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Table of Contents
Introduction
Who am I?
Chapter 1 - Content Syndication
a) Content Syndication - Our Experiences
b) Content Syndication Software
c) Where to Syndicate Your Content?
Article Directories
Web 2.0 sites
Tutorial Sites
Free Press Release Sites
Paid Press Release Sites
Video Sites
Foreign Video Sites
Slide Sharing Sites
PDF Sharing Sites
Video Embed Sites
Internet Marketing Sites To Submit Content To
Social Bookmarking
Wiki Sites
Infographic Directories
d) Google Queries for Finding Guest Posting and Content Syndication
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Chapter 2 - Building and Operating Your Online Empire
Hosting and Basic Tools
Analytics and Conversion Optimisation
Keyword Research
Creating Your Own Video's Easily
Payment Processors
Private label rights
Shopping Carts
Productivity Tools
Competitive Analysis
Marketing Tools
Customer Support
Highly Recommended Wordpress Plugins
Random Greatness - AKA Miscellaneous Stuff
Chapter 3 - Great 3rd party Services
Graphics
Video Creation
Stock Photos
Ghost Writers
Top Copywriters
Top Autoresponder Copywriters
Product Creation Done for You
Voice Overs
Customer Support
JV Giveaways
Ad Swaps
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Chapter 4 - Automated Social Signals
Paid Services
Free Services
Chapter 5 - Coupon Sites
The Best Coupon sites and How to Use Them Effectively
Chapter 6 - Buy Existing Websites
Where to Buy a Business in a Box
Chapter 7 - Podcasting
How to Easily Create Podcasts and Where to Syndicate Them To
Chapter 8 - Google Hacks
Google’s Advanced Search Query Syntaxes
Chapter 9 - Outsourcing
Where to Find the Best Outsourcers As Well as Tips and Tricks
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Chapter 10 - Fivver - The Best Gigs
SEO and Website Maintenance
Graphics And Design
Content & Writing
Video Services
Account Creation
Social Media
Virtual Assistants
Chapter 11 - CPA Networks
How to Get Accepted By a CPA Network
List of CPA Networks
Chapter 12 - Word Press Premium Themes
WP Themes For Internet Marketers
15 Places to Get Premium WordPress Themes
Chapter 13 - .Edu and .Gov backlinks
Sources for .Edu profile backlinks
Sources for .Gov profile backlinks
Sources for .Edu guestbook backlinks
Sources for .Gov guestbook backlinks
Sources for .Edu comment backlinks
Sources for .Gov comment backlinks
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Chapter 14 - A-Z of Affiliate Programs and Advertising
Networks
The Usual Suspects
Comprehensive List of Networks
Chapter 15 - A Few of Our Favourite Internet Marketers
Kim Roach
Mike Johnson
Ryan Deiss
Mark Anastasi
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Introduction
Welcome to our Internet Marketing Rolodex!!!
We have designed this Rolodex to be the only resource you will ever need for
finding I.M. related content, plugins, services, outsourcers, content
syndication and just about anything Internet Marketing related.
If you think we have missed anything do let us know. We designed this Rolodex
as a quick reference for ourselves so we know that all of the product and
service providers contained within are vetted and are services we would use
and do use in our own business.
We then decided that this resource could save IM'ers countless hours just like
it had done for us so we decided to share it.
Over the years we have learned that Internet Marketing comes down to one
fundamental principal -
Giving Extraordinary Value!!!
The amount of money you make in this game is directly proportionate to the
amount of value you put out there.
Content syndication sites aside, where we tried to list almost everything
known to man, we did not just put any old suppliers in here because we live by
the beliefs that quality and value should be rewarded. As a result we have
cherry picked our suppliers based on the value of their services.
You will even notice that there is a short list of marketers who we respect,
admire and who we believe go above and beyond and we felt that with what
we had learned from them over the years, their valuable input should be
rewarded too.
There are loads of ethical and brilliant marketers out there (sorry for not
mentioning you) but the ones we mentioned we just found had something
special that appealed to the way we do things.
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Who Am I ?
I am Bradley Glynn (sometimes known as Lee) and I have been at the Internet
Marketing game since around 2005. I dabbled in it a bit before then but like
many others, I seemed to keep finding all of the ''bum marketing'' cheap
tactics and useless MLM programs.
I knew there was more to internet marketing but could not seem to find the
right people and the right information.
Later in 2005 my girlfriend and I took a couple's job where we worked on site
for one of the richest men in Britain. Our 'guests' included people like Richard
Branson, Lord Milford Haven (the queens cousin), Rockstars like Roger Taylor
(Queen) movie stars like Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher and many others.
Some of the ''lesser known'' ones were investment bankers, entrepreneurs,
movie producers etc.
Let's just say that we learned plenty from these people and how they live
compared to ''regular'' people. One of the main things we learned is that
money does not buy happiness.
Some of these people's lives would seem farfetched as storylines on Days of
Our Lives. Money should be a by-product of what you do rather than the focus
of it. If you are chasing money in IM you are likely to hop from one program to
the next following the promises of overnight millions.
Rather focus on what type of business you want to build and be passionate
about it. For us we love creating digital products and connecting with our
subscribers as to what works and what doesn't. That is what makes us tick and
that is where our success comes from.
OK back to the rich folks, it was a level of wealth only a very select few IM'ers
even know about, this was old wealth and almost every visitor was on the
Sunday Times ''Rich List''.
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We observed how they did things differently and picked up tips daily. Those
stories are for another time. What is important to consider here is how much
networking went on. There was a constant flow of tips, information and joint
ventures going on all the time and the IM world is exactly the same.
Stay plugged into a network, talk to people and provide immense value.
Sooner or later that value will be rewarded by the right people with an
opportunity.
Grab the opportunities that come your way. Sitting on your arse waiting for the
universe to hand you success is not going to happen. Forge strong relationships
and ask what you can do for people rather than what they can do for you.
The other major lesson I learned from these folks was that success is a team
effort. They always managed to surround themselves with extremely smart
people.
They knew their limitations even if they would not publicly admit them and
hired the right people for the jobs.
So as the boss was away for large stretches of time and we were out in the
countryside, I got to work learning about internet marketing.
I learned how to do a product launch, how to do SEO both pre and post
penguin and panda, where to outsource, how to build websites, how to do
video marketing, social media etc.
If anything I was so engrossed in learning everything I could that I forgot to
take action on a lot of them. Learning became an addiction. Sure you have
been there too, I just need to learn this bit, then I will get to work on it, only to
discover that there is something else to learn.
I don't regret it for one moment as it made my IM knowledge very well
rounded but things only started working when I started actioning one thing at
a time, developing a system and then outsourcing parts or all of that system
for additional leverage and then moving onto the next. We now have several
systems in place and do not rely on a single source of income.
Fast forward a few years and we arrive here at this Rolodex, we have put a lot
of work into it, not just to provide you with the services, but also with tips
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throughout. We believe that it will give you some insight and you can learn
from our mistakes, failures and successes.
Through this PDF it is my hope that you will start to feel like you know us and
that it is more than just a Rolodex but rather a the beginning of a relationship.
Ultimately that is what life is all about, relationships, moments, experiences
and memories. I would love to hear some of your stories so that I can learn
from you too.
We have some very exciting things coming up in the near future and trust me
when I say you will be glad we are in contact.
