This is the SHORT LIST of Internet Marketing, Social Media and Internet Business Resources Women in Ecommerce Recommends. For the latest in resources for your website needs, be sure to subscribe to eMonday News.
This list includes international business resources that are targeted by category and specific to the topic and search. Each resource has been hand selected and reviewed for quality by the Women in Ecommerce™ Team. Included in this resource directory are ecommerce resources to help you start, manage and grow your business online. These resources are for busy women on the go. When you join Women in Ecommerce™ you have access to an ongoing list of resources to help you do business on the web. While most of these resources are FREE some are now charging a small monthly or annual fee to use. They are affordable and easy to implement and use and Women in Ecommerce™ recommends you test-drive any or all you are interested in adding to your business endeavors.
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AFFILIATE MARKETING
Affiliate Masters Course ~ The Affiliate Masters Course shows anyone how to become a high-earning affiliate champion. Yes, anyone… from newbie to those already enjoying success. It’s better than any other affiliate course or book available anywhere, at any price. And best of all, it’s FREE!
Linkshare ~ the Web’s premiere affiliate marketing network! Hundreds of thousands of sites just like yours are already participating in mutually beneficial, revenue-producing partnerships with LinkShare merchants.
Paydotcom ~ Sell your products and services through our online marketplace, and let PayDotCom take care of the rest. All while getting paid instantly to your PayPal account. Get an army of affiliates selling your product and getting you massive website traffic.
Clickbank Engine ~ Affiliate marketing professionals use CBEngine to research the top ClickBank Marketplace products to promote. If you’re just starting out with affiliate marketing, or you’re a seasoned pro, CBEngine is a great tool to have at your disposal. Our database contains millions of records about the products listed in the ClickBank Marketplace. This valuable information will provide you with the competitive edge you need when promoting affiliate products! Get started today and start Making More Money with ClickBank! Get a free Newbies Guide when you visit.
Sharesale Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content. shareasale.com.
AFFILIATE TRACKING SOFTWARE
IDev Affiliate is the One we use to track our affiliate programs. It is the most cost effective and easy to use without purchasing expensive software or shopping carts. Check it out today!
ARTICLE MARKETING
ArticleCity.com your one-stop source for free articles. Do you need contents to add to your web site? Or articles for use on your opt-in newsletters and e-zines? You can also add your articles to gain more traffic and links to your site.
EzineArticles.com is a matching service — bringing real-world experts and ezine publishers together. Expert Authors & Writers are able to post their articles to be featured within the site.
IdeaMarketers allows individuals to post articles to be featured on the site. Articles are stored in a searchable database. Web surfers, researchers, publishers, webmasters and ezine editors can then come in and find content.
*Note: When you join you get a comprehensive list of sites for Article Marketing AND a complimentary copy of “Article Writing Tips & Marketing Secrets for Non-writers.”
AUDIO
Audio Generator ~ Want To Instantly Add Streaming Audio to Your Website Without Expensive Equipment Or Technical Know-How?
World Voices has a simple to understand online tutorial about Adding Sound to your site.
Jott.com is a free service turns your phone or cell phone into a web-enabled dictaphone. Set up your account and you can send email notes to yourself by speaking and letting Jott transcribe them.
Audacity by Sourceforge ~ You can convert just about any audio file to MP3 by opening it in Audacity and then “save as” in the MP3 format. Works on Windows, Mac OS, Linux; and also allows multitrack editing.
AUTORESPONDERS/Email Marketing
aWeber is a Professional autoresponder solution with unlimited follow-up messages, HTML/plain text options, a web form generator, a wide range of HTML email templates, the ability to customize emails with up to 25 fields, and much more. Automated tools to help ensure your emails get delivered and comply with all relevant legislation.
Get Response ~ Free autoresponder service that offers unlimited autoresponders, no maximum mail length, automatic multiple messages sent over a period of time and much more.
iContact.com allows businesses, non-profit organizations, and associations to easily create, send, and track email newsletters, surveys, and autoresponders. We believe that email marketing should be really easy and have built and designed iContact from the ground up to give you all the features you need while still making it easy enough for anyone to create permission-based email marketing campaigns with high deliverability
Infacta Group Mail Personal Edition is suited to the professional/power user. With GroupMail Personal Edition you can manage groups and lists of any size and you can send to them at speeds much faster than GroupMail Free Edition using multiple connections. You also get a range of add-ons to help manage and maintain your groups more easily.
