29 Websites To Help You Market Your Small Business

These Links Keep Me On Track Personally and Professionally

Leapin' Links! It's leap year and that means that today, 29 is everyone's favorite number. What a great opportunity to tell you about the 29 websites I visit most often as a small business owner who also manages a home. I rely on these websites to help me grow my business and manage my life, and because they are well maintained and aren't run by people sitting around collecting Google ad checks and pooling affiliate programs. These sites are not listed in any particular order.

1. Feedburner: to brand, track and promote my blogs

2. 124rf: because I get inexpensive royalty free photos for my marketing materials

3. Picnik: because I edit photos for free

4. Washington Post: my hometown newspaper; I love Michelle Singletary's "Color of Money" column

5. New York Times: because if it's in the Times, I should know about it

6. USA Today: I check the Money and Life sections first

7. Indie Business Blog: my other small business blog

8. Entrepreneur: obvious (and because I'm featured in the February 2008 issue, page 22)

9. ProBlogger: the best copywriting resource in the world

10. CopyBlogger: the other best copywriting resource in the world

11. Sparklist: because they host my weekly online email newsletter (at least for now)

12. E-Commerce Diva: the other Bootstrap Babe, and an e-commerce genius

13. Cooking Light: because my family expects me to cook; lucky for them, I like to cook

14. Typepad: because that's where this blog is hosted

15. Wordpress: because that's where my next blog will be hosted

16. Working Mother: because that's what I am (and I'm going to be featured in the May 2008 issue)

17. Family Life: because it helps me be a better wife and mother

18. Seth Godin: because he's funny and smart

19. Oprah: because she's smart and funny

20. Indie Business Radio: the best small business show ever

21. Suze Orman: because she encourages me to be a good steward of my finances; Suze needs a blog -- cute scrapbook though

22. Matt Cutts: because he works for Google and shares their secrets

23. Charlotte Observer: because I live here

24. Knowledge At Wharton because I secretly wish I'd attended their business school and because the bi-weekly online research publication is useful and informative

25. SCORE: because there's tons of free tips and mentoring

26. iTunes: because I'm trying to figure out how to use it

27. Black Enterprise: because it focuses on my people and I'm trying to figure out the best way to get in it; all suggestions welcome

28. Alicia Keys: OK, well, I really don't visit the site much but I think she's awesome and everyone should know about the great things she's doing with her life

29. Duct Tape Marketing: great small business snippets and strategies

What are your favorites and why?