In order to have a well-functioning affiliate marketing blog or eCommerce site, one needs to employ the right tools and applications that will optimise your marketing and productivity strategies.
It is easy to get caught up in always searching for better tools than what you have, which will take hours and hours of your time and then you still have to figure out how each of them works.
A word of advice, try and keep it down to the bare minimum to get started and as your site grows, you can add more functionality.
What follows is a list of Internet Business Resources and the applications we currently use, and in some cases other useful alternatives that we have either used in the past or are suitable cheaper options.
EMAIL MARKETING, LIST BUILDING, WEB FORMS, SURVEYS, NEWSLETTERS AND LANDING PAGES.
Get Response – offers a full bouquet of list building and email services including newsletters and landing pages
Thrive – world-class list building software
PRODUCTIVITY
Trello – just love its simplicity, I use it on all my website building projects
Slack – what our team uses for daily project communications, cut down on emails and upload docs directly to projects.
ToDoist – Simply amazing to do list productivity tool
Audible – Audiobooks to listen while you drive, work or relax, it is just so much easier and quicker to listen to the latest books than reading them.
HOSTING
Bluehost – the best WordPress hosting platform in the world – with 1 free .com or other domain included.
You can use the domain checker below for quick access to available .com, .net, .biz and other generic international top level domains. Once you find an available domain, you are welcome to use the link and claim your free domain when you buy a Bluehost package.
DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION
Domains.co.za – local registration and hosting that makes it easy to install via c-panel and WordPress.
Go Daddy – they often have good special discounts
Namecheap – easy to use with some good extra tools.
VIDEO PRODUCTION AND RECORDING
Camtasia – free 30 day trial on the link below.
COPYWRITING
Grammarly – just take a look, it will change the way you write.
Title capitalization – puts normal headlines into title capitalization format.
WEBINARS
Go to meeting – get your free 30 day trial on the link below.