Biz Growth Recommended Resources
Perhaps you attended one of my recent teleseminars or webinars, heard me speak at a conference or listened to one of my podcasts when I shared resources I personally use and recommend every day to my clients to help them automate their marketing?
Here are some of the best tools, products and services that are available and they are either free or very low cost.
I hope that you find them helpful additions to your marketing tool kit.
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AUTOMATE YOUR MARKETING WITH THESE TOOLS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
BLOGGING
- Possibly one of the lowest premium suites of elegant WordPress.org themes – get all 55 themes for just US$39 per year
- A great series of professional blog and website templates from Studio Press for newcomers and website developers using WordPress.org – great for showcasing multimedia too
- Create your blog or website with this super easy Headway WordPress theme – just drag and drop – no coding required
- Create a professional business blog with WordPress.org with this premium theme already coded for great search engine optimisation
- Create a hosted business blog without having to learn any coding at all with Typepad from US$4.95 a month
- Premium plugins for your WordPress.org blog to quickly create great landing pages and sales pages
- Probably the best WordPress.org premium template for creating landing pages, sales pages, membership sites and integrating a blog
- Promote your blog at these blog directories
BOOKS AND TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
Recommended marketing books and technology products from headsets to video camera’s in the Biz Growth Store
EZINES, ARTICLE MARKETING AND AUTOMATING YOUR WEBSITE
- Automate your website, implement email marketing programmes and create affiliate referral programmes with my favourite online shopping cart and for just US$3.95 enjoy a 30 day trial
- Implement lost cost high impact email marketing programmes with Aweber software and enjoy a 30 day free trial
- Get 10% off your online backup service from Mozy – Save 10% and get up to 3 months free by using the promo code JULY
- A list of article directories to submit your online articles to
- A list of the top article directories listed by Google Page Rank
- Promote your ezine by submitting them to these ezine directories
FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND LINKEDIN MARKETING
Looking for a way to create your own customised Facebook landing page – or even more importantly change your FBML Page into an iFrame? Check out Lujure – with pricing starting at less than US$6 for personal use
Schedule your content to Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn from your office or even your mobile phone with Hootsuite
MARKETING MATERIALS
- Take your brand into the online world with the same business card and post card supplier I use – MOO Business Cards, MiniCards and Postcards – create remarkable business cards using your own photos or designs – so you stand out from the crowd
- Create your own 3D covers to market your digital products online with this eCover creator – and you don’t even need to use PhotoShop
- Simple, inexpecsive and effective marketing graphics bundle to use on your website and blog – including buttons for call to actions such as Act Now, Buy Now, Download Now, Join Now, Order Now, Register Now, Sign Up Now, Start Now, Subscribe Now
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- Tips and resources for writing powerful marketing messages
MEMBERSHIP SITE CREATION
- Create your own membership community selling digital and physical products to increase the streams of revenue in your business – and even deliver your content by secure podcasts
- Access a 14 day trial of an innovate ‘out of the box’ online coaching toolkit – deliver your coaching online through articles, audio’s and videos – ideal for coaches and consultants who don’t want to build their own online membership site
- Turn your WordPress.org blog into a membership site with this paid for plugin
- Create your own membership and continuity programme with Extreme Member software
ONLINE PR
- Increase your visibility online by publishing online press releases Publish Your Story to the World using 24-7PressRelease.com
- Guidance on how to write a press release
- A free audio tutorial on how to write a press release
- Online press release directories
ONLINE AUDIO AND VIDEO
- For simple professional online video creation using your own video, pictures and audio use my favourite simple video creator
- Turn your spoken words into profits Get 5% OFF Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred – Use Promo Code: mi6qbq39z
- Create your own premium podcasts and deliver them through a membership site with Premium Cast
- Record, upload, download and stream audio and video from your website with Audio Acrobat – they have great custom buttons for streaming and downloading of podcasts
- The best online video player I have seen – you can even capture leads (yes people can add their email address to your video) and include calls to action like ‘buy now buttons’ – a must if you are serious about marketing with online video
- Excellent modular online training programme to help you start using online video – with guidance on how to create and publish your own online videos
SURVEY AND RESEARCH SOFTWARE
- Create branded professional surveys (this is the survey tool I use) with Survey Gizmo and get a FREE 14 day trial
- Create free surveys online with Google Docs
- Undertake online research, customer feedback surveys and newsletters using this online software with Constant Contact and enjoy a 60 day free trial HERE
- Create polls and surveys for your website or blog with PollDaddy – they have a free and a paid service.
