AT&T Launches Small Business Website

It is time to add AT&T to the list of Fortune companies creating a website to target small business owners. On Monday the company launched http://www.att.com/OnwardSmallBiz as a resource for entrepreneurs and to promote AT&T solutions.

Some of the content includes:

• A daily feed of small business news, including streaming video segments from SBTV.com - Small Business Television.
• Free instructional Web-based seminars and training courses hosted by experts.
• Tips on starting, managing and relocating a small business from a variety of experts and sources.
• Helpful information developed specifically for women and minority business owners.
• Money-saving promotional offers from leading brands serving small business needs, including UPS, Pitney Bowes, Lenovo and CareerBuilder.com.
• The ability to submit questions and to receive one-on-one advice from SCORE - Counselors to America's Small Business.
• Information on AT&T products and services, money-saving bundles and special offers for small business are also available on the portal. For example, Current features include the new AT&T Unity(SM) calling plans for small business that allow unlimited wireline and wireless calling to AT&T and Cingular, now AT&T, customers across the nation.
• Easy access to AT&T's online support, e-bill and account management services, including the AT&T Account Manager and AT&T BusinessDirect(R) portals, which allow customers to manage their accounts, view and pay bills online, and even order additional services online.
  

The site itself looks unfinished. The main graphic is very confusing with a lot of text coming across the picture. The rest of the page layout has minimal content and useless polls like "How internet savvy are you?" While I cannot see too many entrepreneurs taking immediate advantage of this new site it is a step in the right direction for AT&T and if they keep at it they might have something on their hands.