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September
29, 2004
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My IBiz Weekly
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Vol.9, Issue 8, September 29, 2004
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In Today's Issue:
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>> Welcome From Your Publisher
>> 7 Essential Resources for Small Business By Jinger Jarrett
>> Spotlight Ads
>> Ezine Of The Week: News You Need
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>> How Can MIBW Help Your Business?
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Welcome From Your Publisher...
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Hi, and welcome everyone.
I have some definite ideas for my future issues but I still
need your help in determining what stays and what goes in MIBW.
Thank you to everyone who takes the time to Voice Your Opinion
in the poll.
I have a great articles full of resources from Jinger Jarrett.
These are resources we can all use. Thanks for a great article
Jinger.
Your Publisher,
Donesia
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7 Essential Resources for Small Business
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By Jinger Jarrett
http://www.smallbusinesshowto.com
So you want to start a business but you don't have a lot of
money? Start your business online, and it won't be a problem.
There are some pretty terrific resources you can use. Some of
them you have to pay for, but they are inexpensive and can get
you started quickly and easily.
1. A domain and web hosting. If you want others to see you as a
professional and take you seriously, then you need to invest in
your own domain and web hosting.
Purchased separately, the cost can add up very quickly. Here
are some very low cost solutions to help you put your name on
the map.
Dot Easy - http://www.doteasy.com
- For only $25 per year, you
can purchase your own domain. The web hosting is completely
free. Although this hosting account is stripped of all the
bells and whistles like CGI, you still get 15MB of bannerless
hosting for free, and if you build mini sites, this is a really
cheap way for you to get started. Buy a domain a month, and
before you know it, you have your own empire of products set up
for a lot less than if you had bought all of this separately.
Go Daddy - http://www.godaddy.com
- Although as far as I know
they offer domain names for the cheapest price on the Internet
at $6.95, their service is pretty good. I buy all of my domains
here, and I've never had any problems.
Free Web Space -
http://100best-free-web-space.com/ - If money
is a real problem right now, but you still want to make a good
impression, then this site can help you find the most
affordable web hosting or even bannerless hosting that's free.
Remember, you get what you pay for, so eventually, when you can
afford it, upgrade. There are some good budget web hosts out
there like Dot Easy, but for the most part, you get what you
pay for.
2. Web Site Creation Tools.
There are some fantastic tools on the Internet you can use to
build your web site, and they're all free.
Considered to be the best HTML editor online, Front Page 2000
will give you hundreds of scripts, as well as a free FTP client
you can unzip into the directory and upload your files directly
from the HTML editor.
There are four different modes, including beginner and expert,
so no matter what level at creating HTML you are, this free
editor will definitely help you.
You'll find it here:
http://www.evrsoft.com.
While you're there, make sure you check out the free meta tag
creator, as well as some of the other great free online tools
you'll find there.
3. Scripts.
If you want to get the most from your web site, scripts will
help you do this. You don't have to be an expert in
installation either. You can quickly and easily learn how to
install them. I taught myself from reading some of the
webmaster sites online.
You have two choices when it comes to installing scripts on
your site:
You can install them yourself, or you can use remotely hosted
scripts. Remotely hosted scripts are great when you don't have
a CGI bin on your site.
This site is offering scripts for free:
http://site-by-design.com/affiliates.php - Scripts
include:
Autoresponder Script, Fly-In Ads Script, Paid To Read Emails
Script, Safelist Script, Rotator Script, Homepage Traffic
Script. Definitely worth a look.
Two resources that offer a wide variety of scripts in different
formats are:
http://www.cgiextremes.com/
http://www.hotscripts.com
If you want remotely hosted scripts, the best sites I have
found are
http://www.cgispy.com
http://www.bravenet.com
4. Autoresponders. Autoresponders will help you in two ways:
you can use them for your opt in lists and ezines, and you can
also use them to follow up with your customers.
With opt in lists and ezines, an autoresponder will save you
the trouble of handling subscribe and unsubscribe requests,
which can become very tedious after awhile. This will allow you
to automate the mundane part of building a relationship with
your customers and newsletter subscribers, providing you with
the credibility you need online to make the sale.
Two sites that offer free autoresponders that are very reliable
are:
http://www.getresponse.com/
http://www.sendfree.com/
Please note: when using free autoresponders, the site owner
will send his/her ads with your messages. This is valuable
message real estate. It's better to pay for your
autoresponders, if possible, so that you can place your own ads
in the headers and footers of all your messages.