BLOG DEVELOPMENT
Blogger ~ Creating your blog with Blogger takes just a few easy steps. In a matter of minutes you can start posting text, photos, videos, and more to your blog. Post as often as you want; it’s free.
WordPress.org is a state-of-the-art open source publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. This service is great for bloggers who don’t intend to sell anything on their blogs and want an easy to use system.
WordPress.com ~ is brought to you by some of the same folks who work on the open source blogging software available at WordPress.org. WordPress.com is a hosted version of the open source package where you can start a blog in seconds without any technical knowledge. Almost everything on WordPress.com is free, and they do offer paid a la carte upgrades for things like CSS editing and custom domains. (This is the version we use for several of our blogs). This is the one we use and recommend.
Typepad ~ WordPress and Blogger offer a basic blog for free, while TypePad charges a subscription fee. Why? Because TypePad offers you more: professionally designed themes, control over your content, and ways to make money. Best of all, everything is included in one up-front fee.
BLOG TO BOOK & PAGE-TURNING TECHNOLOGY
RssZine ~ Bloggers, Podcasters, Authors & Speakers have a TON of CONTENT that can be re-packaged into book or magazine format. RSSzine.com makes it quick, easy and affordable to create your own high quality PDF from an RSS feed, and Turning Page publication from a PDF. With RSSZINE you can Increase Traffic and SalesUsing Content You Already Have
COPYWRITING
CopyBlogger.com ~ Copywriting tips for online marketing success. In an overly-crowded marketplace, copywriting techniques allow you to capture attention and convert it into trust, sales, and profit.
DirectResponseJobs ~ Where Copywriters, Designers and Marketers Come Together. Submit your copywriting job here for free and get bids from new and experienced copywriters.
DIRECTORIES/Directory Submitters
Best of the WEB A BOTW Directory listing places your website in a relevant category within the internet’s oldest directory. A listing in the BOTW Directory makes your website pop so be sure to take advantage of this opportunity and submit your site today!
qlWEB is an excellent directory making script that you can use to create state-of-the-art online directories (similar to Yellow Pages). You can charge a fee for inclusion or offer free listings. There is a FREE, Premium and Pro Version available for any needs. We will be using the Pro Version for the Who’s Who in Ecommerce™ Global Directory of Women-owned Businesses.
Directory Submitter Gold ~ With this automated Directory submitter you can Increase Your Google Ranking By Quickly Getting Hundreds Of High Quality, one-Way Links To Your Websites In Record Time!”
FREEBIES
1000 Great Giveaways ~ a large list of freebies including special reports, video tutorials, ebooks and more.
MAGAZINES
WE Magazine for Women ~ the woman’s online magazine – is an International Digital Business & Lifestyle Magazine that made it’s debut in the fall of 2006. Our focus is on the total woman. WE’s audience consists of women who want to explore great destinations, improve their outlook on life, learn quick and easy ways to get and stay healthy, fine out about the latest technology gadgets and information, get some networking tips, become inspired as they read about women making a difference in the world and much more.
Free Trade Magazine Subscriptions Looking for free trade magazine subscriptions? You’ve come to the right place! When we say, “free magazine,” we mean “free magazine.” No strings attached!
MERCHANT ACCOUNTS
Merchant Express one of the top providers of Internet merchant accounts in the US. ME is dedicated to bringing technology, personal customer service, and bargain pricing to the merchant bankcard business.
PowerPay offers everything from basic “touch tone” card acceptance services to sophisticated PC based POS solutions. PowerPay offers Internet, B2B and wireless processing solutions for merchants, as well as programs designed for our strategic partners and trade associations. This is the solution of choice for home based business and internet marketing use.
Pink Merchant Services ~ Sign up for a Merchant Account today through First Data Independent Sales. A merchant account allows your business to accept credit cards!
