in your face that even posting a blog you’re hit with some advertising from the site trying to get you to buy into some upgrade. It use to be a cool site to network, but as always, the site owners start getting greedy and slap you in the face with upgrading pleas. Back in the day if you commented on someones page you could leave your business link, NOW, http://sta.rtup.biz doesn’t allow you to do that and requests that “you upgrade” to do what was once free? I was away for a while and returned, I guess somewhere I left my link but I never really comment anyway, come today I tried to log in and they “banned” me??? Apparently I went against their policy of no mention of my business in comments, HOWEVER, they do say that if you “upgrade” all will be well and you will no longer be “banned” if you pay up. Greed, gotta love it!

]]> http://www.energybyte.com/blog/review-startupbiz-the-small-business-social-network/comment-page-1#comment-28592 Dinette Rivera Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:23:22 +0000 http://www.energybyte.com/blog/?p=261#comment-28592 I was invited today. So far everyone saying hello is out to sell me something, mostly network marketing companies. That is a definite turn off for me. Still deciding whether to stay or go. I was invited today. So far everyone saying hello is out to sell me something, mostly network marketing companies. That is a definite turn off for me. Still deciding whether to stay or go.

]]> http://www.energybyte.com/blog/review-startupbiz-the-small-business-social-network/comment-page-1#comment-8780 Mike Michalowicz Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:10:33 +0000 http://www.energybyte.com/blog/?p=261#comment-8780 Looks like a cool site. They seem to have a big focus on The Big Idea. Looks like a cool site. They seem to have a big focus on The Big Idea.

]]>