SparkBits:: Links for Solo Business Owners 10.29.2008

Sparkplugging is up for a spot in StartupNation’s Top 100 Home Based Business Awards, celebrating America’s most outstanding home based businesses and the people behind them. We sure would love it if you could give Sparkplugging a vote and leave a comment about what we might have done to help your home business grow. Voting ends this Friday and winners will be announced in mid November!

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Network Solutions is holding a video conference today called Solution Stars, online marketing tips from a slew of experts! This is a free event starting today at 1:00pm Eastern and they are covering:

• Building Web Presence
• The Social Opportunity
• Start with Listening
• Strategy Drives Outreach
• You Need Social Networks
• To Blog or Not to Blog
• Visibility Through Search
• Rising Above the Noise
• Time Demands

I’ll be speaking in the video portion along with some amazing people like:

• Tim Ferriss, Best Selling Author of Four Hour Work Week
• Guy Kawasaki, Co-Founder, All-Top
• Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos
• Darren Rowse, Author, ProBlogger
• Chris Brogan, Vice President of Strategy, CrossTech Media
• Rohit Bhargava, Author of Personality Not Included
• Wendy Piersall, CEO of Sparkplugging.com
• Lionel Menchaca, Chief Blogger, Dell
• Brian Solis, Author of PR 2.0, CEO of FutureWorks (FutureWorks)
• Liz Strauss, Social Web Strategist, Successful Blog
• Toby Bloomberg, CEO, Bloomberg Marketing

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Business.gov has released a new search tool for Federal and Local Loans, Grants and Financing. I was really impressed with the information there, especially considering they plan on adding more information to it over the next few months!

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Is the election stressing you out? I’m sure feeling it. If you’re suffering from Election Obsession, here’s some tips to cool your heels until next Tuesday.