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It all begins with marketing, a major keystone in building a successful small business.

Marketing your products or services, and building brand awareness, is one of the trickiest challenges most small business owners face. It takes time, effort and special talent to clearly understand what your business can deliver, then communicate that novel benefit to your prospects, and answer the ultimate question that all consumers pose with a passion before they'll give up their hard earned money: what's in it for me?

Once you do attract customers in larger numbers, continued marketing means providing great PR and customer service to maintain their loyalty.

Around the Web, find great resources offering tips, tricks and expert advice on planning, strategizing, and getting the good word out even on a small business budget ...

Marketing and Promoting Your Small or Home Based Business - Articles on all aspects of marketing as well as e-books, publications and magazines to get you up to speed on how to promote your business on a small budget - and what traps to avoid ...

Business Marketing - Small Business Marketing - Entrepreneur.com's guide to small business marketing basics, branding, customer targeting, doing business online, public relations and related expert how to's.

Startup Internet Marketing - The articles on this site are geared toward Web based businesses, but the marketing tips are general enough to work for any startup or small business.

Home Business Magazine - This online version of the print publication has several sections that deal with marketing and sales. Articles, book reviews and more....

Biztrek Marketing Library - Sur interesting articles on branding, word of mouth, advertising, publicity, direct marketing and related subjects, plus a free monthly newsletter.

Small Business Branding - Idea source with feature news & articles on trends in small business marketing.

Duct Tape Marketing Blog - Reports from the field by an expert marketer including tips & ideas, podcasts, video reports.

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