Takin' Care of Business "Web Sites of the Week" From the weekly SCORE Radio Show.
All the links from the show will be here with the dates they were aired. Undated links are helpful links that have addresses too long to give over the air.Compiled by Tom Egelhoff - SCORE Counselor - Call 406-586-5421 to schedule an appointment with a SCORE counselor.
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1/2/2004 - The Entrepreneur Help Page - Lots of links to helpful information for your successful business 1/9/2004 - CafePress - This site will make tshirts, caps, coffee mugs, with your logo for you free of charge. Pay them when each piece is sold 1/16/2004 - Idea Cafe - More great small business ideas for business owners and start-ups. 1/23/04 - Lawyers.com - Find a lawyer in your part of the world when you need one. 1/30/04 - National Center for Small Communities 2/6/04 - Business Success Stories & Articles for Family Business Owners Growing Their Company 2/13/04 - One Look - Trying to find a specific word. This site has hundreds of dictionaries. Search one or all with one stroke. 2/20/04 - US Government, state government, Congress, government jobs & more - The place to find almost anything about government 2/27/04 - KnowThis.com - Marketing, Market Research, Internet Research, Internet Advertising, Selling And More... 3/5/04 - The Bureau of Labor Statistics - Everything you'll ever want to know about the state of the economy 3/12/04 - KnowX - Knowx brings public records to the general public - Some are free, some have a fee 3/19/04 - Fed Stats - Stats and databases of over 100 Federal Agencies 3/26/04 - Value Page - Type in your zip code and get savings at local grocery and other retail stores. 4/2/04 - The Small Business Advisor - Lots of helpful business tips on a variety of topics 4/9/04 - EntreWorld - A world of info for the Enrepreneur in all of us. 4/16/04 - The Montana Speakers Network, Inc. - The best place to find a public speaker for your event or group. 4/23/04 - The Official U.S. Time - Does anybody really know what time it is?? 4/30/04 - opensecrets.org - Money in politics: Where does it come from; who gets it? 5/7/04- The Start Up Journal - How to start a business from the folks at Wall Street Journal 5/14/04 - Business Know How - Small business ideas, advice and information to help your small business 5/21/04 - 5/28/04 - Main Street Web Design - Don't go here for web design go for the great source of links on almost anything you need. 6/2/04 - The Internet Public Library - Everything you could ever want to know about the Internet. 6/11/04 - The Library Spot - Encyclopedias, maps, online libraries, quotations, dictionaries and more. 6/18/04 - WS Radio - Check out the weekly Entrepreneur Magazine shows for great guests and helpful information. 6/25/04 - Google News Alert - Want to keep up with a topic. Google will email you with any reference that appears on the web. 7/2/04 - Fab Job - Looking to start your own business? Maybe these business guides can help. 7/9/04 - A Journalist's Guide To The Internet - Info for state & local goverment records, online newspapers, business & non-profit info 7/16/04 - BizMove.com - The Small Business Knowledge Base - Dozens of guides, tools and techniques. 7/23/04 - City Data - Find the demographics of any city. Special sections for citys of 1,000 to 6,000 population. Great info source. 7/30/04 - News Engin, Inc - Cost of Living Calculator and other interesting tools 8/6/04 - The Entrepreneur Network - provide information, contacts and counsel to inventors and entrepreneurs (pre-startup through early stage). 8/13/04 - Advertising & Marketing Review - Marketing help by state, US and World plus government stats and information. 8/20/04 - Fact Check - Want to know if your canidate is telling the truth in their ads? Here's the site that checks the facts. 8/27/04 - Do-It Yourself - Everything you need to take care of your home, boat, car and almost anything else. Many tutorials. 9/3/04 - Technorati - Live World Wide Web Search - Quicker info than search engines by monitoring selected web logs to provide the newest information available and who's talking about it. 9/10/04 - Grants.gov - Want to apply for a grant but not sure where to start? Here's a good starting point. 