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Small Business Services

Congratulations! You have a business of your own. We'll help you build it  

Congratulations! You have a business of your own. We'll help you build it.

- Grow Your Business in a Slow Economy
The economy is sputtering and you need a stomach of iron to watch the daily fluctuations of the stock market; but people ARE still buying....
- Rising to the top
Congratulations. After months of blood, sweat and tears, your new company, Jane’s Designer Clothing, has launched its new web site....
- Getting (Almost) Free Press
Each small business owner is on a similar quest. We're constantly on the hunt for new clients. While we know that the best way to get new clients is through referrals, it's difficult to grow a business through recommendations alone. It takes determination, drive and creativity.
- Hot Button Selling
Once you've got your sales personality all polished up and ready to go, it's time to think about using it to make sales. This is the hard part for many of us, the part that intimidates us because we have never been in a position to learn how it's done.
 

Startup

- The Five Essentials for an Entrepreneur to
    Start a Business

The economy may be tanking but new research from Barclays suggests that entrepreneurs are far from being discouraged by reports of an economic slowdown. They report an estimated 98,000 new start-ups formed in the first three months of 2008, which is the highest number of start-ups in the last three quarters.
 
- Making Your Map: The Business Plan
There is information plastered all over the place about how to write a business plan. You can find it in a variety of forms and formats, with step-by-step instructions on just exactly what kind of information such a document should contain.

- Bug-Eating Bugs - Finding a business niche
- Once More, From The Top - When your
    business fails

- The Entrepreneur's Personality - Quiz
- The Other Home-Based Working Women
- Help! I'm trying to start a business
- Choosing Your Home- Based Career
- Checklist for Starting a Business
- Creating Your Professional Image the
    Internet

- Do You Have the Time?

 

Operations

- Make Your Workspace More Workable
Ever wonder where the day went? Wish you felt more energized at the office? Afraid the piles of paper on your desk have taken on a life of their own? Well, whether your office is across town or across creating a workable environment will help.
 
- Working at Home? - Be More Productive
Ah, working at home... Visions of leisurely days, conference calls in comfy sweatpants, increased productivity with fewer interruptions. But the distinctions between work life and home life soon blur. You really should throw some laundry in the wash before you write that proposal

- Opportunity Will Knock, If It Can Find the Door
- Hot Button Selling
- Sell Value, Not Time
- Nightmare Employees
- When A Door Opens, Go Through It
- Your Home Office
- Goal Tending - Tips for setting goals
- In the News - Ezine Publishing
- Making Money Online - Tips
- HR For The Home Based Business
- Beneficial Liaisons - Networking
- Take the Dis Out of Disorder
- The Power of Strategic Alliances
- Airline Tips

 

Promotion

- Seven Steps to Getting Known
So you've started your own business and you're ready to let the world (or your neighborhood) know. Now it's time to add public relations to the list of your entrepreneurial skills.
 
- Smart PR Stategies To Get Your Small
    Business Free Media Coverage

Paul opens his favorite business magazine to find a fawning interview with Amazon's Jeff Bezos. Then he picks up the morning paper and reads a long story on a new donut chain being built in his town. Later he catches a feature piece on CNN about a guy who sells funny handmade shoes and learns accounting secrets from a CPA in Ohio.

- Fear of Selling
- Measuring Brand Performance
- Seven Steps to Getting Known
- Analyzing Web Site Data
- Selling Yourself - Online Promotion
- Sniffing Out Search Engines
- How to Create Successful Advertising Copy
- Business Card Tips

 

Technology

- Your Revenue-Tool Upgrade
Everything they have been saying is true. The Internet is officially a marketplace, not just another form of media. Your next-door neighbor did all her Christmas shopping over the Internet to avoid the holiday crowds. Your brother found his trusted business consultant in a regional search on Yahoo!
 
- Is Your Website Ready for the Public?
It truly does pain me to see the number of "business" websites out there that just don't belong. If you conduct a search on Alta Vista for "home business tips," I guarantee you you'll see at least six out of the top ten listings that are breaking some of the most important web design rules, and yet others that wreak bloody HAVOC on your eyes.

- Graphics For The Web - GIF Format

 

Resources

- Business Organizations
Women's organizations can be a great source of information and networking opportunities. Following is a list of several national business organizations, which are committed to supporting women in the workplace
- Start-up
Some links to help you get your business off the ground. Check back, we'll be adding more as we find them.
- Web Tools
Free and inexpensive resources to help you design, build and develop your site. Check back frequently, we'll be adding more as we find them.
- Government Grants and Funding
Finding and identifying government agencies that give grants for specific purposes or in specific subject areas requires considerable time, effort, and research. The resources on this page provide a starting point to help you do your own research
 
 
 
 
 

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