Work.com allows you to learn about a variety of topics,
actively accomplish essential business tasks, discover
useful resources, and connect with other small business
owners and entrepreneurs. The best part is that the
information has already been collected and organized
for you!
Easy access to Work.com resources and information
starts here:
The best contacts and resources to help you get it
done
Browse
Work.com Topics
If you're not sure what you're looking
for or you just want to see what Work.com has
to offer, the best way to discover that information
is to Browse Work.com Topics. Browsing topics
allows you to window-shop for guides. Guides are
categorized to relevant topics in an intuitive,
easy-access fashion for the small business executive.
A guide that you need to read is never more than
three clicks away from the Home Page.
I
recommend: Start on the Work.com
homepage and choose the channel for the business
problem you want to tackle. Is it a Legal
dilemma you're facing or perhaps you need
Sales
and Marketing pointers? Clicking on one of
those channel links will take you to a page containing
information about that business channel as well
as a list of topics in that area. For example,
clicking on Legal will show you a page containing
topics on Business
Contracts, Incorporation
and Legal Structures, Intellectual
Property, and more. To see all the business
channels and topics, go to the Browse
All page.
Discover
How-to Guides for your business type or region
of interest
If you want to discover all the guides for your
business type or region of interest, browse the
easy way. Guides by Region organizes guides geographically.
Guides by Business Type organizes guides according
to industry or specialty interest.
I
recommend: f you have a restaurant
or want to open one, go to the Restaurant
Business topic to see a list of guides that
every restaurateur should read. Other business
types include Retail
Business, Minority
Owned Business, Family
Business, and Home
Business, among others. Work.com also covers
business interests worldwide. If your business
interests extend to Canada or Mexico, make sure
to visit the North
America page and read the Guide
to NAFTA for Small Business. Other regions
include Asia,
South
America, and the
Middle East, among others. To see all the
business channels and topics, go to the Browse
All page.
Search
for How-to Guides
If you have a pretty good idea of what you're
looking for and you want to get right to a guide,
use the search box to find it. The search box
is located at the top of every work.com page.
Type words or phrases in the search box, and a
search results page will display guides relevant
to your query.
I
recommend: Typing "free"
into the search box from any Work.com page. You'll
get guides for free services and products such
as Finding
Free Trade Publications, Free
Small Business Counseling, and Finding
Free Business Cards.
Follow
links to Related Guides and Topics
If the guide you just read has you hungering for
more, use the Related Guides and Related Topics
links on the page. Related Guides links will take
you to guides that are relevant to the guide you
just read. They can give you more detailed information
or even take a step back to give you a better
overview of the issue. In most cases just looking
at the titles of these related guides will give
you an "a-ha" moment. Related Topics
will take you to pages that list all the guides
relevant to the topic you clicked on. Use Related
Topics to see other guides you may want to read
before diving right in.
I
recommend: Read the Guide
to Getting Great Business Cards. Did you know
you should have a logo to print on your business
cards? Follow the Related Guide link to Business
Logo Design. From there discover Developing
a Business Brand. Next stop might be Building
Customer Loyalty. And so on... Work.com
is full of really useful information for building
and maintaining your business. Just keep following
links and reading guides for what interests you.
