• Alexa: I use this site to check my ranking and to get the news on what’s “hot” which also gives me inspiration for things to post on Facebook and my blog.
• Facebook: Of course this is my favorite social media marketing website.  Duh!  Like me and 500 million other people.  Use your time here wisely and it can really pay off.
• Open Facebook Search: A great way to find a targeted audience.
• Bit.ly: Bit.ly allows you to shorten your URL and monitor the traffic to that link.
• Aweber: The internet’s most powerful email opt-in service and email marketing/broadcasting tool.
• Clixsense:  This one brings me the most traffic.  LOVE IT.  There is a free component so check it out.

Blogging

• WordPress: Express yourself…start a blog!
• Kajabi: Okay if you are ready to do the full circle of Internet Marketing and you want to build it yourself without a programmer then Kajabi is for you.  They have great tutorials and  a point and click way for you to create blogs, landing pages, and forums.
• Tribal Marketing: Try the power of Tribal marketing.
• Market Samurai: Market Samurai offers the ultimate in keyword research for profitable keywords. Get Market Samurai if you are at all serious about keyword research and your need to make money online.

Social Media Marketing

• 2000 Fans in 27 Days: A great affordable course on building your business with Facebook Pages.
• Hootsuite: Spread the word.  Whether you have one or several Twitter accounts,  if you’re feeling out of whack staying up to date or unorganized, I recommend considering using Hootsuite.
• Facebook Search: Find people on Facebook talking about your product or interest.
• Twitter Search: Find people on Twitter talking about your produce or interest.
• Top 1o Reviews: 2011 Top 10 list.
• List of Social Media Sites: There are plenty of Social Media sites out there.  This Blog lists a few.

Web Design and Outsourcing

• Odesk: Build a Team of Experts. Hire based on work history, portfolio, feedback ratings, and test scores.
• Dream Templates:  offers exclusive premium web content solutions for web developers and webmasters. Lets you access a large collection of professionally designed website template files.

Testing Results

• Google Analytics: Google’s free website tracking and analytical tool. A must have for anyone with any type of website.
• Alexa: I use this site to check my ranking and to get the new on what’s “hot” which also gives me inspiration of things to post on Facebook and my blog.
• Is My Site Indexed: Is your site  indexed by Google? Is your site indexed by Yahoo – or Bing? Up until now it hasn’t always been easy to tell if your site is indexed by these three major search engines. All you have to do now is simply type your domain name into the box and click the “Check Status” button.

Hosting – My Domain System

• Go Daddy: You must have domains to do business online. My Domain System is my GoDaddy Affiliate program.   If you need a domain then buy one from me.  I am an affiliate of GoDaddy so you have the same support plus I offer a better price with more free stuff.
• Domain Reseller: If you want to be an affiliate with GoDaddy like me you can set it up here.

Email Subscriptions

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

Advertising and Traffic

• Clixsense: This one brings me the most traffic.  LOVE IT.  This is a free account so check it out.
• ThumbVu: Thumbnail surfing is the newest in traffic exchanges.
• EasyHits4U: This system is designed to help you promote your site by increasing the number of visitors that actually view your site.
• Pingler: A basic premium account allows you to store the details of 25 websites in your account. These sites will be automatically pinged every three days. A premium account not only saves you the hassle of having to ping each of your sites manually, it ensures that pinging is performed frequently and in a timely manner.
• Schnaap: Schnaap has so many amazing ways to advertise and when you sign up for free you will be overwhelmed by how much you get.
• Revisitor: Drive targeted traffic.  You can’t make sales if you don’t have visitors
• List Joe: Traffic Exchange.
• Website Traffic Makers: This is a great NEW Tool I am using to drive targeted traffic and email to a targeted GEO location.

Product Distribution & Shopping Carts

• 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.

Videos and Photos

• Staged: Use Staged Videos to drive traffic to your website.
• Animoto: Automatically produce beautifully orchestrated, completely unique video pieces from your photos, video clips and music. Fast, free and shockingly easy.
• Snapfish: Do More with your photos. Great photo books and videos.

Home Business Tax Savings

• Dr. Ron Mueller: The BIGGEST “Economic Relief” in America goes to HOME-BUSINESS OWNERS!  In fact, our government will actually PAY YOU to run your own Home-Based Business!!!

Just Really Cool Shopping Deals

• Groupon: More than just a deal site, Groupon is a city guide, a social tool and the best way to experience your city without paying full price.
• Drugstore.com: Great way to do your drugstore shopping.  They have free shipping and no sales tax except for those that live in New York.  And they pay you a percentage back for future purchases.  Try it…I think you will be hooked.

Affiliate Programs That Have Made Me Money

These are affiliate programs that I have done just for the affiliate commission.  I have made money with these.  Some more than others.  You don’t always hit a home run.  I have them listed in the order of which one makes me the most money.  Most of these are two tier programs and you cannot usually sign up under yourself so if any of these look interesting join me by clicking the link below.

• Fantaz:  Gaming affiliate program
• ZamZuu: Free Agent travel and ecommerce affiliate program
• Send Out Cards: Online greeting card affiliate program
• Domain Scalping:  Domain seller affilate program
• Simply Raw: Health products affiiate program

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I have created this resource page to help you see what tools I use.  I have started off  with “Sites I use Everyday” and these sites may also be listed additionally  in a specific category.

Now I just want to explain that the items above are things I really do use and have had success with and like a lot.  Therefore they may change from time to time as I find tools I like better than others.

As required by the FTC this notice is to alert you to the fact that if you buy something as a result of clicking any of the links found on this site, I might get paid money and I will most likely spend the money on shoes. (Okay the FTC didn’t require me to tell you where I would spend the money).  You may have to opt in to subscribe, watch the video, hear the audio, or purchase some of these products and service.  Your results from any products, services, or materials found on this site will vary.

If you find a tool here that you like I would really appreciate it if you would leave a comment.  It helps to know if this is helping you.