Resources
These are my
recommended resources - neatly categorised for your convenience!
How to best use this resource
- Click the links to visit the site
- Read through the information
- Try it out!
IBT Quick TipAs a serious Internet Marketer, you're going to have to invest
in your business. That means buying or subscribing to various
services.
So how
do you decide which ones to buy into?
Simple! You get recommendations! |
I currently use, or have used all the resources below and fully
recommend them!
I only recommend products and services I personally think offer
exceptional value for money. All of these fall into that
category.
Tip: It's a good idea to
register with a few sites. That way you can take advantage of special offers
and get the best deals. Don't limit yourself to your own country. Treat the
Internet community as a single entity. I use companies from all round the world
to get the best service and the best deals. You can do the same, but don't look
for the cheapest. Look for quality at the right price. Read the small print.
Deal with major players. Get recommendations if possible.
123-reg
Based in the UK and very, very good! Great
service and you have great control of you domains.
Tip: If you opt for a reseller hosting account with
Webfusion, owned by Pipex, who also own 123-reg, (Confused! No need, basically
they're all the same company!), you'll have great control of your domains and
you can host loads of sites for no additional charge.
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GoDaddy
An excellent company for registering domains
- great service and very competitive with their prices.
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Ipowerweb
Cheap and very good!
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Tip: I recommend setting up accounts with at least two
companies. Not only does it give you some flexibility, it also makes
cross-linking better if you link from different ISPs. This helps with search
engine rankings.
Remember: If you want a site to show up on Google when
people are searching for sites in the UK, you must host on servers in the UK.
Webfusion
A UK based hosting company. Exceptional
value and you can host unlimited sites at no extra charge. They offer excellent
service and their servers are very reliable and fast.
The
vast majority of my sites are hosted with Webfusion.
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Hostgator
Excellent hosting company! Again go for
the reseller account, then you can add unlimited sites at no additional charge.
Again a very good price and enables one-click installation of WordPress Blogs -
very useful if you're a technophobic!
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GoDaddy
Another very good hosting company with the
added benefit of some very good domain registration services. I use them a lot
for my domains, but not for hosting at the moment. The only reason being, that
I signed up with others before I heard about them.
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1ShoppingCart.com (Marketer's Choice)
My personal
preference because it enables me to link my whole e-commerce business together
in one convenient and extremely reliable place!
I
sell products and services, link them to my autoresponders and have my own
affiliate scheme also linked to my shopping cart and autoresponders.
Credit card sales are also handled with ease and
1ShoppingCart.com links seamlessly to PayPal and other shopping cart systems
you may have already.
You
can choose a package to suit your own preferences, and budget.
I
use the Pro package which also allows me to set up my own affiliate program so
other people sell my products and services for me!
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aweber
Another widely used service for
autoresponders. Although I don't use this service, it's widely used in the
Internet Marketing world, so it's definitely worth considering.
For
me, it just didn't offer the same services as 1ShoppingCart, but it's very
widely used and I've bought many products off major players who use this
service.
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PayPal
As far as I'm concerned, you need look no
further than PayPal!
They're respected and trusted across the Internet and, if you
open a business account, you can receive payments from all major credit cards
as well as other people with PayPal accounts.
It's so much easier, and in most cases cheaper, than setting up
a merchant account.
An
absolute no-brainer! Go for it!
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Elance
This is a terrific site for finding freelance
copywriters, web designers, graphic artists... in fact you want it doing you
can probably get it done on Elance.
As
with anything, make sure you get the best deal you can and don't pay everything
up front. If you can, try and pay 100% on completion.
AceFTP
You'll need to upload your website and
products to your websites and I use AceFTP. You can set up multiple accounts
for all your websites and it's very easy to use.
You
can buy it by clicking here or get a free trial and more information by clicking here. You
can try it out for free, so why not give it a go.
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Google Adsense
It's very easy to set up your
account. Start by going here - Google Adsense - and clicking on the "Start Now"
button.
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Google Adwords
Go here to register - Google
Adwords - Click on the "Start Now" Button. (Note: Select your
country from the drop down list at the top right of the page first).
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This list of sites is by no means exhaustive, but I reckon it
includes anything you'll ever need when looking for a niche for your business.
Take a look and see what you think!
Looking for some products to sell? Then look no further than
this list!
You'll find some great products to sell here, either as
additional products to add to your own products or simply create a business
around selling the products you can find at these sites.
- Clickbank - Loads of niche products to sell with
great commission rates since they're all downloadable
- CB
Trends - A site with free tools to look at how well clickbank products
are selling. Very useful
- JV
Notify Pro - Join for free to get advance notification of new products
coming onto the market. Visit this site regularly, at least 3 or 4 times a
week… if not 3 or 4 times a day!
- Commission
Junction - Mainly physical products. A great source of product
ideas.
- Linkshare - Great selection of products. Not quite
as big as Commission Junction, but well worth joining
- Sharesale - A wonderful affiliate network with some
excellent products
- Associate Programs - A really good directory for
finding the best affiliate programs
- PayDotCom - Some very good products here. Again all
downloadable, so very good commission rates
- Amazon - Click on the 'Hot New Releases' and Best
Sellers' links near the top of the home page
- Affiliates Directory - Lists loads of affiliates
schemes and provides some very useful information about affiliate
marketing
- Affiliate Guide - More affiliate programs and
information about affiliate schemes
- Clix
Galore - Affiliate programs and tools
Looking for some content for your site? Try these for
starters!
- Self Improvement Millionaires - their articles are
very high quality, though specifically aimed at the self improvement
niche
- Article Underground - Great articles and terrific
link-building service for members. Membership is strictly limited, so get in if
you can.
- Article Dashboard - Loads of articles under just
about every category. Ideal for your research
- Google - search for 'your niche + forums', 'your
niche + ezines', 'your niche + articles'
- Google's Blog Search - Find blogs in your niche with
ease
