22 Jul 2010

Free Business Advice Available Online

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For the small business or novice entrepreneur, finances are usually rather tight and you have to watch every pound that you spend on training and advice. So, where can you get high quality advice about matters related to your business? Well, although its often said that there are no 'free lunches', the internet does provide numerous free resources for your business.

One great source of free advice that is also high quality is podcasts. Now iTunes is the king of podcasts, so that's a great place to start. If you visit the iTunes site you will not only find great business-related podcasts in the general podcast area but there is also something called iTunes U. This stands for iTunes University and here you will find dozens of universities from around the world sharing course materiel, including lectures for free. A wide variety of subjects er covered, including business, finance and marketing. Example podcasts would be "Building a Business" by Oxford University. This is a series of audio podcasts covering good business practice basics and although has a science entrepreneurship focus, it has much that is relevant to general business practice.

Another example is "Web 2.0 Marketing Communications" by HEC Paris. This offers an introduction to the changing practice of marketing communications and covers word of mouth marketing, buzz marketing, social networking marketing, blogging and podcasting.

So why not check them out and see what is of interest to you. After all its free and comes from some of the best universities in the world!
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