Resources 02/04
Web sites, organizations, events and more to grow your business
URL:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2004/february/66474.html
Zagat Survey, 2003 Wi-Fi Hotspots:
Restaurants &
Hotels Offering Wi-Fi Access
http://subscriberdirect.com/the_new_yorker/zagat
This guide provided by Intel, The New Yorker and Zagat
Survey LLC helps you find wireless hot spots in restaurants and
hotels in five major cities (Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City,
San Francisco, Seattle and their surrounding areas). You can
download the survey for free.
NewIdeaTrade.com
www.newideatrade.com
NewIdeaTrade.com is an online forum for buying and selling
inventions, patents, copyrights and other intellectual property.
Membership is free. Ideas are listed only in brief summaries, and
for security, the forums are password-protected. There's a
$99.95 fee to post a listing; images can be added for an additional
$49.95.
Yahoo! Merchant Solutions
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com
Yahoo! Small Business has launched Yahoo! Merchant Solutions, which
offers three different e-commerce packages that integrate with
Yahoo! Web Hosting services. Packages range from $39.95 to $300 per
month and include shopping carts, coupons and 24-hour toll-free
phone support. A $50 setup fee also applies.
WordBiz Report
www.wordbiz.com
The WordBiz Report is an e-newsletter by publisher Debbie
Weil that focuses on online copywriting and content. The report
offers tips on blogging, marketing, copywriting and more.
The Plan-alyzer 3.0
www.drakebusiness.com/link_download.html
Run the numbers to evaluate the potential outcome of your marketing
plans with this free Windows-based software package. It's as
easy as plugging in the numbers and letting the software do the
calculations. This is a simple tool for marketers to assess
"what if" scenarios based on sample sizes.
Bob Bly Direct Response Letter
www.bly.com
Bob Bly is an independent copywriter and consultant who offers a
weekly dose of copywriting tips through his free direct-response
newsletter. In addition to Bly's weekly newsletter, his Web
site offers archives of past articles covering advertising, book
publishing, brochures, business skills, B2B marketing, technology
marketing and many other subjects.
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
www.dummies.com
Meeting & Event Planning for Dummies by Susan Friedmann
offers guidelines for planning that big event or meeting. It covers
everything from working with vendors to how to hold online
meetings.
Business Matchmaking
www.businessmatchmaking.com
Heard that more than three-quarters of government contracts are
awarded to businesses within 50 miles of the Washington Beltway?
This SBA/Hewlett-Packard program aims to change that by taking
procurement opportunities out of Washington to businesses
nationwide. The next event will come to Anaheim, California, on
February 10.
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