Tools & Resources

Welcome to my tools & resources page, here I aim to give you an insight as to some of the resources that I use to make my blogging sites, hopefully you will find the information useful.

As I learn more I will add to this page – and you will notice that I will reference to this page quite often in my posts. It might be a good idea to bookmark it now so you can come back for future convenience.

Disclosure: Please note that some of the links below are affiliate links and I will earn a commission if you purchase through those links. These are all things that I have experience with that I am recommending because they are helpful and are companies that I trust, not because of the commissions that I may earn from you using these products. Please do not spend money unless you feel it’s for something you really need and will help you reach your goals.

Blogging

WordPress: The #1 for Bloggers. WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. They like to say that WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. All of my blog’s use WordPress.

PageLines: Have a number of fantastic professional themes which feature Drag & Drop Theme Framework. A revolutionary new way to build websites, faster, easier and better than ever before.

Hosting

bluehost: Have some very affordable webhosting plans from only $5.95p/m, couple this with exceptional customer service and you really can't go wrong, I wouldn’t use anyone else to host my blog.

Email Subscriptions & Marketing

AWeber: Is by the most powerful email marketing tool available, you can tailor your email marketing program to suit your exact requirements, keep in touch with your valuable customers and provide them with updates on your blog and other key information you want. Check out just why AWeber marketers love it so much below…

Measuring Performance

Google Analytics: Allows you to monitoring traffic with this free tool from Google.

Pro Blog Stats: Quickly display 50+ stats in one place… your WordPress Dashboard, there are a number of packages available including a free version.

Product Distribution & Payment Centres

E-Junkie: E-junkie provides shopping cart and buy now buttons to let you sell downloads and tangible goods on your website, using PayPal Standard, PayPal Pro, PayPal Payflow Pro, Google Checkout, Authorize.Net, TrialPay, ClickBank and 2CheckOut. You can sell items like eBooks, mp3 tracks and albums, software, icons, fonts, artwork, phone cards, event tickets, cd’s, posters, books, t-shirts and almost everything else you want to sell. So if you have a killer eBook to promote then E-Junkie will handle it quickly and efficiently for you.