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Online Tools that I Use to Run My Business
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Shopping Cart / List Management System

I run all my websites using this system.  I've used this system for over four years now.  It has improved each year.  What I specifically like about this product is that it integrates all the functions I need to run my web businesses into one management system. (a big money saver)

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Website Audio System
 

If you've noticed, I like using audio on my website.  I think it provides your visitor with a human experience.  I've noticed that it has increased my response rates.  The system I recommend is simple to use.  You record your message by phone and then just copy and paste a line of code into your website and it's done.

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Website Video System
 

Video is hot right now and I've started using it for many different applications.  The system I use www.InstantVideoLive.com helps me to load the video files up to the Internet and paste them onto my webpages.  Plus, I don't have to pay hefty bandwidth charges.

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Press Release Equalizer
 

This little tool will submit your press releases to all the major press release submission sites...for free.  I use it EVERY time I send out a press release and it only requires a one time fee to buy the software.

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Magazines To Which I'm Subscribed
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$1,000,000 Millionaire Blueprints  (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!)

Millionaire Blueprints is a magazine that profiles millionaires in interview style format.  It's a new magazine and a fascinating read.  What I like most about this magazine is that it gives you details (phone numbers, websites, addresses, vendor names etc.) of the tools that people use in their businesses, in addition to, step-by-step explanations of how they've become millionaires. 

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DMNews

DMNews is a weekly newspaper that I receive that covers the direct marketing industry.  It gives you a quick pulse of what is happening in the direct marketing industry and include insightful articles.

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Target Marketing Magazine

Target Marketing Magazine is a monthly magazine that covers the direct marketing industry.  This magazine contains less "industry news" and more marketing articles and insight (as compared to DMNews).  It also contains a lot of very good listings to DM vendors and lists.

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Marketing Hotsheet

This is not a magazine.  It's a paid newsletter ($67.22 a year) that is sent twice monthly.  It arrives via a pdf file that I download.  The author is Ankesh Kothari.  The Marketing Hotsheet is full of case studies of how companies use clever marketing techniques to grow their business.  I read each issue and highly recommend it to any small business owner.

 

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Websites that I Recommend
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IMNewswatch

This website gives up-to-the-minute updates on what's happening in the home-based Internet Marketing Industry.  It covers recently released products and services, in addition to, recent blog posts and articles of industry experts.

Send Out Cards

This website contains information about the Send Out Cards Referral System.