9/17/04- www.blinkx.com - While you work Blinkx searches the web and your hard drive for what ever is happening in your active window. Just click the links and get up to date information about what ever you're doing. 9/23/04 - Backwoods Magazine - Everything you need for self reliance, self sufficiency, country living, How-to, independent and alternative energy. 10/1/04 - Marketing Profs - A great site with both free and premium articles and information on marketing online and off. 10/8/04 - Information Please - Online Dictionary, Internet Encyclopedia, Atlas & Almanac Reference 10/15/04 - All Business - Small business resources, forms, agreements, guides and advice. 10/22/04 - Consumer World - Everything consumer 10/29/04 - ITools - Search tools, language translators, encyclopedias, research tools 11/5/04 - Business Journals - Everything business from publications around the country 11/12/04 - Home Town Locator - Community Profiles of 42,500 cities in the US 11/19/04 - National Association of Trade Exchanges (NATE) - If you want to barter your product or services, here's the place to start. 12/3/04 - More Business - Lot's of startup business help including sample business plans, forms and articles. 12/10/04 - Freebie Directory - The Web's freebies search engine. 12/17/04 - The Natural Handyman - Everything you need to fix anything around the home or business. 12/31/04 - Public Register's Annual Report Service - Get a free annual report on any of 3,600 corporations. Happy New Year Score Web Sites for 2005 1/7/05 - The Tax Foundation - Educating Taxpayers Since 1937 1/14/05 - Internet Crime Complaint Center - Have you been scammed on the net? Here's where to take your complaint. 1/21/05 - The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Clearinghouse on Entrepreneurship Education 1/28/05 - eHow.Com - Clear Instructions on how to do just about anything. 2/4/05 - My Coupons.Com - All kinds of coupons for goods and services as near as your printer. 2/11/05 - Small Town Newspapers - Wish you could read the home town paper where you grew up? It just might be here. 2/18/05 - The Marketing Teacher - A British site with some great articles, books and links that can help any business. 2/25/05 - The Word Of Mouth Marketing Association - That pretty well says it all 3/4/05 - Learn2.com - Tutorials on how to do just about anything 3/11/05 - Fuel Guage Report - Want to know what's going on with fuel prices? Here's your site. 3/18/05 - Name Protect - A company specializing in protection against Identify Theft and Internet Fraud - Free Newsletters 3/25/05 - About.com - A Canadian site full of free classes and tutorials on almost any subject you can think of. 4/1/05 - Topix.Net - Find local news for any city or zip code from thousands of sources 4/8/05 - National Archives - Congressional Records and lots of links to government information. 4/15/05 - National Tax Freedom Day 2005 - This is how many months you will have to work to pay taxes for the year. 4/22/05 - Veteran's Radio Hour - A site that celebrates our fighting men and women. 4/29/05 - Business Balls - Have a hard time keeping all your balls in the air? This site has tons of good ideas on businss building 5/6/05 - MarcommWise - A great site with lots of marketing articles and tips for business 5/13/05 - World Wide Learning - If you want to learn online this is your site. Over 350 courses available in all price ranges 5/20/05 - How To Start Up - A site with many articles and tips to help you start a business. 5/27/05 - Time Zone Converter - Find the correct time anywhere in the world. 6/3/05 - Small Business Books - How to guides from Entrepreneur Magazine that will help you start your own business. 6/10/05 - First Gov for Consumers - A one page hot line for goverment help that consumers can use to solve problems 6/17/05 - Excellence in Financial Management - Free classes and forms on a variety of Financial Management procedures 6/24/05 - Business Potential - Free online learning resources 7/1/05 - Business e-Coach - Offers free online e-coaching for business success 7/8/05 - Total News - All the news you need in one place. 7/15/05 - Ask The Builder - Got a question on how to do something around the house? Just ask... 7/22/05 - AKA Marketing - All sorts of help for the new internet marketer. 7/29/05 - Directory.Net - A directory and search engine all in one. 8/5/05 - Fed World - An easy way to find your way around the government. 