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Blogging & WordPress Themes

  • Studiopress  –  The Genesis Framework empowers you to quickly and easily build incredible websites with WordPress. Whether you’re a novice or advanced developer, Genesis provides the secure and search-engine-optimized foundation that takes WordPress to places you never thought it could go. This is the theme on which BrightIdeas.co was built.

Landing Pages

  • LeadPages – Leadpages is by far the easiest landing page software I’ve ever used. Everytime you see an optin form the pops up here on this blog, that was made with LeadPages…and it sends my lead right into my email marketing program. You will LOVE how easy it is to make fantastic looking landing pages with LeadPages.

Keyword Research

  • SECockpit  –  This is BY FAR the best keyword tool on the market. Not only does it find all the long-tail keywords that are easy to rank for, it also provides you with the SEO competition data right away so you don’t have to spend extra hours analyzing one word at a time.  This business would be a lot more difficult without SECockpit.

Hosting

  • Bluehost  –  is a terrific host for when you are first starting out.

Email Marketing

  • Aweber  –  This email marketing company makes my life a lot easier. All the optin forms on this site were super easy to make and I didn’t need a developer. Creating lists and auto-responders couldn’t be any easier.
  • Infusionsoft  –  If you want email marketing on steroids, plus CRM and an eCommerce shopping cart, all rolled into one, Infusionsoft is the way to go. Virtually all the big-time Internet Marketers I’ve met use Infusionsoft. I switched over to it in the summer of 2012 and have never looked back. Simply AWESOME! (and fairly expensive)

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WordPress Plugins

  • Premium List Magnet  –  Really boosted my conversions when I started to use it. Allows you to create a fade in ad or optin box on your site. No coding required and super-easy to use.
  • Digg Digg  –  This is the plugin that I use to create the vertical bar on the side of all of my posts that allows visitors to easily tweet, pin, or share my content on their social networks. It’s super easy to use and FREE.
  • Facebook Fan Box  –  This is the plugin that I use to create the Facbook fan box that is in my sidebar. Having social proof is really important, and this plugin is a terrific way to show that you have it. It’s FREE.
  • Growmap Anti Spambot  –  As your site gets more popular, comment spam can become a real problem. This is the plugin that I use to eliminate comment spam and it’s FREE.
  • Limit Login Attempts  –  As your site becomes more popular, more people will try and hack into it. This plugin helps me to eliminate that threat and it’s FREE.
  • Pretty Link  –  This is the plugin that I use to manage all my affiliate links. By using it, you can clean up an long link and make it short and memorable. It’s FREE.
  • Subscribe to Comments Reloaded  –  This is the plugin that I use to allow readers to subscribe to a comment thread so that they will be notified of upcoming comments. It’s FREE.
  • Google XML Sitemaps  –  This plugin will auto-create an XML sitemap for you that will help with your SEO efforts. It’s FREE.
  • Welcome Splash  –  This plugin will allow you to create a welcome splash page for your blog that will drive email optin conversions through the roof. A welcome splash page is the page that people see when they first visit your blog. This is my welcome splash page.

Legal

  • LegalZoom  –  Need a company set up? LegalZoom is fast and inexpensive.

Testing & Tracking Your Results

  • Google Analytics  –  This is probably the most popular website analytics software around. Totally free and very capable. Just sign in with your Google account.
  • Clicky  –  A free alternative to Google analytics. Provides real-time data for your site traffic. Comes in free and paid versions.
  • Google Website Optimizer  –  This is an amazing tool for split-testing different variations on your website. Totally free to use and tons of training material provided.

Books

  • $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau  –  In The $100 Startup, Chris Guillebeau shows you how to lead of life of adventure, meaning and purpose – and earn a good living. I absolutely loved this book.
  • Millionaire Messenger by Brendon Burchard  –  If you have ever thought you wanted to turn your expertise in a topic into a business, this is THE book to read. I am literally using the advice from this book as my own roadmap.
  • 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris  –  This is the book that started it all in terms of raising awareness in the general public about how to use the Internet and passive income to create the lifestyle of your dreams. If you haven’t read it yet, it’s a must-read.
  • Good to Great by Jim Collins  –  This is probably one of the greatest business books of our time and I highly recommend you read it to learn about the Hedgehog strategy. If you’ve ever wondered what separates the average company from one that goes on to greatness, this book will help you to discover the answer.

Outsourcing

  • oDesk  –  This is an amazing resource site for finding contractor talent from around the globe. I use it extensively and really like how it allows me to track what my VA is doing for me.
  • eLance  –  For businesses looking to staff-up a team on an hourly or project basis, Elance offers instant access to qualified professionals who work online and provides the tools to hire, view work as it progresses and pay for results.
  • 99Designs  –  99designs.com is the premier marketplace for crowdsourced graphic design and where I go to when I need a logo.
  • Speechpad  –  Used for transcribing audio files (podcast) into text. Very affordable and super popular.

Podcasting

  • Heil PR40 Mic  –  This is THE microphone to use if you want to sound like you are a radio DJ. I use it and love it…especially when combined with the mic boom and mixing board below.
  • Heil Mic boom  –  This is what I use to hold the mic up.
  • Behringer 1202 Mixing Board  –  If you want to have really professional sound, a mixing board is a must. This is the one that I use.
  • Roland MP3 Recorder  –  When I’m recording a podcast, I like to have two ways to record it at the same time in case one fails. I use the Roland recorder as one way and Skype Call Recorder as the other.
  • Skype Call Recorder  –  If you are interviewing someone over Skype, this software will record audio and video for you.
  • Bluebrry Powerpress Plugin  –  Getting your podcast published in the iTunes store can be a pain. This plugin makes it easy!
  • Amazon S3  –  This is where I store all my large audio & video files.
  • Audio Technica Headphones  –  So I can hear my guest’s voice as it goes into the mixing board.

Video

  • Screenflow  –  This is my preferred tool for video editing on a Mac. It’s super easy to use and produces excellent results.
  • Camtasia  –  Much like Screenflow, except it’s slightly more powerful and has a PC version.
  • Canon T3i  –  This is the SLR camera that I use to record all my video. The quality is awesome and the it’s totally usable by someone who isn’t a camera guru (aka: me)
  • Pad Prompter  –  Want to turn your iPad into a teleprompter? This is how I do it. You will also need this software.
  • Wireless mic set  –  If you want to be able to move around while shooting video, you can either use a lapel mic or this wireless setup.
  • Tripod  –  This is the one that I use.
  • Studio Lights  –  Unless you are shooting outdoors, having studio lights is a must. This is the kit that I use.
  • Wistia  –  This is the service that I’ve just started to use for all my video hosting. Their player is superfast (no buffering) and they have more controls and reporting than other video hosts that I have tried. Definitely first class.