Start & Run an Internet Research Business (Start & Run Business Series)

Turn your research skills into a profitable business! If you have a passion for the internet, libraries and research, you can use your skills to help corporations and small businesses answer questions about industry trends, mergers, developments, markets and competition.This book will show you how to start your own internet research business. You'll learn how to market yourself as an information broker, find clients, set prices and bill clients. The book will also show you how to re-package the information you find to make it suitable for your clients.The included CD-ROM contains forms, checklists, a business plan model, sample letters and additional resources to help you get your business started.Information research has shifted from something people did in libraries to something people do mostly on the Internet. This has opened the door for a new form of home-based business.