8/13/05 - The Henokiens - A 32 member group of european businesses that have endured for over 200 years each and what they have learned. 8/20/05 - 50 States - Everything you need to know about every state in the union in one spot plus lots more too. 8/27/05 - Household Products Database - Find out more about all those products under your sink. What's good and what's bad. 9/2/05 - Montana Gas Prices - Looking for the lowest gas prices around our state. Check here before you head out. 9/9/05 - About Marketing - All things marketing to help make your small business more successful 9/16/05 - Business Plans - How to write a business plan and many samples and articles. Some free some are fee based. 9/23/05 - The Disaster Center - Everything you ever wanted to know about any kind of disaster. 9/30/05 - Pet Finder - Search for a pet for yourself or help a pet caught in the recent hurricanes. 10/7/05 - Online Public Relations - Dedicated to helping you deliver better, faster and less-expensive PR and marketing communications. 10/14/05 - Internet Usage World Stats - Everything you need to know about what's up on the net. 10/21/05 - Email Marketing/Ad Campaigns - How to create email marketing and advertising campaigns with samples. 10/28/05 - Business Journals - Business News, business resources from around the country. 11/4/05- Oil Company Profits - Where oil ranks with other commonly used products. 11/11/05 - Stop Fakes - A great web site that deals with protecting intelectual property. Patents, copyrights, etc. 11/18/05 - Principles of Marketing and market research from the University of Georgia 11/25/05 - Urban Legends Reference Page - Most popular legends from around the world. 12/2/25 - Borg Drug - Lowest cost drugs from a real drug store in small Minnesota town population 450 12/9/2005 - The Financial Forecast Center - The Financial Forecast Center provides forecasts related to money: savings, investments, finance, economics, employment and loans six months into the future. 12/16/05 - Paper Direct - Buy pre-printed brochures and business cards and add your own text and graphics. 12/23/05 - Zazzle - Print your logo or advertising message on any amount of shirts, mugs... even make your own stamps.
Web Sites For 2006 1/6/06 - Get Organized Now - Start the new year right with tips on how to organize home and office. 1/13/06 - National Association of Resale & Thrift Shops - Everything you need to know about thrift shops. 1/20/06 - How To Clean Anything - If it has to be clean and you don't know how... look here. 1/27/06 - Go Articles - Articles to help you research any product or service you can think of. 2/3/06 - Free Management Library for For Profit and Nonprofit Organizations - Lots of Free articles 2/10/06 - TechSoup - The Technology Place for Non-Profits 2/17/06 - The Senior Journal - A great site for all the links today's seniors need 2/24/06 - Consumer Search.Com - Product reviews and reports on a variety of products and services. 3/3/06 - Find Law - For both the public and the law professional. All you need to know about the law. 3/10/06 - Fast Pitch Networking - An online way of presenting your business to others in other parts of the country. 3/17/06 - Vital Records - Birth Certificate, Death Record, Marriage License and other vital records. 3/24/06 - Audit My PC - A nice web site with free diagnostic checks on your firewall, spyware and other safety features. 3/31/06 - Labor Law - Everything you could possibly want to know about our labor laws. A Q&A Forum. 4/7/06 - Box.Net - Free Storage 1GB of free storage accessable from any computer. Great for transfer of files too large to email. 4/14/06 - 4/21/06 - Tiny URL - Creates short links for long URL's for email and other uses. 5/5/06 - Regulations.Gov - Voice your comments about any government regulation 5/12/06 - Forms.Gov - Home of all government forms 5/19/06 - Business.gov - Everything about government help for your small business. 5/26/06 - Planet Feedback - Here is the site to voice your product comments, complaints or submit questions to companies. 6/2/06 - Download.com - Here is the place for the most popular downloads and free software to make computing easier. 6/30/06 - Online Conversion - Convert almost anything to anything else 7/7/06 - Branding Asia - A great site for understanding how the asian markets work. Lots of free articles