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Where To Find Useful Information You Need To Succeed With Marketing Online 

Much of the help & information here is FREE, and most of the things that aren't free are still very affordable... because I understand how hard it is to get started online, especially if you are among those of us who are without Bill Gates' wallet, so I created this page to help you as much as I can.  I will continue to add more and more here as I find more valuable resources for you!

Click any of the helpful *red links* directly below to jump to any area you need more knowledge in or find helpful software or the free ebook items that you want to download from this page:

IBSS Manager's Most-Used Tutorial Areas :: Traffic Generation :: HTML Tutors :: Free Ebooks :: Webmaster Tools :: Newbie stuff :: More Helpful Resources :: Other Manager Tutorials :: Free Niche Products :: Free FTP Manual :: Free Keyword Tool ::  Resale Rights Packages - What Do I Do Next?  :: 

I will be adding to this site from time to time as I find more and more resources for you, but hopefully this will help you immensely getting started, by claiming some cool resources (many of them are FREE) that I've discovered over the years, getting traffic and working with your softshop in general.  If you don't have the passcodes saved for your manager's tutorial areas, write me at the support address or contact link at the top of this page and give me your name and softshop IP number to verify and I'll send you that info, since I can't post it here for security reasons.  It is in your welcome email if you saved that.  :-)  Donna




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We'll start with everyone's BIGGEST concern.... Getting Traffic!

*Getting TRAFFIC & Even Some FREE TRAFFIC:**

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      The graphic is funny on purpose... to get your attention, because this is a new Seth Godin genius creation - Squidoo will change the net forever for the better (and could get you some amazing free publicity by posting your own lenses
(info nuggets about your passions and things you can teach others how to do or learn about), get yourself lots of exposure and a really good chance to get yourself some free targeted traffic!)

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One of the *newest* items on the more free traffic scene is a growing new search engine that was over 18 months in development and has emerged triumphant.  The only search engine that pays YOU to search. Now that's a novel concept.   You search with your own search portal (mine is below so you can test one for yourself) PLUS:  you get your own top keyword position for your chosen keyword or keyphrase (oh, did I mention this is all for FREE?) and you also get $50 PPC as a gift for signing up!.  I chose to upgrade because there are so many more benefits, but what's nice is that you NEVER have to if you don't want to and they don't "nag" like so many free thingys do.  I think you will be very pleased when you sign up and see how many ways you can get more traffic to your sites, more free advertising, and very little effort... we all search every day, why not use your own portal and make even more money doing it?  Does MSN, Yahoo or Google pay you in 'PPC dollars' or any other way when you search?  Search Big Daddy really does!  Try my search portal (then go get yours!)   

Do a test search using a keyword from one of your websites (or any word you want to look up the results for and see how fast SBD searches over 8 billion webpages!)



Get your free SBD membership, get 50 PPC-like Advantage Points to get you started, and get a top keyword position today!  Click here to have it all for nada.  I'm so glad I did it, and you will be too.  The faster you join, the less chance a competitor will have HIS or HER website featured at the top of every search page using those keywords.  It might as well be you "up there on top" of the search results pages for those key phrases instead of someone else!  :-))

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Another way to get more attention and traffic (besides starting your own blog - you can see one of my blogs: Information Overload Here at blogspot.com) is to open a free 'Spaces' account at MSN.  My MSNSpaces Page is called xited neurons- reflecting the quality of my poor overworked brain most of the time...lol.  I have been sorely remiss in updating that one but it does give me links back to my sites and hopefully generates a few sales.  That's the main purpose besides providing your visitors with some information they may be seeking, is to generate more incoming links.

***********  Guess you already know that if you don't have any traffic, you don't get any sales... so you NEED to consider the many affordable (and free) ways to gain this traffic and build a responsive list in the process:

If you're ready to dramatically grow your opt-in lists and increase your own website traf'fic (without blowing your budget and without using 'gimmicky tricks' that get you in trouble with the search engines...) you really want to look at this:  http://recommendedbyme.com/listntraf/    

I joined it March 23 and wish I'd done it months ago... it's sooo under-priced I hope Jimmy doesn't wake up and realize that one morning and raise it to what it is really worth to you and me!  This man is an over-deliverer in the highest sense of the word.  I promise you won't be disappointed.  Certainly you couldn't be for only ten bucks a month to get about a hundred bucks worth of information every time you log in!!

