Use Work.com to build an action plan

Our guides show you how to work through the most common business problems. The guide topics cover very specific, real-life business situations - no textbook chapter or recycled articles. The "Action Steps" in the guides tell you exactly what to do and where to go on the Web to solve your problems.

I recommend: Take a test drive with these popular guides: Guide to Finding a Payroll Processing Service, Guide to Spam Prevention, Guide to Health Savings Accounts.

Use Work.com to get your business done

The Web has created all kinds of new services to get your business done faster and cheaper than ever before.

I recommend: Among the actionable sites you'll find on Work.com: Xactly delivers on-demand sales compensation solutions that help a small business correctly compensate a sales force...RegisterLocal takes the hassle out of registering your small business in all the right online business directories...Logoworks gets your business a professionally designed, custom logo fast and cheap, two words that normally don't go together when it comes to creative services.

Use Work.com to get more strategic

We organized the guides on Work.com by the basic challenges you face as a small-business owner: Employees, Operations, Sales and Marketing, and so on. But underneath these broad categories we have guides dealing with the common business tasks you face, and geared toward your level of experience. Use our lists to map out your strategy for handling the growth and operations of your business.

I recommend: As an example, take a look at our Money and Finance section: You'll see your entire range of needs from Accounting through Loans, Taxes, Collections, Lease Financing.  But click on one of those topics, like Accounting and you'll find everything from the basics - like How to Hire a Bookkeeper - to higher math, like our guide to auditing your freight bill or complying with Sarbanes-Oxley.