Internet Entrepreneur Resources

This section of internet entrepreneur resources is a big goody-bag full of business tips, tech tricks and products that I've discovered (or had recommended to me) while working on my own sites and have found helpful.

When building your own business - online or offline - nothing is more costly than your time.

When I started I only had evenings and weekends to work on my site and everything that made this process smoother, that saved me time, effort and brain cells, was valuable.

I'm still not fond of wasting time trying to re-invent the wheel, despite the fact that I enjoy puzzling things out.

But once I've done this, I want things to hand quickly, without having to search for them next time round.

So as I find time and labour saving ideas and products, I'll add them here.

Some are simple enough, little tips I keep handy for when I need them. Others have been real eye-openers for me. Products I cannot imagine doing without now.

Some are like old friends you look up every now and then - just to see what's new. Or to check if they're still as good as you remember them!

So check back every now and again to see what I've added, or keep an eye on the blog ... I promise that it will be time well spent.

Decision-making Tools

Decision-making can be a gut reaction. It can be an art form. Or it can be painfully difficult.

Do you spend lots of time thinking it through before you decide? Do you know instinctively what's right? Do you worry that you don't have enough information? Or is having too much data stopping you from deciding?

Sometimes, we all need a little help. Check out this free little gem called Choose It! and see how much time it can save you.

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Planning Tools

We've all heard the old chestnut that you're planning to fail if you're failing to plan. Good planning is essential when creating an online business, but many business owners really fail to do this.

How often was a business conceived on the back of a beer mat only to die a quiet death from lack of planning a few month later?

Having worked with people in the early stages of planning their businesses, I have a theory about that lack of plans. Most people I've worked with have been very happy collecting information, but once all the data was in one place, they struggled to make sense of it.

If you're having problems arranging large quantities of data in a sensible order, check out these reviews of my favourite tool: mind maps. I've been using them for a few years now and really do NOT want to be without it.

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Business Building Tools

When I built my first online business, I was amazed how many different tools I needed to do different things: research tools, planning tools, HTML editors, graphic tools, website building tools, traffic building tools ... And not one of those tools talked to any of the others!

That was very different from my day job, looking after the computer system in a semiconductor manufacturing plant, where we aimed to have every tool talk to every other tool without hassle and without the user even noticing.

At the time, I wondered if somewhere out there was an integrated tool that would help me build a business hassle-free and easy.And in 2007 I finally found it.

I've been using it since and - in my book - it beats all others to flinders. It lets me concentrate on building my business, while keeping the tech distractions to a minimum. No need to keep learning new programming languages, new fads and new tools ... It's all taken care of.

On top of that it's stuffed full of features, costs comparatively little and is dead straightforward to use. Read on to find out why I love SBI!

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Graphic Tools

I'm a bit graphically challenged, and - as a result - used to waste large amounts of time sorting out really simple things. So I'm always happy if I come across a tool or trick that helps me get a job done without fuss. Strangely enough, some really useful graphic tools are free!

• image manipulation tools
• logo creation
• paint.net
• favicon generators
• Image mapping software

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Writing Skills

Some people simply love to write, others find it a real challenge. But even if you belong to the latter category, your website can shine with really effective writing. Because good writing can be learned. And here's a wonderful resource for anyone who wants to improve their writing skills.

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Tech Skills / Website Building Skills

Are your website building skills holding you back? Or do you only think that they are? Would a coach be able to help you? Or do you need a business website in a hurry? There's help out there for you!

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Free Ebooks and Downloads

Every now and then I come across an ebook or download that's just too good to keep to myself. This is where I'll place my reviews (and the download links, of course!)

• The Affiliate Masters Course
  Three years ago, this book changed my life ... will it change yours?


• The WAHM-IT! Masters Course
  Work at home mums need all the help they can get... here's some

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