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FREE TRAFFIC: 'Drive a 10 Lane Super-Highway of Monster Traffic to Your Site - New Patented Technology GUARANTEED to get that hit counter screaming, smoking, burning white hot!' (Well, maybe not that great [I didn't write that copy - they did]... but it is pretty slick for a freebie) http://www.toolbartraffic.com/hits/bizunlim

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MORE FREE TRAFFIC:  Just go post your softshop advert right on this little site of mine -> "AffordaSoft FREE Ad Board" and it's not like most, you don't have to divvy up your email and get a bunch more crap in your inbox... you just view any one ad, then post your site information in the box and "VOILA!" you have a free ad posted to about 1267 adboard sites instantly.  Oh, and you can get your own little adboard right there on that site for even further promotion (also FREE).  :-)  Don't you just love free advertising?

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Here's a great site where you can place and earn FREE Solo Ads  you don't ever need to pay for solo ads - you can earn them by reading other people's via email links and it works very well. Try it out for a couple of months & see what you think.  It doesn't take all that long to earn enough points by looking at other's ad sites (and you can do it when you want to, not sit there and have to scroll through site after site for hours on end like those rotators that make you wait a certain amount of time before you can click).  Once you earn some free credits (or you can buy them if you're in a hurry) then you can post your own Solo Ads and get more traffic for nada to your soft shop!

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This site is simply giving away free information on how to get traffic.  I read 'em all, just to pick up a new tip here and there.

Fr'ee ebook on how to get more traf'fic

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Writing Articles is a FANTASTIC way to get free traffic.  If you aren't doing it yet, you really, truly need to consider it.  We're not talking Ernest Hemingway here, just us ordinary folks talking about stuff we love and care about, and want to share.  It's just a matter of telling a story about something you are passionate about and uploading it (or creating it right there) to an article directory.  Mine will let you edit it right there on the site.  Go ahead... write something fabulous and share it with the world:  ArticlesNetwork.com (Join & submit to Donna's free article directory)

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ROTATORS - you don't ever have to pay for one... just use the free ones, it gets you "out there" for the search engines to pick up and the casual surfer to click on.  (I try everything, believe me!)

Great FREE Website Rotator:   http://bizunlim.com/go/l/freeerotator
Another FREE Website Rotator:  http://rotator4pro.com/?bizunlim
Yet Another FREE rotator:  http://rotator4pro.com/ro.php?id=259     (has nearly all my sites in it) You can get yourself one free right there, too, just like mine.


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Herculist - yet another free advertising medium:  

Just be sure you have a "throwaway" email address for the incoming mail, you don't want to use your regular inbox, trust me!  Free email can be had anywhere on the net, just type "Free Email Account" in Google (or you can visit my Adland Pro site here on the shop and get a free email account right there).  Then go over to Herculist and sign up for a free account - you get to mail once a week when you are a free member, and that's just one of many potential ways to get traffic to your site.

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Are you a John Reese (the Traffic Secrets KING) fan?  For a limited time ONLY - you can download a $95 Value Reese Report AND companion CD in mp3 format for FREE (IF you go there and the link is no longer there, it means you missed out on his amazing gift... and I really am sorry for that, but he is a man of his word and when he says "limited" he means it!)  If it's no longer available, please contact me to remove this particular paragraph from this page... I want it to have all working links always.  Thanks.

Most of us can't just shell out almost a thousand dollars for John's amazing Traffic Secrets package=> http://www.trafficsecrets.com/ even though it's worth a lot more and well worth looking at...

...but I found a Traffic AND List-Building Intensive Training membership site that only costs 1/100th of that TS package... yep, only ten bucks a month and overloaded with value from Jimmy Brown... one of the TOP marketers online and a real wonderful guy (I met him and John Reese at Armand's Big Seminar in 2003 - what a privilege that was to meet some of the true greats of the marketing world!).

