Business Links

BUSINESS LINKS - Liberty Real Estate Group, Inc. web site.

These links are collected from a variety of sources. Some of the sources are mentioned at the bottom of the page. Others may be unknown or just when surfing. Please report any bad or new or idea links to Dennis Gillig. Click here for real estate related items. We do not guarantee these sites and their contents. Caveat Emptor. This site is ALWAYS under construction.

Business Management

American Arbitration Association	Alternative dispute resolution procedures
Better Business Bureau	For consumers and business.
BizMove	Small Business Knowlege Base. Tips on audits, cash flow management, marketing plans, and reducing costs
BizPlus	Internet Small Business Information.
Credit Approval	Credit Approval Online
Credit Reports and more	Get business/credit reports, do trademark and patent searches, etc.
Dow Jones Business Directory	Information about businesses from Dow Jones
Dun & Bradstreet	Information about 50 million business in 200 countries and advice on database marketing, collections, and receivables.
EntreWorld	Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Developing your business
Funding Sources	A way to find financing for business
Human Resource Professional's Gateway to the Internet	HR links.
Kiplinger	Watches the stock market and the latest business news.
Microsoft	Their small business center provides information on many aspects of small business ownership and technology. A good site.
National Association for the Self-Employed	An association for the self-employed with a DC watch
Quicken Small Business	Tax information or check out industry library and articles. Business plan template and other forms.
Service Corps of Retired Executives	The Small Business Administration has this group of 12,000 retired executives that will assist, free, small businesses.
U. S. Chamber of Commerce	The world's largest business federation. Legislative updates and other resources.
Yahoo Business	A launchpad to many other sites. It is organized by topics.

Buying Sites (See also Computer and Office Supply Dealers and Office Furniture)

Ariba	Big ticket items
Commerceone	Big ticket items
Freemarkets	Auction site for big ticket items

Computers & Office Supplies Dealers and Office Furniture (See below for more listings on Computers)

Batteries	1-800-Batteries is for anyone having a battery powered device.
Bell 'Oggetti	Contemporary High-Tech furniture for computers, email address only
BT Office Products International	Office products, furniture, etc.
Bid Find	More than 170 auction sites for products you may want to buy.
Biz Rate	Thinking of buying via the web? Check out the vendor here first.
Bottom Dollar	Search for office products and sort by price.
Bush Furniture	Ready to Assemble modular computer furniture
CompareNet	Another search engine to help find items and get good prices.
Egghead	They closed their stores and only sell software, and hardware, online
Ethan Allen	County collection desks, hutches in wood
Furniture ReSolutions International	Buy or sell used office equipment/furniture.
Great American Office Online	Discount office supplies and products.
Hergo Ergonomic Support Systems	Computer furniture
Home Office Mail	Links to sites selling office products and services.
iPrint	Business printing from cards, letterhead, brochures, t-shirts, etc.
Lycos Auction Engine	Find auctions and set up a watcher to track bidding. Deal Watch alerts you when products you want become available.
Mobile Office Outfitter	Mobile office products.
NECX Office & Personal Technology Center	Search for products and systems.
NetMarket	800,000 products they say.
Office Depot	The retailer has a web site for buying on line
O'Sullivan	Large manufacturer of Ready to Assemble furniture for office use
Sauder Woodworking	Large manufacturer of Ready to Assemble furniture for office use and other
Staples	National Retailer of office products. We have found excellent buys here and they have delivered free even tho there are no stores in our immediate area.
Steelcase	Famous manufacturer of office furniture

Computers - Software Companies

CNet	Help you choose the technology products you need.
Microsoft	The biggest, for sure. Subscribe to lists to get updated information on how to keep your system working at top efficiency. Get the best browser here too.
Symantec	The Norton products, such as Anti Virus, and others. Norton, the guy that made a fortune selling us products that "fix" computers that are not broken or words to that effect. (Chicago Tribune) Norton Utilities has always caused me more problems than it fixed. I do use their Virus program.

