8KMiles intends to build a global network of highly talented and skilled professionals, providing them with a platform to connect, build long-term relationship, and increased business opportunities.

The networking features enable users to communicate with buyers, service providers and 8KMiles staff to share ideas, ask questions, refer, and recommend each other.

8KMiles Forum: 8KMiles users can participate in forums and can build bonds with each other. Focused interest groups will easily form around a topic's discussion, subjects dealt within or around sections in the forum.

8KMiles Blog: 8KMiles users can post blogs to provide commentary or news on specific topics. These topics can be related to technology, outsourcing trends, industry facts, social aspects, economy, geopolitical news and much more.

Absolutely. You can help us expand our user base by referring your friends to join 8KMiles. You can invite your friends to join 8KMiles by using "Invite your friends"    widget that appears on your "8KMiles" tab. You will be able to invite your contacts from:

• Email accounts (Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, AOL etc.)
• Social sites (Orkut, mySpace, Facebook etc.)
• Professional networking sites (LinkedIn, Xing etc.)

You can also send invitations to contacts by using their business email IDs.

Yes, you can request endorsements from people you know.

Endorsements would increase your credibility on the 8KMiles ecosystem and would help you attract buyers to invite you for bid and providers to bid on your projects.