There are many, many internet marketing tools available online these days. Almost too many. Within any 'list' of tools you are sure to miss some actual gems out there that would be a must for your particular business. Your choice of tool will depend on your business model, your desired outcomes and your skill in putting it into action.The list of 10 great internet marketing tools below is a list of 5 free online tools and 5 paid online tools. These are the internet marketing tools I have used most often in the last two years of business in internet marketing. I hope they are useful for you.
1) ROBOFORM
If you have not had it yet then it is coming your way "password rage"! If you are in any way serious about internet marketing you soon come to realize that you are going to get an incredible number of passwords and usernames. Iíd be absolutely certain that the majority of the people reading this would have wasted hours searching for the lost password. Or, like me, spent hours creating spreadsheets that take just as long to trawl through. Well, RoboForm is what you need. Now, I could not live without it.
If you have not had it yet then it is coming your way "password rage"! If you are in any way serious about internet marketing you soon come to realize that you are going to get an incredible number of passwords and usernames. Iíd be absolutely certain that the majority of the people reading this would have wasted hours searching for the lost password. Or, like me, spent hours creating spreadsheets that take just as long to trawl through. Well, RoboForm is what you need. Now, I could not live without it.
RoboForm will remember your password and login details and even fill out forms for you as you visit sites. Save yourself time and use this free tool. On a Mac I use Password1 - again an excellent tool.
2) STUMBLEUPON TOOLBAR
The Stumbleupon Toolbar is a really easy way to generate traffic to your site by doing very little. Simply add the toolbar to your browser and each time to find a useful site you like the look of give it the 'thumbs up'. It could not be easier. Try to build a network of friends using this as this will bring even more traffic over time.
The Stumbleupon Toolbar is a really easy way to generate traffic to your site by doing very little. Simply add the toolbar to your browser and each time to find a useful site you like the look of give it the 'thumbs up'. It could not be easier. Try to build a network of friends using this as this will bring even more traffic over time.
Not all social networking traffic is of the best quality ñ but, traffic is traffic in my book and this is too easy. It's best to use you own name in Stumbleupon, rather than a pen name. e to drive traffic then make it Stumbleupon.
3) ONLYWIRE BOOKMARKLET
Social bookmarking is a great way to get your site noticed across multiple social networks. If you try to do one at a time then you'd be spending hours and hours doing tedious work. This is where Onlywire comes in. It will save you this time as you can submit to multiple social bookmarks with one click of a button. If you want to increase your traffic a 'no brainer' way of doing so is by downloading the Onlywire button to your web browser. Setup takes a little bit of time but it's not hard and well worth it.
Social bookmarking is a great way to get your site noticed across multiple social networks. If you try to do one at a time then you'd be spending hours and hours doing tedious work. This is where Onlywire comes in. It will save you this time as you can submit to multiple social bookmarks with one click of a button. If you want to increase your traffic a 'no brainer' way of doing so is by downloading the Onlywire button to your web browser. Setup takes a little bit of time but it's not hard and well worth it.
4) SMART FTP
You will need to upload files to your website so you will need to use an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program. There are a number of good ones out there and, to be honest, there is not much to chose between them. I've used a few different types, including FileZilla and Cyberduck, but have recently been using Smart FTP.
You will need to upload files to your website so you will need to use an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program. There are a number of good ones out there and, to be honest, there is not much to chose between them. I've used a few different types, including FileZilla and Cyberduck, but have recently been using Smart FTP.
5) GOOGLE ANALYTICS
This is one of those 'must have' tools for anyone remotely serious about their online business. For a free tool it's incredibly valuable. It is quite a complex tool, yet easy to use, that will give you detailed reports about your site visitors and your sites overall performance. This enables you to adjust your marketing and your site on the basis of evidence produced by Google Analytics.
This is one of those 'must have' tools for anyone remotely serious about their online business. For a free tool it's incredibly valuable. It is quite a complex tool, yet easy to use, that will give you detailed reports about your site visitors and your sites overall performance. This enables you to adjust your marketing and your site on the basis of evidence produced by Google Analytics.
6) VIRALPDF
This is one of those more advanced tools but one to keep in the back of your mind for when you produce your own ebook. Viral marketing is a marketing process that motivates people to pass along your marketing message to as many other people as possible. A viral PDF is an ebook that retains all your embedded affiliate links yet allows the user to re-brand in their own name. So you still get paid for when other people promote your ebook in their name.Thereís some excellent (and a bit weird) videos explaining this on the website so I'll leave you to investigate. Itís a very powerful marketing strategy and one you should, one day, get into. The current cost of ViralPDF is $97.00.
This is one of those more advanced tools but one to keep in the back of your mind for when you produce your own ebook. Viral marketing is a marketing process that motivates people to pass along your marketing message to as many other people as possible. A viral PDF is an ebook that retains all your embedded affiliate links yet allows the user to re-brand in their own name. So you still get paid for when other people promote your ebook in their name.Thereís some excellent (and a bit weird) videos explaining this on the website so I'll leave you to investigate. Itís a very powerful marketing strategy and one you should, one day, get into. The current cost of ViralPDF is $97.00.