Directories

At&T Labs' Internet Directory Group	Tab thru people, reverse lookup (you start with phone number), and web site searches. Add your listing so customers can find you.
Big Yellow Pages	17 million business listings and 100 million residential listings, email addresses and the BizGuide
Excite	Excite has many good sections. Among them is the phone and email directory. Try this one
Go2Net	Searchs other searches and can save time for you
Switchboard	Find addresses and email and businesses
WhoWhere	email addresses, phone numbers, home pages, toll-free numbers, and ancestors.
WorldPages	112 million US and Canadian white and yellow page listings and more email address. Links to 200 other directories

Government

Census Bureau	You can email them or go to their site, join free mailing lists. There is much information here for anyone in real estate.
Federal Trade Commission	Windows Magazine says this is the mother-lode of practical information.
FedWorld	A portal to many government sites and information
FEMA	Federal Emergency Management Agency. Resources to fight back
GovCon	For businesses to obtain government contracts
Housing and Urban Development	HUD has listings and other real estate information.
Illinois Laws	The laws of the State from the legislative web site.
Internal Revenue Service	Download tax forms and regulations. A small business corner
Library of Congress	Thomas, search for legislation information, and Copyright Office, & more, see Thomas below also
National Technical Information Service	Search 370,000 titles of government publications.
NonProfit Gateway	For non-profit organizations with links and searches
Occupational Safety and Health Administration	OSHA's pages relate to safety standards and regulations
SCORE	The Service Core of Retired Executives, part of the Small Business Administration. Provides advice to small business.
Thomas	One of my favorite sites. The library of Congress search site. A great legislative information source.
U. S. Business Advisor	One-stop link to government agencies.
U. S. Department of Congress	Wide and deep. Census Data plus much, much more
U. S. Small Business Administration	Lots of information for businesses.
White House	Find out the latest from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. (If you dare. Hopefully only related to governmental affairs.)

Maps

Avis Car Rental	Yep, they have maps too. I think they use Mapquest however.
MapQuest	One of the best free map sites
Microsoft Expedia	Much more than just maps, but plenty of those. All around travel.
Mapblast	Another Internet source of maps
EtakGuide	Another Source of Maps, different emphasis and worthwhile
TerraServer	Great site for maps, aerial photos, and topos

News

Bloomberg News Service	They are on TV all the time and source of much information
CNN Interactive	One of the best all around news sites
Forbes Digital Tool	Business news
Fortune	The Magazine plus more for small businesses
Inc. Magazine online	Inc. magazine plus other features
MSNBC	NBC news and Microsoft combine. Can email you daily news too
NewsEdge	News and information from multiple sources
NewsHub	Every 15 minutes this site delivers leading news plus more
Pointcast	Extremely good site for multiple types of news

Real Estate Click for another page.

Shipping

Airborne Express	Track packages, etc. for Airborne services worldwide.
DHL Worldwide Express	Ditto
Electronic Stamps	Can't get to the post office and don't want to order stamps by mail or from the Postal Service, then buy postage online. It verifies the address, calculates the postage, prints the stamp onto an envelope.
Federal Express	Ditto
U. S. Postal Service	Buy stamps, supplies, track Priority Mail, ZIP Code lookup, download forms.
United Parcel Service	All the normal goodies.

Software/Hardware Manufacturers and Dealers and Helps

Microsoft	The biggest, for sure. Subscribe to lists to get updated information on how to keep your system working at top efficiency. Get the best browser here too.
Hewlett-Packard	Printers, computers, and other items
Symantec	The Norton products, such as Anti Virus, and others. Norton, the guy that made a fortune selling us products that "fix" computers that are not broken or words to that effect. (Chicago Tribune) Norton Utilities has always caused me more problems than it fixed. I do use their Virus program.

Stock Market Investing

Expert Online Investment Advocates	Profiles online brokerages and educates
Financial News	Free, real-time stock and options trading information service. Great for day traders
Investorama	Annotated directory of Internet investment resources
Money	The Financial Strategy Center
The Motley Fool	Great investment site with a light-hearted attitude
MSN Investor or Money Central	Microsoft's entry into online investing. Good site. Money Central is the best site I have seen.
Scot Trade	A division of Scotsdale Trading, a low price web based stock trader
Stocks direct	Buy Stock Direct from the Company instead of through a broker
Street Advisor	Invest in stocks long-term instead of mutual funds.

Storage/Backup

Scheduling

Transportation/Travel

BizTravel	Does all the travel stuff and keeps track of things for you. Pages you before flight with gate and weather information.
Business Tools	Travel links and lots of things related to travel
Pekin Travel	This link is an email link to Dana. We have never met her and she is a couple hundred miles away but she does all our travel arrangements. We did a trip to China this way as well as many others and she does a good job.
Preview Travel Business Travel Center	Normal stuff plus links to others. Also get a personalized Fodor's travel guide.
The Trip	Tracks arrival and progress of any domestic flight. Show's plane's speed and altitude and compass heading. If you are the one traveling, it can notify others via email about your arrival.
Travelocity	Offers schedules and reservations for planes and cars
TIP	Check out the mapping links above. Many of those also do other travel items as well.

As you can see, we are still building this page. Got a link you think we ought to add: Send to me.

Sources of Links: Windows Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Surfing, Friends, You

Last edited: 08/07/00

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