Website Development Tools
Looking for some great tools to help you with building a website or a blog? I've found a lot of GOOD STUFF while building my website and I'd love to share this knowledge with you.
I'll be adding to this page on a
regular basis, so check back often!
Rosalind Gardner - Affiliate Marketing Guru - Rosalind can teach you everything you need to know about affiliate marketing. Her newsletters are great resources for up to date information on the world of affiliate marketing, plus she has an awesome e-book called The Super Affiliate Handbook that has become my blueprint for designing my website and blog.
Dot5 Web Hosting - Affordable Web Hosting, Great Support and Unbeatable Tools. I've been with these guys for years and watched their service continue to grow and improve. Their prices are great and I love that they have LIVE ONLINE SUPPORT whenever I need them. If you are looking for a web host, do yourself a favor and check these guys out.
Site Build It! (SBI) - If you just don't know that much about web development and need help, you should check out the Site Build It! system. This is an all-in-one, site-brainstorming, building, hosting, marketing, step-by-step system of software tools that delivers a finished website - ready to go. This group has a proven track record and its fair share of positive testimonials.
Google Key Word Tool - This FREE tool from Google shows you the approximate number of monthly searches done at Google for any keywords you type in. So you can now do some fast, reliable keyword research there free. So this is a very good place to start your keyword research, using real search numbers from Google.
Top 101 Experts - ebook by SelfGrowth.com - If you are a self-help nut like me... you'll love this book. It gives you a biography and description of the teachings/core values of the top 101 Self Help Experts. It has virtually every big name in the world of Self Improvement including Tony Robbins, Zig Ziglar, Dale Carnegie, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Les Brown, Stephen Covey.. and many more. There are several other bonus items that come with your order including The Top 501 Inspirational Quotes (I love this), Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich, 4 Free Motivational Audios from Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Chris Widener and Laura Stack plus 4 e-books, the ebook Top 101 Most Inspirational Movies Ever Made, David Ricklan's teleseminar on The 10 Commandments of Self Improvement, plus some other ebooks, motivational screensavers... list goes on and on. The ebook sells for an unbelievably low price of $27, and all the rest is FREE.
Worldwide Brands - I have been a member of Worldwide brands for several years now. They provide the most comprehensive information for marketing products on ebay and your personal website- plus they provide a HUGE database of wholesale product providers and drop-shippers. They have an endless database of resources to help you develop your business, videos, talk radio, and more. If you are trying to find products to sell online, this is a must-have service - and it comes with a reasonable price tag for the services, resources and information you receive.
Articles on Getting Traffic To
Your Site
- How To Get Traffic The RIGHT Way - Christian-based web hosting site shares great tips on using "white hat" methods of getting traffic to your website. Full of great information.
Cool Tools
- Gravatars - Ever wonder where bloggers get those little pictures of themselves that seem to turn up no matter where they are blogging? Those are called "AVATARS" and most of these come from what is becoming the universal site for them, Gravatars, or Globally Recognized Avatars. It is free to join and add your photo. Then when you use the corresponding email address while blogging/commenting on Gravatar-friendly websites, your picture will appear as well.
- ClickBank - ClickBank is an online retail outlet that specializes in selling and distributing electronic products. If you have an ebook, audio, etc.. that is in electronic format, this is a great way to make it available to your buyers. It also allows you to set up an affiliate program to encourage others to help you sell your products. You decide the commission rate you wish to offer to affiliates. ClickBank handles all the tracking, accounting, and payouts automatically. Affiliates are paid only for actual sales, so your marketing expense is 100% effective. I've looked at a few of these programs, and so far ClickBank gives you the most BANG for your buck.
- WhoLinks2Me - this little snippet of html code inserted on your website lets you get the statistics from various sources on who is linking to you, what your ranking in Google, Yahoo, Alexa, etc.. are. I love it!
- Email Me Forms - If you need to add a contact form to your website, this is a really good tool. It allows you to have custom fields, plus a Captcha code to totally eliminate SPAM!
For a full listing of web development resources, visit my E-Business Solutions site.
