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Tools for the Trade

People are always asking me for Internet business tools – where to register domain names, what web hosting services I use, what content management system I use, what keyword research tool I use, and other online business related questions.

So…to take some weight off my shoulders, I decided to create this resource page to list all the tools and information I use to work less, produce more, and enjoy a better future.

Below is my list of recommended Internet business tools. This page will be getting updated quite often. I encourage you to bookmark it now and come back to it at least once a month to see if anything new has been added.

Let’s dive in…

Disclosure: Some of the links below contain affiliate links, which means that if you click them and purchase something, I’ll receive a commission for the sale. I’m confident in recommending these tools for the trade since I use them myself, trust the companies, or know people that I trust who use these tools. So if you do decide to buy something, thanks ahead of time! By the way, I encourage you to purchase these tools because your NEED them – and because they will help you reach your goals – not because you WANT them. That would be a waste of money.

Forums

  • Warrior Forum: By far the #1 forum for anything Internet marketing/online business related.

Domain Names

  • Blue Host: Most of my domain names were quickly purchased through BlueHost.

Hosting

  • Blue Host: All of my websites are hosted on BlueHost. I love them. They have great customer service and I just never have a problem out of them.

Blogging

  • WordPress: It isn’t the #1 Blog Publishing Platform for no reason. I’ve been using WordPress to quickly and easily build websites for myself, business associates and friends.

Side-note // I created an eBook, Websites The Simple Way that walks you step by step through the website building process using BlueHost and WordPress.

WordPress Plugins

  • All in One SEO Pack: Help people find your website using search terms with this incredible plugin.
  • Fast Secure Contact Forms: Use this plugin to add a form to your WordPress based website/blog to allow your visitors to leave you a quick message.
  • Mindvalley Super pageMash: If you ever want to hide ‘Pages’ you create in WordPress, but still make them available to the public, use this plugin to hide the pages so they don’t show up in your navigation menu.
  • Page Management Dropdown: Use this plugin to keep the ‘Pages’ you create in WordPress a click away.
  • Sociable: Automatically add links to your post and pages to your favorite social bookmarking sites so people can share your content with their family and friends.
  • Twitter For WordPress: Display your public tweets on your website for all to read.
  • Ultimate Google Analytics: This program adds tracking software to each ‘Post’ and ‘Page’ so you can keep track of your web stats.

Payment Processors

  • PayPal: A great way to sell your own products and accept payments from the shopping cart services like eJunkie and Clickbank.

Keyword Research

  • Google Adwords Tool: Use this tool to find out what keywords are popular, as well as the competition for ads for those keywords

Email Marketing

  • Mailchimp: One of the simplest email opt-in and email broadcasting tools on the Internet. And it’s free! I use Mailchimp for all my opt-in forms, newsletters, and autoresponders. It’s a great tool, so use it!

Testing & Tracking

  • Google Analytics: By far one of the best free tracking and website analytic softwares on the market. If you’re going to be on the Internet, this tool is a must-have.

Outsourcing Work

  • Fiverr: This a very unique website that provides you with the opportunity to get a lot of online business related work – graphics, websites, logos, transcription services, voiceovers, backlinking, etc. – done for $5.

Screencast & Capture Video

  • ScreenFlow (for Mac users only): By far the simplest screen capturing software I’ve ever used. It literally takes the click of a button to get started.
  • Camtasia Studio (for Mac users): An alternative to ScreenFlow for Mac users
  • Camtasia Studio: Screen capture software for PC users.
  • Jing: This tool lets you capture video that are hosted on Techsmith’s servers so you don’t exceed you bandwidth. The only drawback is that videos can’t be longer than 5 minutes.

eBook Covers

  • Cover Action Pro: This FREE Adobe Photoshop eBook cover action scripts allows you to create 3D paperback covers for your eBooks.

URL Shorteners

  • Bit.ly: I love using this URL shortener because it keeps track of how many times your link gets clicked, which is great for testing and tracking purposes.

Books

  • Best Entrepreneurship Books: A collection of books on entrepreneurship that I recommend to be read constantly by new and seasoned entrepreneurs
  • Internet Business Manifesto: Find your ‘Sweet Spot’ so you can unleash the power of working within your strengths so you can build a profitable online business.
  • Magnetic Sponsoring: Learn what it takes to become a true professional and how to attract an endless flow of leads to you using the power of the Internet.
  • Hustle University: A collection of power books by Hotep designed to help you escape the rat race so you can improve your life and increase your personal wealth.

That’s it for now. Like I stated earlier, be sure to check in on the page from time to time since I’ll be adding more internet business tools to it as I learn more myself.

Enjoy!

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