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SMALL BIZ POWERHOUSE
www.powerhomebiz.com
This Smart Stop offers plenty of resources to get
your small business clients off to a good start.
Check out the Financing a Business area for tips
on controlling taxes and cash flow or read about
the five basic rules of Internet marketing. See a
glossary of business terms and free sample
business plans. The site also has links to about
40 blog directories, which can help clients reach
a wider market for their Web content.ONE-STOP
SHOP
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com
Youve used
Yahoo for personal e-mailing, news headlines and
stock prices; now you can visit Yahoo Small
Business for information on opening a business
and creating a professional Web site. Share 10
tips for new small businesses with your clients
and learn about franchising opportunities. Other
useful tools include package tracking, loan
calculators and ZIP code lookup. Theres
also a section on avoiding legal troubles with
employees.
Big Small Biz Considerations
www.smartbiz.com
Visitors to this
e-stop can register for free access to all its
content, including sections on making the most of
your Web site and keeping visitors from leaving.
Learn how start-ups and small businesses can use
blogs to their advantage. Download dozens of
sample business forms and policies. Read
discussions on whether you should buy or lease an
automobile and 10 red flags that indicate
potential overbilling of legal fees.
GET THE INSIDE INFO
www.publicityinsider.com
Visit the site of
Bill Stoller, who has spent more than 20 years in
public relations, to learn publicity secrets that
can get your small business noticed. Learn how to
write effective fact sheets, media alerts, press
releases and pitch letters. Also get Internet
publicity tips and advice from seasoned editors
and reporters on story ideas the media want to
hear.
WATCH AND LEARN
www.sbtv.com
Small Business Television is a TV network on the
Web for entrepreneurs. Via video clips, a variety
of experts show and tell you how to run your
business, relay their success stories, offer tips
on going global and provide information about
conferences and associations. The site features
clip categories for marketing, technology, money,
law and more, as well as channels devoted to
women and Hispanic business owners.
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THE HIGH ROAD
http://ethics.iit.edu
Professionals
interested in staying on the straight and narrow
can find guidance at the Illinois Institute of
Technologys online Center for the Study of
Ethics in the Professions. Research how to write
a code of ethics for your firm, find links to
user guides and read actual codes of ethics from
various industries including communications,
finance, law and management. Get case studies on
business and finance ethics, as well as sample
cases used in the 12th annual Intercollegiate
Ethics Bowl.TUITION TUTORIALS
www.salliemae.com
Personal financial
planners will want to bookmark this Smart Stop
for clients with children looking to pay college
tuition. Find tips on saving for school,
understanding costs and assessing financial need,
as well as links to applications and checklists
for loan programs. Find tools to estimate monthly
payments and calculate savings. Also read Sallie
Maes How to Pay for College: A
Practical Guide for Families.
WIT AND WISDOM
www.taxtwist.com
Enrolled agent Eva Rosenbergs Web site
offers visitors a break from the usual tax rules
and regulations with humorous anecdotesthe
credit card company that kept billing a deceased
customer for annual service chargesand
inspirational tales such as the one about 9/11
victims. Also get a tax calendar with annual
deadlines and a link to her other site, www.taxmama.com.
FOR THE JET SET
www.businesstravel.com
Find out how to deal
with flight delays and remove stains from your
favorite suit, all on the same site. You can read
articles aimed at frequent flyers or book
flights, rental cars and hotel rooms. Click to
find business-info links, travel resources such
as currency converters, and a list of foreign
tourism bureaus.
HERES TO YOUR HEALTH
www.mayoclinic.com/health/working-life/WL99999
The Working Life
section of the Mayo Clinics Web site offers
plenty of advice to cure what ails you at the
office. For example, the tips for maintaining
work-life balance can help if youre
returning from maternity leave or have a sick
child at home. You can also read articles that
provide solutions to work-induced problems such
as eye strain, stress and burnout. The On the Job
link leads to a page of tools and topics that can
help you make your career more rewarding or
bridge the generation gap among employees. 
Vince
Nolan and Amelia Rasmus
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