{"id":1830,"date":"2009-09-06T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/join-the-worlds-largest-social-networking-sourcing-community\/"},"modified":"2009-09-06T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T17:22:00","slug":"join-the-worlds-largest-social-networking-sourcing-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/join-the-worlds-largest-social-networking-sourcing-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the world&#8217;s largest social-networking sourcing community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/e\/gis\/99434\/569AAC56EBFC\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,&#39;_blank&#39;,&#39;scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39;); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The BPO Forum\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8356fb76c69e20115701416ef970b \" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/images\/6a00d8356fb76c69e20115701416ef970b-800wi.jpg\" style=\"FLOAT: right\" title=\"The BPO Forum\" \/><\/a>Yes, there is such a thing as a free lunch&#8230; Horses For Sources&#39; official LinkedIn Group, the aptly-named &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?home=&amp;gid=99434&amp;trk=anet_ug_hm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BPO and Offshoring Best Practices Forum<\/a>&quot; now has&#0160;7,000 members. 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