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Affiliate Marketing Resources
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Business Incorporation
Services
BizFilings.com
www.bizfilings.com
608-827-5300
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BizFilings professionally forms
corporations,
limited liability companies (LLCs) and
nonprofits.
ClickandInc.com
www.clickandinc.com
612-455-2290
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Since 2000, Click
Industries, Ltd., has been helping thousands of small-business owners &
independent entrepreneurs start new business ventures, protect their
intellectual property and find new ways to market and promote their businesses
and creative works.
LegalZoom.com
www.legalzoom.com
323-962-8600
Online submission
form
LegalZoom can help you quickly and affordably create estate planning
documents, start a business, register a trademark and more—from the convenience
of your home or office.
MaxFilings.com
www.maxfilings.com
800-704-6563
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MaxFilings offers all-inclusive
pricing and an online ordering system that allows you to incorporate your
business right away.
MyCorporation.com
mycorporation.intuit.com
818-879-9079
Online
submission form
MyCorporation.com, owned by the makers of QuickBooks,
provides online document filing services for clients who wish to form a
corporation or limited liability company.
MyNewCompany.com
www.mynewcompany.com
702-362-2677
Online submission
form
MyNewCompany.com, Inc., was founded in 2001 with one simple mission: to
make starting a business as simple, fast and inexpensive as possible.
Business Plans
Bplans.com
Software
www.Bplans.com
541-683-6162
Online submission
form
Bplans.com contains a large collection of free sample business plans. In
addition, it has helpful tools and know-how for managing your business.
BusinessKnowHow.com
www.businessknowhow.com
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Business
Know-How offers the “street-smart” strategies you need to succeed in your own
small business.
Doug
Williams & Associates
www.dwassoc.com
360-695-8100
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Doug Williams & Associates offers
a full line of small-business consulting and Web site marketing services.
Elance.com
www.elance.com
877-435-2623
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Elance
was established to help small businesses hire freelance talent—everything from
accountants to Web designers to writers.
Entrepreneur Magazine Online
www.entrepreneur.com
949-261-2325
Online submission forms
Find tips to help you run a successful business
with this collection of videos, articles, expert blogs, and more.
Library of Congress
www.loc.gov/rr/business/beonline/
This
is one tiny page from the Library of Congress—great resource!
Pacifica
Endeavors
www.smallbizsmartmarketing.com
866-284-4955
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Pacifica Endeavors is
dedicated to providing high-quality marketing consulting services to small
businesses and start-ups at affordable rates.
Content Management Resources
Bitrix, Inc.
www.bitrixsoft.com
703-740-8301
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Bitrix Inc.
specializes in developing content management systems and portal solutions for
managing Web projects and information systems for maintaining commercial
activities on the Internet.
Drupal.org
drupal.org/
Drupal.org is the official website of
Drupal, an open source content management platform.
Ecom
Enterprises
www.ecomenterprises.com/webpress
877-955-ECOM
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Ecom Enterprises offers
feature-rich Web content management software that can empower your small
business with tools once only afforded by Fortune 1000 companies.
Joomla!
www.joomla.com
Joomla! is one of the most powerful
open-source content management systems on the planet. It is used all over the
world for everything from simple Web sites to complex corporate applications.
Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable. (This is the system
used by The Grebe.)
MamboServer.com
www.mamboserver.com
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Mambo is a
dynamic portal engine and content management system.
SnapTech.ca
www.snaptech.ca
866-899-4063
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SnapTech provides Web design services
and a comprehensive suite of Web marketing, Web productivity and content
management tools.
Financial Management
Elance.com
www.elance.com
877-435-2623
Online submission
form
Elance was established to help small businesses hire freelance
talent—everything from accountants to Web designers to writers.
SmallBusinessNotes.com
www.smallbusinessnotes.com
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Small Business Notes is a content-rich
resource with information that a small-business person needs to operate his or
her business.
Venture Momentum, Inc.
www.venturemomentum.com
415-897-0195
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Venture Momentum, Inc., is a
financial management firm specialized in providing financial planning and
financial management services to entrepreneurs.
Finding a Mentor
MicroCenter.org
www.micromentor.org
503-465-4181
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MicroMentor is a nonprofit
mentoring organization that utilizes technology to pair two people in the same
industry.
Mentors.ca
www.mentors.ca/findamentor.html
250-595-3503
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"If your ship doesn't
come in, swim out to it." Jonathan Winters • Although this site is mostly for mentors and coaches,
it provides a free find-a-mentor service. Scroll down and fill out a
comprehensive survey to see if mentors.ca can find a match.
SCORE
www.score.org/explore_score.html
703-487-3612
SCORE "Counselors to
America's Small Business" is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating
entrepreneurs and the formation, growth and success of small business
nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA).
