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In Addition to the Ezine...
Your business will have lots of needs. We have chosen some business resources, each of which will give you great value for your money. In some cases these resources cost nothing at all. In other cases, you can buy products and services at discounted prices. In any case, we vet each supplier on this page to make sure you are getting quality.
If you'll be selling online, you'll want to get a shopping cart hooked up to your website. I recommend 1ShoppingCart.com. I don't recommend PayPal typically because the customers’ information is then stored on their site, not yours and they don't accommodate for recurring charges and billing, which you'll need most often.
You'll need a merchant account company. This can be your bank but this company is the liaison between your shopping cart and your bank account. I recommend PracticePaySolutions.com.
Virtual Phone and FAX service and 800 Numbers
I have found a complete, hosted phone and fax system for your business. RingCentral Online RingCentral Online gives small businesses and mobile professionals a more professional image by combining toll free and local numbers with advanced call management features. Set up departments, assign extensions, record greetings, and manage how calls are handled for each extension. Track all incoming/outgoing calls and faxes online. Plans from $9.99/month. RingCentral Fax RingCentral Fax includes a toll free or local number to send and receive faxes by email or in your RingCentral account. Send faxes from any application. Plans from $7.99/month; includes 300 pages every month. Free fax editing software included.
Back-Up Solutions
I also recommend signing up for an online data backup system because you never know when your computer might crash. You don't want to rely on backing up yourself or it won't get done! I recommend Mozy with unlimited backup for $4.95 per month or 2GB Totally Free Online Backup! Compliments of Mozy.
MOO is an online stationery company. They print custom Business Cards, mini Business Cards (they like to call them MiniCards), Postcards, NoteCards, Greeting Cards and StickerBooks. Each product you print with MOO can be fully customized using images uploaded directly - or imported from sites like facebook and Flickr. MOO’s unique “Printfinity” technology means that every card or sticker in a pack can use a different image or photo for the front. MOO’s products are loved by small businesses.
Tendering for Contracts Training
offers a comprehensive online programme that enables firms to tender for public and private sector contracts with confidence. Their training enables firms to develop new revenue streams by effectively preparing them to engage in the tendering and contracting process.
Learn how to sell your product to any major retailer at BoostMyProduct.com This website has invaluable information about selling your product to stores such as Wal-mart, Target and Costco.
Secret Strategies never before told about how to make your fortune at Trade Shows, Exhibitions, your in-house events, and even Flea Markets.
Nolo is the nation’s leading provider of do-it-yourself legal and business solutions for those of us without law degrees or MBAs. Since 1971, Nolo has offered affordable plain-English books, forms and software on a wide range of legal issues, including employment, intellectual property and starting and running a small business. Nolo.com
Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business. The legal documents you need on any given day! Like most small business owners, you probably can't afford to hire a lawyer to draft the legal documents you need in the course of your day-to-day business.
Now there's an affordable solution -- Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business, which provides you with over 60 legal forms and documents and all the step-by-step instructions you need to use them.
This collection of essential legal and business documents helps you:
• create contracts to buy, sell, rent or store goods • hire employees and consultants • protect your trade secrets • create noncompete agreements • prepare an LLC operating agreement • borrow and lend money • buy a business • lease commercial space • prepare corporate bylaws • record minutes of meetings • buy real estate • and much more
Businesses You May Want to Start
Build your own business with low and attainable start up costs and minimal overhead. Work in a positive environment, with positive, outgoing people who have similar goals. Thrive in a recession and be personally mentored by me. Look at my business model!
The Asphalt King Business Opportunity is simple and straight forward. All you need is the desire and a few dollars (under $6000) to get it started and you have to be willing to work hard and follow the Asphalt King operating system.
Below you will find books I can recommend on leadership and on mental attitude in general. "Think & Grow Rich" is the first book I give people when they start their own business. So much of the work has to be done between the ears; Napoleon Hill studied the hugely successful business owners of his time and came to some very valuable conclusions. You can use the same tools that the greats used by following the instructions in his book.
Directories
Finance Shop
is a directory where you will find useful websites in the areas of Accounting, Business and Financial Services, Business and Society, Business opportunity, and Customer Service.
Another Resource
Another source for business help is your local SCORE office. SCORE is a part of the Small Business Department of the federal government. SCORE advisers are usually retired businesspeople who are willing to give entrepreneurs free and confidential business advice. Find your local SCORE office.
One Last Resource Just for You
My purpose and passion is to help people start their own businesses. If you have gone through this website and need my personal help, contact me and describe as fully as you can what help you need. I won't give you money or invest in your business. On the other hand it won't cost you a penny. I would be happy to try and help you with advice.
• create contracts to buy, sell, rent or store goods