Sheila Recommends
Some of the following recommendations are great associates, some are free sites and some are my affiliates. I search the web for the best, when I find “the best” has an affiliate program I join. I mean, I better be doing what I am teaching you to do. Buying from an affiliate link does not increase your price, it just pays a person for endorsing and advertising the product.
Audio
Audacity Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.
Garageband on Mac Mac is a fabulous publishing tool.
http://budurl.com/garageband Learn how to put audio on your WordPress blog, using garageband, (you know, that fabulous Mac tool). This ebook gives you step by step instructions. Oh so easy.
Analytics – keep track of your statistics.
Google Analytics You can keep track of how many people view your site, and how long they stay. Affiliate Progams Clickbank ClickBank is the online retail outlet for 10,000 digital product publishers and their 100,000 active affiliates. CBengine Use this clickbank search engine to find products you want to promote. Sign up for the 15 day trial, you will find Clickbank products that are just right for you. aff
Auto Responder – email marketing
AWeber Creates Lasting Customer Relationships For You With Email Newsletters, Autoresponders, RSS to Email and Other Email Marketing Tools. Easy to use layout and tutorials add to the great customer service. AWeber has been rated #1 in getting your emails delivered. Some of the biggest names in Internet marketing are using AWeber, because they deliver. aff
Backup Mozy 2GB totally free. Be prepared! you never know when you computer will go down and you loose all of your hard work. GET BACK UP. You do not need to lift a finger once you have set your back up plan in place. Every night your back up will take place and be safe and secure, just in case….which happens. My sister learned the hard way, now she uses Mozy. aff
Blog Format WordPress WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. More simply, WordPress is what you use when you want to work with your blogging software, not fight it. Browser FireFox Firefox has security, speed and new features that will change the way you use the Web. Don’t settle for anything less. Take the tour, you’ll get rid of the browser you are now using. Computer (Learn How to) UMUCVery comprhensive learning. Free
Basic Online Skills Computer Skills; E-Mail Skills; Word Processing Skills and Web Skills. Each module is self-paced and includes review questions so you can check how much you have learned. Free Domain Registration GoDaddy Use GoDaddy for buying domain names. Get the best domain name prices and impeccable service. Be prepared to buy as soon as you have searched the availability of a name, to insure that you get what you want. Use their domain registration only, you will want to keep your other accounts separate. Get your hosting at http://newbiegator.com aff Freelance Elance Where your computer needs are met whether you are looking for work or need to hire some one to do a job.
Guru Find freelancers, get free quotes, and get your project done. Hosting Hostgator You will love Hostgator for their quick smart service and step by step tutorials. They have everything Newbie and Novice a like will be needing. Very Mac friendly. aff
Icons Smashing Magazine Snap To Objects Mail Gmail Thunderbird Mozilla’s Thunderbird 2 email application is more powerful than ever. It’s now even easier to organize, secure and customize your mail. Keyword Search Traffic Travis keyword tool for PC’s is free. You will find it more than enough to do 99% of all your searches. There is a reasonably priced up grade if you find you need more. aff
Niche Profit Classroom has the best method of using Keywords for finding niches. This works! Check out. aff
Office/Publishing NeoOffice – Mac Since 2003, NeoOffice has been the leading open source office software created and supported by Mac users specifically for Mac OS X and is used by over half a million people worldwide. OpenOffice – PC Photo Editors Picnik This easy is an easy to use photo site. Grab pictures form other sources and get them ready to post on your site. The free version should be all you need for putting pictures on you site, ebooks and reports. There is an upgrade. Photos – Free or Cheap – Follow Copyright Dreamstime This site is easy to use with lots of fun photos you can purchase.
iStockphoto This site is reasonably priced and easy to use. My favorite for finding pictures for my site, ebooks and reports. Photos -Creative Commons – Follow Copyright Flickr Photographer Katie Benson Photo Storage Photobucket Smugmug flickr - perfect for photo storage and sharing photos. I like this one because it is also a great social media source. RSS Feed Feedburner Screencapture – Screencasting Skitch.com is my favorite screen capture tool. I use it everyday. It is so easy. I like the fact that I can take pictures of anything on my screen and save it in a format that can be uploaded to my blog. I also like that I can change the size of anything I have captured so that it fits where I want it to. I take pictures of reciepts, webinars and save them for future use. It is free and has storage space for you screencasts. Jingproject.com – Jing will do both screen captures and screen casting. It is a free program with a cheep upgrade that I highly recommend. This is an easy program that takes moving pictures of your screen and uploads them where ever you want. So simple. Video Hosting Vimeo This is an easy account to set up and I like the way the video looks on my site.
YouTube The famous YouTube. Easy to upload and download videos. Now owned by google.
Viddler Brand yourself with viddler. Easy to use. You can even do you sound and text editing right there. blip.tv For the serious vlogger and video maker. Truely a creative commons video sharing. WordPressHelp WordPress tv. WordPress Plugins Akismit All in One SEO Google XML Sitemap Socialble Yet another related post plugin Tweet This WordPress Setup Expert WordPress - Get a full functioning completely packed WordPress Installment. This is a complete package with simple videos and super-duper support. This is my number 1 recommendation for any one wanting to set up their first WordPress blog or anyone wanting to set up niche sites. aff
Karen Blundell Karen one of the best. She has been working with word press almost from conception. She fast, honest and knowledgable. WordPress Themes WordPress.org – When you are choosing a free WordPress Theme this is the safest source. All themes have been reviewed to insure they do not have bugs or items in the back end you do not want. Thesis Theme - This is the theme I use. I started with this theme and I am so glad I did. Now that I know about SEO, there is no doubt this is the most SEO friendly theme I have seen. I get great support and a forum that is run by Thesis experts. aff
Analytics – keep track of your statistics.