If you're ready to dramatically grow your opt-in lists and website traf'fic without blowing your budget and without 'gimmicky tricks'... http://recommendedbyme.com/listntraf/     or see his inspiring video below:

Free 12 minute, 28 second video from Jimmy D. Brown reveals
"How To Get Everything You Want In Your Busines and Life in 2006"
http://recommendedbyme.com/listntraf/specialvid/

What a wonderful video... even if you don't join, go watch it!  It's so inspiring and uplifting... gives us hope that all of us can really succeed.

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If you know absolutely NOTHING (or just not enough) about HTML - go here to learn:

Here's some free resources to learn webmastering skills:
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/article.php/3478141
or here:  http://www.pagetutor.com/  

And this great 'find' from an amazing guy!  This tutorial is a "hands on" tutorial... you get to test your new HTML skills immediately after you learn the code, chapter by chapter ... all within your web browser! There is no need to go fiddle with other applications while you are learning HTML code with this tutorial.  http://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/
Truly Outstanding & Very Newbie Friendly!

More Free HTML TUTORIALS:  http://www.boogiejack.com/html_tutorials.html
OR:  http://htmldog.com


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learn HTML the easy way for free

Free HTML Training Ebook - Learn *all* the basics of HTML in a very helpful ebook from Eric's Tips (I highly recommend joining Eric's outstanding newsletter because he gives you awesome tips on getting more traffic, SEO, online marketing and all things related without the hype, BS and endless 'arm-twisters' that you get from the big guns online)  How many people give you honest free information without barraging you with offers?  Eric Holmlund is one of the rare few.  Learn more about Eric's Tips here - I almost bet you'll join, just as I did.

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Free HTML Editors:

(I created this graphic because NVU didn't have one... I really enjoy my artistic side. :-)


http://nvu.com  NVU (A.K.A. New-View) is my absolute favorite WYSIWYG Editor - and *much* easier to learn than Front Page as well as not injecting all kinds of strange code into your html and making it not as friendly)  I even wrote a Squidoo Lens about it, I enjoy using it so much!  It's the MAIN Editor I use to customize my shop pages and create all of my other websites as well.  NVU is just plain cool.  There are many, many links to tutorials and a helpful forum at their site so you can best learn how to use it too.

http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ehtmle.htm Another free HTML Editor you might like to try out.

I am just so enamored with NVU, it's all I use (besides notetab to add pay buttons to the softshop because the WYSIWYG editors *all* 'mess up' Joe's paypal codes and so you have to re-do them after you edit your pages with products on them... just be aware of that one detail.)  Here's what I do to compensate for it is to view the page source in NotePad, and look for "orderbutton" and save it in a text file so when I edit in my WYSIWYG Editor (NVU) so I can see what I'm doing, then I close it and reopen it in NoteTab (or NotePad) and copy and paste the order code back in so it works and then FTP it to my shop.

It's weird, because these editors don't wreck the regular paypal codes, but Joe's is a complicated script and for some reason, the editors change his code the moment you open the page with an orderbutton in your WYSIWYG Editor.

HTML HELP - This page link I've included is specifically for the colors problems and other mark up stuff in html.. W3C is a lifesaver!  (They have a full set of tutorials as well, just use the links off this page)  http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/Style


Shelley Lowery's Web Design Mastery (Excellent tutor - free ecourse)
http://bizunlim.com/go/l/masterwebdesign



***KEYWORD TOOLS & HELP***

Keyword research tool & information

NicheBOTPRO.com - "Finds the right keywords to use for FREE in your website promotion for better search engine optimization -- then simultaneously track the search engine ranking for all of your keyword phrases.  Jim Morris is amazing and so is his site.  It's a "must see" in my books.  He's also a 'giver'... one of those 'rare ones' online.  :-)

If you are dead-serious about keywords, read my keyword post in my SBD Blog!  OR go sign up for the early-bird news about the brand-new WordTrends keyword tool that isn't out until Nov 14th... you won't want to miss this!

