Success Secrets of Women
Entrepreneurs

ISBN Registry
If you publish ebooks and want to have them included in BOOKS IN PRINT or sell them through bookstores, you will need an ISBN number. R.R. Bowker can help you secure the numbers you need.

EMAIL MARKETING
Email Marketing Software
A resource for anyone wanting to learn about permission-based email marketing, sending out a newsletter, managing an email list, and the different email list management programs.

Email Marketing Software & Direct Email Marketing Company
Topica is the leading provider of complete Email Marketing Solutions for businesses of all sizes.

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FINANCING/FUNDING RESOURCES
Growthink Venture Capital Research
Growthink Research publishes venture capital funding reports
that analyze financing trends for emerging companies. In addition to publishing dozens of "off-the-shelf" funding research reports, Growthink Research also performs client-specific market and competitive research projects. Our 2004 Venture Funding for Women Entrepreneurs Report is a landmark gender-based analysis of venture capital investments. This 400-page study identifies and profiles 671 companies with women executives that successfully raised venture capital.

Start it Sell it
Entrepreneur Joe John Duran helps small business owners start and sell companies, and achieve financial success. His Start It, Sell It Network provides resources, tactics, and strategies for growing and selling companies.

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GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
Federal Citizen Information Center
This site has tons of free or low-cost information for small businesses and consumers. For instance, you'll find a booklet on how women business owners can obtain credit and business loans.

Small Business Administration
Great resources for small businesses. All free!

Small Business Development Centers
Free counseling, business plan development, marketing help, and more.

US Patent & Trademark Office
Do a free quick search to see if your business name or slogan is trademarked.

Virginia Electronic Commerce Technology Center (VECTEC)
The Virginia Electronic Technology Center at Christopher Newport University assists small and mid-sized Virginia businesses with a variety of e-commerce services. Its range of services include: e-commerce consulting website design and development, shopping systems and custom database development, e-government, document research and education programs. Tons of free articles on the website. Sign up for VECTEC's free ezine.

HOME-BASED BUSINESS HELP
#1 abc of home business success is at: "Easy Home Business"
Ever dreamed to find the way to build a successful and Easy Home Business, and wished to find someone who would make it an easy task for anyone?. Welcome, this is the place!

Barbara Brabec's World
Information and inspiration for home business owners who are striving for financial success and happiness in both their professional and personal lives.

Home-Based Business Opportunities
Hate your job? Then become your own boss!
We'll show you how. Over 500 pages of valuable information.

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INTERNET FORUMS
Women Marketing Forum
Learn from each other and moderator mentors. CEO Mastermind Groups, and more.

Self-Starters Weekly Tips
Learn Internet strategies.

Turning Ideas Into Dollars
Personal step-by-step hands-on help with your Internet business.

Lissa Explains
Easy-to-understand instructions for setting up your own website.

Kim Komando
Kim offers three different email newsletters with great tips for using your computer better and taking advantage of free software downloads.

Marketing Idea Shop
Packed with information and ideas for your small business. Free weekly marketing ezine, free articles to help you with your marketing. Special reports, ebooks, and more.

Marketing Sherpa
Great case studies and tons of terrific email marketing information on this site. Sign up for MarketingSherpa's newsletters, too.

Netpreneur.org
If you do most of your business on the Internet, this is the resource site for you.

Shopping Cart
This is a terrific shopping cart. For a low monthly fee, you get great support, the ability to upsell, use autoresponders, bundle products, sell either hard or soft goods, and more. We use it on this site. You can even try it FREE for 30 days.

WordBiz Report
Debbie Weil's ezine is worth reading. It contains lots of great marketing information.

Marcia Yudkin
Marcia's newsletter is quick to read, containing just one marketing tip per issue. This is a must.

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Lois Carter Fay, APR
Lois is a marketing strategist and the publisher of MarketingIdeaShop BRAINY Tidbits. If you need to improve your marketing results, contact Lois Carter Fay today.