PROJECT OUTSOURCING
99designs.com is a disruptive startup which connects passionate designers from around the globe with savvy clients who need design projects completed in a timely fashion without the usual risk or cost associated with professional design. create a contest for your project and get designers from all over the world work for free, and compete for a monetary prize which you set.
http://www.elance.com/ Elance is the leading site for online work where businesses connect with independent professionals to get work done.
RentaCoder.com is an international marketplace where buyers can acquire custom software (as well as writing, graphic design, and other services) in a safe and business-friendly environment. Receive an average of 5-6 qualified bids within just 24 hours. Over 10,000 registered coders are waiting to bid on your project.
FIVERR.com ~ FIVERR is the place to find people willing to do things for $5. Need a video edited? Find someone on Fiverr to do it for you. Need a press release written. Try Fiverr. Need some quick SEO? Fiverr may be the answer! What are you willing to do for Five Bucks?
PRESS RELEASES & Publicity
1888PressRelease.com ~ Distribute Information Inexpensively And Quickly. Their unique services allow you to distribute releases to search engines, newswires and websites to help increase awareness of your product, company, or self for free. For a small fee, you can upgrade your submission for maximum exposure.
Free-Press-Release.com ~ Submit your press release at no charge, even you haven’t registered an account on FPR site!
PRLeap.com ~ PR Leap’s easy and affordable online press release distribution service that connects you with new readers (consumers, bloggers, and journalists) who would otherwise not find your press release.
PRWeb.com ~ News and press releases distributed via PRWeb raise your online visibility where millions of people are searching for information. Be found on search engines. When you submit your news releases to PRWeb, they will be indexed by search engines like Google, sent to top news sites like Yahoo! News and placed into RSS feeds with more than 250,000 subscribers which include bloggers, journalists and consumers.
XpressPress.com ~ No matter how large or small your business, Xpress Press can write and distribute your press release to A-list media sources selected from a database of thousands of journalists who opt-in to receive our press releases. Your story can be issued in as quickly as two hours, or scheduled for a particular day and time.
Media-Savvy-To-Go Publicity Toolkit ~ How to Create a Local Publicity Blitz That Delivers Results Fast on a Micro Budget! And More…
HARO ~ Help a Reporter is an email list you can join, which sends out emails three times a day with notices of stories for which reporters need a source. You can then respond, and potentially be used, linked to, or otherwise publicized in the news piece.
PitchRate.com is a FREE service that connects journalists with the highest rated experts for free media coverage.
Reporter Connection ~ Another FREE service that connects busy jorunalists with experts available for media interviews.
SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING
Self-Promotion.com ~ If you want more people to visit your website, you need to know how to make your website search engine friendly, and then submit your URL to all the major search engines. This site is devoted to teaching you how to do it yourself, cheaply, effectively, and with a minimum of hassle.
SEOBook.com ~ Great search engine marketing guide site offers marketing tips, search analysis, online business tips, and general commentary on the evolution of the web. With free account you can download $300+ worth of cutting edge SEO tools today – FREE. You’ll learn great SEO shortcuts, activities and tools you should be using to make money from search engine marketing today.
SitePoint.com is a fast growing (The 988th most visited site in the world) online media company and information provider targeting the Web professional market, specifically Web Developers and Designers.
Ten Golden Rules is B2B internet marketing agency with a wide array of internet advertising and marketing consulting services to help small, medium and large businesses get qualified traffic to their websites.
Vendor Seek is a matchmaking service exclusively for businesses, vendor seek connects business consumers with pre-qualified vendors based upon the dynamics of the purchaser’s needs and the specific nature of the services that the seller provides.
SHOPPING CARTS
1ShoppingCart.com provides eCommerce and eBusiness software solution such as shopping carts and online marketing tools to small and large businesses across the world. It is the one we most recommend.
GoEMerchant.com is the fastest and easiest way to get your E–commerce site up and running. With GoEmerchant, you won’t need to go through the hassle of setting up a separate credit card processing solution. A good inexpensive alternative.
TRACKING AND TESTING
Google Analytics is the enterprise-class web analytics solution that gives you rich insights into your website traffic and marketing effectiveness. It is the small business tracking service of choice.