You can also click to watch a 2-minute video about this very interesting new keywords tool.

Jim has me so excited about this I've now nicknamed him "The King of Keywords"  :-)

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Webmaster Tools & More Helpful Links (most of these are free resources, although just a few are not):


Get $50 in FREE PPC Dollars right off the bat, also get your own search portal, get your own top keyword phrase with your own URL showcased anytime someone searches for your key phrase, earn money every single time you use your own portal to search... and there's lots more for you.  Click here for all the terrific details of this free advertising & free traffic medium!

Completely free arsenal of every webmaster tool you could dream of...  including a FREE Website which you can use to link back to your other websites!! (free inbound highly valuable links that the search engines LOVE)  (I've been a member here for years... and it does gain you some free traffic as well as having a place to add those valuable INBOUND links from to your shop or website!  Great resource... I can't say enough good about Bravenet!

This site kicks arse!  Tons of free tools including a free site spider map maker... and a keyword grabber that you can use to turn into meta-tags plus great articles to help you succeed with the difficult SEO stuff that is all behind the scenes but totally necessary to your success:  Search Engine Promotion Help Free search engine promotion tools, information and software. Create a links page for the search engine spiders. Generate META keyword tags using keyword density for any page on your site. Create and test robots.txt files.

Adlandpro Community is a free networking and lead generation system. You can easily make your own community web page to advertise your product or service. You can even use your community web page as the affiliate linked page to earn credits. You can also add the Adland page to your shop like I did if you so desire.
http://community.adlandpro.com/go/bizunlim/welcome.aspx

FREE FTP Manual - Go and grab this great FTP how-to info ebook.  You need to learn how to ftp unless you can afford a webmaster if you want to truly succeed online.  It's easy to learn and you can get a free FileZilla FTP Manager that really is one of the best out there.  Go to the URL below for FileZilla and down'load the windows installer choice (assuming you have Windows OS on your computer) about halfway down the page:  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=21558

Note: I do NOT recommend Atomic FTP - it's a major PITA to use, it won't resize or save your information and constitutes a waste of $20 (IMHO)  It is the one on the manager's tutorial page but I didn't write that page, so I can't change it.  :-\ Just don't say I didn't 'warn' you.... lol.


I discovered  the coolest Meta-Tag Checking Tool ever!  And it's totally free to use!  Be ready to read and learn from the amazing results you'll get there about your websites.  Very helpful and in-depth.

If you need a very cool graphics manipulation, viewing & management program that is free - grab this:
http://irfanview.com

And if you want a totally free graphics creation software package that is completely free, rivals photoshop(tm) and many others, check out "The Gimp"   Get this amazing free GIMP graphics software for yourself.  (Be aware, that like any excellent graphics software there will be a learning curve, but they already knew that and provided you with extensive online tutorials for the Gimp right at the site!)

Get graphics video tutorials (and lots more) for a very reasonable price (it started out ridiculously low and it goes up .05¢ every 20 minutes... so I have no idea how much it is now)  Check it out for sure:  Gimp Videos + Free Header Graphics + Free Bonuses Here

Get free photos and graphics for all your projects and ebook creations here:  http://sxc.hu

Perry Marshall's excellent FREE e-course on using AdWords (so your wallet doesn't go flat the first day of your advertising campaign - he teaches you some insider tricks & AdWords secrets you need to know!)  After I read his five-day course, I ended up buying his manual (the $49 version) and consider it a wonderful investment in my online marketing future.  He is considered an outstanding expert in this field.

I found some more free tools for webmasters that you will need at some point (especially if you're creating your own websites).  Enjoy:

1. Privacy Policy Generator - A quick and easy way to construct
privacy policies for all of your websites.


2. Favicon Generator - Instantly creates cool favicons.


3. Email Address Obfuscator - Keeps your email safe from harvesters.


4. Color Scheme Generator - This thing rocks. Takes the guesswork
out of choosing cool colors for your websites, logos, and more.

