New 'Book Of Lists' Targets Business Owners and Managers

September 4, 2006; 04:43 AM

The just released "Streetwise(R) Small Business Book Of Lists: Hundreds of Lists to Help You Reduce Costs, Increase Revenues, and Boost Your Profits" is based upon exhaustive market research that will help business owners manage more effectively, increase sales, and lower expenses. By providing quick resources, answers, and much- needed advice from over 300 experts, this book gives small business entrepreneurs advice they can rely upon year after year.

"Finally!" states Gene Marks, the book's editor. "A one-stop reference guide for business owners like myself who need quick answers to common problems."

Readers can quickly find out key information such as the top considerations when buying a new office phone system, the best places to find cheap airfares, great ways to decrease health insurance costs, popular methods to speed up cash flow, typical issues when leasing an office, popular tax deductions for a home-based business and hundreds more!

Well known industry, media and government experts in the "Streetwise(R) Small Business Book of Lists" include Entrepreneur Magazine, Microsoft Corporation, Staples, Inc., Chubb Insurance, The Investment Dealers' Digest, MyBusiness Magazine, BusinessWoman Magazine, CCH Business Owner's Toolkit, (www.toolkit.cch.com), Alexa, (www.alexa.com), ISP-Planet (www.isp-planet.com), ItSimple.biz, (www.itssimple.biz), Vault.com (www.vault.com), ConsumerSearch, (www.consumersearch.com), Home Office Reports (www.homeofficereports.com), the Small Business Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, Business.gov, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Treasury, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

In addition to those noted above, readers of the "Streetwise(R) Small Business Book of Lists" (www.smallbizlists.net) will also benefit from insider advice of recognized individual experts like: Steven D. Strauss, one of the country's leading small business experts and a columnist for USA Today.com; Joel Widzer, an expert on consumer loyalty and author of "The Penny Pincher's Passport to Luxury Travel" and Jack Aaronson, columnist and marketing expert.

Gene Marks owns The Marks Group PC (www.marksgroup.net), a ten-person small business consulting firm. He is the author of "Outfoxing The Small Business Owner - Crafty Techniques For Creating A Profitable Relationship" (Adams Media, 2005), "The Small Business Owner's Desk Reference" (Alpha Books, 2004) and "The Complete Idiot's Guide To Successful Outsourcing" (Alpha Books, 2005). Gene also writes the popular "Penny Pincher's Almanac" column for the Philadelphia and other American City Business Journals.

"STREETWISE (R) SMALL BUSINESS BOOK OF LISTS: Hundreds of Lists to Help You Reduce Costs, Increase Revenues, and Boost Your Profits" Edited by Gene Marks September, 2006: Adams Media $19.95; Trade Paper Original; ISBN: 1-59337-684-7.