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Small Business Marketing Resource Directory
We have chosen the following small business marketing and small business consulting resources based on their commitment to high quality information and resources for the small business owner. This page shows our featured links. Click on a category to find even more resources.
Small Business Finance
QuickbooksUsers.com - The online community of QuickBooks and QuickBooks Pro users and experts. Free support, tips, software, other resources.
QuickBooks Community - online resource for growing your business from the makers of QuickBooks.
Small Business Authors
John Jantsch - Duct Tape Marketing - The World's Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide.
Seth Godin - Small is the new big
Guy Kawasaki - Art of the Start
Michael Gerber - The E-Myth Revisited
Bob Bly - The White Paper Marketing Handbook
Duct Tape Web Sites
Schloegel Design Remodel - Kansas City's oldest and most trusted remodeling contractor. If you've remodeled before, you know.
Cornerstone Wealth Advisors - Financial planners that are CPA's
Internet Marketing Tools
Lunar Pages- Inexpesnive web hosting with lots of bells and whistles.
Blue Host- Another great low cost, great service option for web hosting.
Search Engine Guide- This monthly update to the world of what works when it comes to search engines is invaluable.
Public Relations
Instant Press Release
PR Leads - Public relations and media leads send straight to your email inbox.
PRWeb - Free press release distribution.
Small Business Software
Basecamp - 37signals.com - An online project management and extranet tool.
NetBooks- Complete SaaS tools to manage your Marketing, Sales, Inventory and Accounting.
Infusion Software- full featured online marketing management suite with CRM, email marketing and shopping cart.
Small Business Advertising, Materials
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StockLayouts - Agency quality brochure designs and templates
iStockphoto - Royalty free photos.
PrintingforLess- Great online printer with an eye for detail and great service.
Marketing Copywriting
Joe Vitale - Called Mr. Fire Hypnotic Marketing. Lots of very good and free content on this site.
John Carlton - Get a year of past issue of the Marketing Rebel Rant
Gary Halbert - The Gary Halbert Letter is a must read, very amusing, look at the world of sales oriented copywriting
Ezines, Email and Autoresponders
iContact - Simple user interface for sending HTML emails.
AWeber - A great email marketing autoresponder system going.
Marketing Coaches
Duct Tape Marketing Authorized Coaches - 20 year marketing pro and the creator of Duct Tape Marketing, John specializes in helping small business owners create and implement powerful marketing plans.
Referral Marketing
Referral Flood - How to create a flood of new business without spending one dime on advertising. An insider's shortcut to referral marketing that will supercharge your business, your wealth, and your life...even if you don't know a thing about marketing. Ebook and Audio CD course.
Web Site Tools
Audio Acrobat - Putting audio on your website to help promote products, explain a complex topic or add customer testimonials is a very powerful tool. This service makes is very easy for you and your clients to do.
Marketing Plan Pro is powered by Duct Tape Marketing - this is a great way to get your plans documented
Small Business Tools
Basecamp - Online project management tool that streamlines communication.
GotVMail- the entrepreneur's phone system allows you to have big company phone system without the price.
Direct Mail
Jigsaw - find contacts with real phone numbers and emails - list is maintained by members.
Marketing With Postcards and you can even download the first 3 chapters for free. At least do that!
Headline Creator Pro This is an awesome tool. Just answer four questions and the software spits out 100 ready made headlines based on some of the most successful headlines throughout history.
General Small Business Advice
SCORE - Volunteer counselors who share their wisdom and lessons learned in business as a free service.
Business Owners' Idea Cafe - The Small Business Gathering Place, serves up "A Fun Approach to Serious Business" with hearty advice on how to start, finance and run a small business.
4 Small Business - Small business resource directory
MoreBusiness.com - MoreBusiness.com, a comprehensive resource for small businesses.
DellSB360 - Tips and solutions for small business owners from experts.
