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Resources for Opening a New Business

Additional Resources for Opening a New Business

In this section, I have included many resources for opening a new business including tutorials, sample business plans and steps you can use to evaluate whether or not your new company has a good chance of working. You will find many other resources for how to get your new company up and running.

Business Plans for opening a New Business

Here you will find information and sample business and marketing plans designed for small to medium size companies. You can download them for free using Adobe Acrobat or view them online. They also have a Resource Center that includes additional resource information for your new business.
Starting New Business - Resource.

Marketing: E-Biz Card

Resources for Opening a New Business: e-Biz Card Picture Marketing is one of the most difficult, time-consuming and expensive aspects of opening a new company. It is common for a new company to only have one or two employees and they are doing everything possible just to stay afloat. Many new companies fail to follow-up with most of their prospects due to their lack of time. Because of this, an E-Biz Card is a great asset because it can contain an entire marketing or sales presentation along with all the other information necessary to make a sale. The new company owner simply needs to mail it out to those who express interest. This is a must!
Resources for: Steps in Opening a New Business.

 Marketing: Video Spinner

Resources for Opening a New Business: Video Spinners Picture Another form of marketing that is a lifesaver for a new company is a Corporate Video Spinner. These are multimedia rich, fast-paced, sales presentations that require little or no effort from the new company owner. They can be placed on one's web site, E-Biz Card, in an e-mail tag line (so the viewer can download it and watch it after reading your e-mail), on a laptop for viewing during a sales call, etc. Again, they require no additional time or energy from your sales force!
Resources: Openning a New Business.



Marketing: Animated Logo

Most small companies don't even dream about brand building because they assume it is simply too expensive. On the one hand, they are correct, but on the other hand, if done right, it can be relatively inexpensive. The whole idea of branding is to get your prospects familiar with your name and logo so that they begin to recognize and trust it. The reason this process is so expensive is because it usually takes constant advertising. However, one shortcut that few take advantage of is developing a 3-D animated logo.

These animations cause your prospects to watch your logo build image-by-image, letter-by-letter, graphic-by-graphic. Think about it! How many mailers would you have to send out to equal them watching every element of your logo build right before their very eyes. Of course, an added bonus is that they will watch this animation two or three times. And here's the cherry on top! If your animated logo is done right, they will call a few co-workers in so they can see it as well. Check out the 3D Animated Logo for New Business here.
Resources for: Animation Steps in Opening a New Business.

How to Write a Business Plan for Opening a New Business

Here you will find a lengthy step-by-step tutorial designed to help new companies create a comprehensive business plan that will aid in the process of gaining investors and loans. The process is simple to use, yet very thorough and best of all it is a free service of Company Resource Software, Inc., who provide business planning software and other resources for opening a new business.
Resources: Business Plan Steps in Opening a New Business.

Small Business BC / Canada

This web site offers a wealth of information for opening a new business, marketing a new company, writing a business plan and then how to expand your company once you get up and going. Small Business BC is British Columbia's key resource center for business information and services in Canada.
Resource 1: Steps in Opening a New Small Business  Resource 2: Steps in Opening a Small Business

eBC -- eBusiness Connection: Opening a New Business Online

This is another Canadian service who provides a number of resources for opening a new business that will focus integrating e-business or internet technologies into their company.
Resources: Steps in Opening a New Online Business.

Small Business Planner

The US Small Business Administration provides a step-by-step process for opening a new business. The four main areas it covers are Plan Your Company, Start Your Business, Manage Your Business and Getting Out. Then, within each of these main sections, it has a variety of helpful topics including personal evaluation, market research, marketing and start-up tutorial for opening a new business.
Resources; Opening a New Business Planner.

Business Start-Up Kits

Entrepreneur has over 40 different types of new companies you can start, as well as, new business kits that offer industry, market and operations information for each of the new companies. The New Business Kits offer suggestions for researching new company opportunities, creating a business plan, links to associations and franchises and then how to start a new business.
Resources: Opening a New Business 'Start-Up Kit'.

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