5. Online Tools.
There is a whole host of online tools you can use to help you
with your business including email formatters, newsletter
formatters, sales letter and press release formatters, as well
as wizards to help you build your web site.
Below are some of the best:
Pertinent Inc. -
http://www.pertinent.com - Offers a free press
release creator, as well as a sales letter generator.
Free Online Wizards -
http://www.thesitewizard.com/wizards/index.shtml - This
site
offers everything from a wizard to help you syndicate your
content to form creators and drop down menu creators. Lots of
tips and articles too.
Email Formatter -
http://www.formatit.com - Tired of getting
emails with a ton of >>>>> in them? You can use this site to
strip those tags out, as well as reformat your emails to any
width. Great for formatting articles too.
6. Business Software.
You can find thousands of dollars in free software to help you
build your business by searching through software sites online.
My favorite is Freeware Home:
http://www.freewarehome.com.
You'll find over 7,000 applications at last count here, and
they're all free, full sized versions of the program.
Two applications you won't want to be without are:
Open Office -
http://www.openoffice.org - Formerly Star Office,
this open source application is the best rival to Microsoft
Office. You can use it to do everything from convert your
documents to PDF, to word processing, spreadsheets, and
presentations. There's also a version for MAC, making this a
must see application when you can't afford other expensive
applications.
Banana Cash Books -
http://www.banana.ch/banana4/eng/bc4_cashbook.shtml -
Although
this single entry accounting program accepts just about any
currency, if you want to use the accounting method the IRS
recommends for small business, this nice little free program
will definitely do the trick.
7. Business Education.
Once you have your business up and running, it's a good idea to
stay up to date with your business and marketing knowledge.
There are a lot of great ways to do this including forums,
article directories, mailing lists, and newsletters.
There are also some great resource heavy sites out there you
can benefit from. Below are three of my favorites:
My 1st Business -
http://www.my1stbusiness.com - Run by Ben
Botes, you'll find plenty of ecourses, seminars and more
covering small business, ecommerce, marketing, and other
topics. You need to sign up for an account, but it's free, and
definitely worth a look.
Free Marketing Resources -
http://www.jdbmail.com/ - Run by
Jimmy D. Brown, one of my all time favorite marketers, and
quite frankly, one of the best, you'll find audio, ecourses,
and other resources in plain English that can teach you how to
market online. Jimmy doesn't just teach you what to do; he
shows you how to do it, and he spells it out. It doesn't matter
if you are a complete newbie, or if you have been marketing for
some time. You'll benefit from Jimmy's excellent teaching.
Ebook Directory -
http://www.ebookdirectory.com - Run by Noel
Hynes, this is the most comprehensive collection of small
business and Internet marketing ebooks on the Internet, and
they're absolutely free. You'll also find plenty of other
ebooks here including motivational, writing, and a whole lot
more.
There are plenty of free resources on the Internet to help you
build your business. The trick is learning when you should buy
products and services for your business and when you can get a
freebie that will do the job just as well and sometimes better.
A quick search of Alexa,
http://www.alexa.com , will help you
find some of the best.
Jinger Jarrett is a former military journalist and newspaper
reporter who teaches and consults on article writing. You can
get her latest ebook, (it's free), "100+ Best FREE and Paid
Resources for Writers, Internet Marketers, and Small Business
Owners", at
http://www.smallbusinesshowto.com/freebook.html.
(You can join her affiliate program and make money giving it
away).
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Business Resources
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Starting Your Business
Am I ready to start a business? Do I know what I am getting
into? Don't get caught up with those Internet Jones'. If you
are ready to start your business read on...
http://www.myibizweekly.com/resources/bizone.htm
Legal Structure of Your Business
Sole Proprietors, Partnerships, What's a person to do? How do I
choose which is best for my business?
Read the differences so you can make the decision.
http://www.myibizweekly.com/resources/biztwo.htm
Dotting The I's and Crossing the T's
Learn more on the different types of Corporations, How to
obtain a federal tax id number, and what to do when Working
with international customers.
http://www.myibizweekly.com/resources/bizthree.htm
All I Want To Do Is Telecommute......
Looking to Telecommute. Not sure where to start? What if it's a
Scam? Don't fall prey and lose a bundle at the same time. Look
at these sites to find that job at home.
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