The Best Tips & Tools for Web Site Promotion




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Affiliate Programs

  • Affiliate Masters Course
    Probably the best single resource on affiliate programs. An extensive (and intensive) e-mail course that shows you EXACTLY how to build a profitable online affiliate business. This FREE 5 day course is not JUST for affiliates. It's for anyone involved in selling on the web.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Affiliate Program Marketing (Read Review)
    Helps you design a successful, custom-tailored affiliate marketing strategy for your business. It will show you the decisions you need to make and steps you have to take to run a successful, effective affiliate program.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Affiliate Shop
    With AffiliateShop, there is no complicated software to be installed. Just cut and paste a few lines of HTML code on your site to get your Pay-for-Performance Marketing Program (also known as affiliate program) going. It can't get simpler. No software to install.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • AssocTRAC Affiliate Software (Read Review)
    With AssocTRAC, you don't need to spend your whole day tracking customers and who referred them, it's all done for you. No more paperwork, no manual calculations or order tracking. No updating associate's information, no finding passwords for associates, and no writing checks.     Send this Resource to a Friend!

    Affiliate Programs: Start A Home Based Business

    • Affiliate Marketers Handbook Affiliate Marketers Handbook
      Review: James Martell's Affiliate Masters Handbook provides a step-by-step blueprint to start your own online business through affiliate marketing. No experience with the Internet? No problem. James takes you by the hand and leads you every step of the way. Experienced in Internet marketing? You'll still find valuable tips, including little known secrets to help you skyrocket to success. Is there a better manual out there? I'm not aware of one.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • Clickin' it Rich
      Learn how to quit your day job and set up a home business, using affiliate revenue strategies alone. You can start in your spare time and depending on how much effort you put in - watch your affiliate income outgrow your day job in no time.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • Keyword XRAY
      Allows you to track which keywords convert to sales. "Keyword XRAY lets affiliate marketers see into the shopping cart of a merchant's site", allowing you to fine-tune marketing campaigns.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • Mini Site Profits
      The easy way to create a stream of fast, low-cost, mini sites that create a cash flow 24-hours a day, non-stop.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • Starting a Home Based Business - 3 Free eBooks
      1. Starting Your Internet Business Right
      2. How to Find Real Products You Can Sell Online
      3. Understanding the Internet for Home Business
      These EBooks are FREE with NO STRINGS ATTACHED.             Send this Resource to a Friend!

Automate Your Business

  • The Amazing Formula That Sells Products Like Crazy!
    Learn how to sell more of your products by creating the ultimate, automated web business. Eliminate employees, cut costs, tame the email flood, offer terrific customer service, decrease overhead -- and free up your time so you can enjoy life ...     Send this Resource to a Friend!

Domain Names

  • directNIC directNIC
    Register domain names for $15 a year. You can transfer domain names from other registrars to directNIC. Make your life easier by managing all of your domains from one central location. Consolidate your domains under one roof and handle them all with their easy to use Account Manager.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Domain Age Tool
    Shows the approximate age of a web site. Uses Archive's Wayback Machine.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Dotster
    Dotster is an ICAAN accredited domain registrar providing top quality services, multiple domain checking and registering capabilities (up to 100 domains at a time), Namespin, and domain parking features.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Expired Traffic
    Helps you find, capture, and profit from the residual daily search engine and link traffic a previously developed, yet currently expired, web site may still be getting.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Name Boy (Read Review)
    Need some help coming up with a domain name? Name Boy generates available domain names from just a word or two. Find a name and grab it fast!     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Name Stalker
    The instant you lookup a domain, Name Stalker records it's expiration date, tracks it and queues it up to be monitored when it's up for renewal.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Taming Domain Naming
    You know you need your own domain in order to be taken seriously on the web, but don't rush off and register the first that comes to mind - a domain name is more important than most web marketers realize. Read this FREE article to find out why.     Send this Resource to a Friend!

