Highlights

• SCORE Small Business Success Podcast Series

  Featured December Podcasts:
  Rich Brooks, "Increasing Search Engine Visibility"
  Jane Labanz, "Keys to Success: Passion, Creativity & Positive Thinking"

• Act Now: Get Ready for Tax Time

  Prepare for tax season with this year-end advice.

  • Top 10 Tax Tips for Small Biz

  • Home Biz Tax Breaks

  • 5 Tips for Proper Filing

  • Keep & Purge Financial Records

• SCORE Sales Forecast 2009

  Explore Options: 

  • Biz Quiz: Reaching Your Sales Potential?

  • Tip Sheet: Useful Tips to Enhance Sales

  • Quick Guide: Sure-Fire Steps to Improve Retail Sales

  • Online Workshop: Identifying Your Sales Strategy

  More on Sales: 12-Month Sales Forecast Template (Excel | PDF)

• Succeed Today: Online Workshops

  Available 24/7:

  • NEW: SCORE & Visa
    Financial Management for Small Business

  • NEW: SCORE & The UPS Store
    Find Customers & Deliver the Goods

  • Customer Loyalty

  • And more!

• 2009 New Year, New Biz

  Laid off? Get started as a freelancer.

  • Set-up Your Home Office

  • Get Your Business License

  • Jump Start Your New Biz

  • Promote Your Biz Online

  Don't forget to Ask SCORE or take an online workshop.

• Women Entrepreneurs: Cool Tools

  • Women's Success Blog. Practical insights & advice.

  • SCORE Women's Site. Register to use sales tool.

• Enter Contest: America's Small Biz of the Year

  Apply now or nominate a business for the US Chamber of Commerce award program. Membership not required. Applications due February 2.

• SCORE 2.0

  • SCORE Podcasts: Listen Online

  • Women's Blog: Insights for Success

  • eNewsletters: SCORE eNews & ExpertANSWERS

  • Become a Fan: SCORE on Facebook

• Be Prepared

  Plan Ahead to Protect Your Biz

  • Free Events: SCORE & HP Small Business

  • Quick Guide: Disaster Recovery Plan 

  • Your Disaster Plan: Get advice now

  • Get Resources: Quick Links & Downloads

• PR: Build Buzz for Your Business

  Thanks to PRNewswire, get attention for your small business. Powerful PR tips:

  1. Get Free Publicity

  2. Use PR to Your Advantage

  3. Boost Your Biz with Powerful PR

• Votes Are In: Entrepreneur of the Year!

  Find out who won Entrepreneur Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year, presented by The UPS Store, based on your votes.

• Get $$$ Business Loan

  Check it out: Find Qualified Lenders, Patriot Express Pilot Loan, SBA Loans

• Give to SCORE

  The spirit of giving makes free mentoring possible. You can be part of helping America's entrepreneurs with education & advice.

  Donate to SCORE. More at The SCORE Foundation.