Internet Monster Tamer's Toolbox
Here are my recommendations for the basic tools you need to get your business set up online. If you sign up for any of these services using the links on this page, just e-mail me your receipt for a free 30 minute set up consultation. That's most likely enough time to set up your first product or email list opt-in box.
EasyWebAutomation (aka 1ShoppingCart)
If you want all of your tools in one place, EasyWebAutomation is the way to go. The product combines a shopping cart gateway with an autoresponder (e-mail list service) and an affiliate program. Powerful features include the ability to easily put products on sale, create coupons and upsell to other products. The cart allows you to completely customize the look of the cart to match your website. A 30 day free trial lets you collect up to 50 names in your customer database. Click the button for a free quickstart video.
Aweber E-mail List Management
AudioAcrobat
Need to post a video or a teleseminar recording to your website? AudioAcrobat makes it very easy… You upload the recording on to the site (or call a special number and record by phone), fill out a a few options, press save and you are instantly presented with the html code for a website audio or video player. You can also give a number out to clients to record testimonials. AudioAcrobat stores your audios and videos on their server saving you valuable web space. You can try it for free for 30 days.
Effective & Easy Marketing Relationship Builder
In this uber-connected world, a personal touch really stands out. People get hundreds of e-mails a day — but how often do they get a personal card? The trouble is, how do you find time to send handwritten cards? I've discovered a way to make card sending easier. With Send Out Cards, you can choose from hundreds of gorgeous cards, write the message on your computer (but it is printed in your own handwriting) and click send. Through a miracle of modern technology, the card is printed (on glossy card stock), and mailed — all for less than you would pay for the card at your local greeting card store. You can even sneak in gift cards, books or brownies… If you haven't looked at Send Out Cards in a while, check it out again, they have a new card editor that is awesome.
Click here to send a couple of cards to a client on me. (I will also send you a special surprise just for trying it out…)
Web Hosting - Reliable Web Hosting
One of the most important criteria is choosing a web host is technical support. When you are having a problem, you want it fixed …and now. Reliable Webs provides some of the best support I've seen. The hosting platform also uses cpanel which makes it very easy to install WordPress blogs on your server.
Submit Your Article - Article Submission Service
One of the first questions clients ask me is "now that I have my site up, how do I get traffic?" One of the best ways is to write and submit articles about your topic. You establish yourself as an expert AND you get additional links to your site. Even better, there isn't a charge to submit articles. However, the big downside to article marketing is that it can be very time consuming. Submit Your Article is the best way I've found to automate the article submission process. For a very reasonable monthly fee (less than an hour of a virtual assistant's time) you can submit articles to thousands of directories. With SYA, you can drip the articles out over time (better for traffic) and rewrite parts of the article so dozens of unique versions are being submitted. My clients who use SYA are finding big increases of traffic over time. Click the link on the left to find out more.