E-Books

  • Make Your Knowledge Sell Make Your Knowledge Sell (Read Review)
    If you have a great idea for an e-book (or even if you don't have an idea yet) you should start by reading Make Your Knowledge Sell. Learn how to develop your ideas, how to publish your e-book and then how to sell it on the Internet.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Ebook Starter -- Professional Ebook Templates (Read Review)
    Now YOU can create your own professional looking ebook in just a few simple steps. Web Design expert and author, Shelley Lowery's latest product entitled "Ebook Starter" has restored hope to those struggling with ebook design. Shelley's professionally designed templates will instantly give your ebooks a professional look and feel. If you've ever wanted to create your own ebook, but have struggled with design, Ebook Starter will turn your dream into reality.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • EbookoMatic: The Instant Online Ebook Publisher (Read Review)
    Join EbookoMatic today, and within minutes of joining you'll be creating ebooks. EbookoMatic has been specially designed to make publishing your first ebook a completely satisfying and rewarding experience -- no matter what your level of PC and Internet experience. If you have a Word document ready for publication, then you're ready to use EbookoMatic.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Give Away a Free Ebook
    Don't have an ebook yet? Add value to your site by giving away a free copy of the ebook: "The Greatest Marketing Secrets of the Ages." Simply link to http://www.tipszone.com/free-ebook.html from your
    web site.         Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • How to Increase your eBook Sales with an Affiliate Program
    Affiliate Marketing can be the most effective marketing method available. After a small initial investment for a suitable tracking solution, you are then provided with performance-based advertising. No sale - no marketing costs. Free article.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Instant Sales Letters
    Want to sell more e-books? Just fill in a few blanks and PRESTO...You've just created a powerful, money-making sales letter -- without writing! Stop writing sales letters the hard way.     Send this Resource to a Friend!

    E-Books: Software Compilers

    • Activ E-book (Read Review)
      Has a free demo that is fully functional for up to 10 files to be compiled (including graphics). You can create and distribute ebooks with the free demo, but you must register the software if you'd like to sell your ebooks.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • PDF 995 (Read Review)
      An excellent PDF creation program that is absolutely free. This program runs right on your computer. All you do is install it, then choose it as your printer when you want to create a PDF document.       Send this Resource to a Friend!

E-Commerce

  • GoEmerchant.com GoEmerchant.com (Read Review)
    From beginners, to experienced programmers, goEmerchant.com has the products that can help any business start processing transactions today.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • PaymentOnline PaymentOnline (Read Review)
    Offers e-commerce solutions based on your unique business needs, with technology that’s powerful, affordable, and easy-to-use. PaymentOnline enables businesses of all sizes to process online payments through secure, high-speed, reliable payment gateways.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Accept Credit Cards
    Confused on how to accept credit cards at your website? Learn about e-commerce and a company that can set up EVERYTHING for you, so you can start taking credit cards online, hands free.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • ClickBank
    Accept credit cards with no monthly fees, and real-time stats. No merchant account required.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Charge.Com Merchant Services (Read Review)
    Accept credit cards on your web site at the guaranteed lowest price. CHARGE.COM lets you take MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and Discover. They have the best rates, over 95% of applicants are accepted, and there's no application fee.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Five Factors Essential to E-commerce Success
    Learn the secret of launching a successful online business. PaymentOnline's FREE GUIDE tells you everything you need to know to launch a successful Internet business. From developing your storefront to selecting a hosting provider to accepting credit card payments, Five Factors Essential to E-Commerce Success is a must-have resource.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Pay By Check (Read Review)
    Need to accept checks at your web site without a merchant account? Now you can with paybycheck.com. Just place a link to their secure servers and they take care of the rest.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • PayPal
    With PayPal for Business you can accept credit cards in just minutes.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • ProPay (Read Review)
    Sign up now for your ProPay Commerce Account and process credit card payments for purchases made online and in-person.     Send this Resource to a Friend!