Freelance Resources
Elance.com
www.elance.com
877-435-2623
Online submission
form
Elance was established to help small businesses hire freelance
talent—everything from accountants to Web designers to writers.
Guru.com
www.guru.com
888-678-0136
Online submission
form
Use Guru.com's free service to search for and find freelancers. Post
your project. Get free quotes within hours.
iFreelance.com
www.ifreelance.com
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Ifreelance
is a portal. Post your profile and get access to 1000s of buyers in need of your
professional services.
RentaCoder.com
www.rentacoder.com
813-908-9029
Online submission
form
Rent A Coder is a Web-based marketplace that connects businesses in need
of computer programming expertise with a global, freelance market of
programmers.
Funding Resources
Accommodative Financial Solutions
www.afsloansonline.com
877-207-1396
Online submission
form
Accommodative Financial Solutions is an unsecured loan consulting
company.
BusinessFinance.com
www.businessfinance.com
Search over 4,000 sources of business
financing and get your free matched list in seconds.
LendingClub.com
www.lendingclub.com
408-524-1540
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Lending Club is a social
lending network where members can borrow and lend money among themselves at
better rates.
Prosper.com
www.prosper.com
866-615-6319
Online submission
form
Prosper is an online community for lending and borrowing money, with
over 740,000 members and $154 million in funded loans.
Zopa.com
us.zopa.com
888-879-9672
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Zopa is the world's first social
finance company.
Government Agencies
Internal Revenue Service
www.irs.gov/localcontacts/index.html
205-912-5333
The IRS Restructuring
and Reform Act of 1998 prompted the most comprehensive reorganization and
modernization of IRS in nearly half a century.
Small
Business Administration
www.sba.gov/aboutsba/index.html
800-827-5722
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The U.S. Small
Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of
the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of
small-business concerns and to preserve free competitive enterprise.
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Legal
FreeAdvice.com
www.freeadvice.com
415-331-1212
Online submission
form
The easy-to-understand legal content on FreeAdvice.com has been prepared
and is updated by nationally renowned specialists at dozens of leading American
law firms, and by other capable attorneys and legal professionals on the
company's highly qualified legal and editorial staff.
Nolo.com
www.nolo.com/about.cfm
510-549-4660
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Nolo is your legal companion,
empowering you and saving you money whenever the law touches your work, life or
finances.
Shawn Casey, Esq.
www.internetlawcompliance.com
No phone number
provided
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For less than $100 (as of July
2008) internet marketing entrepreneur/lawyer Shawn Casey provides you with the
CYA templates that will help make sure your Web site is compliant with Federal
Trade Commission rules and regulations.
Ed.
note: Using these
templates saved The Grebe more than $600 in legal fees when developing its Terms
of Use and Privacy policies.
Marketing
Allan Gardyne
www.associateprograms.com
No phone number provided
Online
submission form
Run by veteran internet marketer Allan Gardyne,
AssociatePrograms.com offers tons of FREE information about affiliate programs,
including useful tips, money-making articles, researched recommendations, and a
helpful affiliate forum.
BusinessKnowHow.com
www.businessknowhow.com
631-467-8883
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Business Know-How offers the
“street-smart” strategies you need to succeed in your own small business.
Doug
Williams & Associates
www.dwassoc.com
360-695-8100
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Doug Williams & Associates offers
a full line of small-business consulting and Web site marketing services.
Envision Software
www.envisionsoftware.com
813-909-1399
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Envision Software
specializes in solving business problems through technology.
Internet Marketing Center
blog.marketingtips.com
No phone number
No e-mail
address
Derek Gehl’s Internet Marketing Center is a privately held
corporation with offices in the US and Canada. In addition to providing online
information, IMC offers a pay per month online entrepreneurial club for internet
marketers.
Miva
Merchant
www.mivamerchant.com/company
866-284-9812
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Miva Merchant: An online
sales tool
Pacifica Endeavors
www.smallbizsmartmarketing.com
866-284-4955
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Pacifica Endeavors is
dedicated to providing high-quality marketing consulting services to small
businesses and start-ups at affordable rates.
Web.com
www.web.com
904-680-6600
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Web.com is a leading provider of online
marketing services for small businesses, offering a full suite of solutions that
make it fast, easy, and cost-effective to attract and convert new customers on
the Web.
Public Relations
OffMadisonAvenue.com
www.offmadisonave.com/about-us/
480-505-4500
Online submission
form
Off Madison Ave is an integrated strategic communications agency,
located in Tempe, Arizona, that provides services in advertising, public
relations, media, graphic design, strategy and internet marketing.
