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Websites, organizations, events and more to grow your business
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP TELECLASSES
This website provides free teleclasses designed for women business
owners seeking to improve their skills and increase profitability.
Class topics range from marketing and leadership to tax tips.
TECHSTUDENTS.NET
When your business doesn't need a full IT department but
requires technical assistance, TechStudents.net provides an
affordable solution. This site connects businesses with tech
students looking for real-world experience while they finish their
educations. Businesses can search student profiles for information
on experience, GPAs and desired roles. You can hire for projects or
for part-time or full-time positions.
GLOBETRADE.COM
GlobeTrade.com is a global marketing, consulting and web-content
company aimed exclusively at assisting entrepreneurs in their
efforts to go global. They help small businesses create a global
marketing strategy, offer one-on-one trade counseling, aid in
locating overseas customers, and more. They also offer a free trade
resource guide, The World Is Your Market: Small Businesses Gear
Up for Globalization.
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CARROT A DAY (GIBBS SMITH) BY ADRIAN GOSTICK AND CHESTER
ELTON
This third installment in the Carrots series of business
books offers 365 daily tips on management. It includes
straightforward, bite-size ideas on encouraging employees and
rewarding exceptional effort to ultimately build company loyalty
and cultivate a more productive work environment.
KANG &
LEE ADVERTISING
So you want to market your product to the Asian-American market but
don't know how? This website is filled with demographic facts
and includes a 32-page downloadable PDF entitled "The Asian
American Market 101" (free registration is required), which
covers everything from where Asian Americans live to their buying
power. But most important, it differentiates between the various
markets, such as Japanese-American, Korean-American and
Vietnamese-American consumers.
VENTURE
PLANNING SYSTEM
This step-by-step business planning software and networking system
allows planners to research and analyze the feasibility of a
project, and provides them with a free comprehensive set of
three-year financial projections-including a cost-of-sale and
gross-margin summary, an income statement, a cash-flow analysis and
more.
ZEUS
INTERNET MARKETING ROBOT
Zeus is a reciprocal links application that finds potential link
partners, organizes them into directories, and allows you to send
individual link requests to improve your website's search
engine ranking. Download a free demo, or get the Pro version for
$195.