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GENERAL RESOURCES
Canada Business Service Centre - http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/ - Business plan guide, checklists for going into business, home-based business, naming your business, business planning & start-up.
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency - http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca - HST/GST, business registration, types of business (i.e. sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation), keeping records.
Industry Canada - http://www.strategis.ic.gc.ca - Canada’s business and consumer site. Contains guides on starting a business and financing.
Bizoffice.com - http://www.bizoffice.com - Small and home-based business links including a library of articles.
Blue Penguin Development - http://www.bluepenguindevelopment.com/services/resources.html - Helpful articles including: 10 Really Good Reasons to Quit Your Job and Start Your Own Business; 10 Rules for Small Business Success; Building an Effective Web Site: 7 Surefire Strategies for Failure (and how to avoid them)
Prosperity Coaching - http://www.prosperitycoaching.biz/ - Free Report: “Top 5 Business Mistakes Entrepreneurs Should Avoid”
Paul Lima - Freelance writer, trainer and author Paul Lima talks about how to price your freelance services for corporate gigs - by the project, by the hour, by the word or using other methods. He shows you how to define the scope of a project and come up with an accurate quote. But before you quote, you have to know how much you want to earn in a year, and Paul helps you calculate that too.
Paul Lima has worked as a freelance writer for almost 15 years. Paul is a member of the Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC). He writes primarily for corporate clients and conducts business writing workshops, but has had published numerous articles in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, National Post, Profit, CBC.ca and many other online and print publications.
Here are some of his blogs on pricing your freelance work:
- Why businesses, even freelancers and independent practitioners, need business plans http://paullima.com/blog/2008/why-any-business-even-independent-practitioners-need-a-business-plan/
- Walking the business vision talk… http://paullima.com/blog/2008/walking-the-business-vision-talk/
- Writers can use the retail concept of “repeat business” http://paullima.com/blog/2008/writers-can-use-the-retail-concept-of-repeat-business/
- How much do I charge for corporate writing, editing, proofing…? http://paullima.com/blog/2008/how-much-do-i-charge-for-corporate-writing-editing-proofing/
- Pricing Corporate Writing Work http://paullima.com/blog/2007/pricing-corporate-writing-work/
- How to price a corporate writing/editing job (vs. periodical work) http://paullima.com/blog/2008/how-to-price-a-corporate-writingediting-job-vs-periodical-work/
- Get interactive: Quote on these freelance writing scenarios http://paullima.com/blog/2008/get-interactive-quote-on-these-freelance-writing-scenarios/
- A dirty dozen ways you can promote your products/services online http://paullima.com/blog/2008/a-dirty-dozen-ways-you-can-promote-your-productsservices-online/
- Place Five Arrows in Your Marketing Quiver http://paullima.com/blog/2008/place-five-arrows-in-your-marketing-quiver-3/
ABC Namebank - A collection of resources related to choosing a company name - http://www.abcnamebank.com/
Street Smart Marketer - “The Top 6 Best Internet Marketing Strategies” eBook- http://www.streetsmartmarketer.com/downloads/eReport.pdfThere are of course countless internet skills you could learn but if you just learn 4 of them, you’d make more money$. They are…
- How to easily research your target market
- How to bring that target market to your site
- How to keep ‘em on your site
….and, of course…
4. How to sell ‘em something!
Despite the relative simplicity of the above statements it is actually pretty easy to learn these skills even for the most uninitiated of computer users.
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL WOMEN
Government of Ontario - http://www.cbo-eco.ca/en/info-guide/women_in_business_info-guide_1107951461774.cfm - This website features a special section on Women In Business that highlights a list of resources and websites specific to meeting the needs of women entrepreneurs in Ontario, including a comprehensive listing of associations targeted to business women.
Women’s Business Gallery - http://www.womens-business-gallery.com - Contains several resources for women starting up their own business.
Roaring Women - http://www.roaringwomen.com - A website connecting Canadian and American women entrepreneurs.
Company of Women - http://www.companyofwomen.ca - Provides women entrepreneurs with an opportunity to network, promote their businesses and access resources/professional development opportunities on a variety of topics related to women in business.
Canadian Association for Women Executives & Entrepreneurs - http://www.cawee.net - Empowers women in the development and advancement of their business’ and professional lives, fostering financial independence, professional development and personal satisfaction.
Womanowned.com – Business Networks for Women - http://www.womanowned.com - Provides information, tools and networking opportunities for woman starting or growing their own business. Includes a vast library of articles.