Resources 08/03 Web sites, organizations, events and more to grow your business
By Steve Cooper
Opinions expressed by BIZ Experiences contributors are their own.
Opt-In News
www.optinnews.com
Stay on top of e-mail marketing trends, players and news throughdaily news updates; free newsletters; and a resource directory thatprovides links to sources for e-mail marketing consultants, adexchanges, marketing organizations and more.
Women BIZ Experiencesship In The21st Century
www.women-21.gov
This Web site, created by the Department of Labor and the SBA,helps women business owners identify federal government resourcesand deal with the changing business climate.
LeasingSecrets.com
www.leasingsecrets.com
Sponsored by Equipment Funding Resources, this site educatesentrepreneurs on cost-saving tips and other secrets of smartequipment leasing and financing through a series of printpublications. You can also sign up to receive a free onlinenewsletter.
Reveries
www.reveries.com
This e-zine targeting senior-level marketers for small and largebusinesses includes Q&A profiles, round tables, surveys, whitepapers and opinion essays focusing on insights, ideas and strategicmarketing issues. Sign up for the daily e-mail newsletter"Cool News of the Day," and check out the new book by TimManners, Cool News of the Day (Xlibris), a compilation of articlesthat have been featured on Reveries.com.
Word Menu
www.wordmenu.com
Improve your business communications with Write Brothers'reference software, which helps you look up and understand wordsorganized by subject matter. Includes a reverse dictionary, analmanac and more. Currently available for Windows-based PCsonly.
KaraokeNation
Simon & Schuster
Relive the dotcom gold-rush days as author Steve Fishman tells thestory of his search for the American Dream selling hip-hop karaoke.Those were the days . . .
Consumer Joe: HarassingCorporate America, One Letter At a Time
BroadwayBooks
Mmm, a tuna-melt-flavored Jamba Juice smoothie? That's just oneof author Paul Davidson's many recommendations to corporateAmerica. Laugh out loud as you breeze through his letters ofcomplaint, suggestions, and best of all, the responses he gotback.
International Association ofVirtual Office Assistants
www.iavoa.com
If you're considering using a virtual assistant, check out thissite for more information. The association promotes the use ofvirtual assistants worldwide; the site provides referrals to anetwork of qualified virtual assistants as well as tools to helpbusiness owners and virtual assistants best work together.