To Your Continued Success
Bradley Glynn
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Chapter 1- Content Syndication
a) Content Syndication - Our Experiences
In this section, you are likely to find more places to syndicate your content
than you will know what to do with.
Do not get overwhelmed with the seemingly endless list of sites to submit your
content to, there is a very simple way to do this.
Follow our 3 step policy to keep things simple:
1) Create content with immense value to your end user.
2) Syndicate it to as many high traffic sites as possible.
3) Use automation tools to syndicate your content.
That's it!
Look for the sites with high Alexa rankings, and Google your keywords and look
for sites that come up first for your search terms and are mentioned on other
high value sites. Start to make a list of these sites and look for opportunities to
share your content.
Building backlinks is important for any website, but for a while now we have
focussed more on creating great quality content and syndicating it all over the
web for users to find rather than trying to contrive back links to the content on
our sites.
Only content that is ''remarkable'' will get remarks, likes, shares and be
commented on (as long as it can be found). It really is as simple as that.
The leverage you can get from people talking about your content and sharing it
far outweighs spinning garbage content that makes no sense for the sake of
backlinks. It's not just the reach that's important either it's the building of the
brand, YOUR brand.
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We are not dismissing mass link building and we understand it's place
especially for short term projects where you are looking to cash in on time
sensitive niches such as hot trends.
We have just found that for the ''long game'' where the content we create now
will be relevant in months or years from now, our subscribers and readers will
love us for creating amazing content and we build a strong brand at the same
time is much better than hit and run or as it's been called ''spray and pray''.
There is no point in trying to play the 'long game'' with ''short game'' tactics.
You will live in constant fear of the dreaded Google slaps. We have found a
middle ground where simple policies for proven successful activities have the
desired effect.
If you want to go from zero to 100 000 visitors in a month then this is not for
you, but if you want to steadily build followers and visitors then using our
techniques will give you a very solid foundation.
You know what else we have discovered that is interesting? Since we started
treating Google like a spoilt child and took no notice of them and created and
syndicated our content for the benefit of our users rather than the search
engines, they have rewarded us more than when we were actively trying to get
their attention.
It's the equivalent of us saying we don't want to play your game, we have
created our own and we don't need you. All of a sudden the 600lb brat wants
to take part in our game.
Go and find your audience, they are not on Google they are on the sites that
interest them. Sure they may find those sites through Google but once people
know and trust a site they will go there directly, share their content directly
and viralize that site's content.
Stop looking over your shoulder at Google, you'll be forever playing their
game and not finding your own sources of RELIABLE traffic.
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We split our traffic into 3 types.
Accidental - they stumble across our content (often from Google)
Purposeful - we direct our message at them. i.e. mailing list, rss feeds,
PPC
Incidental - the traffic comes as a by product of something we do i.e.
guest blogging, articles, products
Incidental is the one that shows great promise as you are reaching out beyond
your known visitors and mailing list into the mailing lists of others and putting
your message in the way of ''on target'' traffic in other places.
We find Accidental traffic is often very low grade because although someone
may search for "Internet Marketing Advice" we have no way of knowing what
advice they want, whether they are newbies or old hands or if they are just the
competition checking their keywords. So we avoid basing our entire online
marketing solely on Organic search results from Google.
While you can make a killing ranking for keywords you know will convert, using
blackhat and in even some cases greyhat techniques will likely backfire in the
long term unless you know exactly what you are doing.
When those at the top of the SERPS get knocked off because they are ''found
out'', you want to be positioned as the relevant resource to take their place.
Google are always refining their algorithm and it is far from perfect but it is
always getting more sophisticated.
Just remember one thing, Google does not owe you anything, not
loyalty, not a salary, not even an apology if they cause you to go
broke.
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Some SEO's love following everything Google does and learning all of the tricks
and loopholes and if that is your thing, then great I know you will likely make a
lot of money. Ask good SEO's though how much they have dedicated to being a
SEO. If you are learning SEO basics just to learn the shortcuts, you are just
cutting yourself short.
SEO is an art and I have too much respect for it to say being good at it is easy.
There are 3 main problems I see when it comes to unsophisticated SEO's
attempting to manipulate the search engines.
1. They leave footprints everywhere.
2. They don't know the difference between good and bad SEO practice
and worse than that, they don't know that they don't know.
3. They do not test and measure results with any form of deductive logic.
I have been through countless SEO courses and very few of them are any good.
Someone discovers a tactic that works (for now) and creates a course and sells
it to the masses and then says 'I make my money from SEO''.
No you make your money selling information products on tricks that may or
may not work for getting search results.
SEO is an intricate game like chess or poker and the only way to get good at a
game is to practice.
All the theory books will help but until you are in the trenches you will not
learn the subtleties that will determine whether you are a the real deal or
someone who dabbles.
Like in most intricate games your moves need to be calculated, deliberate and
timing is extremely important. Until you get a feel for these things, you run the
risk of 'busting' or damaging your cause.
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Ironically by showing Google that they are irrelevant to us (not strictly true but
we like them to believe it) they see us as important when people are talking
about us and we are getting traffic without relying on them. The less desperate
measures we make trying to attract Google the better we do on the rankings.
Like chatting up a pretty girl, the more desperate you are the less likely you are
to get a date!
Looking at it logically is this attitude to traffic building not exactly the type of
site Google want to reward? With the introduction of social media Google have
shown an ever increasing importance of being on the pulse of what is relevant
in the socialsphere.
So let's reverse that, if it takes a lot of time, effort and resources to get any
search positions then surely Google are not as relevant to your activities as you
may think?
The more influence you have in the Socialsphere the more Google HAS to take
notice, by missing out relevant, socially important websites Google themselves
downgrade their own relevance.
Remember when Michael Jackson died and the news was all over the social
media sites faster than Google could index pages relating to the news.
Make your site important and relevant in the socialsphere and even small
efforts at SEO should be rewarded on Google - depending on how stiff the
competition is of course.
That is why social activity (signals) is becoming such a big part of their
algorithm. Most people now get their news from Facebook and Twitter rather
than major news sites or Google themselves.
The reason is simple, people are talking about it and sharing it as it happens.
Even if you are not talking about it yourself, you will often learn about breaking
news from your friends' comments on it.
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Create your content with this concept in mind, syndicate it all over the web
(just like big media companies do) and get people talking about it and engaging
with it and you have a foundation for playing the ''long game'' and will never
have to rely only on Google for your traffic.
They will reward you but your business is not built on the whims of, or at the
mercy of Google. Imagine the scenario: You wake, Google has decided to
change its algorithm and ALL your pages ranking for big traffic keywords are
gone. All your effort has been wasted and all your income has dwindled to
zero, you cannot run a business without long term stability.
In the real world some niches are dry and creating engaging content is difficult
and sometimes near impossible. Building backlinks the right way and having
links from good quality and preferably relevant sites will always have it's place.
Sometimes that is all you need but this Rolodex was created for Internet
Marketers and we are working in an ever changing, exciting, dynamic and
''remarkable'' sector.
In order to stand out we need to be ''remarkable''.
That is what makes us relevant. Not only that we have a voice but others are
also talking about us.
b) Content Syndication Software
There are many ways to syndicate content and many of the underutilized social
sharing sites can provide an enormous amount of traffic.
