1.BEST TOOLS For InternetEntrepreneurs And Online Marketers By Mohamed AnanInternet Entrepreneurwww.valuestartup.com

2. I thought it would be helpful to create resourcespage for you that you can always refer to for youronline business needs. I have used each and everyone of the toolsmentioned below. They made a positivecontribution and proved worthy. Many of them arefree and the premium ones delivered high ROI forthe financial investment they required.Disclosure: Please note that some of the links below are affiliate links and at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you decided to purchase the product or the service. Please consider that these resources are really helpful but they are not essential for your online success. So kindly only purchase if you needed them to 3. Blogging WordPress : The very best in the business. Very easyto set up and operate. Thousands of free plugins thatcan take your website to levels you cant imagine,your website could do almost anything with theseplugins and you dont even have to know a single lineof code. Its all automated for your convenience.WordPress has Many beautiful free and premiumthemes and a dedicated support. And the Best part is-Its FREE. And works on almost any web hostingservice imaginable. Almost all of my websites runs onWordPress. Joomla : The second best -in my opinion- I mentionedearlier that almost all of my websites runs onwordpress. The web hosting company that I co-founded is powered by Joomla blogging platform. Andits doing an awesome job. Even when I switched towordpress I didnt find it necessary to immigrate mywebsite from Joomla to WordPress platform. Its reallya matter of prefrences here. Some people favourWordPress and the others favours Joomla. Do your 4. Genesis Framework : My business grew as well as my concernsfor my website security. I was a victim of a hacking attempt thatdemolished years of hard work in a blink of an eye. That was aterrifying experience. I was sleepless at night until I triedGenesis. This one changed my life. Truly its the best product Iveever used. Simply its a WordPress framework consists of twoparts The Genesis Framework and the child theme TheFramework contains all the technical and security stuff and thechild theme is the beautiful skin. Genesis code is a state of theart regarding security and SEO support, the framework islightening fast and this directly enhanced my SEO as Googleclearly loves clean code and fast websites. With Genesis you getturn-key beautiful designs, I was impressed and spent hoursbrowsing and comparing between the designs. They all lookedunbelievable and I happily purchased the full theme package andI use it on all of my websites. and I truly recommend Genesisframework for your peace of mind. Ah you pay once and you getlife time support and updates too. So you would never have toworry about your website safety ever again. Creat A Blog That Matters : This is by far the best course toteach you how to start a blog from scratch to build a profitableonline business, to start a movement or to land your dream job. Itteaches how to build killer content and how to connect with yourreaders to build genuine relationships. This course is designedby Corbett Barr who is one of the most successfulonline entrepreneurs today. 5. BlueHost : Before co-founding my web hosting company Bluehost was my number one choice. Its easy to use and it provides one click installation for popular scripts -eg. wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, etc. Its a very good choice for anyone starting his online business journey. Its a shared hosting service means it has its limits and you should upgrade once you reach a certain traffic load. (Ps. The link leads to a special discount rate). Ps: Please go to my new websitewww.valuestartup.com. Sign up for the newsletter andyou will get 50% discount on your yearly hosting planfrom my web hosting company. No upsells. No spammessages and if for any reason you were no satisfiedby our services. We offer you two months money backguarantee no questions asked. Prices are as low as 24 USD per year plus a freedomain. Plus a startup guide that would teach youeverything you need to know about SEO, onlinemarketing and how to build a profitable online 6. Shopping Carts E-Junkie : If you are selling a downloadable product Eg. Ebook, Audio, video, Software, etc. This should be your number one choice. Its a very simple and powerful shopping cart. Easily integrated with Paypal. Google checkout, Clickbank and other top of the link payment processors. E-Junkie also provide product delivery so once your customer pays you, E- Junkie automatically send him an email with a link of the product. Your product would be stored in your server or better in E-Junkie servers with its advanced security measures. Ah one last thing E- Junkie provides a service called Stamping means if you are selling PDF files E-Junkie automatically stamp the customers Email and Name on top of every page. This is done to stop Ebook distribution and piracy. Not perfect but 7. Payment Processors ClickBank : Obviously the biggest and the mostpopular payment processor available today.ClickBank also offers a huge affiliate network soothers can promote your products. Its NOT thateasy. Dont imagine that once you publish aproduct thousands of affiliates would rush topromote it. There are some strategies and I willshare them with you here. ShareASale : Not exactly a payment processorbut its the most user friendly affiliate networkavailable. Thousands of products to choose fromand very easy set up process. Their customersupport is top notch and their tracking system issimply spectacular. I highly recommend them. 8. Keyword Research Tools Google Adwords Tool : Nothing fancy here. Itsthe bread and butter of all keyword searches.Always start here. Wordtraker : One of the very best in the business.They have a free service and a premium one.Their free service is top notch and gives GoogleAdwords Tool a run for the money. Their paidpremium is simply fantastic! Many options, infoand measures. I suggest you try Google tool firstthen when you feel you have started getting thehang of it and needs a more advanced tool. Thisis your number one choice. 9. Email Marketing Aweber : Simply the best. I dont think it needsany introduction. Fast delivery. Accurate reportingregarding the open rates by integrating withGoogle Analytics. Complete automation andSeriously, I mean SERIOUSLY the BESTcustomer support Ive EVER seen. They wouldreply to your questions and inquiries withinminutes, they offer 24/7 support and they areunrealistically friendly. MailChimp : A very respectable service used bymany professionals. Best for anyone just startingout. And they have a FREE plan for people under2000 subscribers and under 12000 email monthly.Not bad for a starters. Not bad 10. Google Analytics : Yeah Google again, I cantbelieve how these people are building a greatproduct after the other. Anyway this is the MAN.Sign up. Insert a tracking code and you are goodto go. Clicky : REAL TIME Web Analytics! Unbelievableyou can see and track people who are on yourwebsite right now -Kind of stalking, JK- This toolis one of a kind. You track your website visitors tolearn which pages perform better than the otherso you can improve. Highly recommended. MajesticSEO : The world most completeBacklinks database! Check your backlinks oryour computations backlinks. MajesticSEOgenerate very comprehensive reports. They havea free plan and a paid plan. The free planis unbelievably good. Upgrade only if you seekmore features and more in depth reports for your 11. Outsourcing Odesk : Best place to find professionals inprogramming, web development and IT services ingeneral to deploy advanced features for you or designa specific theme you have in mind. Elance : Same as Odesk and also you can findfreelancers to create content for you and to optimizeyour website and about every other thing imaginable. Virtual Staff Finder : When your business grow to acertain point and you are operating a handful ofwebsites you would seek a virtual assistant to helpyou out. Anyone ever tried searching for a VA -likeme- knows how unbelievably hard it is to find goodVAs. This is where Virtual Staff Finder takes over, withtheir headquarters in Philippine they ensure to bringyou a decent talent with very affordable prices. Soyou can delegate a portion of your work and work onmore important tasks to better leverage your time. 12. Software Camtasia : The best screen recording software inthe business. Its a premium software. But worthevery penny. Camstudio : Screen recording software and itsfree. 13. Hope that you enjoyed this article, Next articlewould be a shorter one -hopefully- and it wouldbe about How to create a valuable products andservice that people would buy Please leave a comment and share. Lets reachas many people as possible Cheers Mohamed Anan www.valuestartup.com Facebook page LinkedIn Profile LinkedIn Group Twitter