*Highly Recommended*
Products You Can Order:

The title might make it sound like it's just written for i-Cop members but that is as far from the truth as you could get.  It is a compilation of online business and marketing training that will assure you success online because it was written by people who have DONE it, not just by those who talk about it.  It's pure gold for your business.  (More below if you're interested)

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(click the graphic or read more about it below...)

The i-Cop Training Manual:  You'll gobble up 47 tactics, tutorials, tips and proven techniques to unleash your own mind-blowing online success.  Isn't it about time you got some REAL help and guidance?  It's inside this manual.  I bought it so I feel confident in recommending this powerful manual.

This is proven advice to make you more money - by the REAL experts who have done it - they've walked the walk. No hype and no BS. Over 200 pages of proven methods to make you thousands of dollars in your online business!

The iCop Training Manual for online business owners contains information to teach the "Newbie" step-by-step. BUT - it also contains information for every stage of online experience. It will even walk you through a lot of the confusing "techie" stuff! You'll be amazed at what you'll learn from reading the secrets of others - even if you're an old pro!

jl scott, pHd says: "I have to admit ... When I saw the material contributed to this Training Manual, all I could think was - GREAT WORK! I was SO impressed with the material iCop members have contributed! I couldn't believe it! I knew we had very knowledgeable members, but this is WAY beyond my expectations!"


They Cover Everything!  The iCop Training Manual with provide you with a detailed wealth of information, unparalleled in other silly - if not useless - "Use my newest invention and get-rich-quick" type of publications.  There is none of that usual "filler" or "fluff" inside THIS manual!  It's rock-solid, useable information you can put to work immediately so *you can succeed online* in spite of the massive obstacles that beset every marketer!

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Article Announcer: This product is NOT a free tool, either, but it's so cool I wanted you to get a chance to see it, it's actually a major investment in your web future, and the creator, Jason Potash, is a trusted mentor and friend but Article Announcer will set you back a chunk of change! (You already know that writing articles & submitting them to directories all over the net is one of the fastest ways to get free traffic there is - IF you do it correctly!)   Grab this FREE REPORT to learn the secrets of managing your site content and avoiding the trap of duplicate content.  

Go to this site for more about Article Announcer: http://articlesnetwork.com/articleannouncer/

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Need an "all in one" Marketing, Sales, Affiliate, Customer & More Management System that kicks the butt of all the others I've ever tried... then grab a cup of java and go now and Take a look at JVM.  I own it, so I know it's everything John says it is (and more). No, it's not free and no it's not "cheap" because it's worth about twenty times what he's asking in benefits to YOU.  Read all the benefits and the amazing features of owning JVM ... I promise you'll be glad you did.



Great fr'ee gifts site with over 100 products with resale rights for you (and you can add them to your shop for more profit once you learn ftp & template editing!) They are also great learning tools:  http://bizunlim.com/gftsibss.htm

So many tools, scripts, fr'eebies for you I can't possibly list them all here:  http://bizunlim.com/emassblastmbrshp.htm

Newbie Tutorial on HOW TO DOWNLOAD A FILE FROM THE NET:
http://becomeanonsmoker.com/how-to-download/how-to-download.html
(I'd love your critique on this tutorial... was it helpful?  Tell Me Here.)

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Come over to the Softshop Discussion Board and add your input!  Got softshop questions?  DeadEasy questions?  General marketing questions?  Help others by posting publicly and then many can benefit from the answers... it will also help our little forum grow into a bigger one.

Get Fred's EXCELLENT Ezine - I love it so much I actually get the paid version!

Fred Langa has been one of my mentors and guides for computers and lots of other cool stuff for literally years.

You'll LOVE the information Fred gives you so freely!  Words can't express the huge gratitude I feel for Fred's Ezine.

FREE and SPAM-PROOF!

CLICK to sign up for
Fred Langa's award-winning e-newsletter. You'll see how to get LOTS more from your hardware, software, and time online!

Sign up for Fred Langa's FREE computer, software, online tips and you will never leave... that's how good the information really is!


