I have been doing a lot of research lately with regard to Internet and Affiliate marketing. In the process, I have come across a bunch of best tools to use for helping with your online business efforts. So many in fact that you will probably get dizzy researching them all.  I noticed some people call their brain, or their computer, or their internet connection a tool, but for the sake of argument I am gonna call those givens.  If we didn’t have brains, computers, or internet… we would not even be here in the first place. So aside from that.

Here are my 3 picks for my favorite’s and why I like them…

The first one is Roboform, and here are the reasons why I like it so much:

  • Remembers Your Passwords
  • Logs You Into Online Accounts Automatically with One Click
  • Secures Your Information
  • Prevents Identity Theft
  • Is Easy to Use
  • Fills online forms with one click

The list could probably go on, but the one thing that I want to share with you that is not on this list is the Time savings you will incur from using Roboform. If I had to save all my user names and passwords to a separate spreadsheet and  copy and past every time I wanted to go to a website, not to mention bookmarking the website and trying to find it in my 1,000 bookmarks.  The time you will save will more than pay for this awesome piece of software in just one week. I know that sounds like an ad, but seriously.. this software was and has been recommended by every IM (Internet Marketing) Guru out there.  If you don’t get this you are wasting serious time you could be doing other things like generating more traffic, or developing new products to sell. Enough said…

The next favorite tool I like is WordPress.  It is open source so it is free, it has tons of plugins so you can do anything from posting articles, to selling widgets on your site.  Definitely worth Checking out, and if you really want the best online blogging experience get the Thesis Theme for it also… “More simply put, WordPress is what you use when you want to work with your blogging software, not fight it.”

Next, Mine and half the planets favorite tool(s) is Google.  There is a list in that google link of all of their products and projects. Everything from keyword searching to spotting trends, photo albums, stores… you name it and google has it. They even have a free suite of publishing tools similar to Office.

Lastly, you have the email autoresponder. This is one of your best friends and one that you definitely want to get as soon as your budget for your business will allow you to do so. The autoresponder is going to allow you to send email letters, publish an opt-in form on your website, create follow up messages for your email list, manage email campaigns, keep track of your email statistics, and the list goes on and on.  I personally use Aweber right now I always hear great things about them, and have always had great luck with their level of professionalism and their customer/tech support is bar none.

I am sure you might try to argue that there are free tools of everything you listed here.. I know there is so no argument here about free. I still use some free tools just because they are so great for the cost… lol can’t beat nothing!

To Your Success,

Clint

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Focus on Affiliate Marketing

Focus on Affiliate Marketing

It has come to my attention that if you have not been focusing on the right things in order to have your affiliate marketing business get off the ground there may still be hope for you.  “Focus on the right things and the rest will follow!”  Jason Dinner recently told me to focus on the task at hand… This message seems to be reoccurring also. See this message from Perry Marshall.  Oh, and here are a couple more… Justin Brooke and Jimmy Brown.

A list of loyal follower’s that know when I say something that I mean what I say and with all my integrity believe it to be honest and true.  I was finding myself getting caught up with all the internet marketing ‘guru’ offers out there.  I was even thinking about subscribing to a couple, but honestly… I have enough to try and figure out with the material I already have.

We have all heard about multitasking and how great it is for some people.  The truth of the matter is multitasking actually lowers IQ’s and makes what we are working on suffer in quality and the time to actually finish a project.  If you have that much to do… make a list and keep updating it daily so you do not forget what to work on next.  I would implore you to only focus on one thing at a time and minimize the distractions around you during those focused times.

So my best advice in lieu of all the information presented to me suggests that anyone trying to make a successful business online would need to focus on one thing at a time.  Follow some of the tips that are mentioned in the articles above. Use old school techniques like note cards and high tech techniques like using your calender in Google or outlook. The important thing is that you take action and follow through! Good luck to all of you!

To your Success,

Clint

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