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NetQuote Offers More Help for Small Business Owners

Denver, CO- As a free service to small business owners, NetQuote Inc., the largest insurance shopping site on the Web, created SmallBizSmarts.com to arm owner-managers with customized advice and perspective on current issues in finance, management and insurance.

Now, owners can converse B2B with Randy Williams, CPA, SmallBizSmarts.com's expert in tax, management and marketing. Williams is adjunct professor at the Daniels School of Business at the University of Denver and president of his own small business consulting firm, ProLevation.

In addition, NetQuote Vice President Tom Shriver will offer advice on selecting the proper insurance to cover small businesses of any size.

"At NetQuote, we understand that in the small business world, there are two kinds of people: those who make payroll every week, and everyone else," Williams said. "Tom and I are here to provide owner-managers a new perspective backed by decades of experience and industry knowledge."

A hub for information, SmallBizSmarts.com aggregates news, produces podcasts and publishes advice on various aspects of business management -- from taxes and finance to managing insurance costs and coverage to help owners maintain a competitive edge, even among larger competitors.

"Smallbizsmarts.com gives small business owners the opportunity to get free, personal advice from true experts who have genuine small business experience and insight," said Paul Ford, CEO of NetQuote. "Small businesses -- and consumers -- turn to NetQuote to simplify the confusing and frustrating process of finding the right insurance. NetQuote is a free, easy and smart resource for insurance so that business owners can move on to more important issues like growing their business. SmallBizSmarts is a natural extension of the NetQuote promise."

Denver-based NetQuote is an unbiased, independent service that connects more than 600,000 consumers and small businesses each month with competing insurance quotes from the top insurance companies.

About NetQuote, Inc.

NetQuote ® connects consumers with multiple insurance agents who compete for their business. Since 1989, NetQuote has connected more than 20 million people to the largest network of local insurance agents and national insurance carriers in the United States. NetQuote saves consumers time and money with objective insurance information and comparison shopping services for auto, home, renters, health, life and business insurance via www.NetQuote.com. NetQuote partners with the nation's top insurance carriers including Allstate ®, Nationwide ®, and Progressive ® to make sure consumers get the right policy at the best price.

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