Senter & Associates Marketing Communication Solutions
Marketing ideas to grow your business. Engage several sales and marketing professionals simultaneously including a seasoned copywriter, marketing communications consultant, Internet publicist, ecommerce CEO, sales channel development manager, speaker, art director and sales expert. Sign up for a FREE monthly marketing tip by email on the website.

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MEDIA LINKS
BizJournals.com
News and links to over 50 regional business journals and 46 trade publications.

NewspaperLinks.com
A "newspaper portal" with links to U.S. daily and weekly newspapers on the Web.

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NETWORKING GROUPS
Business Networking International
The ultimate business referral group with chapters nationwide. Find a chapter near you.

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NEWSLETTERS & RESOURCES
Ezine Universe
Good source to find interesting ezines. If you produce an ezine, register it here.

eNewsletter Journal
Boost your business with an email newsletter and build relationships with clients and prospects. Sign up for Meryl K. Evans' (the Content Maven) free eNewsletter Journal to find out more. When you sign up for the free newsletter, you will get a free copy of A Marketer's Guide to e-Newsletter Publishing, valued at $24.95.

Prweb.com
Free online news release distribution.

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PUBLICITY & PUBLIC RELATIONS
Publicity Hound
Joan Stewart, aka The Publicity Hound, offers a terrific email newsletter on getting more publicity for your company or your clients. Free PR checklist when you subscribe.

Publicity Insider.com
Designed for small businesses and entrepreneurs, Bill Stoller's Publicity Insider.com is power packed with the latest how-to public relations techniques, internet promotion strategies, editorial opportunities, press release samples and much more. Publicity Insider.com is useful for any businessperson, regardless of budget, size or experience. You'll save thousands by doing exactly what PR firms do without hiring a PR firm!

Press Kits for Canadian Artists, Musicians, Songwriters & Bands
Do you know that over 95% of press kits sent out by artists and bands are thrown in the trashcan? Most promo packages are lackluster attempts at marketing, according to Bob Baker of The Buzz Factor. Avoid having your press kit ignored or thrown in the trash! Set yourself apart with an eye-catching and affordable press kit. We want to help you make the first impression count so industry professionals will take you seriously.

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SALES & SALES TRAINING
Worried about Sales?
Learn simple, specific, effective tips that generate new business, build customer relationships and increase sales now. F*REE EZINE: Sign up to receive "Opening Doors & Closing Sales" by Wendy Weiss, "The Queen of Cold Calling & Selling Success" and author of "Cold Calling for Women" and the soon-to-be-released "Cold Calling College." Subscribe NOW here.

SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION HELP
Add Your Site to Search Engines & Directories
Here's a list of a few of the top sites. Be sure to follow the directions for each search engine when you submit your site.

Banana Website Marketing
Website marketing: get top placement on the search engines with ANY keyword using our website marketing techniques!

LinkPartners.com
Free directory of websites who swap links with other websites.

Search engine optimization & search engine placement services
Top-Visibility.com offers search engine optimization & search engine
placement services to increase your web site exposure.

Spyderopts Search Engine Optimization Software
Offers search engine optimization software with reviews and consulting services for start-up and established businesses.

SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING HELP
Business Owners Idea Cafe®
Business Owners' Idea Cafe® The Small Business Gathering Place® serves up "A FUN Approach to Serious Business"(sm) with hearty advice on how to start, finance and run a small business. CyberSchmooz(sm) Forums give virtual peer feedback on business ideas and questions. Free advice from experts, plus stress-busting fun diversions.

Ideas and Practical Help for Small Businesses
Ideas, tips and really competitive best-of-the-best recommendations to help entrepreneurs and small businesses succeed.

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TRADE SHOW HELP
Banner Stands
Description: A limited lifetime warranty on all trade show display pop-up frames against defects in materials or workmanship in normal use.

WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS RESEARCH & INFO
Bizwomen.com
Stories about businesswomen around the nation. Research info about women.

Center for Women's Business Research
Formerly the National Foundation for Women Business Owners, the Center for Women's Business Research is the premier source of knowledge about women business owners and their enterprises worldwide. The Center's mission is to unleash the economic potential of women entrepreneurs by conducting research, sharing information and increasing knowledge about this fast-growing sector of the economy.

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