Yes you will also get the quality backlinks but as we have stated we prefer to
target users and user engagement. By targeting our audience we go directly
after the people we want to visit our sites.
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The trick is to create content that can go viral or at the very least is worthy of
being shared. For that to happen the quality of the content has to be excellent.
That is a given but what needs to be considered is that the more places you
submit your content to, the more potential exposure your content has.
So how do we save time and money and syndicate our content all over the
web quickly and easily?
Well the answer is simple, we use automated tools.
Most of the tools out there are used primarily for backlinks and while backlinks
are always welcome, the users on the social networks are what, or rather who
we target. It creates a snowball effect when just a few people share something
we have put out there.
So what is the best tool to use?
There are a few things to consider here, cost, ease of use and pure processing
power.
The big Daddy of content syndication and backlinking still is and has been for a
long time SE Nuke X. I cannot recommend this product highly enough however
we do not use it in our business.
What....?
That's right you read correctly.
The functionality is superb but it also comes with a pretty hefty monthly price
tag and the minor areas where it's functionality stands out is just not worth the
price for us.
So in the interest of finding the balance between cost and performance, we
have found an alternative which does just as good a job for content syndication
but is less than half the price.
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Let me introduce you to one of our favourite marketing tools:
Magic Submitter
This is no toy and there is some serious horsepower under the hood of this tool
but most importantly for us is it delivers when it comes to content syndication.
It is easy to use and there is a reason why it has been a bestseller for a long
time now.
It allows you to syndicate your content to most of the places we have listed in
this rolodex and it even allows you to add your own.
It is very user friendly and the best part is you can trial it for a month for a
mere $4.95.
This tool has made us money rather than cost us money like so many others.
We highly recommend it!!!
Get Magic Submitter Now by Clicking Here
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c) Where to Syndicate Your Content?
Article Directories
Here is a list of some of the top article directories with Pagerank
included!
ArticleDashboard
PR6
Ezine Articles
PR6
Articlebase
PR6
Buzzle
PR6
Helium
PR6
GoArticles
PR6
ArticleSnatch
PR5
ArticleAlley
PR5
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Even More Article Submission Sites!
1. Ezine Articles
2. Articles Base
3. Buzzle
4. Helium
5. Go Articles
6. Article Snatch
7. Article Alley
8. Article Dashboard
9. Self Growth
10. Bukisa
11. Idea Marketers
12. Amazines
13. i Snare
14. Search Warp
15. Article City
16. Info Barrel
17. Sooper Articles
18. Article Click
19. Article Rich
20. Article Cube
21. A1 Articles
22. Article Stars
23. Submit Your Articles
24. ABC Article Directory
25. Web Source
26. Article Compilation
27. Articles Factory
28. Article Pool
29. Evan Carmichael
30. Site Reference
31. Article Splash
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33. UPublish
34. ACME Articles
35. e-Articles
36. Article Nexus
37. The Whir
38. 990m
39. Articles Alley
40. Four PX Articles
41. Article Cell
42. Article Bliss
43. Article Monkeys
44. Every Query
45. Article WareHouse
46. The Content Corner
47. Articles Just 4 You
48. Article Wheel
49. Affsphere
50. 365 Articles
Magic Submitter can help you syndicate your content easily to many
of these sites.
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Web 2.0 sites
PR 9
Word Press
Blog Lines
PR 8
My Space
Weebly
Typepad
Blogger
Livejournal
Tumblr
Squidoo
Tripod
Blogspot
Scribd
Google Groups
Areavoices
PR 7
Wikispaces
Bravenet
Opera
Multiply
Xanga
Yola
Blogsome
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PR3
bcz
blogster
honmag
iblog.at
spyuser
weblogplaza
PR2
blogpico
blogtext
edublogs
evood
publr.com
uwcblog
Magic Submitter can help you syndicate your content easily to many
of these sites.
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Tutorial Sites
While everyone else is submitting articles, video's, PDF's etc you could be
crushing it with tutorial sites. It is massively underestimated. Some of the traffic
from these sites is great.
http://www.instructables.com/
http://www.tutorialized.com – (Great One For Internet Marketers)
http://www.noupe.com/
http://www.good-tutorials.com/
http://www.pslover.com/
http://www.pixel2life.com/
http://www.tutorialsphere.com/
http://www.tutorialkit.com/
http://www.rnel.net/
http://toxiclab.org/
http://tutorial-index.com/
http://designbump.com/
http://www.designfloat.com/
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/
http://www.tutorials-expert.com/
http://www.cg-links.com/
http://www.fstutorials.com/
http://tutorialoutpost.com/
http://www.tutorialsgarden.com/
http://psd.tutsplus.com/
http://psdtop.com/
http://graphic-design-links.com/
http://design-newz.com/submit-newz/
http://woork.blogspot.com/2009/02/add-design-news-on-woork.html
http://devmarks.com/
http://www.dzone.com/
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/contribute/
http://www.tripwiremagazine.com
http://www.webdesignbooth.com/
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http://www.crazyleafdesign.com/blog/contributors/
http://psdlearning.com/
http://www.brushking.eu/submit_news.php
http://kailoon.com/
http://www.myinkblog.com/submit-news/
http://www.fuelyourcreativity.com/user-link-feed/
http://designm.ag/submit-news/
http://www.flashperfection.com/submit.html
http://www.tutorial-center.com/submit/
http://www.totaltutorial.com/
http://www.designshard.com/contribute/
http://www.knowtebook.com/publish
http://sharebrain.info/submit/
http://www.photoshop911.com/tutorial.html
http://www.cg-links.com/submit-link.php
http://www.tutorialsgarden.com/submit/
http://www.v7n.com/graphics/submit.php
http://www.tipclique.com/
http://gfxtuts.com/
http://www.tutorio.com/
http://designmoo.com/
http://www.zabox.net/
Magic Submitter can help you syndicate your content easily to many
of these sites.
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Exactrelease.com 2
Freepressbox.com 2
Newsalbum.com 2
Pr4india.com 2
Pr4links.com 2
Prfriend.com 2
Pr-submit.com 2
Realtimepressrelease.com 1
121pressrelease.com 1
25pressreleases.com 1
Forpressrelease.com 1
Free-news-distribution.com 1
Netforcepress.com 1
Only2press.com 1
Postafreepressrelease.com 1
Pressreleasepivot.com 1
Pressreleasesfree.com 1
Top-best-news.com 1
Freepr101.com 0
Purepressrelease.com 0
Clickanews.com 0
Mynewssplash.com 0
Pressdot.net 0
Pressreleasepaper.com 0
Magic Submitter can help you syndicate your content easily to many
of these sites.
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Challenge Yourself to Make Money With This Tool
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Popular Paid for Press Release Sites
P R Web
e-Releases
24-7pressrelease.com
Vocus
Source Wire
1888
PR Newswire
Market Wired
Newswire.ca
PRleap.com
i-newswire.com
SB Wire
Online PR Media
Click Press
The Open Press
Email Wire
SEO Press Releases
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Video Sites
When we talk of video sites we automatically think of You Tube. There are
however dozens of quality video site's that will dramatically increase views to
your website or video and many of them will let you add a high PR backlink.
You Tube is often highly competitive while some of the lesser known video
sites can provide plenty of quality visitors to your video.
