Starting and maintaining a business can be overwhelming at times.  That’s why I have compiled a list of my favorite sites that have definitely saved me time, money,  and has allowed me to expand my brand.  Our course my picks are only a drop in the bucket of what’s out there.  So, if you come across something that you think will be valuable to the community, please don’t hesitate to send me an email and I’ll definitely add it to the list.

Business Expansion Links

  • SpeakerMatch – Become a PAID Speaker in your niche…..Great Value in comparison to other bureaus and has a very informative resource center….I’ve been a member on several other sites and this one by far has given me the best ROI!

Website Creation/Hosting

  • WordPress - The #1 Blog Publishing Platform. Free and easily customizable with wonderful support. This is a WordPress site, looks pretty good, right!
  • WordPress plugins –  Download any plugins, widgets, or customizable elements for your WordPress blog.
  • WooThemes – Premium WordPress Templates – My favorite provider for premium themes . Excellent support forum and seems to always be having a promotion or discount code. I’m using the  Sealight WooTheme.
  • Weebly - By far the most powerful and easiest way to create a website. No html knowledge required.
  • Go Daddy – Probably the most popular site to purchase domain names. I have purchased all of my domain names from GD.  My only con is the amount of “add on” promotions they bombard you with before checking out.
  • HostGator – Low cost, great chat support, easy to use control panel + they give you $100 Google adwords credit which is great when getting started exploring how adwords work.
  • BlueHost – Another low cost host with a $75 Google credit and several 1 click script installs.

Product Distribution & Shopping Carts

  • E-Junkie - The shopping cart I use to sell my eBook. It’s compatible with Paypal Standard, Paypal Pro, Google Checkout, Authorize.net, TrialPay, Clickbank & 2CheckOut. Works like a charm, very low price to use. Also offers an affiliate program for your products.
  • Clickbank -  Probably the most popular digital products retailer. Decently priced, but comes with an amazing affiliate program for your products.
  • Paypal.com - Paypal is ok for selling your own products , but you’ll need an account anyways to configure with and accept payments from most  shopping cart services.

For Capturing Video and Screencasts

Email Subscriptions & Marketing

  • Aweber –  One of the internet’s top email opt-in service and email marketing/broadcasting tool.  Has lots of features and reasonable rates.
  • MailChimp - Another great email marketing provider. This is the auto-responder that I use.  Why? Probably because I’m very frugal and it allowed me to have more free email campaigns and subscribers than the others.  Great for those on a small budget and are just getting started.
  • GetResponse – Another popular email auto responder with pretty much the same features.  Just a matter of preference…definitely worth comparing with the others listed.

Outsourcing Work

  • Elance. – A popular site to find online workers or become an online worker.  I’ve used them several times with no problem.
  • oDesk - Another great site for freelancers as well.  I found my logo designer as well as a few other talented people on this site.
  • 99designs -  The  is a unique website that you can use if you need a logo design. It’s in a contest format. You submit the description of what you want, and designers will compete against each other to win money.
  • Virtual Staff Finder –  One of the best and fastest Virtual Staff headhunter services on the web. I highly recommend it.


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