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SBA Marketing Workshop
Self-Paced Workshop: Understand Your Market.
 
SBA's Marketing Shareware
Library of Downloadable Free Shareware.

Marketing Sites
All Business Network
Resources Related to Marketing On the Internet.
 
INC.COM
Information for start-up and small business entrepreneurs with public relations, crisis management, strategic marketing, employee retention, cash planning, and how to write business plans.
 
Magic Marketing Minutes
Marketing Guru's Tips. Marketing strategy & tactic tips to reach your sales and profit objectives.
 
Smartonline.com
Developer of business productivity software for small businesses.
 
Asian-American Marketing Tips
Learn How to Market to Different Cultures.
 
Chase Online
Marketing Strategies (Chase Online Marketing Strategies is not affiliated with Chase Bank).
 
The Business Forum Online
Business Forum for the Emerging Business and Entrepreneurs, Global Marketplace, Mergers, Acquisitions and Strategic Alliances.

Software
Business Resource Software Inc.
Marketing and business planning software.
 
Corema
Aids companies in building profitable relationships through customer focused marketing.
 
Do It Right Software
Programs teach how to coordinate and execute marketing plans.
 
Freshly Wired Inc.
Provides marketing communication solutions through self-directed interactive software.
 
Optas Inc.
Provides applications and tools to deploy marketing decisions directly from your web browser.
 
Planned Marketing Software
Assists you in finding new customers for an existing product or service, or finding a new product.
 
Z-Pix
Ad planning system, decision support, auto-page building, versioning, object managemnt, press run management, billing, and scheduling with costing.
 
4ALL Business Technologies Inc.
Creates interactive electronic marketing and sales programs.


FTC Tips Against Business-To-Business Fraud


The FTC has prepared the following suggestions for small businesses to avoid being scammed.
Know your rights. If you receive bills for goods and services you didn't order, don't pay. The law allows you to treat unordered goods and services as a gift. Double-check, however, to make sure that an honest mistake hasn't been made.

Review your phone bills as soon as they arrive. Be on the lookout for charges for goods and services you haven't ordered or authorized. If you find an error on your bill, follow the instructions on your statement for filing a dispute.
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Why a Marketing Plan Should Be One of Your New Year's Resolution


The start of a new year always compels us to reflect on our past, and resolve to do better in the future. With the turn of a millennium, making a fresh start seems all that much more important.

While you're in the mood for reflections and resolutions, maybe you should give some thought to your business's marketing plan. You do have one, don't you?

The fact is, most small and many mid-sized businesses handle marketing rather informally. While this may work for you in the short-term, there are some good reasons for having a written marketing plan:
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 Advertising your Web Business

Internet Advertising Bureau   Devoted to promoting the use and effectiveness of advertising on the Internet. 

eCommercial   Produces integrated internet direct advertising campaigns. 

InterCon Group Inc.   Specializing in Internet advertising. 

Internet Ad Source   A free service that brings together businesses looking for internet advertising space with internet sites selling ad space.  

 Market Research

eKoops.com   Provides small to mid sized marketing departments with an online way to track advertising and eDM responses. 

Harris Interactive   Internet-based market research and polling. Headcount offers research and information services. 

Webjectives   Evaluates web sites and strategies against stated business objectives. 

 Marketing your Web Business

Internet Marketing Center   Offers tips, strategies, and secrets for internet marketing for the small business. 

Market-the-net.com   Offers courses for Internet marketing solutions.  

 
 Marketing Sites

• Let Respond.com Connect You With New Customers!
Easy and affordable lead generation service that matches requests from qualified customers with businesses that can meet their needs.

 Newsletters

• Web Marketing Today
Free e-zine newsletter helps small businesses market their products and services.
• Internet Marketing Success
Provides a weekly email newsletter containing Internet marketing and promotion articles.

 Web Promotion

• Promoting Your Page
A site dedicated to self promotion and publicity links for web sites, including search engines, directories, virtual libraries and newsgroups. Special page on promotion tips.
• URL Submission Pages
A site with a page of submission links to search engines.
• WebStep Resources
Index of places to list your website for free.
• Promote Your Site
Links to free classifieds, banner exchanges, link exchanges, downline builders.

 Direct Email

• Digital Impact
Targeted one-to-one email marketing solutions.
• World of Web Announcement LLC
Bulk email software and services.
• Electronic Media
Provides companies with targeted email lists.

 Software

• WebQuest Pro
Web marketing plan generator. 
• Dynoform
Creates sweepstakes, surveys, order forms and permission-based e-mailing lists. 

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