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A small business resource center serves to help entrepreneurs, who want to start a business or help
existing businesses improve their operations. Entrepreneurs will be benefitted from information
about business registration, handling tax issues in an ongoing business, and other useful information
for the business. It is easy to provide this information, as it can be obtained from local government
offices, which also supply forms, pamphlets and brochures that can be made available for the website
visitors. Therefore overhead costs will be brought down. Existing business operators will be benefitted
from useful ideas to improve the efficiency of their businesses. A directory of consultants, financial
advisors, accountants, office equipment suppliers, etc., can be provided on the website to help visitors.
Existing business owners could use the information on the website to outsource their operations to
other companies or purchase new items for their business. Revenue can be generated by setting up
a referral system with service providers, who focus their business on entrepreneurs and business
people. For instance, by sending a financial planner or accountant or an advocate in a particular area
to the business, the website will earn a referral fee. Collaborating with printing firms, office equipment
suppliers and other business firms will be beneficial to earn referral income. Banner advertising sales to
companies based on business services will enable them to get targeted exposure of their banners from
the website.

Business Potential
The business resource center website has a promising national and regional potential. From an
international point of view, foreigners who are moving to the place represented by the business may
benefit from its services.

Skills Required
A proficient knowledge of business operations, rules and regulations is mandatory. Online marketing
expertise is also advantageous to operate the business.

Challenges
A simple business website capable of accepting requests and orders via online forms or e-mails is
sufficient to run this business.

The next step is to contact the customer and deliver the services.  As most of the information, such as business forms, rules and laws presented on the website do not change, the website should be constantly updated to draw repeat traffic. Innovative ideas can be used to design the website, such as including a section for ‘Emerging Business’ or ‘What’s New.’ These would  be inspiring for entrepreneurs and bring back visitors again and again. As the revenue will come from
referrals, it is important to set up a system for tracking referrals. This can be done by assigning a unique
ID for each business listed on the website. Visitors interested in specific business services can request
its representative to contact them, through a form, which will automatically include the selection and
generated the ID. After the request is received, the website operator is responsible to get in touch with
the business to let them know of the visitor’s interest. Thus, it renders a simple route to track referrals.

One main reason for businesses to advertise on the website is the probability of drawing visitors to their
sites. Therefore, the website should be promoted with as many measures as possible in both the virtual
and real worlds.

Initial Employee Requirement
One person working full-time can take care of the operations involved in the business center website.

Essentials
Initially you need to get the computer hardware, as well as software, and the printer.
Other than that, the website creation involves the cost of designing, developing and hosting services.
The tracking system required for tracking referrals, and the mailing list software required to manage
mail lists .

Marketing

As there are numerous websites, meta-indexes and directories related to business services, generating
links from them ensures that the website reaches the market efficiently.

Owing to the availability of plenty of newsgroups and forums that are based on entrepreneurship,
business and also the geographic region represented by the resource center website, it would be
effective to join them and contribute appropriately to exhibit the professionalism of the business and
get the attention of the right market. The signature file used for posting should be designed strategically
to provide a good report of the services.

Mail lists based on the target market can be identified and joined, to contribute effectively with a
suitable signature file. This will encourage more people to have the glance at the website, resulting in
higher traffic.

Sponsored listings campaign with the best of the search engines is an excellent means to bid on the
suitable keyword phrases.

A ‘What’s New’ column or page will encourage curious visitors, and if they are interested, they can be
informed of the changes in the column or page by e-mail.

Promoting upcoming conferences and seminars related to businesses will contribute to the revenue. The
service can be expanded to promote the event, allow online registrations and receive a commission for
each registration.

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