Below are 57 Resources that are valuable to every Internet marketer. I have gleaned these gems right out of my Internet Explorer bookmark file to show you a few of the sites which are valuable to my Internet business.
Discussion Boards
Discussion boards are one of the best resources for doing online research, finding joint venture partners, and driving additional traffic to your site. Here are a few of the best Internet marketing boards available:
The Entrepreneurial Success Forum
http://www.ablake.net/forum
Cybermarketing InfoBoard
http://www.bizweb2000.com/wwwboard/
Profitalk
http://www.profitalk.com/talk/talk.cgi
Product Developers Discussion
http://www.profitlines.com/ipub/index.html
Free Publicity and Promotion
http://www.free-publicity.com/cgi-bin/talk.cgi
Web Marketing and E-Commerce Forums
http://www.wilsonweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/Ultimate.cgi
Biz-Gold Discussion Board
http://profitinfo.com/discuss/marketing/
High Traffic Forums
http://www.gethighforums.com/bin/Ultimate.cgi
INC Magazine
http://www.inc.com/discussions
The Profits With Information
http://klausdahl.com/forum/
General Business Discussion
http://www.the-illuminati.com/board/index.cgi
ExpertOnEbiz
http://expertonebiz.com/bbs/
Networking Online
Many of you will also need to participate in discussions involving other subjects. Below are the three search tools for forums, newsgroups, and mailing lists.
http://www.forumone.com
http://www.liszt.com
http://www.dejanews.com
Credit Card Processing Without a Merchant Account
Having your own merchant account is a very valuable commodity to have in your Internet business, but in some cases you will want to use a third party processor to give you better real-time processing, a secondary processor for online orders, or for those just starting out that don’t want to commit to the long term fees of a merchant account.
Here are a few of the popular credit card processors:
http://www.ibill.com
http://www.digibuy.com/
http://www.clickbank.com
http://www.ccslide.com
http://www.ccnow.com/
http://www.ifulfill.com
CGI Script Resources
One of the key ways of creating interactivity to your web site is through the use of CGI scripts. Here are five of the best resource sites for CGI programming, CGI searches, and CGI tools:
CGI Resources
http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/
Free Code
http://www.freecode.com/
Big Nose Bird (over 300 pages of tutorials)
http://www.bignosebird.com/
Script Search
http://www.scriptsearch.com/
SuperScripts Membership (Lifetime Membership is $250)
http://www.superscripts.com/scripts/index.html
Free Articles For Your Web Site
Content is king in web site development and here are several web sites that offer you free articles and content that you can use on your site:
Content for your site
http://www.isyndicate.com/
Dr Nunley
http://www.drnunley.com/MARKET.htm
Michel Fortin
http://www.success-doctor.com/archive.htm
Jim Daniels
http://www.bizweb2000.com/articles.htm
Terry Dean
http://www.bizpromo.com/free
Pay-Per-Click Search Engines
How would you like to receive 10,000 visitors for $100? It is possible…and anyone can afford this type of advertising. These search engines all use a form of pay-per-click advertising where you place a bid and pay a certain amount for each visitor to your site (from one cent to five dollars or more):
http://www.goto.com
http://www.sprinks.com
http://www.rocketlinks.com
http://www.findwhat.com
http://www.kanoodle.com
http://www.simplesearch.com
http://www.searchhound.com
Banner Advertising
If you want to try advertising your web site using banners, then here are four of the best resources for running large or small banner ad campaigns:
Pennyweb
http://www.pennyweb.com/
Flycast
http://www.flycast.com/
Ad Auction
http://www.auction.com
The Ad Store
http://store.linkexchange.com/
Affiliate Program Information
Many individuals are looking for affiliate programs they can add to their ‘content’ site to increase the revenue. The below web sites will help you pick up affiliate programs for your audience:
CashPile
http://www.cashpile.com/
Make Money Now
http://www.makemoneynow.com/
Associate Programs
http://www.associateprograms.com/
Hundreds of Potential Programs From Linkshare:
http://www.linkshare.com/
Other Important Links
Here are 11 more links that don’t fit in any specific category, but I have found them very valuable in one way or another.
Direct Marketing News: This site covers dozens of stories of interest to small business owners every day:
http://www.dmnews.com/
Small Business Administration: Support, funding, and training are available from the Government to small Internet businesses and entrepreneurs:
http://www.sba.gov/
Human Click: Install the simple free code given to you, and you will be able to communicate in real-time with your web site visitors:http://www.humanclick.com
Wholesale Sources: Find potential products and product ideas from wholesale sources:
http://www.wholesalecentral.com/
ELetter: Combine direct mail advertising with your Internet business by having Eletter do all of the printing, stuffing, stamping, and mailing for you:
http://www.eletter.com
Great Domains: Buy and sell domain names with the largest selection on the Internet:
http://www.greatdomains.com/
GTA Technologies: Receive a Free Shopping Cart for Your Web Site:
http://www.gta-tech.com/
CNET Downloads: This is one of the Internet’s largest collections of downloadable software. Find out what is hot and download software you need for your business:
http://www.download.com
CNET Web Services: Pick a new ISP. Find a popular Web Host. Design a killer web site. All of these tutorials and tools are available from CNET Web Services:
http://www.webhostlist.com/
Web Site Garage: Tune up your web site, shrink your images, and track your traffic at the Garage:
http://www.websitegarage.com
Listbot: Start up your own ezine or email newsletter for free using Listbot’s basic free listservers:
http://www.listbot.com
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