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In just a few short years, the Internet has become the ultimate source for business knowledge. Yet, with more and more information about companies (and their products and services) being published online every day, the Internet is getting harder and harder for business professionals to navigate.Our mission at Business.com is to help you, the business professional, find exactly what you're looking for. To do this, we've built the Internet's only business-focused search engine and directory. And we've built it to be lightning fast and precise.
Say goodbye to your clunky fax machine when you sign up for eFax, a telephony service that has already assigned more than 1.6 million unique, private fax numbers. Receive faxes and voice mail via e-mail at no cost, or subscribe to eFax Plus ($4.95 per month) to send and forward faxes as well. Both plans provide wireless message notification and let you send your Web-based documents to any nearby fax machine for printing.
Need to know the average age and socioeconomic level of your consumers? Or how about the likelihood that the job market in your area will offer up some good employees? Then go to Fedstat, a rich resource for all kinds of statistics and data that could be useful to small businesses that need to stay in the know but don't have their own statisticians in house.
Every small business needs a helping hand -- especially when just starting out. Uncle Sam comes to the rescue with the U.S. Business Advisor, a directory of business resources. Find out about tax issues, financial assistance, workplace issues, and even international trade.
The U.S. Postal Service delivers a lot more than mail. Go to the online home of the agency made famous for the Pony Express and you'll find opportunities to pay bills, buy postage, and mail letters online. You can even fill your saddlebag with phone cards for traveling employees, and if you are a philatelist in your off time, collect away at www.USPS.com.
WebEx, a real-time Web-based presentation service let's you leverage the Web to make a presentation to colleagues and clients just as though you were in the same room. Equipped with an easy-to-use suite of presentation tools, WebEx is available as a free service for small presentations. More extensive features and tools are available by subscription. The service even notifies participants of upcoming presentations via e-mail.
This site has a number of features to aid small businesses; the most useful of which is Zkey, an online digital identity containing as much public and private data as you choose. When updated, it automatically registers the changes for anyone who knows your Zkey ID. Other features include many well-integrated PIM applications, placing orders with your WAP phone, integrating your personal calendar with public information, wireless file sharing, 50MB of storage space for files, and private conferencing for virtual workgroups. All services are free.
