Links

Helpful Links

Business Development Assistance and Organizations:
New York City Department of Small Business Services (http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/html/home/home.shtml) – Provides weath of information and free services for small businesses

New York City Business Solutions (http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/nycbiz/html/home/home.shtml) – Provides weath of information and free services for small businesses

Business Courses (http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/nycbiz/html/business_courses/business_courses.shtml) – Free business courses offered by New York City

NYC Business Express (http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/businessexpress) – Helps you to obtain a customized list of City, State, and Federal permit, license, tax, incentive, and other useful information for your business by answering questions online

Empire State Development (http://www.empire.state.ny.us/) – Provides information to do business in New York State

The Competitive Edge (http://www.the-competitive-edge.org/) – Provides opportunitites for minoritys/women owned businesses. Minory and/or women business owners should attend the organization's yearly conference (free) to network with other minority and/or women business owners.

Asian Women In Business (http://www.awib.org) – Very active, excellent business organization. You don't have to be an Asian Woman to be a member.

National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. (http://www.nmsdc.org)

Websiet Content Development:
Online Copywriting (http://www.excessvoice.com/index.htm)

Legal Forms:
Blumberg Legal Forms (http://www.blumberg.com/forms/index.html) – Sells various legal forms online

Marketing:
PRweb (http://www.prweb.com) – Press releases that used to cost tens of thousand dollars can be done with a couple of hundred dollars on the Internet

Google Analytics (http://www.google.com/analytics/) – Get enterprise-class web analytics solution that gives you rich insights into your website traffic and marketing effectiveness for free.

Web Servers: Some of the highly rated servers
http://www.startlogic.com
http://www.hostmonster.com
http://www.dot5hosting.com
http://www.godaddy.com – Their web site is hard to navigate, but love their 24/7 phone support

Stockphoto Vendors: Research and buy imagery on-line
http://www.corbis.com
http://www.comstock.com
http://www.inmagine.com
http://www.gettyimages.com
http://www.punchstock.com
http://www.istockphoto.com
http://www.dreamstime.com
http://www.shutterstock.com

Stockmusic Vendors:
http://www.stockmusic.net
http://www.neosounds.com
http://www.shouckwave-sound.com
http://www.premiumbeat.com
http://themusiccase.com
http://www.ibaudio.com
http://smartassmusic.com
http://www.soundrangers.com
http://stockmusicsite.com

Artists & Illustrators:
Kumi Obata (http://www016.upp.so-net.ne.jp/k-s_factory/) – High quality etching and illustration of award winning artist.

Copyright Information: Forms and references are found here
http://www.copyright.gov