Visa Business Network Launches on Facebook
30/06/2008 07:45:00
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) has unveiled the Visa Business Network (
www.visabusinessnetwork.com), the first-ever application dedicated to connecting small businesses on Facebook.
The Visa Business Network has been created with small businesses, for small businesses, and is a unique environment built on Facebook Platform for the small business arena. To celebrate this initiative, Visa will award a total of $2 million in Facebook advertising credit to help small business owners reach new customers and drive new growth.
This new site can help small business owners easily tap into a global network of peers and advisers from among the more than 80,000 small businesses already on Facebook. It will also provide small business owners with valuable business tools and help them efficiently identify and target thousands of prospective customers. This one-stop resource will empower small business owners to expand their customer base, manage their business better and exchange ideas with other businesses and trusted advisers.
Mike Symes, MD of Strand Financial comments "This is a ground-breaking move from VISA to embrace Web 2.0 by working with Facebook to harness the possibilities for B2B social networking. The users have the power to make things happen. I will be fascinated to see how the community evolves and to what extent users make the most of the opportunities afforded by the new network."
