5 - TOP AFFILIATE MARKETING TOOLS:
FOR
BOTH AFFILIATES & MERCHANTS
These are
affiliate marketer tools that might be
made good use of by both affiliate
program merchants and their affiliate
partners.
Where there
is more than one of a type in the list,
look for contrasts in the notes.
AUTORESPONDERS:
[NOTE:
many webhosting services offer free one-off
autoresponders... but you'll probably be
more interested in the far more useful sequential
autoresponder options mentioned below]
If you aren't
familiar with autoresponder, I highly
recommend the free 7-day e-course from
Simon Grabowski of GetResponse, an
excellent overview with very useful tips
on creating and using autoresponders:
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GetResponse.com
- a very professional and easy to use
unlimited autoresponder service with a
30-day free trial - and everything is
automated from their servers; includes
social sharing buttons, a form builder,
a landing page creator two-tier
affiliate program, residual
Easy
PHP Autoresponder -
sophisticated automated email software
that resides on your site's webserver,
usable for any number of websites;
unlimited autoresponders for batched
outgoing emails - sequential
autoresponders or broadcast emailing for
one-off messages/ezines, including an
RSS option; good sign-up forms, can also
import your own contacts; free or pro
version, also WordPress version
(guaranteed, well-supported)
BUSINESS
EFFECTIVENESS TOOLS:
FranklinCovey
Franklin
Planner Products - the
best day planner, period (I used it for
a few years after failing with others),
very popular with busy people in all
types of professions, paper and digital
versions
InnerTalk.com
- the most effective (clinically
researched) subliminal tape technology -
and a large catalog of economical tapes
to choose from, including many that are
specifically business- and
success-related; highly recommended -
this catalog could change your life!
Webdecal.com
- this is a wonderful way to market
one's website!... on your car window,
door, or bumper - they make inexpensive
and good-looking "decals" (sturdy and
removable) with one or more lines of
text... including your easy-to-remember
URL (they also have personalized "just
married" decals for newlyweds)
EBOOKS
& EBOOK COVERS:
Make
Your Knowledge Sell! - an
exceptional set of manuals, showing how
anyone can create and profit from a
great ebook, in many different ways (by
Monique Harris and Ken Evoy) - and it's
now totally free
The
Ultimate Information Entrepreneur's
Success Package - if you
don't have an idea for your own e-book,
this is the book you need... how to get
and work up successful ideas
(even if you aren't a "writer"
yourself) two-tier
affiliate program
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EBOOK COMPILING:
Adobe
Acrobat - the standard (and
moderately costly) .pdf-producing tool
(and .pdf files can be read by any type
of computer, via the free Adobe Acrobat
Reader software); works well compiling
from .rtf files (especially Word
documents)
eBookGold
- very fine software that produces .exe
ebooks (i.e., work only on Windows
machines) from HTML files; the security
features are outstanding: you can
choose to disable copying and/or
printing, you can opt to
password-protect certain pages, it will
actually lock an ebook to one
person's computer (so that it can't be
spread around without your permission),
and when someone asks for a refund of a
for-sale ebook, you can disable
the book on their computer (fair
enough!); supports advanced multimedia
content (like Flash, Shockwave, Java
Applets, and sound files), with no
special coding
two-tier
affiliate program
Viral
Document Toolkit - this
inexpensive software allows you to
"rebrand" .pdf documents, making it
possible for others to customize them -
e.g., with their own affiliate links,
bio, even their own wording for other
sections of a document (it even allows
you to make .pdf documents,
unbranded if you like); works on any
Word or .rtf file; can hide long
affiliate links, can also add links to
images
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EBOOK COVERS:
[NOTE:
ebook covers have been proven to boost
sales 3 times over! - they plain old
make your digital product look "real"]
3dCovers.com
E-book Cover Templates -
by far the best collection of e-book
cover templates I've found... and it's huge!;
if you're going to do your own covers,
this is an excellent way to save time
and get creative; free e-book cover
tutorial included in lifetime
