www.mailersclub.com
This online printing and mailing service lets you design and order
everything from business cards to prospect lists. Plus, MailersClub
offers free proofing and will print, fold, stuff, seal, address and
deliver your mail within three days. don't have your own
mailing list? No worries—you can rent one, too.
AuctionBytes
www.auctionbytes.com
AuctionBytes is a free biweekly e-mail newsletter that covers
online auctions. It teaches you how to research and present items
for auction, execute bids, conform to shipping and packing
techniques, invoice and receive payment once the auction is over,
and more.
Software Asset Management (SAM) by Microsoft
www.microsoft.com/resources/sam
SAM keeps track of Microsoft programs, alerts you when licenses are
expiring, and standardizes and centralizes the licensing process.
The Web site provides a tutorial for implementation and offers a
free download of Microsoft Software Inventory Analyzer, which
generates an inventory of Microsoft products installed locally or
throughout a network.
U.S. Census Bureau "American Community
Survey"
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www.census.gov/acs/www
When you can't wait 10 years to get the latest national
statistical data, log on to the Web site of the "American
Community Survey (ACS)"—an ongoing nationwide survey
designed to complement the U.S. Census. You'll find updated
demographic, housing, social and economic information. The ACS
provides updated annual data for all states, cities, counties,
metropolitan areas and populations of 65,000 or more.
RetailWire
www.retailwire.com
Aimed at retail industry professionals, this free daily e-mail
newsletter covers the latest news topics, with links to commentary
from industry experts and the general readership. It provides daily
tips and industry headlines, plus discounted offers for industry
reports and events.
Daypop
www.daypop.com
Daypop, a specialized search engine, crawls more than 59,000 news
sites, blogs and RSS feeds for the latest news and trends. You can
focus on just blogs or RSS headlines, or view the top posts of the
day and more. Daypop also posts "Word Bursts" which
indicate words that have seen heightened use within the past few
days.
StumbleUpon
www.stumbleupon.com
StumbleUpon is a free browser toolbar that automates the process of
word-of-mouth Web site recommendations within the StumbleUpon
community. Submit a search, and receive as results Web sites other
StumbleUpon members have recommended. You can conduct searches in
nearly 500 categories or randomly.
Cool Site of the Day
www.coolsiteoftheday.com
If you have a good Web site and are looking to drive traffic, Cool
Site of the Day is awaiting your submission. For $15
(nonrefundable), your Web site could be selected as the Cool Site
of the Day. If your site is chosen, it will be e-mailed to Cool
Site of the Day's 200,000-plus newsletter subscribers, who will
then rate your site, letting you know if it is, in fact, cool.