Yahoo!Screen
VideoBash
OVGuide
Vevo
LiveLeak
YouTube
Google Video
MSN Video
AOL Video
Veoh
OVGuide
AltaVista Video
MeFeedia
Stickam
Flixya
Video Surf
SuTree
Clip Shack
Juicecaster
Trooker
Google Video
PhotoBucket
DailyMotion
Break
Blip.tv
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GrindTV
Metacafe
Myspace
Vimeo
BuzzNet
LiveLeak
Stupidvideos
Flixya
Kwego
Viddler
StupidVideos
Dotv
Tubetorial
VideoWebTown
Vidmax
ClipMoon
MotorsportMad
ThatsHow
ClipChef
Blinkx
UStream
Stickam
Hulu
World Wide Internet TV (WwiTV)
5 Min
Big Think
Current TV
Magic Submitter can help you syndicate your content easily to many
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Russia
smotri.comrutube.ru
Spain
www.dalealplay.com
www.tu.tv
Sweden
www.bubblare.se
www.miloop.se
www.video-klipp.se
Thailand
www.duclip.com
Turkey
www.deniztube.com
Vietnam
www.clip.vn
Slide Presentation Sites
1. SlideShare
Boasting 60 million monthly visitors, Slideshare is one of the most popular sites
for broadcasting presentations. The service provides you with an excellent
opportunity to connect with a large group of professionals belonging to a wide
variety of industries, areas or subjects. Apart from sharing your PPT
presentations, you can also upload documents, PDFs, videos and webinars via
this channel and connect with your target audience quickly.
2. SlideServe
A service offered by DigitalOfficePro (a Microsoft partner), SlideServe is a
highly popular service that people all across the web use for free to share their
PowerPoint presentations with the world. By registering with this service, you
also get a PowerPoint add-in, which can be used to convert PowerPoint (PPT) to
Flash from inside PowerPoint.
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3. myPlick
This is yet another free service that allows people to share and discover
presentations or slideshows. Apart from uploading your presentations in
PowerPoint format, you can also share them in other supported formats like pdf
and OpenOffice odp. PowerPoint animations and audio embedding are not
currently supported by this service.
4. SlideSix
A multimedia-enabled presentation sharing site, SlideSix is also a good place to
reach out to new audiences on the web. The management console of this service
also offers you the option of directly recording audio or video. Later, you can
embed the same into your slideshow or presentation to make it richer. The
company is working to add more user-friendly features.
5. AuthorStream
This is also a free service. AuthorStream allows you to upload and share as
many presentations as you want. Animations and audio narrations are supported
by this service. You can also turn your PowerPoint presentations into videos by
using this slideshow hosting service.
6. SlideBoom
Set up by iSpring Solutions Inc, Slideboom is another service that you can use
to host your PowerPoint presentations and slideshows online. You can not only
upload and share your presentation via this service, but you can also search
presentations in more than 30 categories. Additionally, you can join a group of
like-minded people and discuss presentations with one another.
7. PowerShow
This service is brought to you by the CrystalGraphics. On AuthorStream, you
can view, upload and share a wide variety of presentations for free. Whether
you’re a student or a business owner, you’ll find this PowerPoint hosting
service very easy to use and rich in features. More exciting features will be
added soon.
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Video Embed Sites
Another underutilised trick to get loads of extra views to your videos. These
sites allow you to add your embed code on their sites. Steps like this take
content syndication far beyond what most people are doing.
There are lots of sites that allow you to embed your videos for further
promotion. One of my favorites is WonderHowTo.com. If you have a “How To”
video on YouTube, MetaCafe, or any video site that gives you embed code,
then you can post it to WonderHowTo and get hundreds of extra views on your
video.
Some other sites where you can embed your video to include:
http://www.flixya.com
http://www.spike.com
http://www.instructables.com
http://www.myspace.com
http://www.uvouch.com
http://www.magnify.net/sites/categories
http://www.ulinkx.com/
http://www.myvidster.com
http://www.gemzies.com/
http://www.infectiousvideos.com/
http://www.videosift.com
http://www.vewgle.com
http://www.tagged.com
http://www.wonderhowto.com
http://http://www.maxior.pl
http://www.nowpublic.com
http://www.vodpod.com
http://www.mefeedia.com/add.php
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http://www.whoishostingthis.com/blog/2009/04/26/submit-guest-
post/http://www.socialblogr.com/guestposthttp://www.residualsandroyalties.co
m/2010/03/05/the-residuals-and-royalties-blog-is-now-accepting-guest-posts/
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Wiki Sites
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http://wikieducator.org 6
http://recipes.wikia.com 5
http://www.travellerspoint.com/ 5
http://marvel.wikia.com 5
http://www.foodista.com 5
ShopWiki.com 5
http://lostpedia.wikia.com 5
WowWiki.com 5
http://muppet.wikia.com 5
http://runescape.wikia.com 5
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Infographic Directories
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CoolInfographics.com 6
DailyInfographic.com 6
Easel.ly 5
Infographr.tumblr.com 5
AmazingInfographics.com 4
Infographicsinspiration.com 4
VideoInfographic.com 4
Infographicsite.com 4
Theinfographics.blogspot.co.uk 4
LoveInfographics.com 4
InfographicPost.com 3
CloudInfographics.com 3
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d) Google Queries for Finding Guest Posting and
Content Syndication
“Add Articles” ”Add Content”
“Submit Article” ”Submit Post”
“Add Guest Post” ”Bloggers Wanted”
“Guest Bloggers Wanted” “Guest Post”
“Guest Posts Roundup” “Guest Blogging Spot”
“Write for Us” ”Submit a Guest Post”
“Submit Guest Post” ”Become a Guest Blogger”
“Submit a Guest Article” ”Guest Post Guidelines”
“Guest Bloggers Wanted” ”Submit an Article”
“Group Writing Project” “Want to Write for”
“Blogs that Accept Guest Posts” “Blogs that Accept Guest Blogging”
“Blogs that Accept Guest Bloggers” “Blogs Accepting Guest Posts”
“Become a Contributor” ”Contribute”
“Submit Design News” ”Submit News”
“Community News” ”Submit Tutorial”
“Submit Blog Post” ”Suggest a Post”
“Suggest a Guest Post” “Become an Author”
“Contribute to our Site” ”Become a Contributor”
“Become a Guest Writer” ”Places I Guest Posted”
“My Guest Posts” ”Publish Your News”
“Submission Guidelines” ”Guest post by”
“This guest post was written” ”Guest Contributor”
“This guest post is from” “This is a guest article”
“Now Accepting Guest Posts” inurl:guest-posts
“The following guest post” inurl:write-for-us
inurl:guest-post-guidelines inurl:profiles/blog/new
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Hosting and Basic Internet Marketing Tools
NameCheap.com – Cheap domain registration with an easy to use control
panel for managing all of your domains. This is the only domain name registrar
we tend to use.
Go Daddy is the other well known alternative however there have been
instances of them locking people out of their accounts for suspected dodgy
behaviour. There has been talk that they suspend first and ask questions later.
Are the stories true? We can't say for sure but where there is smoke...We
prefer not to take unnecessary risks in our business and have never had any
problems with Namecheap.
Hostgator - For cheap and reliable hosting, you can't go wrong with
Hostgator. We have pushed shared hosts to the limit and Hostgator stood out
as reliable and fast. There are better VPS and Dedicated Server providers out
there but for cheap and cheerful shared hosting, this is your pick.
