HEY FOLKS, I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCHES HERE AND THERE AND GUESS WHAT I'VE FOUND, 10 TOOLS WHICH YOU WILL NEED ONLINE THIS YEAR 2008,FEEL FREE TO PRINT THEM AND GIVE OUT TO YOUR FRIENDS.
1. Need Free Web Hosting?
Try http://www.50webs.com/ -- I have used this at least twice and they're
very reliable. There are tons of other free hosts; this is the one I
recommend. They don't put any ads on your site and many of your customers
won't know (or care) that you don't have a site yet... contrary to what you
might think.
2. Product research? Again very easy... You can research in a forum like
www.warriorforum.com/forum. People do it everyday. In fact someone asked a
question the other day about a product I was considering creating
myself... the feedback she got could easily have been targeted at me...
very useful info is shared here. You can ask questions and are almost sure
to get good advice. Or you can look through past posts and create a
product out of something you find in there.
You can do this with most forums too (but this forum is a sure fire option
for you).
If you need to research online via the engines and need an easy one stop
research tool, again, you don't have to be stuck with just Google or
Yahoo. A fellow warrior sells a solid piece of research software over at
http://www.searchautomator.com/ - You can get a 14 day free trial of it at
http://www.download.com/ - just type in "search automator" without the
quotes. When you have some cash, you can go over and grab the full version.
Again the usual portals for research are free... http://www.overture.com/
etc. Loads of choice when it comes to free research tools... those are just
a few of the best
. http://www.inspiredhost.com//keysearch/research.php
3. Need an HTML editor? Loads of these are free... I use Netscape if you know your HTML, you can use a reliable editor like Araneae over at
http://www.ornj.net/araneae/ -- it's 100% free... Again there are loads of
options you can choose from, these are a couple of the ones I personally
use.
4. Need a powerful text editor? There's a solid one I use, it's 100% free
and called Notetab Light... I use this in place of the windows notepad as
the former comes with some very useful tools that allow you to get more
editing done faster for example...
Read the block of text below...
"If I wanted to turn this whole block of text into all caps after typing
all I have to do is hit a couple of buttons and like magic it's done..."
Observe...
"IF I WANTED TO TURN THIS WHOLE BLOCK OF TEXT INTO ALL CAPS AFTER TYPING
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS HIT A COUPLE OF BUTTONS AND LIKE MAGIC IT'S DONE..."
Pretty cool huh? That took me about 2 seconds... you can get the software
at: http://fookes.com/notetab/index.php
5.Need a mailing list processor? Sign up for a free one at
http://www.ezezine.com/ - and you don't have to bother with php script
installation or anything. It's free up to the first 1,000 subscribers you get, then when you have some cash, you can move over to the more powerful
list processors like http://www.aweber.com/ and http://www.emailaces.com/
6.Need product creation tools? Let's see...
* You have MS word already on your PC (if you're not a Mac user;-)
* PDF creator software:
a. Free PDF creators are a dime a dozen, but the best one in my book is
Primo PDF at http://www.primopdf.com/ - It's 100% free and very easy to
use.
b. Adobe PDF creator + free reader = If you want to go Pro before you have
money, you can download Adobe free for 30 days (the reader is always
free). Go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrob.../tryout.html
* Need to record screen capture for a product you're thinking of? I
suggest Camtasia studio, it's free for 30 days so you have enough time to
get accustomed to it and make some good screen capture products with it,
make some cash, buy the full version.
Get your free 30-day Camtasia at:
http://techsmith.com/download/camtasiatrial.aspNeed to record video? There are loads of options for this as well. You can use Camtasia or any of the other free trial video creation and editing
tools out there or you can just fire up Windows media maker already
installed on your PC if you have Windows XP. It's free and doesn't expire
and it works just as well as the other pay-to-use software if you have
basic video recording and editing needs. When you have cash, you can
choose to upgrade to the other software available for this, if you so
desire.
7.Site graphics like covers, headers, order buttons
I'd recommend a barter trade with someone who can create good site
graphics for you. There are good graphic designers here in the warrior
forum. If you're strapped for cash, you'll have to be creative and come up
with something to barter for their services.
And it would be worth it, a really good graphics designer can have images
up for you within minutes (saving you lots of time doing it yourself
especially if you're new or graphically challenged like little old me :-)
You can offer whatever you think is generous non-cash payment or squeeze a
little money together if the worst comes to the worst and you can't barter
anything for this.
If you'd rather do the graphics yourself, you can get a free copy of
Photoshop at: http://www.adobe.com/products/tryad...main.jsp#p39 - free
for 30 days. There's a learning curve as with most advanced software but
worth it to get your cool graphics.
8.Signature maker:
If you want to add those signature type images to your site, try
http://www.vletter.com/ -- I found the link to this myself right here in
the forum.
9.Membership site script
If you need to set up a membership site, you'll be hard pressed to find a
good free script that's easy to install and pretty much offers you a
hands-free, easy to use admin experience. I've recently installed the free
one at: http://www.locked-area.com/html
You can use it free for a lifetime. The only requirement from the
developers is that you leave an unobtrusive link back to them at the
bottom of your member site pages. If you'd rather remove the link and get
a few more features thrown in, you pay only $65 for that.
With both versions, your customers (prospects) sign up and get to choose
their own username and password which is all automatically entered into a
database and the script lets them into your site and even shows you usage
statistics like how often a member is checking in and using your products
etc. Very cool tool. It does not integrate into Paypal etc but that's not
necessary since you can collect payment and then redirect to the member
sign up page where your members can set up their membership quick and
easy.
10.Need to record audio?
No need to buy audio recording software. Just download Audacity:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ -- it's pretty (very easy for me) to use.
That's it partner, keep in touch with me on how to design websites and a few tricks you will need also.
yours
ogiji emmanuel
Thursday, February 7, 2008
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