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MiniCalcEuro - With MiniCalcEuro you can convert any of the 12 European currencies from and to the Euro. It's Freeware.

Tools for Creating a Meaningful Workplace - Applicable to any workplace, from basement to corporate tower, this site is the result of an extensive series of interviews with people from all walks of life. It describes a new, more useful way to define "meaningful work". A great site!

Pathfinders What do I really want to be when I grow up - This page is part of a promotional site for a craeer service. But it has some good suggestions about how to proceed to seek a meaningful career. He also has a nice page of resources here.[20k]

From Fit to Stretch - Bruce Elkin outlines a new way of thinking about creating sustainability in business. The article draws heavily on the work of Robert Fritz, who inspired management guru Peter Senge. It's all based on Fritz's book, The Path of Least Resistance : Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life. Here's an excerpt from that book.

How to Know What Your True Purpose in Life Is Plus How You Can Make a BIG Difference - Based on the work of Buckminster Fuller, this is good philosophy and practical at the same time.

Small Biz Success Stories - Success can be highly meaningful, not to say inspiring. These stories will get you going!

How to Master Stress - A series of short articles that take you step-by-step through a process designed to help you manage stress.

Mind Tools - Time Management Skills - A series of short articles that take you step-by-step through a process designed to help you get the most out of your time.

Can You Perform Under Pressure? - What makes the difference? Robert Nideffer, whose clients include Olympic athletes and the Navy Seals, shares some secrets. More: Trading an I for an Eye , Calming The Mind So The Body Can Perform, Concentration Training For Peak Performance.

Doc.Calm - Delegating- Stop multi-tasking and start multi-plexing - Sound, practical advice on how to keep your living from ruining your life. David Posen has spoken widely to education, government, business and professional groups in Canada and the United States and he's written two Canadian bestsellers, Always Change a Losing Game; Playing at Life to Be the Best You Can Be and Staying Afloat When the Water Gets Rough - How to Live in a Rapidly Changing World

Some of Doc.Calm's other topics: Are you a workaholic?, Dealing with deadlines, Where's the pressure coming from?, Even VCRs have a pause button, Setting boundaries and limits, A surprisingly subtle stressor, and more...

According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, the average person's greatest impact on the environment comes from driving. So, working from home, no matter what the job, can greatly reduce your impact on the environment. Here, we list some of our favorite freelance sites, as well as a great source for jobs so green the benefits may outweigh the drive.

Keen Telephone Support - You sign up to provide information to people over the telephone. Topics include everything from computers to personal advice to taxes and much more. You set your own per minute fee. You can also offer assistance for a fixed price via pre-recorded voice message or email.

Green Dream Jobs - All kinds of environment-related jobs, most of them onsite.

Guru.com - A huge selection of project-oriented technical and creative positions, many of them allow offsite work.

Flipdog - Over 600,000 jobs, last time we looked.

Ants.com Freelance Marketplace - Like Guru.com, but smaller (1156 projects posted, the last time we looked).

Business Ideas - A collection of articles on a variety of home-based businesses. Each article discusses start up costs, required skills, finding customers, and earnings potential.

Freelance Work Exchange - A paid service to help you keep up to date on freelance opportunities. Give them an email address and they'll send you a free report on the "50 top-producing freelance markets".

Working the Web - A nice overview of selling on the internet, as well as an introduction to timeless marketing principles.

Ken Evoy - (Or as I like to call it, Ken's Little Info Empire.) Ken Evoy is a Canadian ER physician turned entrepeneur. He's one of the few "marketing experts" on the web who have actually successfully sold anything other than marketing advice. He started his web career selling financial software to investors, did very well at it, and used what he learned to create what is still the best (and best-priced) introduction to web marketing, MYSS (Make Your Site Sell!). He followed that with the best ebook how-to we've seen for any price, MYKS (Make Your Knowledge Sell!).

Since then he's come out with MYPS (Make Your Price Sell!), a fascinating new tool for product pricing, a copywriter's handbook - MYWS (Make Your Words Sell!), and an incredibly sophisticated automated website creation/hosting tool Site Build-it that's worth a look if you want to sell on the web and don't already have a site. (Maybe even if you do have a site.) The unique thing about Site Build-it is that it automates the marketing aspects of site building as well as the page building.

If you're going to spend any money at all to learn about internet marketing, this is the place to spend it. Ken's prices are reasonable (cheap) and you'll get much more usable information from him than you will from anyone else on the net.

To get an idea of the level of quality, check out his free 5 part "Affiliate Master's Course". He developed it to help his affiliates sell his stuff, but it has a lot of useful information for anyone interested in learning how to sell on the web.

