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Blogs and Forums

Forums are a great way of communicating with others on the net. Forums usually call a topic a 'thread'. Another great thing about forums is that they almost always have a search facility, so you can quickly find what you are looking for. Both forums and blogs are usually set up by organisations with something to sell you, so bear this in mind when viewing.

Shell-Livewire	www.shell-livewire.org/
	An organisation dedicated to 16-30 year old enteprenuers. Have an active forum for discussing business issues. They also have a mentoring service where you can ask questions. Based in the UK.

British Furniture Confederation	www.britishfurnitureconfederation.or
	Can discuss your needs with other members of the forum.
You need to become a member to use the forum

The Shopping Blogs	www.giftware.net.au/blogs/
	An Australian blog site discussing giftware retailing. Some of it is advertising, some of it is newsworthy.

Never Cold Call Again	www.nevercoldcall.com/forum/
	A discussion forum for sales people. Well laid out. The focus is on how to generate leads without cold calling.USA based.

Platinax Business Forum	www.platinax.co.uk/forum/
	A business forum which has an advertising and sales thread, an internet thread and web development thread, amongst other things. It is UK based, but they talk in dollars.