Hyper Tracker is a sophisticated tracking management system that helps you to convert more clicks into customers and save wads of cash wasted in unproductive marketing. 30 DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE. Many people like this service.
SURVEY TOOLS
Question Pro is a one-stop solution for centralizing survey activities across your entire organization or workgroup. Every department can take advantage of a simple hosted user interface for conducting surveys. This is the one we use and refer most often. (Free to FEE)
Survey Monkey is an online survey tool that enables people of all experience levels to create their own surveys quickly and easily. Every day, SurveyMonkey gives thousands of people the feedback they need to make more informed decisions, including more than 80% of the Fortune 100. (Free to FEE)
Zoomerang is online survey software that helps you create online surveys with advanced reporting, PowerPoint charts, skip logic, custom branding and more with multi-user functionality (Free to fee)
TELESEMINAR HOSTING
Free Conference Calls ~ Free conference calls are simple and easy to use, requiring only a name and an e-mail address to receive an instant account. You can also record your sessions for free.
Instant Teleseminar ~ Conduct teleseminars and webinars with ease and increase your business. An all in one package of extremely affordable teleseminar and webinar resource…
Maestro Conference ~ Create Breakout Groups on a Teleconference? MaestroConference is the first teleconference service that re-creates a real workshop environment through the phone. Create breakout groups, take orders, and conduct orderly polling and Q&A sessions — all using a simple graphic interface. Perfect for teachers, coaches, and teleseminar marketers. Get your free trial here. (Free to FEE)
Teleseminar Alive ~ Seminar teachers, list your teleseminar, webinar, or online training class in the calendar free of charge. It is a great way to get more exposure to your class. We have partnerships with other sites that will promote your class if you are looking to give your teleseminar more exposure. Just submit your teleseminar or webinar and wait for approval.
TIME MANAGEMENT/ ORGANIZING
Doodle ~ A scheduling tool that has been created to help reclaim time and put an end to the endless back and forth communication that has become normal when scheduling a meeting. It is so simple and yet very powerful.
DropBox ~ DropBox is an easy to use online tool to help you manage your files online and do business on the web
Klok ~ is a simple work timer which lets you time manage each project in fine detail. Compare recent with past projects to make sure your efficiency is improving.
Ta-da List is the web’s easiest to-do list tool. Make lists for yourself or share them with others. It couldn’t be simpler.
VIDEO TOOLS
Commercial Creation Center ~ As a Commercial Creation Center member, you can quickly, easily and AFFORDABLY market your business online with the simplest and most effective multimedia tools available, and more importantly, retain an expert in multimedia and social media marketing to personally help you…
Camtasia ~ Record your screen simply. Add professional polish. Produce stunning videos of any size. Delight viewers on the Web, CD, or portable devices. Train. Present. Persuade. FREE 30 day fully functional trial.
Jing ~ FREE software that adds visuals to your online conversations. Use Jing to snap a picture or make a quick video of anything on your computer screen…then share it instantly! Pro version $14.95 a year.
KeepVid.com – KeepVid is a simple and free utility that’s easy to use if you want to download a video and save to your desktop for viewing later. Just paste the URL of the video (works with YouTube as well as several other video sites) and you’ll get an option to download it in either FLV or MP4 formats.
Kodak Zi8 Video Camera ~ This compact video camera is a step above the Flip Camera, it has capability to add an external microphone and the sound quality of the built-in mic is much better than the flip camera. The price is comparable and the quality is at least 5 times better. Its the one WE use for all our videos on location.
The Flip Video Camera ~ cost effective compact camera that that is as simple as it is fun. Great for those just getting started with online video.
Tube Mogul is a free service that provides a single point for deploying uploads to the top video sharing sites, and powerful analytics on who, what, and how videos are being viewed.
Vimeo is a respectful community of creative people who are passionate about sharing the videos they make.
YouTube® is the leader in online video, and the premier destination to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web.