Use Coupon code:
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BlueHost.com – Blue Host is the only other shared host we use at the
moment. They are very reliable, fast and easy to use.
IMPORTANT!!!
DO NOT take chances with dodgy hosting companies. Anyone who has had
trouble with hosting companies can attest that there is nothing more
disruptive and frustrating. It could literally destroy your business. Some aspects
of business are out of our control and we have to use 3rd party providers.
Make sure you make a wise informed decision and under no circumstances
should you ever use free hosting. Cut costs elsewhere if you have to but not on
hosting.
VPS and Dedicated Servers:
Liquid Web: This is a great option for VPS and Dedicated Servers. Their
support is amazing and we have never had any complaints with them at all.
When you don't have any issues with a hosting company you stick with them
for good reason.
Auto Responders:
Aweber.com – This is by far our favourite autoresponder. Get Response is
very similar and a perfectly good alternative but we have always and probably
will always use Aweber.
Get Response - The next in line of reliable and flexible autoresponders.
While we have openly stated that Aweber is our preferred choice, many IM'ers
will choose Get response as their preferred provider so if you are on the fence,
compare the features. They are largely the same but there may be a minor
feature that will sway you towards one or the other.
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Go To Webinar– Unless you have been living in a cave for the last few years,
you already know just how valuable webinars can be. This is the standard
webinar hosting program amongst IM'ers.
Amazon S3 – The Amazon Simple Storage Service. The fact that you can host
large files, video's etc and never have to worry about bandwidth problems
makes this a must have for any serious netpreneur. It is especially useful
during product launches where exceeding bandwidth is a real problem.
Having lauded Amazon S3, let's have a look at one of it's weaker points and yes
this one is a biggie. Amazon buckets are not always secure meaning that
anyone with only a hint of tech knowhow can access and download your
material for free. Of course it's not free for you because Amazon charges on a
usage basis. It is vital that you ensure that all of your ''buckets'' are secure.
Click Here for instructions on how to do this. It's probably worth contacting
Amazon too just to make sure everything is in order.
UptimeRobot.com – A Free service that notifies you if your sites ever go
down.
FileZilla – Free FTP software. Consistently updated and works perfectly every
time.
Zamzar.com – A Free online conversion tool that allows you to convert
nearly unlimited types of media file formats, including documents, images,
audio, videos, etc.
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Analytics and Conversion Optimisation
Google Analytics – This is the obvious choice for most webmasters. It give's
you almost all of the data you could ask for and more. Grey and Black hat SEO's
have done tests using analytics on sites that have been 'manipulated' fairly
obviously with SEO and although the data is not something that anyone can
prove categorically, there does seem to be a trend that Google slaps sites
faster when they are using Google Analytics. We don't recommend black hat
tactics but if you are doing something you would rather let Google find out
about rather than handing them the back door key there is an alternative:
Clicky Analytics - Clicky is very similar to Google Analytics and you really lose
no information by using this service. A free account is limited to the last 30
days and 3000 daily page views but it's fairly cheap and if you want to be on
the cautious side of Google, this is the answer to analysis of your website.
Adtrackz Gold – This in our opinion is an essential tool. It allows you to
create tracking links to see exactly which traffic sources are sending you the
most visitors, subscribers, and sales. It provides an additional layer of very
important data that’s not easily tracked in Google Analytics. This one is a must-
have if you want to scale your business to six-figures and beyond.
Google Website Optimizer – Best free tool online for creating A/B split
tests. Like everything online it does have a learning curve. But this is definitely
one of the best tools for split-testing sales letters, squeeze pages, headlines,
and more.
Google Webmaster Tools - This is another great set of tools by Google. It
can help you get your site indexed, upload sitemaps, diagnose problems, give
you some insight into your backlinks and much more.
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Visual Website Optimizer - Visual Website Optimizer is an easy to use A/B
testing tool featuring point-and-click test designer and WYSIWYG editor.
Features include heat maps to see how your visitors are engaging with your
site, behavioural targeting, revenue tracking and more.
ClickTale.com – This is definitely one of our favourites. You can actually
watch visitor recordings to see exactly how they moved through your site. This
data is priceless and when you see the price of this service it will be a no-
brainer.
AB Tests – This is an absolute gem of a site. It's a community based site where
people exchange data on their recent split testing results. If you want to see
what works and learn as much as you can from other people's mistakes this is a
must visit website.
Spy Bar - This is an amazing little tool. It's a browser plugin that will give you
all sorts of data on any wordpress website you visit. See a theme you like, it
will tell you what it is. Wondering what plugins your competitors are using to
perform certain tasks? Yup it will list them for you. Amazing little time saver.
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Keyword Research
Market Samurai - This tool has been our primary keyword research for ages
and is ever reliable. It provides more details on keywords than most others and
while a new user could be overwhelmed by the amount of data, this is actually
a very easy tool to use and the training videos are excellent. You will be a
master in no time. A must have tool. A great feature is that you can also use it
to track your rankings.
Keyword Suggestion - We admit Market Samurai is our favourite however
it does use the Google keyword tool to pull keywords before it crunches the
data. So for variety we like to also use a tool that uses Google Instant to draw
it's data from. So if you typed a word into Google it will give you suggestions
based on what people are heavily searching. This tool will extract these
keyword phrases so you get great keywords AND some great ideas for blog
posts. Get it while it's still cheap!!!
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Creating Your Own Video's Easily
Animoto - If you have never made videos before, you won't believe how
quick and easy it is to create them. There is a free version which does come
with branding and limitations however it is still very usable.
One True Media - This essentially does the same thing as Animoto, however
the usability, speed and quality is slightly below the standard of Animoto.
Having said that it is very cheap and definitely worth considering. You can still
make very decent videos with this little tool.
Stupeflix - This is another tool that comes highly recommended. It
apparently creates beautiful videos and is easy to use.
EZ Vid - This is a free alternative to Animoto and One True Media. It comes
with a lot of praise and high recommendations but to be honest we cannot
vouch for them at this time as we still use (and probably will continue to use)
Animoto.
Camstudio - is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer
and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer
can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash
videos. The best part is although it's limited, it is also free.
Camtasia Studios - More than a simple screen recorder, Camtasia helps you
create professional videos easily. Use Camtasia to record on-screen activity,
customize and edit content, add interactive elements, and share your videos
with anyone, on nearly any device. This is the big daddy of screen capture and
video making software. It's a must have for any Internet Marketer especially if
you are creating training or sales video's for your subscribers.
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***Amazing Software for Video Marketers***
Simple Video Pro 2.0 - At the time of writing this Rolodex version 2.0 has
not yet been released, however this is not going to stop us from
recommending it based on how amazing version one was. It allows you to
embed calls to action, payment and social buttons and lots more right in your
video. Not only does this look extremely professional but it also increases
conversions like nothing else. A must have tool and we are eagerly awaiting
the updated version.
Payment Processors
Clickbank –allows you to accept payments via credit card and PayPal and it
has a built-in affiliate program. One of the best parts about Clickbank is they
will pay your affiliates every 2 weeks so you don’t have to worry about sending
out checks or doing mass PayPal payments. The processing fee is on the high
side but the simplicity of the affiliate program, often offsets this for us.