- Research your key words with Wordtracker free key key word research tool or their paid key word research tool or their free Key Word Questions tool
- Track analytics for listening to conversations online with the same social media software I use – more advanced than Google Alerts – get a FREE trial – and plans start at just US$18 a month
TELESEMINARS AND WEBINARS
- Host and record your teleseminars with the service I use and also stream them live over the web enjoy a 21 day trial for just US$1 then turn your words into profit by creating information products from CD’s to books
- Host teleseminars and share documents with Calliflower – they even have a 14 day free trial
- Probably the most simple, comprehensive and cost effective telephone bridge line you will find with a 30 day free trial
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WEBSITE TOOLS AND TUTORIALS
- Low cost web domains and web hosting – I use this service for all my podcasts and online videos as they use a lot of bandwidth
- Royalty free photos and videos for your online marketing programmes HERE
- Track your web traffic with Google Analytics
- Create online advertising pay per click campaigns with Google Adwords
- Identify your key words for your online marketing with Good Key Words
- Monitor the conversation about who is talking about you online with the free tool Google Alerts
- Encourage website visitors to share your content with friends e.g. Free Tell a Friend Script or Social Twist
- Free audio tutorials with email and website tips to help you get started with online marketing with these hosting tips
- Share files with others – especially helpful if transferring online video or audio files – using Dropbox or YouSendIt
- Promote your products and services for free at Google Base and The Google Merchant Centre
- Review websites over the course of time – explore how your competitors have changed their websites with the Way Back Machine
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- Access FREE branding and marketing podcasts at GreatPodcasts.biz
- Access FREE branding and marketing articles at GreatArticles.biz
- Access FREE video tutorials on how to use social networks Greatvideos.biz
- Explore case studies of other small businesses in Ireland growing their business online HERE on Social Media Ireland
FREE WEBINARS
I frequently host webinars and podcasts to help you navigate the social web. Here are a few of my most recent webinars – to access them just register your name and details and you will be able to watch the webinars from your laptop. Get ready to take notes as I promose they are rich in content.
- Discover essential tips about Marketing Your Business on Facebook and avoid the most common mistakes many businesses are making on Facebook
- 9 case studies of companies using Facebook and what you can learn from them – while this is not my own webinar programme it’s one I recommend you attend – register to attend on 7 September 2010
- Want to use Facebook Advertising to attract more leads to your business or Facebook Page or Event? Then watch this FREE webinar tutorial
- 7 Essential Tips for Profitable Podcasting and discover how to turn your words into profit!
- 7 Essential Tips for Generating and Retaining More Business Using LinkedIn – discover how to optimising your presence on LinkedIn so that it can attract leads for you
- Google Instant and what the new search enhancement means for your business
- Build Your List! 4 Keys To Automate Your Lead Generation And Attract More Customers and Profits – discover how to generate leads to your business
FEATURED PROGRAMMES
We use webinars to deliver or programmes online – here are a few of our current programmes:
- LinkedIn For Business Leads And Profits Home Study Programme – discover how to use LinkedIn For Business Development, Client Retention and Referrals
- The Essential Guide To Online Networking for Job Search and Career Development – especially for those of you interested in online networking for career progression and job search
- The Essential Guide To List Building To Grow A Profitable, Responsive List Of Prospects – essential guidance for any business who wants to ensure that they have a constant stream of referrals
If you have any questions about our webinars or programmes please do contact our help desk for support.
Note: some of the above links a referral links from partner and colleagues which means that your order will be attributed to me should you choose to make a purchase and in some cases I will receive a referral fee in recognition of my sharing these with you
