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Rich Hamilton's Top Technology Resources!
“How to Get a Little Help When You Want To
Make Your Online Business Pay Off”
“Get Rich's Best Stuff!”
Dear Friend,
I
want to make it easy for you to get the best stuff... some of it from
me, some from others...
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Instantly create a powerful Mini-Website that sells!
Finally, there's a way to create a sales letter. Online. Easy as 1...2...3...
The Killer Sales Letter "engine" leads you through the process, asking about your product,
your customer, and your specific offer. KSL even gives you ideas about how to craft
your message, and has a powerful headline generator.
KSL rearranges all that information into a powerful customer benefit based
sales letter, hosts it online... even makes it better by testing headlines and testimonials
and arranging them for best effect.
Check it out: KillerSalesLetter.com
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Get a Website Started Fast
Cinderella wants to help you get your
business online!
Cinderella Domains has more than domain name registration, they have a
great deal on hosting accounts. That's the computer space where your
website actually exists so people can find it surfing the
web.) Click on "Web Hosting," then "Hosting Plans." If you
choose a Deluxe or
Premium plan, you'll be able to setup more than one website on the one
account. And they have an automatic installer for WordPress. Under
eight bucks a month. Wow! (And
you can call them for support
help, if you need to.) CinderellaDomains.com
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SellBetter ToolBox
“Here's
the most amazing marketing package on the internet, ready to go to work
for you instantly.
A
few of the things it does:
- Shopping
Cart; Take orders, track advertising, test ad response, instant
delivery of digital goods.
- Easy
upsell. When someone orders, offer them something more, and make it a
very easy click to buy. "Do you want fries with that?"
- Email
Broadcasting; Broadcast newsletters and ads, offer email mini-courses,
send timed sequential email followup service when purchases are made.
- Affiliate
System; Enlist an “army” of salespeople, other
websites and
newsletter publishers who promote your goods, and pay a straight
commission, no salaries. System tracks all sales, makes it easy to pay
affiliates.
- Digital
delivery; Deliver your ebook or software instantly. This is so easy,
all you have to do is upload the file to SellBetter ToolBox and let it
do the work for you.
It
does so much, yet most everything becomes part
of your website by just pasting in a link.” Works great with
Website Tonight or most any website or blog. SellBetterToolBox.com
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Register Your Domain, Get Hosting
Service
Someone
asked me what Cinderella had to do with the internet. "You mean, in
addition to making it easy and inexpensive to register domains and get
web hosting?" I asked. Well, there is something special. It's "magic!"
In addition to great service and great values, you get to control
everything from your computer. Easily. (And you can call for support
help, if you need to.) CinderellaDomains.com
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Take Credit Cards
Online
We
looked far and wide for a good deal on a credit card merchant account,
one you could use online, at events, for phone and mail order, and, if
you have one, in your retail store. Well, there's a lot of competition
out there, but it's hard to really tell what you're going to get until
you've been with someone for awhile. We found a winner! Works great
with SellBetter ToolBox or most any ecommerce system. PublishersPayments.com
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How to
Profit from Other People's Information
I
know speakers who are looking to create a product. And online marketers
who don't yet have a product to sell. Information products are easy,
when you understand exactly what to do. Billions of words are
written every day; here's how to become part of that industry, even if
you can't write very well.
Other People's Information
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The 'Magic' Way to do Fax: Fax to
Email
Our
gal Cinderella has been busy. She knows we all have to have fax
capability, yet it's expensive to get a dedicated phone line. And we
don't really get that many faxes anyway. So she came up with a great
solution. You get your own fax number that accepts faxes, and then
sends them to you by email. Now you can:
- Get
faxes when you travel, by just checking your email.
- Easily
print as many copies as you want.
- Save
copies electronically on your computer. (No more worry about fading fax
paper!)
- Forward
a copy to an associate or friend.
- Pay
less than you would for a dedicated phone line.
- You
don't need a fax machine. You can send faxes from your computer!
Click
on "Marketing Tools," then "Fax by Email" at CinderellaDomains.com
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Let Your
Computer Help with Your Research*
There's
a lot of information on the world wide web, and you can have your
computer assist you with the job. Sonic Snooper makes it fun! Find more
information, faster. And take notes easily. Requires a web hosting account. Check
it out: Sonic
Snooper
Survey Your
Customers; Sell them what they
want!*
How
would you like to find out what your target market needs and wants by
getting them to tell you exactly what pushes their hot buttons?