Zable
Fisher Public Relations
www.zfpr.com
561-417-0006
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Zable
Fisher Public Relations is a privately held provider of public relations and
publicity products and services.
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Sales Tools
BusinessKnowHow.com
www.businessknowhow.com
631-467-8883
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Business Know-How offers the
“street-smart” strategies you need to succeed in your own small business.
Miva
Merchant
www.mivamerchant.com/company
866-284-9812
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Miva Merchant: An online
sales tool
Sage Solutions
www.sagecrmsolutions.com
480-368-3700
Online submission
form
Sage solutions is committed to helping its customers run their
businesses more effectively, helping them to gain greater insight into their
business activities and providing them with lasting benefits by automating their
business processes.
Salesconx.com
www.salesconx.com
212-453-9880
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Salesconx is a marketplace for
professionals to buy and sell introductions to decision makers.
SalesTeamTools.com
www.salesteamtools.com
No phone number provided
No e-mail
provided
SalesTeamTools, founded in 2006, is an online magazine dedicated to
providing fresh ideas on how salespeople, managers, professionals and business
owners can use technology and sales tools to sell more.
More
resources specific to affiliate marketing to come.
Small Business Resources
AllBusiness.com
www.allbusiness.com
415-694-5000
Online submission
form
AllBusiness.com, owned by Dun & Bradstreet, is an online media and
e-commerce company that operates one of the premier business sites on the
Web.
Entrepreneur Magazine Online
www.entrepreneur.com
949-261-2325
Online submission forms
Find tips to help you run a successful business
with this collection of videos, articles, expert blogs, and more.
PowerHomeBiz.com
www.powerhomebiz.com
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This is
a great resource! Powerhomebiz.com is an online publisher that provides
well-written features, "how-to" articles; "how I did it" success stories, tips
and hints, instructions, motivational articles and other information that will
help consumers gain knowledge and succeed in their small business endeavors.
SmallBusiness.com
www.smallbusiness.com/wiki/
866-59-START
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Smallbusiness.com is a
collection of resources for those seeking information and assistance in starting
and running a small business in the U.S.
StartupNation.com
www.startupnation.com
866-597-8278
Online submission
form
StartupNation is a FREE service founded by entrepreneurs for
entrepreneurs. The site was created to be your one-stop shop for entrepreneurial
success. Great resource!
Software/Business Tools
Envision Software
www.envisionsoftware.com
813-909-1399
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Envision Software
specializes in solving business problems through technology.
Miva Merchant
www.mivamerchant.com/company
866-284-9812
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Miva Merchant: An online
sales tool
Sage
Solutions
www.sagesoftware.com
866-996-7243
Online submission
form
Sage solutions is committed to helping its customers run their
businesses more effectively, helping them to gain greater insight into their
business activities and providing them with lasting benefits by automating their
business processes.
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come.
Web
Design
Browsershots.org
browsershots.org/
This open-source site is a nifty tool
for checking how your Web site looks in a variety of browsers.
Doug Williams & Associates
www.dwassoc.com
360-695-8100
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Doug Williams & Associates offers
a full line of small-business consulting and Web site marketing services.
Web.com
www.web.com
904-680-6600
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Web.com is a leading provider of online
marketing services for small businesses, offering a full suite of solutions that
make it fast, easy, and cost-effective to attract and convert new customers on
the Web.
Web Hosting
BlueHost.com
www.bluehost.com
888-401-4678
Online submission
form
Bluehost.com is a full-service shared server Web hosting company that
prides itself on top-of-the-line, 24/7 customer service.
Ed. note:
This is the
hosting company used by The Grebe. I have found this company to be extremely
responsive, very accessible and reasonably priced.
DreamHost.com
dreamhost.com
No phone number
provided
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DreamHost is an employee-owned hosting
company that promotes a democratic, employee-focused workplace.
Doug
Williams & Associates
www.dwassoc.com
360-695-8100
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Doug Williams & Associates offers
a full line of small-business consulting and Web site marketing services.
Ebizhosting.com
www.ebizhosting.com
No phone number
provided
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eBiz Hosting provides reliable,
affordable shared Web hosting and reseller Web hosting solutions to businesses
and individuals since 1999.
Rackspace.com
www.rackspace.com
800-961-2888
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Rackspace is a recognized leader
in the hosting market.
ThinkHost.com
thinkhost.com
No phone number
provided
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ThinkHost is an earth-friendly Web hosting
solution that supports positive social change.
Web.com
www.web.com
904-680-6600
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Web.com is a leading provider of online
marketing services for small businesses, offering a full suite of solutions that
make it fast, easy, and cost-effective to attract and convert new customers on
the Web.
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