membership single-tier
affiliate program
CompactDraw
- make your own ebook covers with this
very inexpensive (shareware) software
and the tutorial that comes with it; not
as powerful as the way more expensive
possibilities (Adobe Photoshop and Paint
Shop Pro), but it turns out good-looking
graphics
Professional
ebook cover design
- I'm impressed with "rroxx" on Fiverr.com
as a cover designer, and she comes
highly rated by over 1000 customers
(many samples shown; choices of
various styles) - it doesn't get
cheaper than $5!, and these are
quite good (for ebooks, reports,
even ezines)
WEBSITES & WEBMARKETING BASICS:
Convert
HTML into responsive
CSS webpage for all screen sizes
- I can highly recommend
"Riaz66" on Fiverr.com/riaz66
as a web programming expert who will
work with you to create just the
right modern CSS site template
scaled to work with all sizes of
screens, mobile and otherwise (he
will also develop
new sites and WordPress
templates)
Make
Your Links Work! (and "Value
Exchange" service) - the
ebook is free, the service is free (no
strings attached), and both are
dedicated to helping webmasters develop
high-value link strategies (as opposed
to wasting time and "weakening your
case" with the search engines by
exchanging links with any old site); I
highly recommend reading this book! -
the service itself is a useful shortcut,
too, if you wish to go that route (by
Ken Evoy)
Make
Your Site Sell! - the
MYSS! book - greatly updated and
expanded (and now entirely free) - is
for anyone interested in
marketing, on the web or not; a superb
introduction to the ins and outs of
webmarketing, it's also an excellent
review "bible" for the more
knowledgeable (by Ken Evoy)
Make
Your Words Sell! -
wonderful, in-depth instruction on how
to write great copy specifically for the
internet (websites, email, ezines), by
two experts (Joe Robson and Ken Evoy) -
and a free download
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WEBHOSTING:
HostMetro.com
- inexpensive webhosting, especially for
the very powerful basic package, and fantastic
U.S.-based customer service (but please
see Site
Build It! and WebsiteWizard below
if you're a beginner - value isn't just
in up-front cost!; not to mention that
to use this service, you already have to
know how to set up a site, and make it
attract the search engines... and forego
the business-building benefits of the
SBI! system)
single-tier
affiliate program (also a Referral
program to offset your own hosting
expenses)
Search
It! - an extremely useful
compilation of free web business tools,
all in once place... many
options for keyword brainstorming,
researching one's competition, finding
link opportunities, etcetera (from Site
Build It! - and one of the cleverest, "neededest"
offerings that inevitably draws in sales
as well... just because the material is
all great)
Site
Build It! (SBI!) (& now
SBI!
for WP for WordPress
aficionados) - inexpensive web hosting…
but with all the expensive trimmings!
(really, it's more like totally free
webhosting with a
super-inexpensive package of woven-in
programs that immeasurably help boost
webpage ranking, among other useful
things...) - statistics especially for
affiliates, by-the-hand set-up of pages
(or use HTML, as preferred), free domain
registration, invaluable help with
pay-per-click SEs and Google AdWords,
automatic major SE submission, automatic
RSS-feeds,
and more… all of which would cost over
$1000/year separately!; see the Quick
Tour Slide Show for a nice
overview, or peruse this cost
comparison with other options
[...and check out the monthly SBI sweepstakes!];
paid by the year; an excellent place to
begin, if you're serious about building
a successful business two-tier
affiliate program, residual
WebsiteWizard
- also inexpensive, lead-you-through-it
web hosting - a choice of 3 packages
(and the low-cost version - under $10 a
month, for up to 15 pages - has good
features like form-, survey-, popup-,
and logo-creators, site templates, 100s
of stock photos to choose from, a
discussion forum option, even a
built-in PayPal shopping cart; #3 allows
you to offer your own 2-tier affiliate
program); you can pay by the month, or
pay yearly for big savings; this is also
a good place to begin, especially if you
aren't sure webmarketing is for
you and want to try it out on a
pay-as-you-go basis - there are lots of
possibilities to play around with!
two-tier
affiliate program, residual
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