SmallBusinessNewz

Like everyone else, a small business owner can easily run out of ideas, or worse, encounter a lot of bad advice.  We sympathize and would like to help, so here are a few suggestions about where you can turn.

Forums.  Your first inclination might be to seek out some precisely targeted at your field, and by no means should you ignore these.  People who view themselves as competitors may not be too keen to share tips, however, and so a small and closemouthed population might be all you'll encounter.

Look for big forums.  Even if you don't feel right about posting in any of the their regular sub-forums, there should be some sort of "off topic" category in which your message will get a lot of views.  And if what you're talking about is even remotely related to money, think about fishing around popular places like Yahoo Finance, where over 10 million of people meet every month.

Next up, and we know this sounds odd: the IRS.  Because, like those financial questions, so many things can relate to taxes, the IRS has compiled all sorts of advice on managing a business.  Also, even if the agency's suggestions aren't absolutely comprehensive, their authority is hard to deny.

Finally, in the physical world, we'd suggest you look at big businesses.  They won't let you search through their storerooms, of course, and even low-level worker bees may not submit to being interviewed, but all big businesses were once small businesses, and presumably worked through some of the same things you're encountering now.