Essential Business Websites : Make the Web Work for You

by Williams, Kitty; Lind, Robin

• ISBN13: 9780963953131
• ISBN10: 0963953133
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Hope Springs Pr

Table of Contents

Preface	11	(3)
Communications
Email Passes Telephone as Major Business Tool	14	(2)
Access Your Own Email from Anyone's Computer	16	(2)
New Software Lets You Sign Your Emails	18	(2)
E-Cards Change Greeting Rules	20	(2)
Your Own PC Can Create Postage Online	22	(2)
E-commerce
Newest Websites Show Exciting Future Technologies	24	(2)
Successful Online Commerce Is Simple	26	(2)
Competition Drives Office Supply Prices Down	28	(2)
E-Banking Online Offers Some Consolations	30	(2)
Online Auctions Are Growing Attractions	32	(2)
Online Shopping Extends Catalog Reach	34	(2)
Online Grocery Shopping Is Growing & Ripening	36	(2)
Amazon.com Launches Widespread Retail Attack	38	(2)
Online Commerce Increases Credit Card Values	40	(2)
Promote Your Online Presence	42	(2)
Entrepreneurs
``Entrepreneur's Mind'' Offers Insights	44	(2)
Take the Test Before Striking Out	46	(2)
To Win in Business... Know the SCORE	48	(2)
Working Moms Find Internet Refuge	50	(2)
For Fabulous Fortunes, Focus on Forbes 400	52	(2)
Financial Planning
Armchair Millionaire Teaches Investment Strategies	54	(2)
Online Buying Is Easier, Faster---More Competitive	56	(2)
Do You Know Where Your 401(k) Is?	58	(2)
Online Counselors Offer Bankruptcy Alternatives	60	(2)
Speculators Inflate ``Dot-Coms''	62	(2)
Management
Office.com Offers Business Basics	64	(2)
Business Schools Focus on Morality and Ethics	66	(2)
Working Stiff Examines Changing Workplace	68	(2)
Compensation Gap Continues to Widen	70	(2)
Web Displays Spirituality of Business	72	(2)
Mind Candy
Creativity Gone? Stretch Your Thinking Online	74	(2)
Net Thinkers Tell Businesses: Get a Clue	76	(2)
Web Voyeurs Find Intellectual Stimulation	78	(2)
Rube Goldberg Alive & Well Online	80	(2)
Wacky Sites Help Us Regain Perspective	82	(2)
Reference
Dow Jones Introduces Business Site `Webliography'	84	(2)
The Street.Com Rates the Business Century	86	(2)
Web Reveals Competitive Intelligence	88	(2)
Web Immigrants Throng Library of Congress	90	(2)
Inflation Calculators Offer Perspective	92	(2)
Cut Through the Datasmog with BizProWeb	94	(2)
BestCalls Connects Consumers to Conference Calls	96	(2)
Search Engines Need Your Input before You're Found	98	(2)
Different Search Engines Yield Different Results	100	(2)
EgoSurf Never Quits Searching	102	(2)
Technology
Whatis.com Keeps Getting Better	104	(2)
AndoverNet Serves High-Tech Consumers	106	(2)
Technology Advances Are Mind Blowers	108	(2)
New Economy Spawns Voca-Web-ulary	110	(2)
WebPointers Law of Computer Problems Revealed	112	(2)
Website Appendix	114	(8)
Index	122