Google Analytics You can keep track of how many people view your site, and how long they stay. Affiliate Progams Clickbank ClickBank is the online retail outlet for 10,000 digital product publishers and their 100,000 active affiliates. CBengine Use this clickbank search engine to find products you want to promote. Sign up for the 15 day trial, you will find Clickbank products that are just right for you. aff
Auto Responder – email marketing
AWeber Creates Lasting Customer Relationships For You With Email Newsletters, Autoresponders, RSS to Email and Other Email Marketing Tools. Easy to use layout and tutorials add to the great customer service. AWeber has been rated #1 in getting your emails delivered. Some of the biggest names in Internet marketing are using AWeber, because they deliver. aff
Backup Mozy 2GB totally free. Be prepared! you never know when you computer will go down and you loose all of your hard work. GET BACK UP. You do not need to lift a finger once you have set your back up plan in place. Every night your back up will take place and be safe and secure, just in case….which happens. My sister learned the hard way, now she uses Mozy. aff
Blog Format WordPress WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. More simply, WordPress is what you use when you want to work with your blogging software, not fight it. Browser FireFox Firefox has security, speed and new features that will change the way you use the Web. Don’t settle for anything less. Take the tour, you’ll get rid of the browser you are now using. Computer (Learn How to) UMUCVery comprhensive learning. Free
Basic Online Skills Computer Skills; E-Mail Skills; Word Processing Skills and Web Skills. Each module is self-paced and includes review questions so you can check how much you have learned. Free Domain Registration GoDaddy Use GoDaddy for buying domain names. Get the best domain name prices and impeccable service. Be prepared to buy as soon as you have searched the availability of a name, to insure that you get what you want. Use their domain registration only, you will want to keep your other accounts separate. Get your hosting at http://newbiegator.com aff Freelance Elance Where your computer needs are met whether you are looking for work or need to hire some one to do a job.
Guru Find freelancers, get free quotes, and get your project done. Hosting Hostgator You will love Hostgator for their quick smart service and step by step tutorials. They have everything Newbie and Novice a like will be needing. Very Mac friendly. aff
Icons Smashing Magazine Snap To Objects Mail Gmail Thunderbird Mozilla’s Thunderbird 2 email application is more powerful than ever. It’s now even easier to organize, secure and customize your mail. Keyword Search Traffic Travis keyword tool for PC’s is free. You will find it more than enough to do 99% of all your searches. There is a reasonably priced up grade if you find you need more. aff
Niche Profit Classroom has the best method of using Keywords for finding niches. This works! Check out. aff
Office/Publishing NeoOffice – Mac Since 2003, NeoOffice has been the leading open source office software created and supported by Mac users specifically for Mac OS X and is used by over half a million people worldwide. OpenOffice – PC Photo Editors Picnik This easy is an easy to use photo site. Grab pictures form other sources and get them ready to post on your site. The free version should be all you need for putting pictures on you site, ebooks and reports. There is an upgrade. Photos – Free or Cheap – Follow Copyright Dreamstime This site is easy to use with lots of fun photos you can purchase.
iStockphoto This site is reasonably priced and easy to use. My favorite for finding pictures for my site, ebooks and reports. Photos -Creative Commons – Follow Copyright Flickr Photographer Katie Benson Photo Storage Photobucket Smugmug flickr - perfect for photo storage and sharing photos. I like this one because it is also a great social media source. RSS Feed Feedburner Screencapture – Screencasting Skitch.com is my favorite screen capture tool. I use it everyday. It is so easy. I like the fact that I can take pictures of anything on my screen and save it in a format that can be uploaded to my blog. I also like that I can change the size of anything I have captured so that it fits where I want it to. I take pictures of reciepts, webinars and save them for future use. It is free and has storage space for you screencasts. Jingproject.com – Jing will do both screen captures and screen casting. It is a free program with a cheep upgrade that I highly recommend. This is an easy program that takes moving pictures of your screen and uploads them where ever you want. So simple. Video Hosting Vimeo This is an easy account to set up and I like the way the video looks on my site.
YouTube The famous YouTube. Easy to upload and download videos. Now owned by google.
Viddler Brand yourself with viddler. Easy to use. You can even do you sound and text editing right there. blip.tv For the serious vlogger and video maker. Truely a creative commons video sharing. WordPressHelp WordPress tv. WordPress Plugins Akismit All in One SEO Google XML Sitemap Socialble Yet another related post plugin Tweet This WordPress Setup Expert WordPress - Get a full functioning completely packed WordPress Installment. This is a complete package with simple videos and super-duper support. This is my number 1 recommendation for any one wanting to set up their first WordPress blog or anyone wanting to set up niche sites. aff
Karen Blundell Karen one of the best. She has been working with word press almost from conception. She fast, honest and knowledgable. WordPress Themes WordPress.org – When you are choosing a free WordPress Theme this is the safest source. All themes have been reviewed to insure they do not have bugs or items in the back end you do not want. Thesis Theme - This is the theme I use. I started with this theme and I am so glad I did. Now that I know about SEO, there is no doubt this is the most SEO friendly theme I have seen. I get great support and a forum that is run by Thesis experts. aff
