{"id":196,"date":"2006-10-15T11:24:13","date_gmt":"2006-10-15T15:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/10\/15\/workcom-has-self-help-for-small-busines"},"modified":"2006-10-15T12:59:15","modified_gmt":"2006-10-15T16:59:15","slug":"workcom-has-self-help-for-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/10\/15\/workcom-has-self-help-for-small-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"work.com has self-help for small businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"
As noted in the Oct. 16, 2006,\u00a0edition of Newsweek<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0the new website Work.com<\/strong><\/a> was launched\u00a0last week. \u00a0 Work.com already\u00a0offers an impressive cache of user-friendly information for small businesses.\u00a0 As their October 9th\u00a0press release<\/a>\u00a0exclaims, “Work.com features unique \u201cHow-to Guides<\/em>\u201d for more than 1,000 business topics, ranging from start-up basics to advanced management techniques. The Guides are written by business experts who can now share their expertise with others through a new form of \u201cExpert Generated Content\u201d (EGC).”\u00a0 The Guides are touted as combining “the informative, editorial aspects of articles with the action-orientation of search results.”\u00a0 The authors help readers weed through the excess of information that is often provided by search engine queries, by suggesting especially helpful resources.<\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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\"thumbUp\"\u00a0Work.com also has a Community weblog<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Of even more interest to shlep<\/em>, it has created many How-to-Guides related to legal issues<\/em><\/strong><\/a> faced by small businesses (i.e.<\/em>, forms, records, regulations, IP, Licenses and Permits, incorporation and more).\u00a0 For example, check out the Guides on Law<\/strong><\/a> page, which has a lengthy list of Guides on particular laws and topics (e.g., COBRA, Required Labor Law posters, Hiring the Disabled).\u00a0 The Work.com approach to legal self-help<\/a> is one that we can applaud:\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n
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“When it comes to the legalities of starting and operating a small business, very little seems truly simple, fair, low-cost or accessible. So arming yourself with legal solutions when and where you need them will be important to your growth and profitability.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Knowing how to avoid legal trouble in the first place, and how to respond to legal problems when they come up, is the essence of what you will find in Work.com Legal channel How-to Guides. The solutions here are wide ranging and comprehensive, from showing you where to find expert legal help for your business in your area, to the everyday legal matters you can handle yourself with free forms and documents that you can download from the Internet.”<\/p>\n

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There is much too much content for me to review, but I want to point to a very useful How-to-Guide by Work.com editor <\/font>Daniel Kehrer<\/font><\/a>, titled\u00a0<\/font>Guide to Do-It-Yourself Legal Help<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/a>, which has the tag\u00a0“Lawyers are vital, but expensive. Self-help options abound for everyday legal matters.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It looks like a good example of the Work.com Guide concept, with a short introduction, Action Steps (“<\/strong>The best contacts and resources to help you get it done”), Tips & Tactics (Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide), Recommended Solution Providers, Best Sites to Learn More,\u00a0and Best Blogs\u00a0and Forums.\u00a0 \u00a0(The weblog list shows the current dearth of quality content on legal self-help.\u00a0\u00a0 shlep<\/em> is trying to help fill that void.)\u00a0\u00a0 If you’re a business\u00a0searching for a place to learn about legal\u00a0issues, especially with the thought of doing as much legal problem-solving as possible without lawyers, Work.com is a\u00a0good place to look.\u00a0\u00a0 (thanks to \u00a0“Ed” at Blawg Review<\/em><\/a>\u00a0for the tip)<\/font><\/div>\n

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