Web-Biz Knowledgebase

Recommended Resources

Here I’ve listed a number of products, plugins and websites I use that may be of interest to you…

Internet Marketing Training

“Easy Cash” Webinar – A free 60-minute webinar that provides the structure and fundamentals on how run a business online. Get this wrong and you’re pretty much doomed to failure.

Keyword Research Tools

Market Samurai – somewhat expensive ($149) but the best keyword analysis tool I’ve used to date. While it uses only keywords provided by Google, it provides a number of tools that allow to you assess the quality of those keywords in terms of site or article building. You can check the relevancy of the keywords to your niche, see how much competition there is for those keywords, determine how strong that competition is and get an idea of how profitable that keyword could be to you. You can also see how competing sites are linked to (number of links and from where), the PageRank of the sites linking to them and assess how easy or difficult it would be to get onto the first page of Google for your keywords. Using Market Samurai as a research tool allows you to discover if a niche is worth going into before you even plan to build a site, so it can save you wasted time and energy. The software can also find affiliate programs for your keywords, saving you time looking for suitable products and affiliate programs on the main ad networks and beyond. Very powerful stuff.

Micro Niche Finder – ($97) This is a new tool I’m using for keyword research. Among its many functions, it allows you to see how much people are bidding for keywords in Adwords (Google typically pays about 60%+ of these fees for Adsense clicks), so it’s a great way of seeing if a particular niche is worth going into. It also allows you to check if a particular keyword is available as a domain name. You can also do keyword brainstorming and have it suggest niches to you.

Keyword Elite – The regular price is $297 but it’s currently on offer for $97.The best stand-alone software for keyword research. It provides SEO insights, quickly allows you to determine if your keywords will target buyers or window shoppers, find high CPA offers, uncover niches and sub niches pretty much on demand. What sets this software apart from the others is that it collects keywords from sources other than Google as well as Google itself.

Blogging

Auto Blog Blueprint 2.0 – If you’ve never heard of the term autoblogging it refers to automatically adding content to a blog on autopilot. There are several methods of doing this, mostly through commercial plugins for WordPress. Of course, there’s a right way and a wrong way of building an autoblog. Do it the wrong way and all you do is waste your time, energy and money. Do it right and you open the door to continuing monthly income. This is the single best course on auto blogging available. Many of its techniques and much of its advice can be applied to ordinary blogs as well. The course is designed to make blogs successful. Highly recommended and I suggest you follow the course before you even think of setting up an autoblog. Normally $147, you can get the course for $97 using this exclusive coupon: BEC006C89A

Getting Traffic

Taking Traffic To The Next Level – Discover a ‘set-it-and-forget-it’ system for generating as much FREE organic traffic as your website can possibly handle.

Article Marketing

Article Marketing for Newbies – A set of video tutorials that will teach you all about article marketing.

The Secret To Making Money With Article Marketing – A system in a box that will provide you with unique articles, along with an article submitter that you can use to submit articles to article directories. All you have to do is insert your Clickbank ID into the affiliate links.

Video Marketing

Video Marketing – A video tutorial series showing how to drive traffic to you sites using video marketing.

Promo Video Secrets – A 6-part video tutorial series that shows you how to create short promotional videos.

Camtasia Paycheck – Another video tutorial series. This one shows you how to make promotional videos using Camtasia.

Expired Domain Names

Domains Into Dollars Report – A free report that discusses ways to make make money by with domain investing.

Camtasia Paycheck – This video tutorial series looks at ways to make money by buying and selling (flipping) domain names.

Quick Cash Domaining – This comprehensive video tutorial course provides training on how to make quick cash with domain flipping and investing.

Pay Per Click

Cheaper, Better Alternative to Adwords – Bidding for keywords on Adwords is now an expensive business. The days of $0.05 bids are gone. But Adwords isn’t the only game in town and low bids are still possible at other Pay Per Click sites.

Tracking & Statistics

Powerlink Generator – Cloak your affiliate links, track and get statistics on them – the best way to find where paying customers are coming from so you can build on those successes.

Monetizing Your Site

Socrates Premium WordPress Theme – A customizable WordPress theme designed for affiliate marketers. Very popular in the internet marketing community.

phpBay Pro – The best WordPress plugin for adding eBay auction listings to your posts. However, you do need to be a member of the eBay Partner Network though in order to display products from eBay. Sample site here.

