Resources
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A really valuable 30 day roadmap of the steps to take to build your own online business from scratch
http://www.bestinternetbusinesscoach.com/roadmap.pdf
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For the top ten searches
http://pulse.ebay.com/
Hot markets
http://buzz.yahoo.com
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Free research tool
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
Wordtracker
Free version http://www.freekeywords.wordtracker.com
Wordtracker is generally considered the industry standard, but a paid service. Can be bought by the day
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Help in choosing a domain name
www.nameboy.com
www.domaintools.com
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www.namecheap.com
www.cheapcheapdomainnames.com
www.godaddy.com
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Hostagtor, best for hosting unlimited domains
www.hostgator.com
Bluehost www.bluehost.com
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Total Business Cart is a private label of 1shopping cart
http://www.totalbusinesscart.com/app/?pr=57&id=67456
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Software tools
Dreamweaver – www.macromedia.com
Frontpage – www.microsoft.com
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www.nvu.com
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/
Free Web Templates
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Adobe Photoshop
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/index.html
Free Graphics Packages
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/
http://www.gimp.org/
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Harmonious Color Schemes
a program that allows you to see color theory in action: you can create harmonious color schemes and preview them on real-world examples.
http://www.color-wheel-pro.com
Free Color Matching Software
Just point your cursor at the color and get the RGB, CMYK and HTML settings
http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html
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Filezilla
www.filezilla.com
WS_FTP Home
www.ipswitch.com
There are many other free FTP products available
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Adtrackz – http://www.adtrackz.com
Google Analytics – http://www.google.com/analytics/
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Free Link Builder (there is a paid version too)
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Link Metro – http://www.linkmetro.com
Paid link building service – http://www.link-assistant.com
Find your own through Google
keyword “+ addurl”
keyword “+ addsite”
Keyword “+ submit site”
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www.linkdirectorysubmitter.com
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http://www.alibris.com
Useful sources for bonuses
Albris
Abebooks
Gutenberg
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Various sites, check carefully for usage restrictions
http://sxc.hu
http://www.morguefile.com
http://www.openphoto.net
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Audacity (free) – http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Impact Web Audio – http://www.impactwebaudio.com/
Web Audio Plus – http://www.webaudioplus.com
Sony Audio Studio - http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/soundforgefamily.asp
Sound Mixing
Accoustica Mixcraft – http://www.acoustica.com/
http://www.impacewebaudio.com/
Sound Effects (free)
www.grsites.com/sounds
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Desktop Screen recorder (free)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio
Windows Movie Maker -free with Windows XP and Vista
Sony Movie Studio – http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/moviestudio
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An MSOffice equivalent (free) for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, drawing and database
http://www.openoffice.org/
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Sites where you can upload your Press Releases
www.prweb.com
www.free-press-release.com
www.usanews.net
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Sites where you can upload your Articles
www.submityourarticle.com
www.articleannouncer.com
www.ezinearticles.com
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Affiliate location software
http://www.cgiconnection.com/affiliate-finder
http://www.affiliatesalert.com
Find your own through Google
keyword “+ affiliate”
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Free script - http://expertwebinstalls.com/tell_a_friend_script.html
Low cost but good reporting - http://www.jemscripts.co.uk/
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Outsourcing Services from these sites
www.elance.com
www.scriptlance.com
www.rentacoder.com
www.webdesignlance.com
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Blogger (free, owned by Google, easy to set up)
www.blogger.com
WordPress (free – use Fantastico on your host cpanel) or will need some technical skills to install
www.wordpress.org
Expert WordPress To install a secure WordPress Blog
Expert WordPress
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You need to set up accounts with the following
Clickbank (for sale & purchase of products)
http://www.clickbank.com
Adsense (for adsense revenue)
http://adsense.google.com
Amazon (for affiliate sales)
http://www.amazon.com
PayPal – for payment and receipt of monies
http://www.paypal.com (set up a Merchant account)
Skype (free telephone calls)
http://www.skype.com