E-Mail Marketing

  • Follow Up Marketing (Read Review)
    "How to Double Your Small Business Sales in 20 Minutes a Day With Follow-up Marketing", is a new manual that does just what the title says. Guaranteed.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Free E-mail Formatting Utility
    Run your text file through this free email formatting utility. You can just cut and paste any document into this program, tell it what line length you are looking for, and it spits out properly formatted emails.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Opt-In Pro Email Marketing Software (Read Review)
    Comprehensive email marketing software that enables you to build your lists of Opt-In addresses, manage your lists and mail to all of your subscribers with personalization, HTML formatting and more.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Push Button Format
    Format practically any type of text or HTML email to perfection every single time, quickly and easily.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • The Business Guide to Permission Email Marketing (Read Review)
    The list of online retailers embracing permission email marketing is huge and growing. Why? ...because they know, dollar for dollar, it is THE most cost effective way an online company can produce revenues literally over night. In fact, experts are predicting that companies who neglect to incorporate permission email into their overall marketing strategies will have a difficult time surviving on the Internet.     Send this Resource to a Friend!

    E-Mail Marketing: Autoresponders

    • AutoResponse Plus
      Stop paying monthly fees for autoresponders. Order the AutoResponse Plus system and you OWN it. No recurring fees. Don't miss your $50.00 discount, professional installation, FREE lifetime upgrades, full support and an unconditional 100% no-risk guarantee.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • AWeber (Read Review)
      Delivers instant information via email to your prospects and sends personalized follow up messages to them at predetermined intervals you set.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • Get Response (Read Review)
      Offers free version with Get Response ads. Upgrade to their Pro version for ad free autoresponders - 3rd party ads can distract your customers and take them away from you.       Send this Resource to a Friend!

    E-Mail Marketing: Spam

    • MailWasher
      Your online marketing efforts are working, but now you're getting a lot of spam. Stop the spam before it gets to your inbox. Free program, but do consider making a donation to support further development.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • Microsoft Junk E-Mail Filter
      Description of exactly which words the filter looks for and where in the e-mail message the filter looks for them.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • SpamDance
      This helpful tool filters out spam words from your emails and articles.       Send this Resource to a Friend!

Forums

  • Anthony Blake Online
    Open to everyone with questions, comments and advice about running and succeeding in your own business.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Board Reader
    Find information contained on the Web's forums and message boards.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Cre8asite Forum
    Expert advice on search engine optimization, usability, web design, quality assurance testing and more by leaders in these fields.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Marketing Forum Watch
    Search over 65 internet marketing and search engine discussion forums and message boards; updated every 5 minutes.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • PhotoPost Pro
    Have a forum? Now you need a photo gallery. PhotoPost Pro allows you to add a powerful database-driven photo gallery to your site.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Profits.CC
    Home business ideas & internet marketing forum.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Self-Starters Weekly Tips
    Dedicated to helping you start an online business venture or increase profits with your current business.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • SitePoint Community Forums
    A community of webmaster and online businesses covering e-commerce, promotion, marketing and building your website.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • vBulletin Forums Package
    vBulletin is a powerful, scalable and fully customisable forums package for your web site. Based on the PHP language, backed with a blisteringly fast MySQL back-end database, vBulletin is the ideal community solution for all medium-to-large sites.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Web Design Forum
    Web hosting, website design, programming, SEO, Google, software, and many more webmaster resources.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • WebProWorld
    Information, advice, tips and strategies on technology and ebusiness.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Work At Home Network Discussion
    Learn and share in discussion about affiliate marketing, internet marketing, and most other home based business opportunities.     Send this Resource to a Friend!

