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Home Based Businesses
Business Reality Check
Naming Your Business
Post your ideas to the bulletin board
Domain Name Considerations
Registering with the State
City and County Permits
IRS Tax ID Number (EIN)
Business Checking Account
Local Permits and Requirements
Business Credit Card
Receipt Filing System
Setting up Accounting Software
Developing Good Business Practices
Keeping a Car Mileage Log
Using Strong Passwords
Backing Up Your Data
Dealing with Spam
Setting up a Business Email Account
Accepting Credit Cards for your Business Startup
Collecting Sales Tax
Managing Your Time
Employee Benefits
Voicemail Services
Fax Services
Business Use of Home Deductions
Selecting a Tax Accountant
Finding Legal Help
Tax Deductions You May Not Have Thought Of
Marketing
Understanding Graphics
Creating a Logo
Business Cards
Networking
Search Engine Optimization
Building a Web Site
Link Popularity
Newsletters
Pay-Per-Click Advertising
Media Buying
The Art of Selling
Social Networking
Cross Promoting with Another Business
Press Releases
YouTube as a Marketing Tool
Co-op Advertising
Affiliate Marketing
Viral Marketing
Using HTML
Your local Chamber of Commerce
Service Organizations
Course Email Archive
Press Releases
Affiliate Program
Pre-sales Questions
Online Payments
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Schedule of Newsletters
Timing
in Weeks
Article
0
Welcome and overview
1/7
Independent Contractor Agreement
(To fast-track things if you don't have a business idea yet.)
2/7
"The 15-minute Competitive Advantage"
4/7
Book Order Form
1
Choosing a name and domain name for your business
2
Registering your domain name
3
Registering with your state
4
Getting an Employee Identification Number from the IRS
5
Opening a business checking account
6
Using a credit card for business only use
7
Setting up a filing system for your receipts
8
Setting up accounting software
9
Keeping a mileage log in your car(s)
10
Setting up a "permanent" email address
11
Understanding Graphics
12
Creating a logo
13
Business cards
14
City and county permits
15
Collecting sales tax
16
Business Use of Home
17
Search Engine Optimization
18
Building a web site
19
Accepting credit cards
20
Newsletters
21
Pay-Per-Click Advertising
22
Voicemail services
23
Fax services
24
Back up your data
25
Spam
26
Social Networking
27
Managing your time
28
Networking
29
Employee benefits
30
Passwords, making them strong and keeping them safe
31
Your tax accountant is your best friend
32
Getting help for legal questions
33
Cross promoting your business with other businesses
34
Tax deductions you may not have thought of
35
Public Relations and Press Releases
36
Viral Marketing and Guerilla Marketing
37
Using HTML on sites such as Craigslist
38
Joining your local chamber of commerce
39
Joining a service organization
40
Media buying, or haggling 101
41
The art of selling
42
YouTube as a marketing tool
43
Co-op Advertising
44
Affiliate marketing
45
Link popularity
46
Creating a community
47
Become an expert in your field and publish
48
Hosting an event and reap bountiful publicity
49
Business insurance
50
Printing marketing materials
51
Stop trying to save a dime, focus on making a dollar
52
Customer service
53
Where to go from here?