UniversalBusinessListing.org allows you to do it. Instead of trying to find every online directory and then spend all the time listing your business information over and over again, just list once and forget it.
$30 gets you listed on the major online directories, local search engines and 411 directories for the year. Renew after the first year for $15. It’s well worth it. I’ve seen search companies charge more than $300 for a similar service that’s not as extensive.
Moving your business into a new location? You can change your information at UniversalBusinessListing.org as many times as you need with no additional charges.
To find out more, just visit their site. It’s a no brainer!
This entry was written by , posted on July 29, 2008 at 4:51 pm, filed under Business Resources and tagged business listings, directories, local search engines, sem, seo, universalbusinesslisting.org. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Hello Folks,
It is my duty as an advocate of small and local businesses to spread the word about new and useful tools to help your business adapt and grow.
Earlier today Silkfair.com was brought to my attention. It is an online marketplace similar to eBay or Etsy.
What I like about it:
- Free Online Store for sellers
- Education and positive attitude about social networking to promote seller stores
- Custom URL
- Sellers can use video to sell items
- Sellers can link back to their eBay rating
I’d love to hear what the rest of the community thinks about Silkfair.com. Please check it out and comment back here, at Silkfair’s blog, or suggestions [at] silkfair.com.
Take care,
Emil
This entry was written by , posted on June 27, 2008 at 4:43 am, filed under Business Resources, Consumer Resources, Local Businesses, Social Media and tagged ebay, ebay alternative, etsy, online marketplace, silkfair. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Quick Post:
You can use ping.fm to update your posts on a variety of different social services including Twitter, Plurk, Jaiku, Pownce and Tumblr all in one shot. I just signed up and received this as the beta code to share - “pingofpings”
Enjoy,
Emil
This entry was written by , posted on June 26, 2008 at 9:42 pm, filed under Business Resources, Consumer Resources, Social Media, microblogging and tagged beta code, jaiku, ping.fm, plurk, pownce, sync, tumblr, twitter. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
We have had tons & tons of work to do to make UrbanMelt.com better for everyone. We’re a team of two and only one of us is a software developer. We will be releasing a completely revamped version of UM that will provide a solid foundation to facilitate the creation of future features. The work that has been done will allow us to make changes on the fly quickly. This makes it possible to give our community what it wants when it wants. So, to those of you who have been waiting for the new release so long that your forgot who we were, it’s coming and coming soon.
We appreciate your patience and support,
Emil
This entry was written by , posted on June 14, 2008 at 4:51 am, filed under Business Resources and tagged urbanmelt.com. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Animals Deserving of Proper Treatment
Description: A.D.O.P.T. is a not-for-profit, no-kill, all volunteer organization serving Naperville Il., and the surrounding area. A.D.O.P.T. evaluates and socializes our pets through an in-home care program, and our volunteers work very hard to make the best possible match between your home and lifestyle and our dogs and cats.
Mission: The mission of this Corporation shall be the placement of animals into permanent caring homes and to advance humane treatment of animals through education. The corporation will engage in any and all activities in furtherance of objectives established by the voting membership
To learn more about A.D.O.P.T. and participate go here: http://www.adoptpetshelter.org
Donate here: http://www.firstgiving.com/joleenwisch
This entry was written by , posted on April 22, 2008 at 7:24 am, filed under Business Resources, Consumer Resources, Local Businesses, Non-Profit and tagged adopt, animal shelter, cats, dogs, no-kill, non-profit, shelter. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Here’s a link to a quick article written by Paula Hay on StartUp Nation. It talks about the growing demand for local products and services and provides a couple of resources to learn more. Click Here for the Article
This entry was written by , posted on April 17, 2008 at 6:38 am, filed under Business Resources, Consumer Resources, Local Businesses and tagged aiba, local business, local sustainability, startupnation.com. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
You can download Open Office for FREE at http://www.openoffice.org. If you know how to use Microsoft’s productivity suite, you should have no problem adapting to Open Office. One can create documents in Micosoft file format, so you can email a doc, file, etc to anyone else and the document would be compatible to open in their system. The most recent release of this FREE, open source software is v2.4. Check it out.
