Web Site Resources & Communities for Entrepreneurs & Small Businesses

Marketing Mastery
Marcia Yudkin's writing and marketing special reports are among the best on the Internet - practical, packed with substance and details, backed by real-world expertise. Her site is loaded with terrific articles on marketing, online networking, creating a brand, and much more.

Blogs for Small Business
A blog directory dedicated to serving small business. It includes blogs that are written by small business for small business. Its purpose is for small business owners to find what they need without having to search all over the place and dig through oodles of categories to get to just the right nugget of information.

Small Business Opportunity
Browse the Small Business Opportunity site and learn about the top small business opportunities and franchise business opportunity listings available. Includes comprehensive directories of business franchise for sale listings.

Big Fish Nation
This year-long personal and business development and coaching program is the creation of one the most respected business women I know personally, Lorin Beller. It covers such topics as vision, negotiating risks, leadership, planning and setting goals, and SO much more. What an investment in yourself and your business!

Business Design Studio uses Constant Contact email list management for staying in touch with our customers and colleagues. It was so fast and easy to set up, user friendly and customizable, that I would recommend it to anyone looking to add email marketing to their business.

Entrepreneur Magazine
tons of information on this web site, including newsletters, e-radio, articles, resources

CCH Business Owners Toolkit
I have been visiting this site for years, with my small business questions -- there is a TON of good reading here

Office Depot's Small Business Forms
This is a good sized collection of downloadable business forms and sample letters you might consider using in your business

US Small Business Administration
Well, these are the authorities. This is a good place to do research and planning, or find someone locally who can advise you in your business.

BizOffice Library
I haven't even begun to absorb this site but browing through it when I need to know something in particular, it rarely lacks what I am looking for

Bplans
This software vendor shares an lot of free information to introduce their business planning software. Whether or not you buy the software to plan your business or marketing plan, you will probalby find some very useful nuggets of good info just from visiting this well constructed site.

Idea Cafe
Tons of information about starting and keeping a small business. This one has been around since the first time I started a business!

EntreWorld
Another resource with regular feature articles and a lot of information targeted at entrepreneurs.

SmallBusiness.Com
This is an interesting idea -- it's a community of small business people, sharing advice on just about everything imaginable. The more you share, and the more people like your advice, the higher you rank. If you're really prolific you might make it to the top advisor rankings.

All-Biz.Com
Provides useful topical and industry information tailored to help business owners and entrepreneurs expand and manage their companies more efficiently and profitably.

Business Know How
Impressively deep resource of articles and information for businesses, operated by Janice Attard, author of The Home Office and Small Business Answer Book

Office.com
Provides useful topical and industry information tailored to help business owners and entrepreneurs expand and manage their companies more efficiently and profitably.

Small Biz Community
A free (with reciprocal link) directory of small business services that you might want to register on. Just be aware that the company behind the directory is set up to sell web design services, more than anything.