A Ninja Trick that should be Common Sense but generally isn't:
If you are looking at selling your program/product through affiliates, make sure
that you do everything for them. Picture this - a struggling affiliate is likely to
be writing blog posts, creating custom banners, scratching around for a sale
(for you as well as them) etc.
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While you appreciate their efforts and these people are great to have on your
side a super affiliate is going to be focussed on building their list and their
traffic stream, they will not be doing your job for you and you will not even be
aware that you have missed a major opportunity when they decide to give
your product a skip because they can't easily find email swipes, banners, links,
pre-written blog posts and anything else they might need to make the decision
to promote your product an easy one.
These things are simple to do within Clickbank and that is why so many
people choose them.
PayPal – We use Paypal for some of our niche products mainly because of the
simplicity of the setup and the lower processing fee. You can also sign up for
Website Payments Pro – which allows you to accept payments via PayPal and
by credit card. Paypal does have some limitations on which countries can use
their services so check that out if you are targeting non-western countries.
PowerPay - You can also accept credit cards by setting up a merchant
account. One of the most trusted and reliable merchant account companies is
Power Pay. They have an understanding of e-commerce and internet
marketing.
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Alternatives :
These are Merchant accounts and Payment Processors we have never used, so
do some due diligence before using them. See what features you need and
which is the best fit and maybe look at some customer reviews before making
a final decision.
Authorize
2 Checkout
Pay Dot Com
World Pay
Other Payment Processors :
The Payment Processors listed below are usually associated with all sorts of
programs, including Multi Level Marketing, High Yield Investment Programs
and Ponzi Schemes etc. It does not mean that they are involved directly with
these schemes but they have them as clients. Obviously not all of these
programs are legal and as a result we believe these PP's could go down in a
massive lawsuit at any given time. You may already know about Liberty
Reserve being shut down however they were the PP with the worst reputation
out of all of these types of PP's .
We have used these before and they have been absolutely fine but that does
not mean it will always be the case.
Solid Trust Pay
Ego Pay
Payza - Currently not available in the UK
OK Pay
Perfect Money
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Private Label Rights
Many successful Internet marketing businesses have been built off the back of
PLR. While we generally prefer to create our own content, there are definitely
times when a good PLR package comes in handy. You don't have to be an
expert on the topic to be a leader in the niche thanks to some of the quality
resources we have provided below:
ID PLR - Great range of articles, videos and software.
SpecialReportClub.com – Some of the best Internet Marketing PLR content
online.
AllPrivateLabelContent.com – High-quality PLR that includes article
bundles, auto responder bundles, and reports.
EasyPLR.com – Very High-quality PLR articles & reports.
PLRSO.com – Exclusive PLR rights to some of Jimmy D. Brown’s best selling
products.
PLRMiniMart.com – PLR content created by one of the best ghost-writer's
online.
Niche-Content-Packages.com – Great for information based products ,
articles and newsletters.
DIYPLR.com – Smaller selection but great quality.
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Shopping Carts
For anyone who has compared different shopping cart solutions, one of the
first things you realize is that there are pros and cons to every option. The key
is to choose the one that best fits the needs of your specific business. Here’s
a quick overview of the top shopping cart solutions online:
Clickbank –Clickbank is actually a payment processor and shopping cart all
built into one. The biggest benefit of Clickbank is simply ease of use. Clickbank
does unfortunately have a high processing fee (7.5% plus $1 on every sale).
InfusionSoft – is an integrated e-mail marketing, CRM (customer relationship
management), and e-commerce platform. It’s one of the most popular
platforms for selling information products or services online, with many of the
world’s top online gurus using it to run their businesses. It does have a rather
steep learning curve but the power of this beast cannot be underestimated. If
you are building a serious business, you should seriously consider Infusionsoft.
The framework to scale your business within this system is second to none. It's
not cheap and it's not the easiest to work but it is damn powerful.
Nanacast – Has many of the same features as InfusionSoft however it is
easier to use and does not have nearly the same price tag. Nanacast has one-
click upsells, downsells, , dime sales, fire sales, membership site management
and much more. If Infusionsoft is not within budget, this is a must.
Rapid Action Profits – Another great shopping cart with the option to do
100% commissions. This is a great way to build both your affiliates and list.
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1ShoppingCart.com – This application is ideal for individuals who already
have an established website that they want to turn into an online store. There
is no limit on the number of products you can upload to your online store.
There are also several security features to ensure that your customers' credit
card and other personal information are secure.
WP E Store - This is a simple Wordpress plugin with masses of cool features.
It's not the easiest website to make sense of but they have created a great
product with awesome support and that's what counts right? From the
homepage look under ''Projects'' and select WP e Store from the dropdown
menu. Have a look at some of their other products while you are there.
Productivity Tools
The Action Machine – Do you feel like you may need to work more
effectively and stop procrastinating? This is a life organiser of note. One of the
best productivity tools you could invest in. If time is money this little gizmo will
save you both.
LastPass.com – LastPass is a password manager that will create and store all
of your passwords. Never use weak passwords or have to remember a
password again.
DropBox – Drop Box has revolutionised sharing files and folders. Use your
referral link to get additional space by inviting your friends.
EverNote – This is one of those tools that after using a while you will never be
able to live without. Make notes about anything and organise your life.
FreeMind – A great tool to map out business ideas, marketing strategies and
anything else you can think of.
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RememberTheMilk.com – Website that helps you keep organized. lets you
make lists and will send you email reminders when things are due. Integrates
with Google calendar.
TimeTrade.com – Take the headache out of going back and forth trying to
coordinate a meeting with all your partners – let them schedule a meeting
based on your availability.
Tungle.me – Online scheduling made easy, no need to send emails back and
forth and convert time zones to meet with someone. Free accounts available,
but you can also customize your platform to keep your personal branding.
InternetDownloadManager.com – A Cool tool that will increase your
download speeds by up to 5 times.
Skype - If you collaborate with an internal team or base of contractors, Skype
can be an immensely helpful way to get work done. Sometimes an email is too
much or too formal, or not quick enough. An IM conversation or video call over
Skype is much easier than anything other than picking up the phone. We use
Skype daily and would be lost without it. Also great for making free
international calls.
Twitterfeed - Syndicate all of your blog posts to Twitter, Facebook, Linked In
and more automatically using your blog's RSS feed. Awesome free tool for
minimal syndication.
Auto Fill Forms For Firefox - Tired of having to fill in your details every
time you sign up to a new program or product. This nifty little tool will
populate all your details with a click of a button. Great time saver.
Sanebox - does exactly what it says, restores some sanity to the clutter of
your inbox. Once installed, the program automatically filters newsletters and
other lower-priority email messages into a “Read Later” folder, ensuring that
only priority communications reach your inbox.
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Competitive Analysis
Traffic Travis - Traffic Travis is a desktop application that offers a suite of free
SEO tools, and one of them focuses on analyzing your site’s on-page SEO. Using
this analysis tool, you can identify important information about your site’s
pages, including PageRank, number of backlinks, and various optimizations for
important page elements (e.g., titles, descriptions, headings, images, etc.).
WooRank -WooRank is a freemium tool that provides an “instant website
review.” Without a premium account, you are only allowed to generate 1 free
report per week, but you are able to view previously generated reports. Also,
the tool currently offers a 7-day unlimited free trial, which gives you access to
unlimited reviews.
