Courses Offered by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA)
 Building Your Brand
* Learn How a Strong Brand May be Your Company’s Best Asset
* Learn What Defines a Brand
* Learn How You Can Develop a Branding Strategy for Your Business  

Marketing Primer
* View Sample Marketing Plans On-line
* Thirteen (13) Part Series on How to Write a Marketing Plan
* SBA’s Course on How to Develop a Marketing Plan
* Learn How to Write a Marketing Plan  

Understanding Demographics
* Learn Valuable Sites Where the Federal Government Collects & Reports Statistical Information for a Wide Range of Demographic & Economic Topics
* Learn About AmericanFactfinder, the Census Bureau’s Web Site for Dissemination Census Data
* Learn About County Business Patterns (Employment & Establishment Data for Counties, Zip Codes & Metropolitan Areas for 1993 to 2000
* Learn About Sources of Data by Subject Including Topics like Consumer Expenditure Surveys Which Estimates Consumer Expenditure by Region & Consumer Type, Computer & Internet Use, Everything You Want to Know About Crime & Crime Control which are Only a Few of the Subject Discussed  

Researching Companies On-line
* Learn How to Search for Industrial Suppliers by Product/Service, Company, Brand & Region of the U.S.
* Learn How to Use a National Database of Manufacturers
* Learn How to Search for a Company Using Reverse Lookup – Find a Name Using Just a Phone or Fax Number
* Learn How to Search SEC Filings for Publicity Held Companies  

Note: The (*) Denotes Courses Available On-line