I speifically need help with researching industries and finding different marketing techniques.
2006-09-20 04:03:27 · 7 answers · asked by justme 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
With researching industries, there are companies that provide specific industry reports. These reports, however, are not inexpensive. IBISWorld http://www.ibisworld.com/industry/home.aspx is one company that provides industry report for each NAICs code for $595.
An alternative is to find associations for that industry as they often have industry reports. Associations also have information and even reports on how to market their type of businesses.
Here are some resources that can help you write your business plan:
- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm
- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html
You may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:
- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm
- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners
http://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html
- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp
- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp
- PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/
- Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html
-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf
- Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid
- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html
Some recommended books are :
- Business Plans Kit for Dummies
- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan
- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide
- Business Plans For Dummies®
- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan
Hope that the above resources help
2006-09-20 04:09:40 · answer #1 · answered by imisidro 7 · 14⤊ 0⤋
Small Business Administration - search yahoo for a .gov website which offers free information of this nature.
2006-09-20 04:05:46 · answer #2 · answered by Jimbo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is good resource to find tons of samples business plans and marketing plans. http://www.nomorecubes.com/business-plans/
2006-09-20 08:35:16 · answer #3 · answered by No More Cubes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.ipowergrfx.com
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2006-09-20 04:14:02 · answer #4 · answered by Rebecca 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are lots of tips and information at http://job.splashine.com
The information are updated every day.
2006-09-20 18:33:37 · answer #5 · answered by candy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact the SBA or SCORE.
2006-09-20 04:27:16 · answer #6 · answered by Medical and Business Information 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try co-op bank small business
2006-09-22 03:00:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