Helpful Websites for Small Businesses
There are many more quality websites than those listed here. These are sites that I have found useful and come highly recommended by many sharp people with extensive Internet experience. The Internet world is a fast changing one and my plan is to regularly update this list. I welcome new ones and any critiques of those on this list. I hope you find some that are useful for you
Search Engines |
Domain Name & Web Hosting |
Creating A Website |
| google.com yahoo.com bing.com |
godaddy.com 1and1.com |
icondesignfl.com 4creatingawebsite.com |
Analytics |
Website Rankings |
Web Site Research |
| google.com/analytics (free) seomoz.org (free/ fee) |
alexa.com (free) | compete.com keywordspy.com Siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com |
Research-Sites |
PR Sites |
Article Marketing Sites |
| Compete.com Keywordspy.com |
newswiretoday.com i-newswire.com prweb.com |
ezinearticles.com articlesbase.com isnare.com evancarmichael.com |
Blogs (free) |
Barter |
Business Plans (free) |
| wordpress.com blogger.com |
IRTA.com | bplans.com |
E-Mail Marketing |
Social Networking |
Small Business Help |
| constantcontact.com aweber.com |
facebook.com linkedin.com twitter.com Youtube.com myspace.com |
sbdcnet.org/category/bob-reissscore.org enterpreneur.com Inc.com asbdc-us.org sbdcnet.org (to find out nearest SBDC center) |
Sales Reps |
Customer Traffic Builder |
Business Incubators |
| rephunter.net (Matches Sales Reps with Manufacturers )manaonline.org Manufacturers’ Agents National Associationbootstrapping101.com/guide free 22 page E Guide on the Sales Rep – Manufacturer Relationship for Mutual Gain | Groupon.com (cash free way to generate traffic [customers] to your business)livingsocial.com | NBIA.org (to find closest one to you)
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Shopping Carts |
Franchising |
Factors |
| 1shoppingcart.com clickbank.com paypal.com infusionsoft.com |
franchise.org (Assn.) entrepreneur.com |
factoring.org (Assn. can match you with appropriate factor.) |
Sale of Digital Products |
Exporting Sales |
Creating Domain and Product Names |
| clickbank.com (offer your wares to affiliates & perform all functions) | export.gov | lingzini.com/index.php |
Self-Publishing |
Fundraising |
Personalized Newspaper-Front Page |
| Lightningsource.com(printer) Createspace.com (printer) NovelRank.com (measures your Amazon Sales Rank & Sales-free) [email protected] (publicity) |
gettingtogiving-fundraising.com | yourownfrontpage.com |
Recreation |
Licensing |
Bootstrapping |
| cruisecompete.com | Licensing.org (International Licensing Association) | bootstrapping101.com Bob Reiss book on Tips to Build Your Business with Limited Cash and Free Outside Help |