Consultant Search Links

Experts and Consultants Available Online

Traditional Consultants
- Guru.com - An online community of top notch hands-on experienced consultants (freelancers looking for projects). Guru.com specializes in business. Their site functions as a hiring hall where you can find the consultant you want. They have a nice collection of high quality consultants... probably the best you will find on the web.
- eLance; - Post a business related project (including IT) and let consultants bid on it.
- Independent Computer Consultants Association - An association of over 1500 small computer consultants (most have 1 to 10 employees).
- Deloitte & Touche Online; Ernst & Young;
- NewMediary - send an RFP to over 20,000 IT vendors
- IQ4hire - A marketplace to purchase IT consulting services
For-Fee Online Expert Advice
- Exp.com - A large directory of experts who will provide answers to your questions for a fee. Business and Technology are two of their predominant subject areas. Fees vary from expert to expert.
- Keen - Another for fee expert directory. The have a Dedicated Business Section
Free Online Expert Advice
- Askme.com - An online community of experts and pundits provide free answers to your questions. They cover many subject areas and have a special AskMe Business Section (support@askme.com)
- Expertcentral.com - free emailed advice from a community of experts. They have a Computing/Technology Section, a Business Section, and a Small Business Section. (actually a combination of two sites ExpertCentral.com and AllExperts.com)
- Abuzz - A free advice community owned by New York Times Digital (it's a bit weak on business matters)
- Webhelp.com (an online robot expert / search engine)
Trade Associations (what better place to get referrals to the top consultants in a field?)
- American Society of Association Executives - links to over 1,200 association sites
- Greater Washington Society of Association Executives - perfect for locating politically connected consultants
- Chicago Society of Association Executives - includes a membership director
Accountants
- CPAdirectory.com; - A Directory of CPAs
- TaxSites.com - A directory of tax and accounting sites.
- Arthur Andersen; Deloitte & Touche Online; Ernst & Young;
Lawyers
- Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
- West's Legal Directory
- Partnering Agreements.com - Lawyers who review and draft business agreements for fixed fees List of Agreements (letters of intent, confidentiality, employment, joint venture, buy/sell and acquisition agreements)
Others
- RefDesk.com's List of Online Experts (a pretty darn complete and far ranging list)
- Capitve.com's Ask the Expert Page - A site with experts on insurance and risk management
- The Yearbook of Experts (searchable database of experts and spokespersons);
- Pittco's Ask an Expert Page - (mostly for Children... but where else can you find a zookeeper if you need one)
- Ask An Expert Page - (again mostly for children... but handy if you are looking for certain types of experts)

Money & Finance Experts

Accepting Private Investment - What you need to know About Accepting Private Investment... and no one will tell you!
Raising Private Capital: Vcapital.com; MeVcFund; Garage.com; Startup.com; WhoDoWeKnow.com; InternetVCwatch; CapitalKey.com; NVST.com; Venture-Capitalist.com; CapitalistDirect; Capital.com; SeekingCapital; vFinance (Venture Capital Resource Library with links to VC firms, law firms, etc VCSearch , Venture Capital Resource Library, Angel Search, Post Your Business Plan, National Venture Funding Reports); Accel; OffRoadCapital; atWebo (a great collection of financing links); Soundview;
Angel Financing: Ron May's List of Chicago Angels; AllianceofAngels (Seattle); Silicon Alley Venture Partners; Angel Investors; svAngel; angelsociety (services for Angels);
Women Angel Networks: Breakthrough.com; Renaissance Ventures; Seraph Capital Forum; WomenAngels.net; AngelTips.com; WomenAngels.net; IsabellaCapital;
Business Plans: Bplans.com; BusinessTown.com; BizPlanIt.com;

Marketing Consultants

General Marketing
- Trade Shows: TradeShowCentral (the largest directory of all types of trade shows); Tradeshows.com; Internet Trade Show List;
- General Resources: Internet Marketing Channel; AllNetResearch; Yankee Group; Ad Age's B2B Mktng; Internet Statistics; Demographics.com; Online Community Report; WilsonWeb; I-Sales; clickz; LitLamp; MarketingCentral; MarketResearch;
Specialty Marketing
- Publicity: Eric Ward (netpost, urlwire, wardgroup) Don't launch your site without him!; EdCals.com, (editorial calendars); ThePRnetwork;
- Running Contests: Fair Contest; Promotions.com; ePrize.net; Webstakes.com;
- Contest Related Advertising: Uproar.com; LuckySurf; FreeLotto; Iwin; Iwon;
- Search Engine Info: Search Engine Watch - news; SearchTools; Top Search Phrases; WebPosition-Gold (search engine position tuning); linkpopularity (who is linking to your site);
- Community Building: Participate.com; CommunityArchitect; PeopleLink; OnlineCommunityReport.com;
- Email List Info: eZineSeek; eZineTips; List-Tips; ListPartners;
- News Feeds: NewsBytes; NewsIndex; iSyndicate Newsfeeds;
- Affiliate and Banner Programs: Afffiliateadvisor.com; Associate-it; AssociatePrograms.com; BeFree; ClickBank; ClickTrade; Clickxchange; CommissionJunction; LinkShare;
- Name Generation: NameLab; Name Stormers; Catch-Word; Lexicon-Branding; Naming.com; ~~MetaphoreName~~; NameTrade.com; Macroworks; NameBoy (also has domain name monitoring robot); NameBase (naming consultants); Dotster.com (bulk name checks); domainsurfer (do wild card searches);

Information Technology Consultants

Information Technology Consultants:
- eConstructors.com (find out who built the site you like, then post an RFP to thousands of contractors)
- bSource.com (matches you with the right contractor);
- Asynchrony.com (open source developers)
- Gandiva
- Practice.com
- Consultants-on-Demand
- B2BPeople.com
- VertiCity.com (emphasis on finding low cost overseas talent)