HubSpot’s Marketing Grader - HubSpot recently replaced its wildly
popular Website Grader with Marketing Grader. Unlike many of the other SEO
analysis tools on this list, which focus primarily on your site’s SEO activities,
Marketing Grader digs deeper into your company’s online marketing strategy.
SiteTrail - SiteTrail is a free “all-in-one website analysis tool,” and it does an
excellent job aggregating information from various different data sources.
After you run SiteTrail on a website, the tool presents a report that
summarizes its findings.
KeywordSpy.com – Find out which keywords your competitors are bidding
on.
Trellian – Find out exactly where your competitors are getting their traffic
from. Find out which sites are responsible for sending traffic to their pages.
Extremely Powerful!!
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T3Report – Find out who your competitor’s top affiliates are. Sure you could
get creative with ways to get their attention.
Copernic Tracker – Monitor website changes. Find out when your
competitors are split-testing or changing their websites.
WayBack Machine – Find out what a website looked like in the past. A great
tool to spy on your competitors, see what they looked like in the past and find
out why they changed the things they did. You can then use this data to
increase the conversion rate of your own websites. We have also used it in the
past to recover original content we wrote that had since been de-indexed as
we allowed the site to expire.
DomainTools.com – Allows you to find out who owns a particular domain
along with what other websites they own.
Marketing Tools
BufferApp.com – Automates your tweets and sends them out during
optimal times.
Timely – Schedule your tweets for maximum impact.
MyBlogGuest.com – Website directory of sites that accept guest posts.
Great way to get traffic to your site free of charge.
RocketClicks.com – Top PPC management company
BuySellAds.com – Purchase ads that go live within 24 hours.
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SendOutCards – Send your subscriber’s postcards in the mail with the
simplicity of an autoresponder. SendOutCards will print the card, write your
personal message to your clients, upload and print your pictures, address the
cards, and even ship it out for you for just $1.00 per card. You can even create
a personalized follow up series of postcards for your customers to upsell your
backend products. SendOutCards will automate the entire process.
VoiceShot.com – Web-based voice broadcasting allows you to send voice
broadcasts to your subscribers. Very useful.
SocialBakers.com – Social media statistics for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn,
and Google Plus.
WildFireApp.com – Build interactive social media marketing campaigns
within minutes.
EasyVideoPlayer.com – World-Class video player that allows you to add
opt-in forms inside your videos. Embed clickable buttons inside your videos.
Integrates with Amazon S3. Instantly redirect viewers to a website or shopping
cart after your video. Include Retweet and Facebook Share buttons directly in
the video. Detailed anatlytics and much, much more. A MUST HAVE for any
serious video marketer.
EmailOnAcid.com – Preview your email in 48 variations of the most popular
email clients and mobile devices. Plus advanced spam analysis to make sure
your email gets in the inbox. This service will even test your emails to see if it
gets delivered through common spam blockers.
BackTweets.com – Find out who has tweeted your content. Includes
automatic expansion of shortened URLs so you can find links even if you don’t
know how they’ve been shortened.
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Safe-Swaps.com – Largest online ad swap community. One of the best tools
for growing your list of subscribers.
WarriorForum.com- Another great place to look for marketers who are
actively looking to do ad swaps or solo ads. Find Warriors to do jobs for you,
make contacts, have questions answered, make friends and learn all in one
place.
Directory Of Ezines.com – Largest online directory of ezines. Allows you to
search their database for newsletters that accept advertising. It's like a pre-
approved rolodex of ezines that allow solo ads and you will also be entitled to
some discounts by being a memmber of Directory of Ezines. Also a great tool
for finding large ezines that accept article submissions.
SoloAdDirectory.com – Reed Floren’s Solo Ad Directory. Another good
place to find marketer’s that sell solo ads.
WebinarSwaps.com – Find webinar partners for promoting your products
and building huge lists of subscribers.
CurationSoft - This is a curation content software that helps to find and to
locate the content that you would want to share with your readers in an easy
way, moreover it aids in posting and formatting of the content in a quicker way
than searching the content. This system is quite intuitive and self explanatory.
This software will help reduce the time for finding , reviewing and including the
content from social media and blog posts sources. In addition you will be able
to get more search rankings, plus you will be able to increase the curation
blogging, content curation as well as the process of sharing of information on
the topics that people frequently search for in the Internet without wanting to
wade through unnecessary junk. Curationsoft marketing is all about giving the
people a concise selection of links and resources as well as videos and pictures.
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Customer Support
osTicket – A widely-used open source support ticket system. It seamlessly
integrates inquiries created via email, phone and web-based forms into a
simple easy-to-use multi-user web interface. Manage, organize and archive all
your support requests and responses in one place. The best part is, it’s
completely free.
HeroDesk – Virtual assistance for your customer support needs.
ZenDesk - Probably the most well known service provider for custumer
support and ticketing systems.
Highly Recommended Wordpress Plugins
PopUpDomination.com – The Ultimate WordPress Pop-Up tool for capturing
more subscribers on your blog.
Sydication Rockstar - We have used other syndication tools in the past but this
blew them all out of the water. A fantastic plugin that lets you syndicate each
blog post to dozens of web 2.0 sites automatically. Simple to use and also has
Only Wire syndication for extra firepower. Set it up once and let it run on auto
building you backlinks and spreading your content all over the web.
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Hit Tail - This is not technically a plugin rather a snippet of code that you put
on your site. HitTail tells you, in real-time, the most promising search terms
you should target based on your existing traffic. it will give you great ideas for
writing blog posts and show you exactly where you can pick up high converting
long tail traffic. A great tool for any Internet Marketer.
Broken Link Checker - It is essential to monitor the broken links of your site
and fix them as soon as possible, as it affects both user experience and SEO.
Statpress Reloaded - While this is not the most accurate stats plugin and also
uses a fair amount of server resources, it is great to include when you are just
starting a site up as it shows the spider activity and where they are coming
from. It's definitely one that can be replaced later on but worthwhile to have
for the first few weeks of your site's life.
Sharebar - A must have plugin that makes it easy for your users to socially
share your content. A simple floating bar on the left or the right of your screen,
it's obvious but non invasive.
SEO Pressor - Without a doubt our favourite plugin for on page SEO. Real-time
evaluation and recommendations to improve site content for SEO, over-
optimization checks, multiple keyword and LSI analysis, inner linking and much
more. If you take SEO seriously this is an essential tool.
BackUp WordPress – BackUpWordPress will back up your entire site including
your database and all your files on a schedule that suits you.
Fast Secure Contact Form – A super customizable contact form that lets your
visitors send you email. Blocks all automated spammers. No templates to mess
with.
Google XML Sitemaps – This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which
will help search engines to index your blog.
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Yoast SEO Plugin - We used to use plugins like All in One SEO and Platinum
SEO until this bad boy came along. It incorporates everything from a snippet
preview and page analysis functionality that helps you optimize your pages
content, images titles, meta descriptions and more to XML sitemaps, and loads
of optimization options in between.
All In One Favicon – Easily add a favicon to your blog without having to edit
any wordpress files.
WP Pipeline - This is a super nifty blog management plugin that will group
your blogs, activate and delete plugins, backup your blogs and keep them up to
date and secure all from one central location. If you manage several Blogs, this
is a must have tool.
Breadcrumbs in WordPress – Adds a breadcrumb navigation system to
your WordPress blog. Some quick easy link juice.
