In Forbes “Best of the Web” directory, we stumbled upon an article rating the best of small business focused blogs. Each blog focuses on something unique about operating a small business, whether it is advice on how to develop the most cost effective business model, to the ethics behind government taxes on small businesses, each of these blogs is an interesting resource for any entrepreneur. Here are a few of the blogs mentioned in the Forbes article:
Duct Tape Marketing:www.ducttapemarketing.com/weblog.php
Forbes says:
“ As its name implies, the Duct Tape Marketing site highlights marketing methods for small businesses operating on the cheap–everything from public radio program sponsorship to helping your direct mail piece stand out from the usual junk mail by making it lumpy or unusually shaped. While the site’s homepage comes on strong with a sales pitch about its own marketing “system,” the site’s blog offers helpful commentary by nine pros in the field–including Dan Jana’s PR Leads, Martin Jelsema’s Buzzworthy Branding and Jill Konrath’s Selling To Big Companies.”
Church of the Customer: http://customerevangelists.typepad.com/blog
Forbes says:
“If you’ve ever wondered how your company can cultivate the kind of customer loyalty found at, say, a Harley-Davidson road rally, then beeline for the Church. Updated a few times a week by Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba, authors of Creating Customer Evangelists, the blog dissects both the triumphs and miscues that big and small companies make when dealing with their customers–decisions that entrepreneurs can learn from.”
The Entrepreneurial Mind:http://www.drjeffcornwall.com/
Forbes says:
“Jeff Cornwall, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Nashville’s Belmont University, holds forth here on everything entrepreneurial. Posts are conveniently categorized by subject, like Entrepreneurial Myths (such as the “if only I had money” myth or the “entrepreneurs are gamblers” myth), Exit Planning and Learning from Mistakes. There’s a charming dose of folksiness–Cornwall makes ample use of golf as a metaphor for operating a business–and links to posts by Belmont students involved in an entrepreneurship class that opened a used-CD store.”
The Small Business Brief:http://www.smallbusinessbrief.com/
Forbes says:
“Editor Linda Kiley publishes scores of links to the most helpful small-business related articles across the Web. The result is an exceedingly practical blog, offering primers for upstarts on how to successfully negotiate a small business loan, open an online merchant account that accepts credit cards and deal with angry customers.”