This entry was written by , posted on April 3, 2008 at 6:10 am, filed under Business Resources, Consumer Resources and tagged free, microsoft office, microsoft office 2007, open office, open source, openoffice.org, productivity software. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Here are a couple of quick resources to boost your business, get started, or get your creative juices flowing and come up with some great ideas.
SCORE (http://www.score.org): This is a non-profit organization that provides FREE (we love FREE around here) advice and counseling to small businesses. You can check out the existing resources on their website, e-mail a counselor (they usually get back to you extremely quickly), or set up an appointment to meet with a counselor. They were there to help in the extremely early developmental stages of UrbanMelt.com
Startup Nation (http://www.startupnation.com) Startup Nation is another FREE resource with great articles and a community of experts to help with almost any venture you can dream up. You can get a lot of ideas and get your ideas critiqued in Startup Nation’s forums. We have gained valuable insight by getting constructively criticized in the forums.
LOCAL Na8ion (http://www.localna8ion.com) Last, but not least, is LOCAL Na8ion. You may have noticed that we’ve mentioned them before. It’s for good reason. LOCAL Na8ion falls right in line with what UrbanMelt.com is all about, providing assistance and resources to the small business owner out there who wants/needs to be noticed. Why run a business if people aren’t going to find you. “If you build it, they will come”, happens under perfect conditions. LOCAL Na8ion shows you how to put up your own, easy-to-edit web site AND how to market it, all for (you guessed it) FREE! Implement some of the strategies that Julian Seery Gude of LOCAL Na8ion talks about and you should see a noticeable increase in your business.
Come on back now ya hear,
Emil @ UrbanMelt.com
***note: UrbanMelt.com is being completely overhauled as we speak. Our goal is late April 2008, if all goes according to plan.
This entry was written by , posted on April 2, 2008 at 7:03 am, filed under Business Resources. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
This will be quick. Just go to http://www.localna8ion.com for great tips, resources and how-to’s.
LOCAL Na8ion is a great, FREE resource for small businesses, big businesses, or anyone who wants their own website or blog.
You can run your own website for FREE and only pay for web hosting service(less than $100 per year). Not only does LOCAL Na8ion guide you on running your own, beautiful website, but then how to market your business with FREE or extremely low cost tools.
I don’t endorse anything that I don’t believe in. I believe in this and endorse it 110%.
Now is the time to help yourself. There are plenty of people out there willing to help you.
Feel free to post a comment,
Emil
This entry was written by , posted on March 28, 2008 at 7:38 pm, filed under Business Resources and tagged Blog, blog marketing, Business Resources, free, internet marketing, Local Businesses, midphase, site, web, web site, websites, wordpress. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
In this post I wanted to let people know what’s out there. Maybe you’re an entrepreneur on the go, a sales professional who needs to be connected at all times OR someone who’s never home, but doesn’t want to miss a call from Mom. In any case, here are the cellular plans and what is offered for around $100/mo(Also, please note that the included features and estimated pricing is to the best of my knowledge as of 3-26-08. We do not represent any of the following companies. I have included web addresses so people can research the information for themselves).
Helio - for unlimited calling, web, text messaging, picture & video messaging, instant messaging, data, e-mail, GPS, and YouTube & MySpace mobile(http://www.helio.com).
Sprint - for unlimited calling, web, GPS, text messaging, direct connect, and e-mail(http://www.sprint.com) .
Verizon - unlimited calling & mobile web 2.0(http://www.verizonwireless.com).
T-Mobile - unlimited calling, text messaging, video & picture messaging & unlimited instant messaging(http://www.tmobile.com).
AT&T - unlimited calling(http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=25197).
This entry was written by , posted on March 27, 2008 at 8:40 am, filed under Business Resources, Consumer Resources and tagged at&t, cellular, cellular phone, helio, mobile, mobile phone, phone, sprint, t-mobile, unlimited, verizon wireless. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
