If you plan on starting a small business, be sure to check out the site provided in the sources to see what kind of permits, licenses, and other legal things you ll need to set up, if you need to at all.
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You need to have marketing, that is very important. Try advertising on Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing, Microsoft AdCenter (Bing), Craigslist.org, USFreeAds, SuperPages, etc. They are all really good places to advertise.