Auction2Post – The best WordPress plugin for creating posts based around an eBay listing (i.e. each post is about one item on eBay).

phpZon – The best WordPress plugin for adding Amazon products to your posts. Obviously, you have to have an Amazon affiliate account.

ReviewAZON – The best WordPress plugin for adding Amazon products as posts to your blog. Various post parameters can be changed (product description, customer reviews, etc). It can be integrated with phpBay and phpOStock so listing from eBay and Overstock can be added below the Amazon product information. Sample page here.

phpOStock – The best WordPress plugin for adding products from Overstock to your posts. Overstock’s affiliate program is run through Commission Junction and you need to have made some sales with other merchants before Overstock will accept you as an affiliate. Sample page here.

Site Builders

SiteBuilder Elite – Creates traditional websites (i.e. not blogs) that are populated with content consisting of downloaded articles, RSS feeds and Yahoo Answers. You can add your own articles too. Support for Adsense, Chitika and Amazon is built in but ads from whatever network you want can be put on sites. New pages can be added automatically to a site so it can be set on autopilot so you can get on with building other sites. Sample sites: Las Vegas Expeditions, Lingerie Locker, Stress, Anxiety, Panic.

Auto Blog Blueprint – Not so much a site builder as a course and methodology for building successful autoblogs, although you do get a WordPress installation with the recommended basic plugins to use and their various settings being set up from the get-go. Information is updated in the members area constantly. All aspects of building an autoblog are covered, both in text and video format. And the reasons why certain plugins and their settings are suggested are thoroughly explained so you understand why the blogs operate in the taught fashion. Quite simply the best autoblogging course available.

WordPress Mage – Builds autoblogs that are full of content and monetized through Amazon, eBay, Commission Junction, Linkshare and Clickbank (you can choose which ad networks you want to use). It also integrates with phpBay, phpOStock and phpZon. Posts created by ReviewAZON can be added to blogs as well to mix up the content a bit. I’m not allowed to publicly share a link to the software, so if you’re interested, send me an email through the Contact page. This is an expensive system ($997) so only send in a query if you’re serious about using it. Sample site. [I'm not allowed to openly advertise a link for this software. If you'd like the link, send me an email though the Contact page. Be aware though that WordPress Mage is very expensive at $997 and they don't like tire-kickers.]

XSitePro – This builds quality websites and is a much better option than using Dreamweaver or FrontPage. Many templates are available for it. Building sites is pretty much a matter of selecting the options you want and a doing bit of typing (for menus and content). Normally $297, XSitePro is currently on sale for $197. Like SiteBuilder Elite, you can build an unlimited number of sites with the software.

Site Build It! – This is an online website builder. It’s point-and-click approach makes it easy to build sites, especially if you’re a complete newbie. However, Site Build It! is much more than just a site builder; it includes a number of research and other tools, including a way to mail newsletters, track statistics, build backlinks and it will promote your site for you (something they’re very successful at). However, it does cost $299 per year per site. It sounds expensive, but sites should make much more than the annual fees each year. Read my Site Build It! Review here.

Miscellaneous Sites

Night Sky Observer – An astronomy and space science news site for anyone interested in astronomy. News is updated several times a day and the site features many articles and back issues of the Photon astronomy ezine.

Landscape Photography Techniques – Learn how to take great landscape photos, even with just simple equipment.

Home Based Business Directory – Background information on internet and affiliate marketing and listings of the latest marketing opportunities.

Unlocked HTC Phones – The iPhone has serious competition in the form of the HTC Desire (and other HTC models). Boasting the Android operating system, these phones are available unlocked (Sim Free) so that you can replace an existing cellphone easily and not be tied to a particular contract if you want to use the phone (unlike the iPhone).

Baileys Tackle – We provide for all your fishing needs, from lures and jigs to rods, reels and vintage equipment.

TV DVD Releases – Looking for something worthwhile to watch on your DVD or Blu-Ray Player? We review some of the best TV programs released on DVD and Blu-Ray.

HDTV Home User – If you enjoy or think you’ll enjoy (if they haven’t joined the ranks yet) the home cinema experience, on our site you’ll find equipment and software (DVD, Blu-Ray, computer software) reviews and find news, advice, information and tips from the world of home entertainment.

Video Catnip – Video Catnip is a professionally videotaped and edited compilation of Birds, Squirrels, and Chipmunks designed to entertain cats while you’re doing other things.