Online Resources Small Businesses Shouldn't Live Without

Getting Started and Keeping it Going

• The Wall Street Journal for Entrepreneurs - http://www.startupjournal.com
• Entrepreneur Magazine – http://www.entrepreneur.com/
• EntreWorld - http://www.entreworld.com/

• US Government - http://www.business.gov/phases/launching/
• By Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs - http://www.morebusiness.com/
• Total-Entrepreneur.com - http://www.total-entrepreneur.com
• Small Business Opportunity - http://www.smallbusinessopportunity.com
• Small Business Brief - http://www.smallbusinessbrief.com/
• Home Business Center - http://www.homebusinesscenter.com/

Virtual Learning

• Entrepreneur Radio - http://www.business-talk-radio.com/
• Score’s 60 second Guide - http://www.score.org/guides.html
• Dream Coach - http://www.dreamcoach.com/
• Direct Selling Woman - http://www.mydswa.org

Picking a Name or Key Words

• Google - https://adwords.google.com/select/main?cmd=KeywordSandbox
• Overture - http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/

• Network Solutions - http://www.networksolutions.com/

• Tradename - http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm

Grant Center

• Small Biz Grant Center - http://www.businessownersideacafe.com
• Count Me In - http://www.count-me-in.org/
• Small Business Funding Opportunities - http://grants.nih.gov
• SBA Loan - http://www.sbasmallbusinessloans.com/

Creative Resources

• Tech Savvy Students - http://www.techstudents.net
• Stay at Home Moms
• Executives between Jobs

Site Submission

• Google - http://www.google.com/addurl.html
• Open Directory Project - http://dmoz.org/add.html
• Yahoo  - http://docs.yahoo.com/info/suggest/
• Ask Jeeves - E-mail to url@askjeeves.com with description and URL

Getting the Word Out

• PRWeb - http://www.prweb.com/
• Corner Bar PR- http://www.cornerbarpr.com/
• Bacon’s - http://www.bacons.com/

• Exact Target - http://email.exacttarget.com/

• Topica - http://www.topica.com/

Blogs (summary sites)

• BlogPulse - http://blogpulse.com/
• Feedster - http://www.feedster.com
• TypePad - http://www.typepad.com/

Networking Online

• Yahoo Groups - http://groups.yahoo.com/

• Ryze - http://www.ryze.com/
• People Who Click - www.peoplethatclick.com (FREE Profile)
• Ecadamy - http://www.ecademy.com/

Sharing Your Site’s Link

• Link Exchange - http://www.linkexchanged.com/

Who’s Talking about Your Business or Your Competitors

• Google Alert - http://www.googlealert.com/
• Link Popularity - http://www.linkpopularity.com/
• Technorati - http://www.technorati.com/
• Pub Sub - http://www.pubsub.com/index.php

Improving your Website

• Keyword Density Analyzer - http://www.keyworddensity.com/
• Web Site Ranking - http://toolbar.google.com/
• Page Ranking, http://webworkshop.net/pagerank.html
• SEO Forum - http://www.ihelpyouservices.com/forums/
• High Ranking - http://www.highrankings.com/forum/
• Web Analytics - http://www.clicktracks.com/
• Link Alarms - http://linkalarm.com/

Other Technology Tools

• Recover Data from ALL Media Types - http://www.eprovided.com/