1. The Top 100 Online Resources for Business Growth A guide for business and marketing professionals to some of the most popular resources on the web for growing and managing business. Designed and authored by the Students of Bucks New University studying Digital Technologies for Marketing 2010 to 2011 Visit www.DigitalStudents.co.uk for more informationwww.DigitalStudents.co.uk

2. About The Top 100 Online Resources for Business Growth There are many reasons why we chose to write this guide. 1.To enable us, as students of digital technology, to understand the broad range of constantly emerging websites and services, available to help companies develop and increase their online presence and revenue. 2.The guide allows, contributing students to demonstrate and produce some quality work and place it the public domain with the potential to enhance their career profile in the digital space. 3.The guide will provide Bucks New University with a useful publication for its ongoing engagement with various stakeholder communities including business, agency, future students and other education organisations interested in the digital and web space. 4.Business professionals working in digital marketing and ecommerce will find the report an interesting read and a useful springboard to new sites and resources that could help them in developing new campaigns or routes to market 5.Finally the report provides useful insight into what this group of students have found in their web research and what they think is important for business development and marketing. Methodology In this first edition, the sites chosen for inclusion in The Top 100 Online Resources are based on the students own interest across five different groups. Going forward the student group is developing a quantifiable research methodology based on the views of business users and students. The Top 100 Online Resources features 20 sites in five separate sections. These sections include: Website Production, Digital Marketing, Social Media, Ebusiness and Mobile. If you would like to find out more or contribute to the development of this project please contact Mike Watson, visiting lecturer in Digital Marketing Technology at Bucks New University mike.watson@soundsolutions.co.uk

3. The Top 100 Online Resources for Business Growth Contents WEBSITE PRODUCTION Hosting, Web design, Domain names, Content Management Systems, Search Optimisation, Usability, platforms DIGITAL MARKETING Pay Per Click. Online Advertising, Email marketing, Affiliate marketing, Epr, Online Surveys SOCIAL MEDIA Social Networks, Blogs, Web 2.0, User generated content. Forums EBUSINESS Ecommerce, CRM, EProcurement, Payment Portals MOBILE Location based services, mobile commerce

4. Website Production Hosting Web design Domain names Content Management Systems Search Optimisation Usability Platforms

5. Digital Marketing Pay Per Click. Online Advertising, Email marketing, Affiliate marketing, Epr, Online Surveys

6. Social Media Social Networks Blogs Web 2.0 User generated content Forums

7. EBusiness Ecommerce, CRM Eprocurement Payment Portals

8. Mobile Location based services, mobile commerce