Newsletters

  • 1st Search Ranking Newsletter
    Advice on how you can take your web site to the top of the search engines. Each issue of the newsletter contains a feature article on search engine placement and a Q&A section in which subscribers can ask questions on search engine ranking.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • ClickZ Today
    Web site promotion and marketing newsletters.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • High Rankings Advisor
    The High Rankings Advisor is a free, weekly email newsletter discussing the latest news and information in the world of search engine optimization and search engine marketing.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Internet Marketing Tips
    Their monthly newsletter used to sell for $147. It is now available online FREE to you. It includes "cutting edge" promotional tips and tricks. This is an excellent resource for helping you market your web site.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • MarketPosition Newsletter
    Each month with MarketPosition you'll receive valuable tips, insights and help so you know just what to do to achieve top positions in the major search engines. Implement their suggestions and strategies and watch your traffic increase without spending a penny in advertising. You could pay big bucks for expert marketing advice, or you could just subscribe to MarketPosition.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Search Engine Report
    The Search Engine Report is a monthly newsletter that covers developments with search engines and changes to the Search Engine Watch web site: searchenginewatch.com.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Trafficology.com
    "Trafficology" is easily the best "How-To-Get-Traffic" alternative newsletter out there. If you're not reading it, you're probably missing out on some cleverness that could serve you quite well. Click above for a sample issue.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Web Ad.vantage Marketing Tips
    The Internet Marketing E-mail Tip of the Week from Web Ad.vantage - smart marketing tips that are fun to read and will help you grow your web site's traffic and revenue.     Send this Resource to a Friend!

    Newsletters: Ezine Advertising

    • BestEzines.com
      BestEzines.com offers reviews and recommendations for the best newsletters on the Net, covering categories like arts and entertainment, business, sports, education, humor, social sciences, travel, and many more.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • EZ Ezine Template
      Afraid there's too much programming and technical knowledge required to start your own ezine? Don't be! Here's a simple template to help you each step of the way. It breaks automatically at 65 characters per line. When you're typing more than one paragraph in a box, the only time you need to press "Enter" is when you're ready to type the next paragraph. And it even has today's date filled in.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • Ezine Marketing Machine
      This book is brilliant and an absolute must for getting articles published. Writing for other people's Ezines is the cheapest and best way of getting hits to your web site. If you want to learn how to write articles and where & how to get them published, you MUST read Rick's ebook.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • Ezinehub
      EzineHub.com is a newsletter search engine and directory.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • Loyal Readers or Subscribers?
      When you think of your subscriber base, do you have loyal e-zine readers or just a bunch of subscribers? You can develop legions of loyal readers by developing an interactive relationship with your readers through the use of these proven reader response mechanisms.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • Profiting From E-Zines And Discussion Lists
      FREE article shows you how you can profit from e-zines and discussion lists by establishing your presence as an expert in your industry, to networking with other marketers, promoting products and services, and building relationships.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • Publishing For Publicity
      E-zine and discussion group publishers are increasingly gaining ground over those online marketers who don't utilize these tools. Don't miss this article if your business still hasn't started an opt-in mailing list.       Send this Resource to a Friend!

Press Releases

  • Internet News Bureau
    Make front page news with Internet News Bureau press release services. Send your press release to 5,000 journalists. International services available.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Media Directory
    If you're about to send out your own press release take a look at the top 100 media listings here complete with email addresses to send to.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Media Magnet (Read Review)
    Targeted press release submissions without the expensive costs. Media Magnet is a powerful, automated program, which harnesses the ability to control press release submissions to a target-specific media contact list and drive traffic to your web site with ease.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • PR Web
    Online press release distribution and public relations portal. Join the thousands of other companies and organizations that have benefited from the free services of PR Web. Submitting your press release is easy, fast and free.     Send this Resource to a Friend!

Search Engine Submission

  • Winning The Search Engine Wars Winning The Search Engine Wars
    We all know it's getting tougher to get top placement in today's search engine environment. However, there is a solution. Get the "Unfair Advantage Book On Winning The Search Engine Wars." It's the book the experts use. It's updated EVERY month.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Checking Your URL
    Explains how to check if your pages are listed in search engines.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Google Tool
    Search all 4 Google servers with one click. Check out this tool to see if Google is in the process of indexing your site. Passes the query to Google's mirror sites and sends the retrieved results into frames split vertically.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Keyword Ranking Tool
    This utility can be used to check search engines for keyword ranking and track search engine ranking for your various keywords over time.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Search Engine Dictionary
    Can't calculate your EPV? Don't know your KFCP from a hole in the ground? Check out the Search Engine Dictionary. It's an alphabetical listing of over 300 terms and definitions related to search engines.     Send this Resource to a Friend!
  • Web Ranking Tool
    Handy tool gives you Google PageRank, and Yahoo's external backlink count.     Send this Resource to a Friend!