Sonic Flycatcher installs on your own server in about five
minutes and can be used for umpteen different niche market research
campaigns simultaneously! Great when you're getting ready to do an
ebook. An amazing little tool. Requires a web hosting account. See:
Sonic
Flycatcher
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Sonic
Redirect*
Some
links are better than other. "Huh?" you ask. Well, it's true. Ever see
one of those miles long links. Often an affiliate link, or a link that
points directly to a product, like this one for Disney Magic at
Amazon:
Whew! It won't even fit on one line! Can you even imagine
someone trying to type that in their browser? If only there was a way
to make it more comfortable. Well, there is! Look at this link:
It's
easier to type. With Sonic Redirect you catalog, count and control all
your links. It's handy for affiliate links, and for ebook and
ezine links (you might
need to change a broken link in your ebook or newsletter after it's
published). You
could use it for ad tracking, too, though SellBetter Toolbox does that
better. Requires a web hosting account. For
the whole scoop, check out Sonic
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Figure it
All Out!
You
know you want to build your online business, but it can be so
confusing. Our Internet
Business Magic Seminar can help. Get details at IBMSeminar.com.
The Easy Way to do Teleseminars
My friend Rick Raddatz
has created a complete turnkey marketing system for GROUP
SALES EVENTS. It attracts prospects, builds lists, and increases sales.
You pick an event date and time, and it does everything else Plus it
organizes the project, sets up your info and participant web pages...
it even helps write your promotional email, ready to mail through the
SellBetter ToolBox.
Get the info here: Tele-Webcast.net
Easily
Assemble a Complex Info Product
If
you create a simple ebook, you won't need this. but if you create an
info product with multiple files, pdf ebooks, audio files, even video,
you need a simple way to combine them into a single "entity." Sonic
Info Builder does just that. I wish I'd had this when I started putting
together computer-based information products! For PC or Mac.
Sonic
Info Builder
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Spam? I
was getting over 2,000 emails a day!
How
will you deal with spam? There are four basic methods:
Filters.
Spam Assassin and most spam "filters" examine every email and look for
words, patterns, and other identifying characteristics to identify and
trash or mark spam. The trick? It's hard to identify spam. Spammers
have figured out a lot of ways to spell Viagra. Usually, you can build
a whitelist to indicate senders whose mail should get through.
Senders.
Some spam systems, like SpamCop and SpamHaus, block senders by IP
address when an IP address is identified with spam. An IP address is
usually blocked for only 24 hours, since spammers try to hijack
servers, send their spammail, then move on (because the ISP shuts them
down quickly). The trick here? They may block an IP that belongs to
someone whose mail you want
to receive, since a single IP address often serves thousands of mailers.
Challenge-Response.
This type of system builds a whitelist of approved mailers (the "from
address"), and lets mail from them through. Mail that comes from
someone gets an instant reply, requesting the sender go to a web
address and type in a code to get added to the whitelist. The theory is
that spammers don't check or answer their own email. (They usually are not on the whitelist,
because they forged a return address anyway.)
The best service of this type is SpamArrest. The catch?
Some good mail may get blocked from vendors or others who don't handle the
challenge email very well. SpamArrest
An online provider: Gmail.
Here's the system I use, a Google service called Gmail.
Gmail is great at filtering out spam.
And it's free!
Yes, you can get a gmail address, but for business, it gets better. Have gmail go "pick up" your mail
from your regular POP3 email account.
This way you continue to get mail at your business email address, but you "view" it through
Gmail. You can set Gmail to send mail with your own from (reply-to) address.
Gmail
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RSS, Another
Way to Reach Your Customers
RSS.
Is this really a great new way to promote my website? Sure, but only if
your website is ready. (WordPress Websites do this automatically.) For
the
basic story on RSS, click here. For the RSS on your
website story, click here. To learn more about
how to promote your RSS website, when it’s ready, click here.
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Your
Computer's in Trouble? Call for Help!
My
Computer Works provides immediate help. USA-based
technicians connect
to your computer and fix it… while it stays on your desk!
