Resources

Over the years, I’ve been introduced to numerous tools that has helped my business grow to where it is today. Without them I think I would still be where I was 10 years ago. I recommend bookmarking this page for reference so you can access to it anytime.

Please note that some of the links below are affiliate links to products that will earn me a commission. These are all things that I have experience with that I am recommending because they are helpful and are companies that I trust, not because of the commissions that I may earn from you using these products.

Blogging

  • Become A Blogger: A premium course on “how to” setup your own blog
  • WordPress: The #1 Blog Publishing Platform. Free and easily customizable with wonderful support. All of my blogs use WordPress.
  • WordPress Plugins: Download any plugins, widgets, or customizable elements for your WordPress blog.
  • Woo Themes: The ultimate resource for premium looking WordPress themes.

Hosting

  • Hostmonster: All of my websites are hosted using Hostmonster. Easy to use, 1-click automatic WordPress installation, and good customer service.
  • Knownhost: I use this to have high powered hosting – which allows for greater flows of traffic
  • Amazon S3: The Amazon Simple Storage Service. Reliable internet storage, which is great for putting large files like podcasts and videos, so you don’t create bandwidth problems on your own website.

Product Distribution & Shopping Carts

  • FusionHQ:
  • Clickbank: Another digital products retailer. Probably the most popular. Decently priced, but comes with an amazing affiliate program for your products.
  • Paypal.com: Paypal is just ok for selling your own products through them, but you’ll need an account anyways to configure with and accept payments from the above shopping carts.

Keyword Research

  • Market Samurai: The number one tool for keyword research available, hands down. You can view my tutorial videos about Market Samurai here.
  • WordTracker Free Keywords Tool: Spits out a number for the popularity of a keyword of your choice. Search volume numbers can be compared to find the perfect niche, or to choose keywords for your blog posts.
  • Google Adwords Tool: A tool to help you decide what keywords to use for your Adwords campaigns. You can also check to see the popularity of certain keywords and the competition for ads for those keywords as well.
  • Seo Book Keyword Suggestion Tool: Another fantastic keyword research tool, with even more information and numbers to compare and select the perfect keywords.
  • Seo Keyword Ranking: An excellent tool to keep track of the keywords you’re working on. Excellent interface and really easy to use.

Email Subscriptions & Marketing

  • Aweber: The internet’s most powerful email opt-in service and email marketing/broadcasting tool.
  • Profollow:

Testing Results

  • Google Analytics: Google’s free website tracking and analytical tool. A must have for anyone with any type of website.
  • CrazyEgg:
  • Google Optimizer: This is another free tool from google where you can test different webpages of the same content, only changing one or two things, so you can see which one works/converts best. It’s basically a website optimizer testing tool.

Outsourcing Work

  • Bestjobs.ph
  • Virtual Staff Finder
  • Odesk: Another outsource website for freelancers, IT companies, programmers and web designers from abroad.
  • 99Designs: This is a unique website that you can use if you need a logo design. It’s in a contest format. You submit the description of what you want, and designers will compete against each other to win money.

Books

For Capturing Video and Screencasts

Content Writing for Passive Income

  • InfoBarrel – Since eHow’s writer’s compensation program died, Infobarrel is my recommended ad revenue sharing site to write for. The new author box alone is worth signing up for :)
  • InfoBarrel Success – One of the most comprehensive, complete guides/courses available for writing content and making money online. Specialized for InfoBarrel, but it can be used for blogs or any other content or revenue share websites.

Internet Business Courses