Links

Private Data and Information Sites

Guerrilla Marketing – How to do it right at a low cost.
Direct Marketing Assn. – Tips on 1 to 1 marketing.
Business First – Fresh business news from Columbus, Ohio.
CD & Loan Rates – from Bank Rate Monitor.
SCORE – High quality, free advice from the Service Corps. of Retired Executives.
Advertising Age – Up to the minute advertising news and trends.
Domains Available – Check to see if that new site name you want to launch is already being used.
Fast Company Magazine – Excellent advice for emerging businesses or solo practicioners.
Weather Forecasts – Will you be snowed in at Duluth tomorrow night?
Discussion or mailing lists – To find the newsgroup or mailing list best suited to your needs.
Movie Reviews, etc. – For your weekend relaxation.
Ideas (small business) – A good entrepreneur discussion and idea site.
Amazon Books – Over 1,000,000 titles, including many of those hard-to-find business and personal books.
Business database – Sales leads for business-to-business endeavors.
Freelance Work Exchange – Provides access to a wealth of freelance jobs and resources. Visitors can receive a free report on the top markets, a course of market tips and a twice-weekly Freelance Job Report.
American Marketing Association
Business Marketing Association

Government Data and Information Sites

U.S. Statistical Abstract – Profiles from the Census Bureau.
Federal Reserve Bank (Minneapolis) – Excellent economic statistics and forecasts.
President – Up to the minute press releases and data from the White House.
IRS – Questions, answers, forms…you name it.
House – Write to your Representative or check on the status of legislation.
Senate – Write to your Senator or check on the status of legislation.
Census Bureau – All of the official statistics to help you plan your company’s future.
Federal info search – When you know the information exists, but you don’t know where.
Consumer Info Center – Information for your personal life. View the sources free, since your taxes have already paid for it.
FDIC – What’s new in the world of money?
Fed Statistics – If the Federal Reserve produces the data, this is where to find it.

Miscellaneous

Baku Musings – Personal ruminations on my time spent in Baku, Azerbaijan as a Deposit Mobilization Advisor with BANKWORLD, INC
Yerevan Musings – Comments and pictures from my time in Yerevan, Armenia.
Tbilisi Musings – Comments and pictures from my time in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia