RESOURCES
This page contains links to some of the tools, software, and hardware we use or recommend.
Website
Weebly – Easy website builder.
HTML5 UP: Responsive HTML5 and CSS3 site templates.
Bootswatch: Free themes for Bootstrap.
WordPress.orgWordpress.org
WordPress.com:
Strikingly: Free, unlimited mobile-optimized websites for
Sucuri – Sucuri to monitor your websites for malware and clean up the website if you get hacked.
Hosting/Domain Registration
Global Hosting – Looking for low-cost hosting, and great support, get Global Hosting.
WP Engine – Solid WordPress hosting and with unparalleled security.
HostGator –Looking for low-cost hosting, get HostGator.
GoDaddy – The interface is straightforward and the price is right.
Website Development
Filezilla – For PC user we recommend Filezilla for FTP and SFTP. It’s free and well supported.
Versions – For Mac users, we recommend Versions for version control and tracking changes made to files.
Analytics, Testing & Optimization Tools
Visual Website Optimizer – For drop-dead simple ease of use in creating
Improvely – Get Analytics that show how funnels are performing.
Clickmeter – Create and track the performance of links.
Google Analytics Google Analytics.
Landing Pages
Lead Pages – Use Lead Pages to build your opt-in squeeze pages and Video Sales Letter pages.
Unbounce – A more technical landing page tool creator with clean code and beautiful templates.
Image Editor and Optimizer
Pablo: Design engaging images for your social media posts quickly.
TinyJPG Saves disk space & bandwidth by compressing images without losing quality.
Recite: Turn a quote into a visual masterpiece.
Icons
Perfect Icons: A social icon creation tool.
Ico Moon: 4000+ free vector icons, icon generator.
Flat Icon: A search engine for 16000+ glyph vector icons.
Video
HandBrake – Use Handbrake to compress video and convert video from nearly any format into a format we can use.
Wistia – Use Wistia to add email opt-ins and other calls-to-action to video. It looks great on every device and has outstanding analytics.
PowToon – Easily create explainer video.
Screen Capture
Screenflow – Use Screenflow for creating screencast video. It’s simple to record and edit from within this program.
Camtasia – For PC users we recommend using Camtasia. Similar to Screenflow you can easily create and edit screencast video.
Email Marketing
Mailchimp: Send 12,000 emails to 2,000 subscribers for free.
Maropost – Maropost. is an enterprise level system that allows for sophisticated email list segmentation.
InfusionSoft – For all your Email marketing needs.
Sendgrid: Delivers your marketing email. Free 12K emails/month.
AWeber Use AWeber for its deliverability and ease of use.
Sendinblue: Free 9K emails/month.
CRM
InfusionSoft – Use InfusionSoft to manage your customers, process payments and manage access to our various membership websites.
Samcart – Used to build order forms and other pages that “sell”.
Payment Processing
Stripe – Dependable, easy to configure payment processing with a rich feature set.
Paypal – Secure payment processor.
Square – Use Square to process credit card payments.
Customer Service
Zendesk – Use Zendesk to manage customer service.
HelpScout – Dependable and secure help desk software.
Tally: Create polls in no time.
Virtual Meeting/Webinar
GoToMeeting – We use GoToMeeting for small meetings where we need screen sharing capability.
GoToWebinar – We use GoToWebinar to deliver and record large webinars to customers and prospects.
Productivity
Evernote – The ultimate productivity tool for syncing information across all of your devices. Highly searchable.
Google Docs – Use Google Docs to store documents.
Dropbox – Keep your files in order and share via email.
Contest Tools
Contest Domination – use to create viral contests
Gleam – use Gleam to create contests and social rewards programs to increase shares, consumption, and sales
Social Media
SocialRank: Identify, organize, and manage your followers on Twitter.
Addthis: Get more shares, follows and conversions.
HootSuite Pro – Use Hootsuite Pro to manage Twitter. - cloud based
WriteRack: The best way to tweetstorm.
SharedCount: Track URL shares, likes, tweets and more.
MeetEdgar – Another alternative to Hootsuite to schedule your posts on social media.