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Web site SEO is a full time job and if you get bogged down in it, you will have no time for anything else. If you are hell bent on optimization or just want to learn how to correctly present your website to search engines, go to Robert Woodheads’ site here: http://selfpromotion.com   it’s a no cost option, although Robert has reinvented tipping. ;-)

If you want to learn HTML and web design *very affordably* and from a great teacher, go here & get her outstanding web design coursehttp://bizunlim.com/go/l/masterwebdesign


Create PDFs without spending hundred$ of dollar$ on Acrobat© by Adobe:
http://bizunlim.com/easypdfcreation.htm

FREE PDF Resources (including public domain goodies) and a great forum, too!


Outstanding FREE & informative site about using AdSense (the advice could easily apply to AdWords, too) and the forum moderator/owner is a super guy:
http://www.adsenseguide.info  And join their forum... lots of really good marketing ideas there.   http://www.adsenseguide.info/forum/index.php

Adding your site to a links directory is another way to get more traffic (you DO need to be able to add their links to your websites, and some even require that you have enough knowledge to mess with the code a little though, so bear that in mind - that means you *may* need to be able to do a little HTML editing, cutting & pasting & also know how to FTP.) http://208.76.211.89/gotlinks.php  Not all link directories are that hard though... just some.  Here's one of my easy ones to join:  ArticlesNetwork Reciprocal Link Directory (no special skills needed to join and reciprocate - except knowing how to add us to your own site links page, and ftp the link to your website.)

Now You Can Host A Chatroom or Forum without a website!

XMB Host offers free remotely hosted XMB forums or message boards which are fully customisable using our built-in features. This allows you to create your own online community without the need of buying and paying for your own web hosting.
The signup process can be done in under 1 minute and then you're ready to login to your board and change settings, add themes, forums, etc. All you need is a valid E-mail address.
http://www.xmb-host.com/

http://spboards.com <=free forum hosting account here, too

An 80-page fr'ee guide to Blogging - full of deep, ama'zing stuff:

Gone beyond Blogger? Want to really be aggressive in functionality and scope of content for your personal, professional or corporate blog? If so, this Comprehensive Guide to a Professsional Blog Site may be useful to you.


SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Made Easy - FREE (illustrated Tutorial - excellent resource)  You can never get enough of this type of cool information, and you never know when it will help you reach your online marketing goals even faster with the extra knowledge you gain from learning how to keep the search-engines happier.

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This is a "must-have" manual and created by the SEO expert Brad Callen so you know it's a good one to own and study in your spare time to discover how to get more traffic, and optimize your site for the s-e's better than ever.

Another SEO Ebook - Also FREE:
http://www.seoresearchlabs.com/seo-book.php

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Recent Addition to my softshop - 47 Newbie Video Tutorials that teach you everything you want to (or should I say NEED to know) know about domains, hosting, adding products to your websites, FTP, copywriting, skills that used to baffle you, and tons more.... go see what's in this very reduced-price package to help you advance online!  Obviously I can't give it away but I can save you a bundle over the exact same offering on other sites! I've seen it sold for up to $97 and I marked mine down to just $37 for all fifty one videos - yeah, the originator of this set counted number eleven three times... lol... that's less than a buck each for these helpful and educational tutorial videos.)

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Adding AUDIO to your website *will* increase your sales and it's been proven over and over.  Most of us don't want to fork out an extra monthly fee to do it, though, so you don't have to with Sonic Memo Lite, because it's free!  Go grab yours before Jay decides to start charging for it again!

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Get the best resource for traffic and learning how to build your list that exists online for the best price I've ever seen (most places charge you five to ten times this much per month and give you about 1/4 the information! Trust me, I've been there, done that, and got the doggone t-shirt!) (if you don't know these two basic things, you will NEVER, EVER, succeed online!)  Ten bucks a month is a steal for everything you will get inside this fantastic gotta-know traffic and list building training site!

