Marketing

• General Marketing Direction
• Marketing Plan Instruction
• Pricing Questions
• Advertising and Promotion Advice
• Sales
• Internet Marketing
• Customer Service
• Public Relations
• Direct Marketing

General Marketing Direction

• Successful Entrepreneur
• National Federation of Independent Businesses
• Entrepreneur Magazine
• BizMove
• SBA’s Women’s Business Center – information for all businesses
• MoreBusiness 
• Edward Lowe Foundation
• The Wall Street Journal Center for Entrepreneurs
• AllBusiness  
• Kauffman Foundation
• Inc. Magazine

• MarketingProfs – frequently asked questions
  

• MarketingProfs – articles and advice
  

• SmartBiz

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Marketing Plan Instruction

• Entrepreneur Magazine
• US Small Business Administration
• SBA’s Women’s Business Center
• Yahoo Small Business

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Pricing Questions

• National Federation of Independent Businesses
• American Express Small Business

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Advertising and Promotion Advice

• Kauffman Foundation
• Entrepreneur Magazine
• BizMove
• National Federation of Independent Businesses - advertising
• National Federation of Independent Businesses - promotion
• American Express Small Business
• Trade Show Week Magazine’s Trade Show Directory

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Sales

• Entrepreneur Magazine
• Kauffman Foundation
• Inc. Magazine
• National Federation of Independent Businesses

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Internet Marketing

• WilsonWeb
• Entrepreneur Magazine
• 28 Reasons to Use Interactive Advertising http://www.iab.net/resources/basics.asp
• Kauffman Foundation
• Inc. Magazine

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Public Relations

• Entrepreneur Magazine
• National Federation of Independent Businesses
• Kauffman Foundation

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Customer Service

• Kauffman Foundation
• National Federation of Independent Businesses
• Inc. Magazine

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Direct Marketing

• National Federation of Independent Businesses
• The Direct Marketing Association

Mailing Lists

• InfoUSA$ (North Carolina Business Directory & ReferenceUSA, subsidiaries of InfoUSA, are available for free at most public and university libraries in the state)
• Dun & Bradstreet $
• Harris InfoSource $
• Microsoft’s bCentral $
• GreatLists.com $

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