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Small
Business Resources on the Web
Paul J. Gibler
Over the past year plus, a number of new information
and service portals have sprung up to serve the small
business market. These net marketplaces bring together
a number of resources that can help you and or your
clients manage your business operations. Among the sites
worth visiting are the following:
Allbusiness.com
"solutions for growing businesses"
Bcentral.com
- "drive your business forward", Microsoft's
small business site
Bizbuyer.com
Bizland.com
- "where small business gets big"
Bizzed.com
- "what you do with bizzed is your business",
sponsored by Citibank
B2Bstore.com
- "the ultimate business to business marketplace"
Digitalwork.com
- "your business workshop"
Killerbiz.com
- "bringing businesses together"
Office.com
Onvia.com
- "Work. Wisely."
Many of these sites offer access to a range of advertising
and marketing resources that might be of interest including
the following:
•
Banner ad creation and placement
• E-mail list creation, management and distribution
• Search engine submissions and optimization
• Mailing list sourcing
• Telemarketing inbound and outbound
• Online marketing research
• Press release creation and distribution
• Printing Quotes online
Other business services that these portals purport to
bring together include those in all of the major business
functions: human resources, finance, accounting, distribution,
insurance, purchasing, travel management, telecommunications,
sales and information technology. These aggregator sites
help small businesses streamline their operations through
one-stop access to the resources they need.
Many
of these sites offer e-zines that can help keep you
informed on new resources and promotions that you or
your clients might find beneficial.
Reproduced from MadAdFed Newsletter - February 2000
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