7) AUTORESPONDER: AWEBER
This in another of those 'must have' tools. A lot of internet marketers use Aweber as their autoresponder. There are others, arguably equally as good, such as ProSender, iContact and GetResponse. Aweber offers everything you will need and their training videos and updates are excellent. Iíve used iContact and GetResponse in the past but found Aweber the easiest to use. Aweber lets you do all the essentials easily, such as sending email newsletters, publishing a signup form to your website, creating unlimited autoresponders, managing email campaigns and creating templates. More advanced features include sending blog newsletters (RSS to email), providing web analytics and integration of shopping carts. The monthly cost is comparable to anyone else, around $24US. Again, you really should not think about getting a free autoresponder service, you pay for what you get and the lifeblood of your business is in your list so you need a professional and reliable service.
This in another of those 'must have' tools. A lot of internet marketers use Aweber as their autoresponder. There are others, arguably equally as good, such as ProSender, iContact and GetResponse. Aweber offers everything you will need and their training videos and updates are excellent. Iíve used iContact and GetResponse in the past but found Aweber the easiest to use. Aweber lets you do all the essentials easily, such as sending email newsletters, publishing a signup form to your website, creating unlimited autoresponders, managing email campaigns and creating templates. More advanced features include sending blog newsletters (RSS to email), providing web analytics and integration of shopping carts. The monthly cost is comparable to anyone else, around $24US. Again, you really should not think about getting a free autoresponder service, you pay for what you get and the lifeblood of your business is in your list so you need a professional and reliable service.
8) VIDEO MARKETING: TRAFFICGEYSER
This looks like an amazing product. I have not tried it yet I have to say but the concept of it looks terrific. We all know that video marketing is very powerful and that it is only going to grow rapidly in the years ahead. So is social networking with websites like MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and the rest boasting millions of customers. TrafficGeyser helps you to submit your video to all the social networking sites around the world in only a few seconds. If you did this yourself it would drive you crazy and take a very long time. I certainly intend to check this out soon and so should you but be aware that this is not cheap ($497.00US) but the potential of it is enormous.
This looks like an amazing product. I have not tried it yet I have to say but the concept of it looks terrific. We all know that video marketing is very powerful and that it is only going to grow rapidly in the years ahead. So is social networking with websites like MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and the rest boasting millions of customers. TrafficGeyser helps you to submit your video to all the social networking sites around the world in only a few seconds. If you did this yourself it would drive you crazy and take a very long time. I certainly intend to check this out soon and so should you but be aware that this is not cheap ($497.00US) but the potential of it is enormous.
9) SAMURAI STEALTH CLOAKER
Not enough is written in my opinion about the necessity to have a good link cloaker. This tool will hide your affiliate links, protecting you from theft, and give you a much more professional look to your links. I have used tools such as Redirect Magic and PowerLink Generator in the past, they are good but they require tinkering with databases. For ease of set up and for the power that it gives you I prefer Samurai Stealth Cloaker. You can redirect, mask or 'stealth' cloak your links, meaning you can take control of the whole buying experience and direct customers to your own pages or straight to payment areas. It's a simple plugin so is easy to set up and you can track clicks and change settings quickly.
Not enough is written in my opinion about the necessity to have a good link cloaker. This tool will hide your affiliate links, protecting you from theft, and give you a much more professional look to your links. I have used tools such as Redirect Magic and PowerLink Generator in the past, they are good but they require tinkering with databases. For ease of set up and for the power that it gives you I prefer Samurai Stealth Cloaker. You can redirect, mask or 'stealth' cloak your links, meaning you can take control of the whole buying experience and direct customers to your own pages or straight to payment areas. It's a simple plugin so is easy to set up and you can track clicks and change settings quickly.
10) MARKET SAMURAI
How good is this product! This little review is hardly likely to do justice to this invaluable market research tool. I have been using this tool in a number of ways in the past year and it has given me insights into my markets, my competitors markets and what exact keywords I should be focusing on, particularly when building a site for the first time. I'd suggest you take a trial first and follow some of the training tools provided to get an idea of what it is capable of. I feel I have scratched the service in terms of keyword analysis, niche market identification, SEO traffic and competition analysis and finding rival content. It also allows analysis of AdWords campaigns, rival page rank data and there's a nice video showing you how to analyse your own site on the blog. Check it out, well worth the $149.00 full cost but go for the trial first.
How good is this product! This little review is hardly likely to do justice to this invaluable market research tool. I have been using this tool in a number of ways in the past year and it has given me insights into my markets, my competitors markets and what exact keywords I should be focusing on, particularly when building a site for the first time. I'd suggest you take a trial first and follow some of the training tools provided to get an idea of what it is capable of. I feel I have scratched the service in terms of keyword analysis, niche market identification, SEO traffic and competition analysis and finding rival content. It also allows analysis of AdWords campaigns, rival page rank data and there's a nice video showing you how to analyse your own site on the blog. Check it out, well worth the $149.00 full cost but go for the trial first.
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