This is another article (a detailed one) on starting your own business and what things you have to do first and where to look for more information.

For those who is looking for more articles on the business side of photography here are a few more:

• How to Develop a Marketing Plan
• Prioritizing Your Target Audience
• Basics of a Direct Mail Campaign
• Direct Mail and Your Portfolio
• Creating an Email Promo Mailer

These are the few from Canadian Photographic Centre, where you can find more articles on business and Photoshop topics.

OK, here is another interesting read related to business of photography. This website presents several articles about such topics as business plan, marketintg, customer profile, pricing, working at home and profitability. And to help you even more there you will find workshops in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Washington DC.

Yaro Starak maintains his blog "Small Business Branding", which name already tells a lot. And if you look deeper into the posts you will find one called "How to Market Your Local Business on the Internet". In this post Yaro pin points several important factors that affect your marketing on the Internet, such as clearly stating your local area, listing the benefits, defining your difference and so on.
I suggest that you look through the other posts in this blog to find more information on marketing on the Internet.

Mack Collier has compiled a list of top 25 marketing blogs based on their ranks in Google and Alexa search engines. This is a great list to learn more about marketing approaches and techniques to boost your business.
And you don't have to walk far to find another good blog about marketing - simply start reading Mack's blog.