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Other helpful sites & computer & SEO stuff:


Free and defragment your computer's RAM (and other cool freeware)
FreeRAM XP Pro is a freeware application designed to defragment and free up your system's RAM (Random Access Memory). As a result, system performance, response time, and stability increase.  http://www.yourwaresolutions.com


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Misc. Marketing TIPS:


Article Writing Resource Box Anchor Link Keyword Tip:
Write good articles and submit to article sites, article syndicate sites and ezine announcement sites. Your article will be published along with your byline with a link pointing to your site. Make sure that the text link has your keywords in it and not your domain name. For example, use affordable ebooks and software and not simply: www.affordabooks.com

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What if you don't want to do everything for yourself?
Donna can customize and optimize your softshop for maximum visibility and uniqueness!
Visit the link directly above and see everything she can do for your site - affordably and fast!  Custom Contact Pages with forms & thank-you pages, Custom Header Graphics, Customizing your softshop templates, SEO & Webmastering that goes way beyond the norm, or simple chores like domain forwarding, and many others listed on page - with affordable pricing & fast turnaround.... Take a look!  You'll be pleased and surprised.

Testimonial from one of my Webmaster SEO Pkg clients:
Donna,

I just can't get over the wonderful website customization job you did for me.  Good thing looking at it doesn't use it up!!!!

I truly can't thank you enough for the great job and all your help.  I am re-reading all the information on the manager site about generating traffic---even if they don't buy they should just see the site!

Yvonne Kennett-Lewis




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HOLY BUCKETS! He's really gone and created the software I wish with all my soul I'd had four years ago - I might have had a chance at being as rich as Marlon (and almost as handsome, too!)
Seeing is believing! You've just gotta see the Marketing Dashboard!



Welcome Newbies & IBSS Managers!

If you have other subjects or information you need and can't find in the main manager's tutorials area or on this page, let me know and I'll do my best to research it and put it here, as time permits.

Some things you just have to learn by experience and can't really be taught, but if I can help you or guide you to the right place, I will certainly do my best to help you!

I wish you all the success in the world with your new business venture!

Warmly,



Donna Maher
IBSS Support


P.S.  Take your time going through this page, there is a LOT of information here to help you.  I'll also update it frequently, so bookmark it and come back as often as you need to.  :-)

IF you ever need my very affordable help with any of your shop 'chores' my softshop Customization Site is always available at very reasonable prices.


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Yes, you really can download this $97 report for free...
it should prove to be VERY helpful in your marketing efforts!



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SOFTSHOP MANAGEMENT & TUTORIALS LINKS*******
(Passcodes removed in case someone 'outside' of IBSS accidentally accesses this page)

How to forward your crazy name domain to your IP address:
http://www.ibsoftshops.com/managers/url-forwarding.htm or
http://69.44.15.1/managers/url-forwarding.htm


Also try this little video about domain forwarding that I made for one of the managers: Silent Movie (one of my first Camtasia efforts so 'be nice' lol) about how to forward a domain (ignore the part about locking & about masking - it's NOT recommended at all to mask your forwarding, now, so don't do that.)
http://208.76.211.89/camtasia/amylee-forwarding.html

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Update your manager's database here anytime at no cost (and whenever you change anything or add your crazy name, or change emails, etc):
http://www.ibsoftshops.com/managers/index.html#databaseupdate


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Monthly Dues & Site Activation:

(Not required to start until 30 days AFTER your site is activated and working for you)  You'll find information on how to "activate" your monthly SoftShop subscription (monthly dues) in the SoftShop manager's area here, as well as the paypal link to start your subscription when your site has been 'live' for 30 days:

http://www.ibsoftshops.com/managers/

Look for the post near the top of the page where it says...

"REQUIRED BY ALL MANAGERS ~ (posted 9/22)  It's Time Now to Activate Your IBSoftShop Monthly Subscription."  We all know that email delivery can be unreliable.  So, it's probably a good idea to check the "news" page about once a week for the latest SoftShop updates.

