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Bounce flash (on hotshoe, but flash head aimed up a white ceiling not too high, ten feet maybe) is a very popular good way to use the speedlight.
Off camera, there are a few ways you can trigger it.
Radio trigger is one way. There are many, all prices, but the Yongnou RF-603 is a popular inexpensive trigger, about $28 for the set of two units (for transmitter and receiver), Amazon. Inexpensive first try, but it will work well. Only a few high end radio triggers allow more than Manual flash mode.
But you already have a good way... the Nikon Commander in your camera will control the SB-700 even in TTL mode, with nothing else to buy except maybe a light stand. Set the internal flash to Commander mode, disable the internal flash (MODE to --- ) and set the external flash to Remote. See http://www.scantips.com/lights/awl.html about using it.
Or the SB-700 has SU-4 mode (optical slave). Manual flash, but just set it out there, and then any manual flash will trigger it. For example, the camera internal flash set to Manual mode, even at very low power level if you don't want the internal to contribute to the scenes lighting.
Re Lightstand. Most have a 1/4 inch thread on top, so the flash can be mounted there, even with the flat plastic stand plate that came with the flash (a Stroboframe 300 shoe would be greatly more durable however - http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/50546-REG/Stroboframe_300_405_Shoe_General_Purpose.html ).
However, then the flash head may tilt up, but it cannot tilt down. For that, you would add an umbrella mount, of which again there are many, but see "umbrella mount" at B&H or Amazon. Then it fits any standard light stand, the 1/4" thread is not used. And adding a umbrella to it is really good for a speedlight.
see http://www.scantips.com/lights/umbrellas2.html for details.
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