VIRTUAL EVENT PLANNING
The Virtual Edge Resource Book. This FREE 101 page ebook is filled with Even more resources for planning, producing, and marketing successful virtual events and meetings. Note: VirtualEdge.org is getting ready to launch their 2011 edition, so hurry up and sign up so you will receive notification when it is ready!
WEB CONFERENCING
Dimdim ~ web conferencing. Easy, open, affordable. Collaborate and share voice, video, slides, whiteboard, even your desktop. No downloads required to host (Free to Fee)
Hot Conference is the most innovative and reliable conferencing software … Customer networking in live chat rooms. (30 day trial)
GoToMeeting Reliable, easy, effective web conferencing and online meetings. Work with anyone, anywhere.
WebEx ~ online meetings and remote PC control. Conduct Unlimited Online Meetings for One Low Flat Rate. Try it FREE!
Yugma ~ FREE Web Conferencing, online meetings and web collaboration services for Mac, Windows and Linux. Easy, interactive, and secure. Has everything you need.
WEBSITE DOMAIN NAMES/WEB CREATION/DESIGN & HOSTING
Google Sites ~ Thinking of creating a website? Google Sites is a free and easy way to create and share webpages. Learn more. Createrich web pages easily … Practical Social Media offers a complete Google Sites Video Tutorial and more: http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=1012571
WECAI Domains Need a Domain name or hosting solution? Domains starting at $8.77! With every domain get: forwarding/masking, change of registration, parked page w/domain, domain name locking, total DNS control! Visit today!
Firelight Web Studio evolved from a sole proprietorship named Adventure Tech-Web. Started by Laura Wheeler in 1997, it began as a graphic design company, and grew into a web design company in 2000. Laura and her team Specializes in website design and development for small and micro businesses. Site design for Joomla and CRELoaded.
IX WEB Hosting Trusted. Safe. Reliable. That’s what IX Webhosting is known for. IX is the web hosting company with exceptional customer support, personal support person and affordable pricing Starting at $3.95 a month! Whether you are new in business online or a seasoned veteran you can depend on IX to give you the kind of service you expect and deserve.
SiteBuildIt.com ~ is a comprehensive, integrated, business-building system. In addition to keyword brainstorming and research functionality, the easy-to-use platform provides site building, hosting, and marketing tools (more than 70 modules in total) to help you build a genuine, profitable, evergrowing business online. Perfect for the novice who wants access to an all-in-one website development and marketing system.
MISCELLANEOUS
StopBadware.org is a partnership among academic institutions, technology industry leaders, and volunteers, all of whom are committed to protecting Internet and computer users from the threats to privacy and security that are caused by bad software. We are a leading independent authority on trends in badware and its distribution, and a focal point for the development of collaborative, community-minded approaches to stopping badware.
Have you read about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act? In 2000 a copyright law was passed to protect those of us who post our writings, pictures, etc. on the internet. Should you find that someone has plagiarized your property, fill out a DMCA Take Down Notice form.You can find the form here: http://www.dreamweaverresources.com/forms/copyright/index.htm.
SocialText ~ The Socialtext enterprise collaboration platform includes social networking, wiki workspaces, a personal dashboard for each user, integrated weblogs for ongoing collaborative conversations, distributed spreadsheets and social messaging
What’s Your Website Worth? Do you know how much your website is worth? You could be sitting on a fortune! If you want to get a free valuation of your website, just use this tool.
Women’s Calendar ~ The Women’s Calendar is the largest listing of women’s events covering every possible venue, topic or issue important to women. Women’s Calendar is a superb networking tool for women.
The FITA Buy/Sell Exchange ~ The largest source of international trade leads, rfq and tender opportunities from companies and government organizations around the world. Over 230,000 businesses have registered with them to help increase their sales, reduce supplier costs, and find new business contacts.
Time and Date.com ~ This site includes lots of information that is time and date related, such as yearly and monthly calendars, counters, countdown, and the world clock which shows current time in cities all over the world.
*Note: The FCC now requires internet based organizations to disclose that when you visit the some of the sites listed in this resource section, Women in Ecommerce may be paid a small commission for any products or services you purchase. Women in Ecommerce recommends these sites because they are the BEST of the BEST and would do so regardless of being a part of their affiliate programs.