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Info (video) on setting PayPal website payment preferences is here:
http://www.ibsoftshops.com/managers/paypal-settings-required.htm
 
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IBSS Marketing Tips:
http://www.ibsoftshops.com/managers/marketing.htm

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Customizing your shop (great tips on how to do this from Ron):
http://www.ibsoftshops.com/managers/customizing.htm

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If you don't want to do it yourself (or don't know how) my services are *very* reasonable:
Donna's specialty customizing & graphics creation & services order page



Other Useful Manager Links:

Sales Notifications From Your SoftShop & Tracking Info:
http://www.ibsoftshops.com/managers/tracking.htm
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There’s an example on this page of the sales notification that the SoftShops scripts generate and the product will be either “dead-easy-software” or “superlinker-software”.  And, they should also receive a notice of payment received from PayPal if it's a legitimate sale.  Yes, there are occasional attempts by miscreants to steal the products and they also look like a sale came in (on the supersites, anyway) but unless you get the paypal notification along with the sale note email, it's probably not a 'real' sale.

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Manager's Rules:  http://69.44.15.1/managers/rules.htm

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Helpful Newbie Ezine


Forum for newbies & others to learn & help one another  Join forums... your sig file links back to your site and gets you MORE traffic for free!



*********Miscellaneous Helpful Sites*********


Everyone asks me how to learn the marketing stuff I know.  Lots of it comes from free ecourses I sign up for. Most of you know of Mark Joyner (a huge billionaire success online man) and he's GIVING AWAY the coolest online info - you'll grow and enhance your own marketing knowledge and advance faster with his newest venture:  Discover the simple science of getting what you want (This is in your LIFE as well as in your BIZ). And it's totally free (nice of Mark to do that).  Come watch an 18-part video course on this site absolutely free, and without any obligation to buy a thing. You'll learn things in here that rival some of the better well-known high-dollar home study courses!  

Go sign up here (you'll never regret it, I'm so glad I joined!) http://bizunlim.simpleology.com

Excellent marketing information & blog (watch out for the occasional use of 'colourful language' though):  http://www.blairwarren.com/

Create free ebook cover graphics here (not gorgeous, but they work until you can save up your bucks and order ecover studio!):  http://www.groundbreak.com/graphics2.html


Once you feel more confident online, you don't need to pay others to create all of your ebook and product box graphics any more.  All you need is a graphics resource, a graphics program (I love Real Draw Pro and it's $49 at mediachance.com - too bad Oscar doesn't have an affiliate program for it!  It is fantastic competition for Adobe.)

Get the best e-cover creator software (not free but it is outstanding and it ends up paying for itself over and over and over again! Try the demo, then you'll know all about it... and whether you can do it easily or not.  I use it to make ALL my e-covers, product boxes, spiral notebook shots, CD cover images... etc.):

Click the box or Click Here And Download & Try Out The Free E-Cover Studio Demo
or simply to learn more about eCover Studio!

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FREE Helpful Ebooks & Videos:

These are books I purchased but want to share to help you out with the many questions we all have when we start out marketing online.

How To FTP Ebook (plus see links to video how-to's below)
http://208.76.211.89/private/Howtoftp.zip

Free Understanding Internet Marketing Book:
http://208.76.211.89/private/WebMarketingExplained.zip

How To Create A Website In 5 Days:
http://208.76.211.89/private/HowToCreateAWebsiteIn5Days.zip


Ron also created a video on how to ftp if you also want that:
http://www.ibsoftshops.com/managers/how-to-ftp-video.htm

Dan B Cauthron's HOW To FTP Video:
http://www.danbcauthron.com/bt-videos/09/




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I will continue to add cool stuff to this page as I find it... thanks for your confidence in me,


Donna

Celebrate Donna's Big 6-0   

(Some have inquired about a tangible way to show gratitude because they found this page to be so extremely helpful to them - so I suggested that they visit the birthday page and give whatever they wanted to and then also get wonderful gifts back as well - my way of saying Thanks back for your Thanks!)

For the RealDraw Pro Graphics Nuts (like me and I know there are more!)  Go see what Graffi has for you - brushes, tutorials, and many amazing things you'll just enjoy so much.  I have used RDP for years, and just watching TWO of his tutorials taught me new things I'd never known... I'm SO impressed and very grateful.  Go join Graffi's great forum... there's wayyyy more graphics information & help there than just RDP!


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