MerchantSeek - Search for a credit card merchant account provider. Has a nice comparison feature that lets you compare the features of 4 providers at a time.

BigNoseBird - Over 300 pages of tutorials, reference materials, and cgi scripts. If you're running a website, or planning to, there's something here for you. A very useful site.

Mal's free e-commerce - The best shopping cart deal out there. You can use it from any website. The only cost is to display a small, unintrusive logo on pages that use the cart. You can get rid of the logo for $5.00/month. There's even a free affiliate tracking system to go with it.

eXtropia - The home of Selena Sol's cgi scripts. If you don't mind a little tinkering, this is one of the first and still among the best sources for free, customizable scripts - shopping cart, guestbook, database manager, authentication, calendar, etc.. There's a huge user community to fall back on for support. And, for the going rates, eXtropia will install and support any of their scripts.

Business Startup Preparation Evaluation - A helpful set of questionnaires to gauge the progress you've made in getting your business up and running. Topic areas: The Business Idea, Marketing and Advertising, Legal Issues, Permits and Insurance, Banking and Records, and Taxes and Employees.

Business Plan - Create a business plan online! Walks you through each step.

e.office - Offers a wide variety of services for a flat monthly fee ($274 last time we checked) + a one-time setup fee of $190. Services and benefits offered include: Invoicing, Collections, Expenses, Tax Payment, Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, Liability Insurance, and 401K Retirement Plan. Looks like a great deal for fleelancers.

Direct Mail Tool - This tool enables you to determine the response rate you'll need to recover the cost of investing in a direct mail program. The tool generates a summary profit/loss statement for your projected campaign. Also, a nice collection of information and tips on the basics of direct mail.

Working the Web - A nice 7-part overview of selling on the internet. Topics: Why Should I Put My Business on the Web? How Do I Get Started? What Do I Put on My Web Page? Content and Design For The Internet, To eCommerce or Not to eCommerce, Outshine Your Competitors With Great Customer Service, How Will Potential Customers Know My Web site Exists? And a Quiz at the end.

ERP Central Time & Expense Tracking Service - A handy, web-based service. Service features include: electronic timesheet entry, expense reporting, project tracking, custom report generator, detailed project journaling. - Free for up to 10 users.

TimeLedger - Web-based accounting software. TimeLedger is time and expense tracking software you can use from any computer using a browser for Billing, Productivity management, Project, management, Cost accounting and Expense tracking. There is a fee.

MiniCalcEuro - With MiniCalcEuro you can convert any of the 12 European currencies from and to the Euro. It's Freeware.

Small Biz Toolbox Topics - Over 75 articles on topics like: Banking and Finance, Computers and Technology, Education, Environmental, Health and Fitness, Hospitality, Insurance, International, Office Equipment, Professional Services, Real Estate and Construction, and Telecommunications. All free.

Small Biz Toolbox Tools and Forms - A variety of forms, spreadsheet templates, and checklists. Templates are in Excel format. Most of the rest are in RTF, a few are in Word 6.0. Topic areas: Business Finance, Compensation & Benefits, Employee Management, Firing & Termination, Marketing, Recruiting & Hiring, Starting Your Business, Vehicles & Equipment, Worker Safety.

Some examples: Business Finance - Balance Sheet Template, Cash Flow Budget Worksheet, Customer Statement of Account, etc., Employee Management - Direct Deposit of Pay Form, Employee Coaching Script, Employee Feedback Script, Long Distance Call Log, and many more... Free, but requires an email address for registration. You'll also need to enable cookies.

Allbusiness.com - Forms and Agreements - Over 250 Forms and Agreements. No matter where your business is located, you'll need these some of these. They're organized as follows: Business Planning, Computers & Technology, Employment & HR, Finance, Insurance, Internet & E-Commerce, Legal, Office Operations, Sales & Marketing, Start a Business, Tax & Accounting. Please note; These documents are in Microsoft Word 6.0, except U.S. Government forms, which are PDF files and require Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.

Company Doctor - A searchable database of business advice columns by syndicated columnist, Scott Clark. Broad topic areas include: Starting & Running a Business, Marketing & Advertising, Raising Capital, Dealing with Banks, Investors, Employees, Customers, and Vendors.

A Home Office on a Shoestring Budget - Get going (and keep going) for less. This article has suggestions for low or no cost office furniture, supplies, and office recycling ideas.

ecOffice Makeover - How an environmental group transformed its Washington, DC office into an eco-friendly model for small businesses and nonprofits - for less than $2,000.