Anytime you have a computer problem or even just want to ask a
question, call the toll-free number and a help desk
technician solves the problem or answers your
questions. Sit
at your computer and watch what they do if you're interested.
It’s all on the screen.
It's
for single users or for companies of any size. Eliminate
unnecessary and expensive
service calls and gain a trusted personal computer advisor. MyComputerWorks.com |
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FTP Software
to Transfer files to your Website*
Generally,
it's a good idea to have some FTP software ready to copy files up to
your website's server computer, and, occasionally, to copy some back to
your computer. That means you need an "FTP" program ... just think
"File Transfer Program." (The techies will tell you that's not what it
means, but it's close, and it makes more sense.) Requires a web hosting account.
An 'online' solution.
Net2FTP. You can
upload other files from your computer to your website using an online
service like Net2FTP.
FTP Transfer for Windows and Mac.
FileZilla, Open Source, free. Contribution recommended. I suggest about $30.
Download it to your desktop, then install from there:
FileZilla
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Free Software to Edit Web Pages*
When
you need to edit HTML (that's code
for "web page") you can buy
expensive programs like Dreamweaver, GoLive, or (heaven forbid),
FrontPage, but we've found a great little program. Nvu (pronounced
"N-view") is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. (Amazing!) And it's
free! This
is ideal for one-page and
small websites, like this one! Requires a web hosting account. Download
it here: Nvu
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Create and Edit MP3 Audio Files
If you
want to add sound to your website, it’s a good idea to record and
edit those files to eliminate mistakes, dead spots, etc, and to
optimize the audio with amplification and compression. It makes it
sound better.
We like Audacity, partly because it's free!
Record top-quality MP3s with a broadcast grade recorder. We suggest these:
These are great for field interviews.
The Edirol is smaller, the Tascam and the Olympus are newer.
The Zoom H4 accepts full XLR pro microphone connections. The Zoom H2 plug-in inputs are weak but the built in microphones are great.
(These were designed for professional quality recording and
will record hours and hours of quality audio on SD and SDHC high capacity cards.)
You'll save a bundle at
zZounds,
a great source for all kinds of pro audio, editing tools, and musical
instruments. Add a professional microphone (also from zZounds), or use
the built in mics.
My friend Bill Johnson sells the Zoom units and provides "hand holding" to get you going.
When you buy from Bill be sure to tell him Rich Hamilton sent you. Maybe he'll buy me lunch sometime! Hah!
Okay, you've got an MP3 file, how do you get it on your Website?
Here
are three slick tools for getting audio on your website.
Instant Audio. By
far the easiest way to get audio on your website is Instant Audio. You
don't even need a microphone! You can phone in your audio, record it
from a microphone on your computer, or upload an MP3 file. With Instant
Audio, it's easy to keep track of your audio clips, and putting them on
your website is super easy: Instant Audio generates a link and
you paste it on your web page. Instant Audio.
Sonic Memo Pro. You
need a tool that will help you get the audio presented in a way that everyone
can hear it easily. Sonic Memo Pro is perfect for this purpose, and
it's easy to use.
Requires a web hosting account and a bit of techo-skills to use.
Sonic Memo Pro*
Even
if you already have a Flash audio tool to post your audio, or to make
podcasts, you need to optimize the Mp3 file. You'd
be surprised how many people get
this wrong. MP3 Tweak
is the answer, a remarkably simple utility to use, it takes an MP3 or
WAV audio file and converts it to an MP3 "tweaked" for
the right blend of high
quality and small file size.
This tool fixes the file
in a few seconds. MP3
Tweak.
(I think this is currently offered as a free bonus with Sonic Memo Pro.)
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One Visit From The Feds and
You Could Lose Everything You Own!
"Big Brother" is watching! And he's looking to clean up the Internet by searching
for sites that have not fully complied with the FTC regulations,
by posting the proper disclaimers, Terms of Use and legal forms.
Not doing so can land you in the "Poor House," or even worse... in prison!
While this is a good thing (because it will get rid of a lot of the
Internet Snake Oil Salesmen that are Preying on Innocent People),
it does puts us all in the position of needing all these all important legal forms on all of our websites.
Even if you have an attorney to handle "this stuff," you'll be dollars
ahead if you start with established forms.
