Every Web site we add to this page is for the sole purpose of making the hectic lives of small business owners easier. These resources provide cost-effective solutions to common business challenges.

Is there a Web site you can't live without? Please share it by submitting it via our contact page. If we select it for our list below, we will also provide a link back to your Web site so our visitors may become your visitors too!  
For friendly, stress-free networking:

www.eWomenNetwork.com
The #1 resource for connecting and promoting women and their businesses. We've tried this, it works. Read the eWomen Network intro or simply sign up. The membership fee is very reasonable and worth its weight in gold.
Suggested by Jennifer Myers

www.BlogHer.com
The community for women who blog. It's a virtual networking event that runs 24/7. Women come here to share their business expertise, among other things. If you have a blog, put it to work for you - it's easy to sign up and list your blog...and it's free.

Hot business articles and great resources for entrepreneurs:

www.nolo.com
Hundreds of top quality, plain English legal products, priced to fit small business budgets. Nolo is one of the most extensive self-help law resources in the Internet, and for those who need more than online advice, it offers a huge directory of attorneys searchable by name or location.

www.entrepreneur.com
If you haven't seen this site yet you're in for a treat. Entrepreneur is jammed with business ideas and advice. Great business writers offer pearls of wisdom by the hundreds. Read Five Fatal Mistakes for Small Retailing; the excellent How To Guides; and Guides for Home Based Businesses. And for mompreneurs: The Mompreneur Center.

www.StartUpNation.com
Hopefully you'll find the resources at StartUpNation before you launch your start-up because it will help you get some important basics in place from the get-go. If not, there are still dozens of good reasons to explore the site. It's jammed with great articles for anyone with a start-up business. In it's own words: It’s our belief that everyone can —and should—own a business, whether full-time or part-time. Our mission is to help you do just that!

www.ResourceNation.com
Imagine if Entrepreneur.com and Elance had a baby. This is it. Resource Nation has business articles and a huge database of freelancers/vendors. Outsource work from bookkeeping to web design. Resource Nation provides up to 5 competitive quotes from Better Business Bureau approved vendors.

An affordable way to a professional Web site:

www.rentacoder.com
Software developers and programs bid on your projects. Get custom applications and widgets created for your Web site. Add great, original content to your site - if you can dream it they can probably work it.

www.elance.com
Elance is evolving into a bottomless pit of talent that you can tap into by putting a job up for bid, or by browsing to find a copywriter, designer, or Web developer. Don't try do it all yourself. Substandard graphics or copy will let your Web site down. All Elance professionals come with full reviews from other users—so do your homework before selecting a vendor.

Email marketing - never send an uninspiring newsflash again:

Encourage repeat visits to your Web site and keep customers from straying to competitors by keeping a stream of communication going. Two companies are making it really easy to create beautiful, professional newsletters that can be flashed to all your customers at the push of a send button:

www.MyEmma.com
At My Emma you can easily create stylish e-newsletters and marketing pieces and then track who actually reads them, and better still, who goes a step further and forwards them to friends or colleagues. My Emma has a great support team in case you need some help. They also do cool  green things like plant trees for new subscribers and support charities including EngineHounds' favorite one: www.elephants.com.

www.ConstantContact.com
Constant Contact is all about creating professional email campaigns or making announcements to your clients and it's one of the most user-friendly email marketing interfaces around. Whether you're looking to send an email newsletter, a high-impact email promotion, an email event invitation, an online survey, or build your email list,  Constant Contact can help you get it done.
Suggested by J.Guerra, The Renaissance Academy, Florida Gulf Coast University

Get great stationery at very affordable prices:

www.VistaPrint.com
Operating - reliably I might add - in 20 countries, VistaPrint makes professional-looking stationery accessible to everyone. They have a tremendous range of marketing products and they make it really easy for you to customize business cards and other items. A terrific resource for start-ups because you'll find that you can afford more than you thought you could. They even have a range of free products (they come with a discreet VistaPrint logo on them - hence the 'free' part).
Suggested by E. Retra, 13text


Professional flow charts, floor plans and diagrams - online - and free:

www.Gliffy.com
With Gliffy online diagramming software, you can easily create professional-looking flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, and more!

It's easy to use and Free!

Suggested by Laurie Macomber, Blue Skies Marketing

Fight identity theft by monitoring your credit activity:

Get free credit reports from AnnualCreditReport.com
The Fair and Accurate Transactions (FACT) Act legislation entitles all Americans over 18 to receive one free credit file disclosure annually from all three credit reporting agencies. AnnualCreditReport.com is the official site to help consumers to obtain their free credit report and allows you to request a free credit file disclosure once every 12 months from each of the nationwide consumer credit reporting companies: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.