Manage and Grow Your Business
By Lahle Wolfe, About.com Guide to Women in Business
Information and resources to help women entrepreneurs grow their businesses. Learn about finding office space, negotiating leases, marketing and advertising, networking, managing your business and employees, and take WIB's free online business courses.
- Business Strategies
- Advertising & Marketing
- Work-Life Balance
- Leasing Commercial Space
- Tools & Resources
Business Strategies
Strategies for growing your business and how to save a business in crisis.
Advertising & Marketing
Information and resources to help women advertise and market their businesses. Internet and networking tips, advertising advice, and ad campaign development.
- Internet Marketing Basics
- Advertising 101 - Tips to Get You Started
- Advertising
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Work-Life Balance
Tips and advice to help work-at-home moms and women business owners work more efficiently. Information and ideas on how to find balance between work and life.
- Balancing Work and Life
- Business School Basics
- Inspiration and Work Humor
- Managing Busy Work Phones
- Working Moms & Wives
Leasing Commercial Space
If you need office, retail, or industrial space for your business you need to understand how commercial property is sold, rented, and how to successfully negotiate leases in your favor.
- Glossary of Commercial Leasing Terms
- Leasing Commercial Office, Retail and Industrial Spaces
- Subleasing Commercial Space
Tools & Resources
Easy-to-understand definitions of commonly used terms in business. Quick reference for understanding general business lingo, commercial property leases, and accounting, legal, tax, marketing, financial, and Internet terms.
Minority Women in Business
Information, resources, and support geared towards the unique interests and needs of minority women in business.
- Resources & Support
- Statistics - All Minority-Owned Businesses
- Statistics - Minority Women-Owned Businesses
Work Attire & Business Etiquette
Learn how to dress for any business situation, how to shake hands, rules for introductions, tipping etiquette, and guidelines for gift giving in the workplace.
- Business Attire for Women
- Business Etiquette
- Course Syllabus - How to Write a Complete Business Feasibility Study
- Free Online Advertising and Marketing Psychology Study Course Syllabus
- Office & Client Gift Giving Etiquette
- Tipping Etiquette for Business Functions
Managing Your Employees
Information and tips on small business management including laws the regulate employee compensation and benefits.
- Downsizing, Layoffs & Job Cuts
- Employee Compensation
- Small Business Management
- Tips for Managing Employees
Taxes
Learn about self-employment taxes, payroll taxes, and other taxes you might need to pay as a business owner.
