TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Konnects (http://www.konnects.com), the place for professional networking, today announced a new set of features that extend the company's vision to provide individuals and businesses with a means to connect, generate new contacts and conduct transactions online. The newly updated Konnects user interface provides the look, feel and capabilities of popular Web 2.0 social networking platforms while maintaining a core focus on sharing business-related information. While other professional social networking sites help people leverage existing contacts, Konnects aims to reduce the barriers to building new business relationships online with its updated interface and integrated communities experience.

Konnects is a unique business social networking platform in that it enables users to establish and join distinct, self-governed networking communities based on shared professional interests and/or corporate affiliation. Konnects communities are, in effect, stand-alone professional networks. They can be fully branded to match any look and feel and provide all the features of an online social networking business, including sections for classified advertising, interest groups, video news and discussion forums. Community creators are provided with tools such as permission sets for managing their customer base, an analytics suite, and the ability to generate revenue from ads, subscriptions and other means. Features such as chat, VoIP and video conferencing facilitate meaningful and convenient interactions among Konnects members. Regardless of the number of communities they create or join, members utilize the same profile for every Konnects community in which they participate.

"Today's early-career professionals are used to an open and customizable online social networking experience, but the information shared on many of those sites isn't always appropriate for a business audience," said Jim Crabbe, CEO and co-founder of Konnects. "We created Konnects to fill the gap between the experiences found on sites like Facebook and LinkedIn. Our platform represents an opportunity for individuals and professionals to establish their own branded, revenue generating online professional network."

Driven almost exclusively by word-of-mouth, Konnects has attracted more than 350,000 users globally since its inception in November 2007 and is on pace to have one million registered users by the end of 2008. Its business model is built on multiple revenue streams, including targeted advertising, business partnerships, licensing a white-label solution and premiere membership subscriptions.

About Konnects

Konnects, the place for professional networking, is designed to mimic the natural way that business professionals meet and transact business with one another in a faster, cheaper, more efficient manner. Konnects accomplishes this through its own website and by enabling individuals and organizations around the world to create their own branded, self governed, online professional community. Konnects has registered users in more than 100 countries with the majority coming from the United States and India. More information is available at: http://www.konnects.com.

"Konnects" is a registered trademark of Konnects. References to other companies and their products use trademarks owned by the respective companies and are hereby acknowledged.

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