Recommendations
Because so many people ask me questions about the web, time management, social media, etc… I decided to post a resource list. Essentially these are products or services I use personally or that have come highly recommended from someone I trust. And where I was able to, I signed up for an affiliate program related to that service – this means that I could earn a small commission if you purchase something after clicking through some of the links below. I am telling you this for several reasons: (1) I want to be transparent, (2) I want to tell you that your cost is not affected, (3) I never link to anything I do not recommend, and (4) you can use these types of links to earn some extra money.
Again, though… these products and services are listed because I recommend them. If I make a commission, it is only after the service being something I would recommend. Sometimes I put some notes after the links (places to find coupons, tricks when ordering, or things to watch out for).
- Books:
- Precious Metals:
- Gold Money – overseas vault storage and allows you to withdraw in other currencies (this is what I use 99.9% of the time)
- APMEX Gold and Silver
- Gold Silver – a good source of info and you can buy precious metals (but it’s a tad pricier)
- Autoresponders:
- Web Hosts and Domain Names:
- BlueHost
– Most internet marketers that I have studied from recommend BlueHost.
- HostGator
- GoDaddy
– Personally, I use GoDaddy. It’s where I started and it’s what I know.
- FatCow
- Affiliate Sites:
- Outsourcing:
- Stock Photos:
- Print-on-Demand Services:
- Cafepress – Easily make your own t-shirts, hats, mugs, and other gifts
- Zazzle – similar to what Cafepress offers, but without the price fixing and has some different merchandise
- LuLu – great for self-publishing books
- Ask PressFoo.com a question about using Cafepress, Zazzle or LuLu
- PressFoo.com – starting and marketing your print-on-demand store
- Membership Scripts:
- Kajabi – The best membership site stuff out there, without question. Also, it incorporates a lot of social media elements without you having to do a thing. Awesome, awesome, awesome. Check it out.
- WishList Member – Awesome membership plugin for WordPress.
- DL Guard – a little technical, but great customer support who will set it all up for you for a small additional fee.
- Amember
- ClickBank – solves the affiliate program and payment processing for you, too.
- Shopping Carts and Payment Systems:
- Productivity:
- Learn how to manage your life instead of your time. Tony Robbins’ Rapid Planning Method
- MyFax – usually has 1st 30 days free
- FranklinCovey
- Adobe Education Store
- Persuasion and Influence:
- Conversational Hypnosis – super awesome for establishing rapport
- Traffic Generation:
- Traffic Geyser – If you publish enough videos, this service is the best thing going. If I had to start over from scratch, this is the first thing I’d purchase after setting up my autoresponder.
- SEO Tool for WordPress – You don’t need to learn SEO if you have this tool. It prompts you for what to tweak and tells you how optimized your page is. Only for WordPress, though.
- Scrubs and Uniforms:
- Lydias Uniforms – great source of scrubs
- Uniform City – scrubs galore
- Scrubs and Beyond – Free Shipping on Medical Scrubs everyday
- Other Resources:
- The Live Scribe Pen – An amazing tool for several aspects of your business and personal life.
- Create a Professional Podcast and Reach Millions – Free for 30 days… kinda sweet.
- MacSpeech Scribe
– Drop your MP3 file in and out comes text. Pretty sweet – but requires Mac with Snow Leopard or higher.
- Instant Book Covers, iPhone Graphics, Screenshots and more – If you want to make awesome graphics like I do for my sites – like the iPhone/iPad games on BigGooseEgg.com – this is a must have
- Instant Article Wizard – Create articles fast… real fast
- Getting Joint Venture Partners and Affiliates to Promote Your Stuff – this is an expensive course, but JV partners are a way to drive traffic without ever needing the search engines.
- Presentation Domination – If you plan on presenting anything online (or really anywhere)… you need this course