When you buy through our link, you'll get lifetime upgrades.
Check it out: Web Law Support
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Photo editing software - free!
Professional graphic artists all know that the best software for
image editing is Adobe PhotoShop. But it's expensive and hard to use...
'til now! Use Adobe's PhotoShop Express. It's free. It's online.
It's the easy version of PhotoShop!
Okay, it's not as fancy, but you can correct color, fix red-eye, crop and resize.
You can use it from any web-based computer, Windows or Mac, doesn't matter.
Check it out: PhotoShop Express
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Automated Chat Sales Associate on Your Website!
You've seen those websites where they have online chat
to help close the sale, 24/7? The bottom line is that those marketers
are increasing their profits... big time! The virtual chat agents are
making sales like crazy, so the marketers are willing to pay a hefty
price for it. A few smart marketers do it "on the cheap" and still reap the big results.
Check it out: Virtual Smart Agent*
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The
Free Fix for the Stinking CapsLock and Insert Keys
Do
you
ever get frustrated by accidentally hitting the CapsLock or Insert
keys, and discovering that you have to retype a bunch of stuff? I do.
Well, here’s a utility for Windows users that
disables the
CapsLock and Insert keys. CapsUnlock
FREE Mini-Course: "How to Write A
Book
On Anything in 14 Days or Less!" Fiction or
Non-fiction, get an agent in 36 hours, blueprint your
entire book in 2-hours, create 'technologies' no one else has, buy a
best-selling plot for 75 cents, create a non-stop client magnet, create
demand for your book without ever leaving home, get an editor FREE, and
much more! Learn
More.
Printing
Books with Real
POD (Print On Demand)
Instant
Publisher will print as
few as 25 of your books at a time, and you can do it all from your
computer, using software you probably already have. It’s a
great way to get a book rolling without investing a lot of money. They
will print your book in 10 days or less. (These folks, like many
printers, will offer to supply you with an ISBN number for bookstore
sales. Do not do that. As far as the “book trade”
is concerned, it makes it their book, not yours. Get your own number,
as explained in the Self publishing Manual. You
won’t even need an ISBN number if you’re not
planning to sell the book through bookstores.) Learn
More.
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Are you qualified?
As
simple as all this software is to run, I must admit that it’s
not
right for everyone. Some basic computer skills are
needed before you undertake managing your own website. Take this simple
test:
- Can
you handle email?
Can you send and receive email without constantly running into big
problems?
- Can
you use a word processor?
You know: Can you highlight and boldface a few words? Can you
highlight, copy and paste some text from one place to another?
- Have
you ever ordered anything online?
Even if you didn’t buy anything, have you successfully
requested a special report or signed up for a newsletter?
- Have
you been able to set up a userid and password somewhere?
Have you been successful in getting back in to that website or program?
- Can you copy files from one
folder to another? You
know, when you grab files in a folder and drag them to another, or you
highlight, copy and paste files from one folder to another. Yeah, like
that!
If
you can answer “Yes” to all
five questions, you can run your own website.
If
you’ve answered ’no’ to any of the above,
or you are uncertain about your answers, we recommend Video Professor
at Amazon… their starter
pack
will probably teach you what you need… get a little
practice, then come back here.
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Please
check back from time to time, as I intend to keep this page updated
with my best resources.
To
your magical success,
Rich Hamilton
PS:
There are a couple of other links for my
friends who want to ...
Sell Domain
Names, Hosting, Website Tonight, and Fax to Email just like Cinderella!
If
your market has a high number of folks who need internet domains,
websites, etc., you can have a website with all the same products that
you find at Cinderella's website. Learn
More.
Refer folks
to SellBetter ToolBox and earn commissions
Know
anyone who could use the amazing autoresponder, shopping cart, ad
tracking, or affiliate program tools that you find in SellBetter
Toolbox? Sure you do! Just go to the SellBetter ToolBox website and
click on "Resellers." There's no
charge to become a reseller at SellBetter ToolBox! Learn
More.
*Certain items in this list, flagged
with an
asterisk, will work with most any web hosting service and website
(including Cinderella Domains), but will not
work with Website Tonight. This is because Website Tonight is a
limited, template based system rather than a full hosting account.
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