Small Business Online Resource Round-Up
By Cheryl Rickman   ©2004 All Rights Reserved

There are many sites on the web devoted to helping small businesses. Here are a few resource sites for small businesses that offer free tips, advice and links to other related websites and information.

Small Business Resource Sites
Includes internet statistics, outsourcing, start up issues, newsletters, finance and accounts information, legal issues, courses, workshops and seminars. Ownbase
UK Association of homeworkers. Small Business Bureau
The Small Business Bureau Ltd in an established lobbying body for SMEs and works closely with a network of other business organisations throughout the world. Factline
Factsheets for SMEs, including tax self assessment and other information. Inland Revenue Self Assessment
http://www.bizmove.com
Free guides and worksheets packed with information for small businesses. The Sunday Times Enterprise Network
Free Advice on Debt and Personal Finance issues for SMEs
Mortgages specialists for the self-employed
Forum for Busy Women
Free Business and Travel Goods and Services
Other sites on the web are ideal for the small business owner who has little time to promote his/her site. The following websites offer resources, tools and information to help you promote your site cost-effectively on or offline. They include articles, downloads and other resources to help get the message out about your site.

Marketing Resource Centers HitsnClicks.com
The UK's largest online marketing and content resource centre. This site has daily updated content, including over 10,000 articles in 35 categories; free content; downloads; tips; presentations and free online marketing courses. Free H@ppenetics marketing course, free sticky content and traffic generating services. Web Promotion UK
A comprehensive directory of web promotion tools, services, articles, resources and software. Marketing UK
A useful resource containing information on training and marketing. Chartered Institute of Marketing
The world's largest marketing organisation offering professional qualifications in marketing and sales. Plus many other useful marketing resources. Personalised Web Marketing Plans
70+ page personalised/researched web marketing plans for your online business. Also check out the press release writing service http://www.webcritique.co.uk which includes a researched and relevant editors e-mail list. http://www.hitsnclicks.com/land/sloganalysis/index.asp
Analyse your slogan and USP for free Search Engine Resources
Find out all the latest news on search engines and how they each rank pages. http://www.topwebsite.co.uk
This site tells you what search engines look for. Press Releases
This site allows you to submit your releases free http://www.internetnewsbureau.com/
This site allows you to submit your releases for a fee http://www.click2newsites.com/press.htm
This site lets you submit your releases for free too. As does this site:

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CHERYL RICKMAN is author of "111 winning ways to promote your website successfully and offers website appraisals, promotion plans and a free e-bulletin on web promotion via her site http://www.webcritique.co.uk

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