The new year is right around the corner and you might be asking yourself what you need to do to generate even more business. So here are a few websites that will help you build and run your business throughout the coming year. These are websites for market and industry research:
- U.S. Census Bureau - www.census.gov - has a vast amount of free information on all aspects of American life. Want to know the percentage of college graduates in Cleveland or how many baby boomers live within a particular zip code? This is where you'll find this information.
- "County Business Patterns" - www.census.gov - is very useful for finding information about businesses.
- American Fact Finder - www.factfinder.census.gov - is aimed more at finding data about people and demographics.
- Experian - www.experian.com - Offers free credit reports in addition to many other services.
- D&B - www.dnb.com - Offers global risk, credit, sales, marketing and supplier management solutions.
- ERsys.com - www.ersys.com - is a quick and easy way to find information about a city where you might be planning to do business.
The beginning of the year is a great time to research new customer opportunities and new markets. Setting goals and staying focused will allow you to realize increasingly better results.
Brad Harmon is the President at a leading financing company, First Star Capital (http://www.firststarcapital.com/). Brad is a frequent contributor to online publications and newsletters, and is the author of this blog on commercial financing topics.
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