BEFORE you download and install any kind of free software, make sure it doesn’t contain adware or spyware. Here is a free accounting software sight. I have not used the software and am just providing the resources for you.Bizacct Software

This is a mega playground for finding quotes according to their subject. I love quotes and even have a few of my own.

Example:
“Women are like snowflakes, unique and fragile, but just look how beautiful they are and how much ground they can cover when they stick together” by Rebecca Game
Anyway, check out this huge resource for quotes here
Quoteland :: Quotations by Topic

Special Issues List if Lists
Examples of special issues include: industry outlooks, overviews, or surveys; statistical issues; company ranking lists; buyers guides; salary surveys; product/industry focus issues; membership directories; who’s who registers; tradeshow specials; etc. Many special issues are available on the Internet and are designed to be interactive/searchable and provide greater content than the printed versions. An excellent example of this is available at Fortune’s website for the Fortune 500.

Whenever possible, Specialissues.com tracks the special issue, how long has the special issue has been produced and content of the issue. Additionally, the magazine’s website is assessed for “invisible web” content. Examples of this include: archives, award links, buyers guides, calendars of trade fairs and events, industry website link lists, statistical information, interactive databases, glossaries, encyclopedias, dictionaries, acronym lists, etc.

Now I know what CEOs do all day besides sending out those cute memos… Never have I seen so much information compiled on one page. I am not a CEO, (or am I?), but I definitely bookmarked this site.
CEOExpress: Business portal for executives created by a busy executive

Has tons of articles and helpful how-to’s for publishing and writing a newsletter. If you have a newsletter already you can submit your newsletter for addition to their newsletter database.
Newsletter Publishers – Resources for Publishing Newsletters

Members shared the following resources on getting certified as a “Woman-Owned Business”

From Deborah Kluge of ProposalWriter.com
At the federal level, there is no formal certification for women-owned businesses. There is federal certification for minority-owned businesses — small disadvantaged businesses (also called 8(a) — but if you are a white woman, you are not considered a minority. However, some small businesses owned by white women have gotten federally certified as a small disadvantaged business by providing evidence that they are socially disadvantaged.

Here are some links to sites which explain some of this, including how to apply, costs, etc:
http://www.ezcertify.com/certificationfacts/index.asp#General%20Certification%20Facts
http://www.ezcertify.com/certificationfacts/index.asp#SBA%20SDB%20Certification%20Facts
http://www.sba.gov/8abd/indexfaqs.html
http://www.sba.gov/certifications/
http://www.onlinewbc.gov/about_us.html

Certification requirements are often quite different at the state and local levels. Each state has its own requirements regarding certification. These sites might help:
http://www.mwbe.com/cert/agencies.htm
http://www.mwbe.com/cert/certification.htm

From Alice Wilson of NonProfitVA
This website may be of some interest:
http://www.wbenc.org/certification/

From Ronda
Criteria for WBE Certification
http://www.wbdc.org/tools/certify/certify_apply.asp
WBE Database
http://www.wbdc.org/database/database.asp

I am trying to find all the information I can about becoming certified as a woman owned business. I will post my findings here so check back soon for that.

In the meantime… I got several positive feedbacks from women who have joined the writing course we advertised in our newsletter. To see the program click here for The Writer’s Life.

Of the members who purchased the course they were more than pleased with the materials and the instruction. Be sure to check it out.

Bec:)