Work.com Publishes Over 10,000 How-to Guides and Helps Businesses Find Solutions to Current Economic Challenges

Covering timely topics like Coping with High Gas Prices to Interviewing Prospective Employees, Work.com has become a leading online resource for a business community grappling with shrinking budgets and mounting market challenges.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Work.com (http://www.work.com/), a how-to site for businesses to find and share advice on critical business topics, has achieved a major milestone, surpassing 10,000 how-to guides. The site now offers one of the broadest repositories of original business how-to solutions anywhere on the web. Work.com was launched in 2006 by Business.com (http://www.business.com/), the Internet's leading business-to-business search engine and directory.

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The guides on Work.com provide practical answers to the business challenges posed by everything from new social media technology (Facebook Basics for Your Business) to tough economic times (Small Business Microloans.) Work.com has built a reputation as a trustworthy online resource for business leaders and entrepreneurs looking for clear, concise business guidance. The site has garnered over 1 million unique visitors by covering hot topics like Learning Search Engine Optimization, Twitter for Business and Green Business Travel.

"Think of something -- anything -- a business might need, and we almost certainly have a Work.com guide to address that need," says Daniel Kehrer, Editor of Work.com, who was recently recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration for his supervision of the site and named Small Business Journalist of the Year for the Los Angeles region. "Tens of thousands of businesses have come to rely on Work.com because we provide the creative solutions they need to manage and grow their operations -- particularly in today's challenging economic climate."

Work.com also allows members to write and publish their own how-to guides in addition to creating a personal or business profile page. This can be a cost-effective way to build both personal and business visibility online. During times when professional development budgets may not allow for travel to conferences or online marketing budgets may be shrinking, Work.com offers an attractive option for businesses. In fact, over 1,000 Work.com members have contributed guides in their areas of expertise.

"Work.com fills a real void online. Now businesses can get actionable guidance on key topics from a trusted resource, 24 hours a day," says Anita Campbell, CEO and Editor, Small Business Trends LLC and Work.com member. "The site also offers members an effective platform to market themselves and drive significant traffic to their own sites. Work.com is both a business resource and a business opportunity."

Work.com offers a free weekly newsletter from editors with their finger on the pulse of top business trends called WhatWorks. Every week, newsletter subscribers get cost and time saving tips from links to guides like 60 Free Web Development Tools & Resources for Entrepreneurs, Sample Business Plans and Best Payroll Practices. To sign up and receive timely business advice in your inbox, visit http://www.work.com/newsletter.asp

"Work.com guides are high quality and written by industry experts; that's why many appear among top search results," says Kehrer. "Our site is a completely unique business building tool that every entrepreneur in America can now turn to particularly during these challenging times."

About Business.com

Business.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of R.H. Donnelley Corporation , is the leading business search engine, directory and pay-per-click advertising network. The Business.com site helps business decision makers quickly find whatever they need to manage and grow their businesses, and the Business.com Network -- including premier partners BusinessWeek, Hoovers, Financial Times, Internet.com, and more -- enables B2B advertisers to reach qualified buyers wherever they are online. The company also operates Work.com, a B2B community publishing platform featuring more than 12,000 business how-to guides contributed by business experts. Business.com was named to the 2006 Inc. 500 and 2007 BtoB Media Power 50, Los Angeles Business Journal list of Best Places to Work and Deloitte Technology Fast 500.

About Work.com

Work.com is a publishing platform for the business community that helps business people share and promote their expertise online while enabling users to find everything they need to know about starting and running a business. Work.com currently has over 12,000 business how-to guides on topics ranging from creating a business plan to search engine optimization, to starting a pool hall or how to create a Facebook page for a business. Work.com launched in October 2006 and is a sister site to Business.com (http://www.business.com/).

  Sample of Work.com Guides
  Coping with High Gas Prices
  http://www.work.com/coping-with-high-gas-prices-50/

  Marketing Your Business With A Blog
  http://www.work.com/Marketing-Your-Business-With-a-Blog-768

  Using iPhone as a Business Tool
  http://www.work.com/Using-iPhone-as-a-Business-Tool-9350/

  Twitter for Business
  http://www.work.com/twitter-for-business-4020/

  Facebook Basics for Your Business
  http://www.work.com/facebook-basics-for-your-business-1998/

  60 Free Web Development Tools & Resources for Entrepreneurs