Business Know-how
http://www.businessknowhow.com
This site provides resources for small
businesses, home businesses, careers, and the self-employed. They provide
articles, tools, and message boards. You can add information about your
business to their business directory and place classified ads. You can also
subscribe to their newsletter.
Career Journal
http://www.careerjournal.com/
This online career resource is published by the Wall
Street Journal. In addition to a wealth of articles on subjects like
negotiating tips, job-hunting advice, and managing your career, the site
provides a salary comparison tool. You can also get regional career news and a
listing of career events being held in your area.
Certification Magazine
http://www.certmag.com
This site is maintained by MediaTec Publishing,
Inc who publishes the paper Certification and IT Contractor magazines. The publication and website provides
IT Professionals, technical trainers, and companies who develop or deliver
certification programs and training with a comprehensive look at certification
and training. Feature stories focus on certification trends, events and
happenings, regular reviews of courseware and training resources, and
interviews with industry leaders. The publication also provides updates of
requirements for certification programs.
Consulting Central
http://www.consultingcentral.com
Sponsored by Consult magazine, this site news,
articles, books, directories, and newsletters directed at management
consultants. They also publish the Directory of Management Consulting Firms.
Contract Employment Weekly
http://www.ceweekly.wa.com
C.E. Weekly is published every Wednesday. The
publication furnishes members with information about contract openings
throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. The publication also
includes letters, editorials, and articles for those working in the contract
employment industry
Contract Professional Magazine
http://www.cpuniverse.com
This publication is now called The Talent
Economy, but the old Contract Professional articles are still available online.
Where The Talent Economy focuses more on agencies and human resource
professionals that hire IT professionals, Contract Professional was slanted
toward the technical consultant. The online CP includes articles specific to
contracting and independent consulting on subjects such as setting rates,
contracts, and agencies. Each issue contained an article spotlighting
consulting in a particular region of the country.
Creative Business
http://www.creativebusiness.com
This website maintained by the publishers of Creative
Business newsletter, books, and publications. Published ten times a year, Creative
Business newsletter is devoted to the business side of creative services
(graphic design, interactive, advertising, editorial, and marketing). The
information for the newsletter comes from the actual experiences of thousands
of creative business owners and freelancers. You can choose from a print
subscription ($139) or an electronic subscription ($119) sent via e-mail in
Acrobat PDF format. On their website, you can download articles, view their
links and resources, subscribe to their newsletter, or view a sample of their
newsletter in PDF format.
Employment Review Magazine
http://www.employmentreview.com
This is the website for Employment Review
magazine. It includes articles from the magazine such as job search tips and
industry analysis. One of the useful features of this site is the News To
Peruse page. Updated weekly, it includes job market news from all 50 states, as
well as information from around the world. Of particular interest on this page
is a table with National Unemployment statistics for all 50 states. You can compare
the unemployment numbers of your state with other states.
Guerilla Marketing
http://www.gmarketing.com
This is the website for the hugely successful Guerrilla
Marketing series of books by Jay Conrad Levinson, et al. The site provides
tips, articles, resources, and a place to purchase any of the Guerrilla
Marketing books.
Idea Cafe
http://www.ideacafe.com
Idea Café provides advice on how to start,
finance and run a small business. There's a daily contest, technology &
book reviews, guest business experts section, CyberSchmooz chat forums, and
plenty of how-to articles.
IT Contractor
http://itcmagazine.com
This site is maintained by MediaTec Publishing,
Inc who publishes the paper IT Contractor
and Certification magazines. In addition to in-depth feature articles on
the consulting industry, the site offers valuable resources for IT
professionals, including a job database, newsletters, career tips, tricks for
managing clients, and legal, financial and taxation advice. You can register
your profile in their job database for free and search for a permanent or
contract position by keyword, job title, skills, state or area code.
Small Business Computing Magazine
http://www.destinationsoho.com
Formerly Home Office Computing magazine, this
site offers archived issues of the magazine, forums, and other resources for
small business owners.
Startup Journal
http://startup.wsj.com
This is another informative business site
maintained by the Wall Street Journal. This site contains a wealth of
information on starting a business. The site includes great articles on
franchising, financing, technology, and running a business. Don’t have a
business? Buy one. You can search their large database of businesses for sale
or you can browse their franchise area to see if franchising is right for you.
They also provide two really great tools. One tool helps you to create a business
plan right on their site. The other provides a free trademark search tool so
you can see if the business or services name you are considering has been
previously trademarked.
Tech Republic
http://www.techrepublic.com
This online publication run by CNET Networks,
provides articles and resources for IT professionals. The site includes an area
dedicated IT consultants. For some of the content you have to become a
TechRepublic member, but membership is free.
WinWriters
http://www.winwriters.com
Online publication focused on those who develop
online documentation. The site provides a resource directory of online help
developers. You can get a free listing by filling out their online form.
Working Solo
http://www.workingsolo.com
Terri Lonier, author of the book Working Solo:
The Real Guide to Freedom & Financial Success in Your Own Business hosts
this site that includes an e-newsletter, articles, advice, and resources
relevant to Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) business owners and those who wish
to sell to the SOHO market. Through the Working Solo Pathfinder Program, Terri
also hosts telephone-based seminars to help solo businesses learn specific
business skills, find answers to puzzling business questions, and tap the
wisdom of other independent professionals.