    Search Engine Submission: Keywords

    • Creating Keyword Rich Pages
      Once you have established the keywords for which you should optimize your site for the search engines, it is time to figure out how you can get a high ranking in the search engines for those keywords.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • goRank
      Free Keyword Density Analyzer. Type in the domain & keyword phrase you want to analyze. It'll give you a % for all the important parts of your page, including copy, title, meta keywords, meta description, etc. The higher the density the better. Generally speaking, a density measurement of at least 3-5% is what you're looking for.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • Importance of Keywords
      Improve search engine placement with keywords. There are a few techniques that can help improve your search engine rankings. Most of these techniques have one thing in common - the use of keywords.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • Keyword Counter
      Analyze the keyword frequencies of the top words (excluding HTML tags) of a web page. High search engine ranking requires your pages to maintain optimum keyword density. Keyword density is the ratio of a keyword or keyphrase to the total words on a page. To rank highly, your keyword density must not be too high or too low. A density of 2% to 7% is generally considered good.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • Live Keyword Analysis
      Simply type in your keywords and then paste in your text and your keyword density analysis will be done on the fly. No need to press submit, it updates automatically. This means that you can do all your editing within the text box, and receive live feedback about your keyword density.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • SpiderView Density Analyzer
      Fully compliant http webspider capable of looking at your page, and returning to you the exact codes and headers that your server returns to you. SpiderView D.A performs a keyword density analysis on the plain text on your page.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • What People Search For
      A summary of places to see what people are searching for, or the most popular search words, top keywords, on the web.       Send this Resource to a Friend!
    • Which Keywords Should You Optimize Your Site For?
      This article focuses on finding the keywords you should optimize your site for. Also gives you the formula for the Keyword Effectiveness Index (KEI) - a mathematical formula to help you determine your keywords.       Send this Resource to a Friend!

      Search Engine Submission: Keywords: Suggestion Tools

      • Amazon - Keyword Analysis Reseach
        Think outside the box when doing keyword research and utilize the power of Amazon.com to help you find related keyword phrases. This video will show you how.         Send this Resource to a Friend!
      • AOL Hot Searches
        Provides top searches overall as well as top searches by category.         Send this Resource to a Friend!
      • Ask.com IQ
        See the most popular search terms each week based on millions of Ask.com searches.         Send this Resource to a Friend!
      • Dogpile SearchSpy
        Ever wonder what the rest of the world is searching for? Dogpile is a meta search engine (Searches multiple sites) and you can see a filtered (family friendly) or unfiltered scrolling list of search terms entered by their users.         Send this Resource to a Friend!
      • eBay Pulse
        Here you'll find a top 10 list of the current favorite searches on eBay for each of their categories.         Send this Resource to a Friend!
      • eBay Research Tool
        Researches Ebay auctions over the last 30 days. This tool will help you gauge supply and demand -- just type in your keywords in the box at the top of the screen.         Send this Resource to a Friend!
      • ExactSeek/S.L.I. Systems
        Use this search term suggestion tool to find additional related search terms for your advertising campaign.         Send this Resource to a Friend!
      • Good Keywords
        How do you find the best keywords for your web pages? How do you know what other people are searching for? With this free software it's a snap. Free tool simplifies the use of the Overture suggestion tool. It also retrieves possible word suggestions from Lycos and DirectHit.         Send this Resource to a Friend!
      • Google Sets
        Automatically create sets of items from a few examples.