[nABEntre] A few questions

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello Amanda,
1. https://domains.google.com/
2. I use:
Silas Willoughby: thesilaswilloughby at gmail.com
https://threeonesixdigital.com/
3. You'll want a local person. You can ask your local accountant or
bookkeeper to give you a recommendation or just look online for someone in
your area.
4. Small businesses don't normally get grants unless they do
competitions or apply for small business research grants, or are working
with a foundation to do something. Even so, a grant is similar to a
contract in that you are getting money to do something you said you are
going to do in the application.
Thanks,



Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>


On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 2:05 PM Amanda Matheny via NABEntre <
nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have a few questions I would like some advice/recommendations on,
> especially if you have had good experiences personally with some of
> these things.
>
> 1. My email address. I find it very important to have a professional
> email address, mine being amanda.matheny at accesswiseconsulting.com. I
> don't consider it particularly professional to have an @gmail.com
> address, even though I see people with them everywhere. However, my
> email provider, which is partnered with my hosting provider, is of
> limited accessibility. I can use it, technically, but it's a little
> clunky and takes longer to do the same tasks. I'd like to switch to
> Gmail Pro, as I know that it is accessible, but when I attempted to do
> this before, it wouldn't let me get past the part about verifying
> ownership of the website, even though I followed the instructions to
> the letter. My question is one of two things. Either do you know how
> to get around this issue or someone who could help me with that or, as
> an alternative, do you know another email provider I could switch my
> amanda.matheny at accesswiseconsulting address to that is at least as
> accessible as Gmail, if not more. Thanks in advance.
>
> 2. Question number 2 is about graphic design. I had my mom help me
> with my logo, the words Access Wise Consulting in dark blue all caps
> with a light green arrow pointing to the right, representing forward
> or progress. However, I need to create badges for posting on my
> website, and if my clients wish, on theirs, for those who do
> especially well in their evaluations. I have an idea of pretty much
> what I want, so I don't need someone to come up with an idea from
> scratch, just need someone who can put my mental picture into an
> actual badge design. Any suggestions for someone that will do
> this without being insanely expensive? I did get a recommendation from
> someone on this list before and will contact them for a quote. Just
> wondering if anyone else has recommendations.
>
> 3. Legal document review. I have modified templates for terms of
> service, privacy policy, and service contract, and intend to review
> them myself to make absolutely sure they meet all of my requirements,
> but wondering if anyone can recommend someone to do legal document
> review only, rather than writing from scratch. This would be a ton
> cheaper than having them craft it from scratch anyway. I was thinking
> of looking on Avvo to find someone specific to my state, but if anyone
> has any better suggestions , I am open to them.
>
> 4. Funding. I'm wondering how/where you got your funding. So far I am
> self funded, and I don't have a ton of overhead for what I do, and I
> don't really want to go for a loan when there are other options out
> there. I've researched grants, and will continue doing so, but any
> suggestions are appreciated as well. Also, have any of you ever
> reached out to local businesses to inquire if they're interested in
> supporting you? If so, how did you go about it and what were the
> results? I know sometimes you can get sponsorships by other companies,
> but from what I have read, those usually involve being able to
> reciprocate in some way. Since my work is all online and my primary
> service is consulting services in a very specific industry,
> I'm not sure what I could offer a potential sponsor, other than a
> backlink on a page where I recognize them, but I think that would have
> limited usefulness for SEO purposes and wouldn't be worthwhile for
> them. Any suggestions in that department?
>
> Thanks in advanced for any and all suggestions.
>
> Warm Regards,
> Amanda Matheny
>
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