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| a lot of | | | | real estate. It's better to pay for your |
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| problem.There are some pretty terrific resources you | | | | possible, so that you can place your own ads in the |
| can use. Some of | | | | headers and |
| them you have to pay for, but they are inexpensive | | | | footers of all your messages.5. Online Tools.There is |
| and can get | | | | a whole host of online tools you can use to help you |
| you started quickly and easily.1. A domain and web | | | | with your business including email formatters, |
| hosting. If you want others to see you as a | | | | newsletter |
| professional and take you seriously, then you need | | | | formatters, sales letter and press release |
| to invest in | | | | formatters, as well |
| your own domain and web hosting.Purchased | | | | as wizards to help you build your web site.Below are |
| separately, the cost can add up very quickly. Here | | | | some of the best:Pertinent Inc. - - Offers a free |
| are | | | | press |
| some very low cost solutions to help you put your | | | | release creator, as well as a sales letter |
| name on the | | | | generator.Free Online Wizards - |
| map.Dot Easy - - For only $25 per year, you | | | | - This site |
| can purchase your own domain. The web hosting is | | | | offers everything from a wizard to help you |
| completely | | | | syndicate your |
| free. Although this hosting account is stripped of all | | | | content to form creators and drop down menu |
| the bells | | | | creators. Lots of |
| and whistles like CGI, you still get 15MB of | | | | tips and articles too.Email Formatter - - Tired of |
| bannerless hosting | | | | getting |
| for free, and if you build minisites, this is a really | | | | emails with a ton of >>>>> in them? You can use |
| cheap way | | | | this site to |
| for you to get started. Buy a domain a month, and | | | | strip those tags out, as well as reformat your emails |
| before you | | | | to any |
| know it, you have your own empire of products set | | | | width. Great for formatting articles too.6. Business |
| up for a lot | | | | Software.You can find thousands of dollars in free |
| less than if you had bought all of this separately.Go | | | | software to help you |
| Daddy - - Although as far as I know | | | | build your business by searching through software |
| they offer domain names for the cheapest price on | | | | sites online.My favorite is Freeware Home: |
| the Internet | | | | You'll find over 7,000 applications at last count here, |
| at $6.95, their service is pretty good. I buy all of my | | | | and |
| domains | | | | they're all free, full sized versions of the |
| here, and I've never had any problems.Free Web | | | | program.Two applications you won't want to be |
| Space - - If money | | | | without are:Open Office - - Formerly Star Office, |
| is a real problem right now, but you still want to | | | | this open source application is the best rival to |
| make a good | | | | Microsoft |
| impression, then this site can help you find the most | | | | Office. You can use it to do everything from |
| affordable | | | | convert your |
| web hosting or even bannerless hosting that's | | | | documents to PDF, to word processing, |
| free.Remember, you get what you pay for, so | | | | spreadsheets, and |
| eventually, when you can | | | | presentations. There's also a version for MAC, |
| afford it, upgrade. There are some good budget | | | | making this a |
| web hosts out | | | | must see application when you can't afford other |
| there like Dot Easy, but for the most part, you get | | | | expensive |
| what you pay | | | | applications.Banana Cash Books - |
| for.2. Web Site Creation Tools.There are some | | | | - Although |
| fantastic tools on the Internet you can use to | | | | this single entry accounting program accepts just |
| build your web site, and they're all free.Considered | | | | about any |
| to be the best HTML editor online, Front Page 2000 | | | | currency, if you want to use the accounting method |
| will give you hundreds of scripts, as well as a free | | | | the IRS |
| FTP client | | | | recommends for small business, this nice little free |
| you can unzip into the directory and upload your files | | | | program |
| directly | | | | will definitely do the trick.7. Business Education.Once |
| from the HTML editor.There are four different | | | | you have your business up and running, it's a good |
| modes, including beginner and expert, | | | | idea to |
| so no matter what level at creating HTML you are, | | | | stay up to date with your business and marketing |
| this free | | | | knowledge.There are a lot of great ways to do this |
| editor will definitely help you.You'll find it here: you're | | | | including forums, |
| there, make sure you check out the free metatag | | | | article directories, mailing lists, and newsletters.There |
| creator, as well as some of the other great free | | | | are also some great resource heavy sites out there |
| online tools | | | | you can |
| you'll find there.3. Scripts.If you want to get the | | | | benefit from. Below are three of my favorites:My |
| most from your web site, scripts will | | | | 1st Business - - Run by Ben |
| help you do this. You don't have to be an expert in | | | | Botes, you'll find plenty of ecourses, seminars and |
| installation | | | | more |
| either. You can quickly and easily learn how to install | | | | covering small business, ecommerce, marketing, and |
| them. I | | | | other topics. |
| taught myself from reading some of the webmaster | | | | You need to sign up for an account, but it's free, |
| sites online.You have two choices when it comes to | | | | and |
| installing scripts on your | | | | definitely worth a look.Free Marketing Resources - - |
| site:You can install them yourself, or you can use | | | | Run by |
| remotely hosted | | | | Jimmy D. Brown, one of my all time favorite |
| scripts. Remotely hosted scripts are great when you | | | | marketers, and quite |
| don't have a | | | | frankly, one of the best, you'll find audio, ecourses, |
| CGI bin on your site.This site is offering scripts for | | | | and other |
| free: | | | | resources in plain English that can teach you how to |
| - Scripts include: | | | | market |
| Autoresponder Script, Fly-In Ads Script, Paid To | | | | online. Jimmy doesn't just teach you what to do; he |
| Read Emails | | | | shows you |
| Script, Safelist Script, Rotator Script, Homepage | | | | how to do it, and he spells it out. It doesn't matter if |
| Traffic | | | | you are |
| Script. Definitely worth a look.Two resources that | | | | a complete newbie, or if you have been marketing |
| offer a wide variety of scripts in different | | | | for some time. |
| formats are: you want remotely hosted scripts, the | | | | You'll benefit from Jimmy's excellent teaching.Ebook |
| best sites I have found | | | | Directory - - Run by Noel |
| are: Autoresponders. Autoresponders will help you in | | | | Hynes, this is the most comprehensive collection of |
| two ways: you | | | | small |
| can use them for your opt in lists and ezines, and | | | | business and Internet marketing ebooks on the |
| you can also | | | | Internet, and |
| use them to follow up with your customers.With opt | | | | they're absolutely free. You'll also find plenty of |
| in lists and ezines, an autoresponder will save you the | | | | other ebooks |
| trouble of handling subscribe and unsubscribe | | | | here including motivational, writing, and a whole lot |
| requests, which | | | | more.There are plenty of free resources on the |
| can become very tedious after awhile. This will allow | | | | Internet to help you |
| you to | | | | build your business. The trick is learning when you |
| automate the mundane part of building a relationship | | | | should buy |
| with your | | | | products and services for your business and when |
| customers and newsletter subscribers, providing you | | | | you can get a |
| with the | | | | freebie that will do the job just as well and |
| credibility you need online to make the sale.Two | | | | sometimes better.A quick search of Alexa, will help |
| sites that offer free autoresponders that are very | | | | you |
| reliable | | | | find some of the best.Jinger Jarrett is a former |
| are: note: when using free autoresponders, the site | | | | military journalist and newspaper reporter |
| owner will | | | | who teaches and consults on article writing. |
| send his/her ads with your messages. This is | | | | |