WP Super Cache – This plugin is an extremely efficient page caching system
that will make your site much faster and responsive. WP-Super Cache basically
creates static versions of your pages so that they can be served to your visitors
without querying the MySQL database. It is very simple to use.
W3 Total Cache - Another great Cache plugin. It is arguably better than WP
Super Cache due to the extra functionality but it is a bit trickier to use. Both are
great, if you want simple to use WP Super cache is the answer. For flexibility
this plugin wins.
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Disqus Comment System – Disqus is truly revolutionizing the blog
comment system, allowing you to instantly turn your blog into a social media
community. Disqus allows you to create a much more interactive blog
community that connects seamlessly with all of the top social media sites
online. DISQUS also encourages the viral promotion of your blog posts. For
example, using Facebook Connect, Disqus provides your readers with the
option of posting their comment on their wall in Facebook.
MobilePress – MobilePress is a plugin for WordPress that renders a mobile
friendly version of your WordPress website or blog. It allows for custom
themes and a few other mobile friendly settings.
SEO Slugs – This plugin will help you optimize your blog post URLs for search
engines. Removes common words like ‘a’, ‘the’, ‘in’ from post slugs to improve
SEO.
SEO No Duplicate – The default WordPress structure can create lots of
duplicate content within your website with the same archives, categories, and
built in search pages. Each of these pages feature excerpts of the full posts
with the same content repeated over and over again, which dilutes the value
of the most important pages on your site, which are the posts and pages. This
simple plugin helps you easily tell the search engine bots the preferred version
of a page by specifying the canonical properly within your head tag.
Dooplee Duplicate Content Checker - Dooplee Duplicate Content
Checker displays the last 10 blog posts and a Google custom search engine you
use to monitor your content. Scrapers and "auto-blogs" take content from your
site that is indexed by Google. This harms your search engine rank, especially
when you have multiple people scraping your blog. This simple tool helps you
monitor your blog's content from within the admin panel.
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Pretty Link – This plugin allows you to cloak your affiliate links with ease.
Using this plugin you no longer have to build redirects by hand or upload a
bunch of PHP files to your server. Pretty Link allows you to shrink, track, and
share any URL on the internet from your WordPress site. Pretty Link also
allows you to track each hit on your URL and provides a full, detailed report of
where the hit came from. This is an excellent plugin for anyone who wants to
cloak their affiliate links and track their click stats.
Related Posts by Zemanta - We used to use YARPP (Yet Another Related
Post Plugin), however we found it very resource intensive. Zemanta has solved
that problem. It creates beautiful related posts snippets with an image and is
great for your overall inner linking structure.
Redirection - Monitor your site 404 errors and create simple 301 redirects
easy to keep the Google link juice flowing and your readers free from 404
pages. Find what’s 404ing, redirect it, easy.
Thank Me Later - Automatically sends a follow-up email to anyone who
leaves a comment at your blog, thanking them for taking the time to comment
and encouraging follow up visits.
Clickdesk Live Chat - Creates a chat widget that connects through your Gtalk
to enable live support; you can add more than one operator, and the free plan
allows us to 30 chats per month. If live support is a thing you need, ClickDesk is
your answer.
Google Analytics for WordPress – This plugin makes it simple to add
Google Analytics with extra search engines and automatic clickout and
download tracking to your WordPress blog.
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WordPress.com Stats – Tracks views, post/page views, referrers, and clicks.
This plugin requires a WordPress.com API key to function.
WP-Polls – Adds an AJAX poll system to your WordPress blog. Allows you to
easily include a poll into your WordPress’s blog post/page.
Exclude Pages – This plugin lets you manually exclude WordPress pages
from the navigation menu. Comes in handy when you are trying to create
hidden pages.
WP Smush.it – This WordPress plugin reduces image file size and improve
performance using the Smush.it API within WordPress. Everytime you upload
an image to your media uploader this plugin will automatically compress the
image without losing quality!
WP Video Lightbox - The WordPress Video Lightbox plugin allows you to
embed videos on a page using lightbox overlay display. This plugin can be used
to display images, flash, YouTube, Vimeo, iFrame etc in a nice lightbox overlay.
Hybrid Connect - If you are using a blog to build your subscriber list as you
should be then this plugin could make your life a lot easier. It allows you to
create all types of opt in boxes and give you some flexibility as to where you
can put them. Sounds simple, it is but it has a load of features. One of our
favourites is the Facebook connect. Well worth a look.
White Label Branding - If you’re a designer or developer who builds
WordPress-powered websites for your clients, then this plugin will ensure your
installations look professional and completely customized. White Label
Branding for WordPress gives you total control over the look and feel of your
website’s backend—from placing your client’s logo on the sign-in screen to
controlling the wp-admin color scheme, user roles, and capabilities. Though
this plugin is more of an aesthetic solution, it’s definitely one that will separate
you from your competitors.
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WordPress Newsletter Plugin - The WordPress Newsletter Plugin packs a
lot of punch for a plugin. It allows you to gather unlimited subscribers within
multiple mailing lists alongside built-in newsletter templates, custom opt-in
fields, and the option to offer paid subscriptions. And because it’s built into
WordPress, you can charge clients for the service and keep the profits for
yourself.
5sec Google Maps - Have you ever tried to input Google Maps code into the
HTML view of your WordPress post editor, only to realize that when you
switched back to the visual editor view and saved, the map was gone? Well the
5sec Google Maps plugin is the perfect solution for this problem. With 12
predefined markers, customizable bubble descriptions, and the ability to have
multiple maps on a single page/post, this plugin not only gives you the ability
to enhance the appearance of your maps, but it’s also super easy to
implement—just pop in a shortcode and you’re away.
CSS3 Web Pricing Tables - Whether you’re a developer or a DIY SEO
consultant that works with local businesses, pricing tables can be a serious
pain in the butt. Sure, creating them might not be hard, but making them easy
to update and visually pleasing often requires outside assistance. CSS3 Web
Pricing Tables Grids for WordPress is a neat little plugin that makes creating
pricing tables a breeze—and your clients will love them! It boasts two table, 20
color, and 60 ribbon styles alongside CSS3 tooltips, a custom admin panel, and
more. With no JavaScript involved, compatibility is never an issue.
Exclude Pages - This plugin allows you to select and exclude some pages
manually from the navigation menu.
WP Video Lightbox - Allows you to embed video on a page making use of
the light box overlay display.
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P3 Profiler - This plugin helps you to check which plugin is slowing down your
site.
Gravity Forms - Gravity Forms is a highly flexible form plugin, that allows you
to quickly create complex forms such as surveys, registration forms, guest
blogging forms, or even order processes and the like. It has a ton of features
and I think it’s one of the best WordPress plugins out there.
Content Locker - Social Locker is a set of social buttons and a locker in one
bottle. It allows you to lock a part of content on a web page until a user clicks
one of the social buttons (Facebook Like, Tweet Button, Google +1) and help
you to get more likes/tweets/+1s, traffic and customers! A wonderful tool.
Google Adsense:
Google Adsense Plugin - Google AdSense Plugin allows you to set
parameters of the ads displaying, such as format (text ad, image, text with an
image or link), size, color of the elements in the ad block, rounded corners and
the ad block position on the website.
Simple Google Adsense insertion – Easy to use WordPress plugin to insert
Google Adsense to your posts, pages and sidebar.