Walt Goshert

Business-Building

• Dan Kennedy- (Highly recommend you take a “Test Drive” of Dan Kennedy’s Elite Gold Membership and check out his No B. S. Letter)

• Duct Tape Marketing “System” Small Business Marketing

• Small Biz Trends- Small Business Success… Delivered Daily

• Itty Biz- Marketing for Businesses Without Marketing Departments

• CanDoGo- Free exclusive expert advice from over 150 world-renowned authors, experts, and trainers.

• BizSugar- Share small business news and tips

Marketing Strategy

• Drayton Bird Blog: Commonsense about marketing, business and life -  “… knows more about direct marketing than anyone in the world.” David Ogilvy

• Seth Godin
  

• Web Ink Now- David Meerman Scott’s blog on Marketing and Leadership Strategies

Marketing Tools

Creating Community and Content

• Chris Garrett

• ProBlogger

• Remarkablogger

• Ben Settle- Crackerjack Selling Secrets: Easy, Ethical & Profitable Sales Tips for Serious Entrepreneurs

• Blogussion

• Blogging Bistro

• Michel Fortin

• 18 Resources to Help You Write Better Blog Titles

• Gary Halbert- The Late, Great Gary Halbert’s Letter- (and now, with updates from his sons and other leading marketers)

• 12-Step Foolproof Sales Letter Template

• Johnny B. Truant- The Internet made awesome

• David Risley- Confessions of a Six Figure Professional Blogger

• WordPress for Small Business- Free Online Video Course\

• Copywriting and Content Creation- An archive of Copywriting and Content Creation Ideas, Tips, and Tricks

WordPress Themes

Free WordPress Themes

• Thrilling Theme (the theme I’m using here…)

Premium WordPress Themes

• Squeeze Theme/Affiliate Theme
  

• Thesis for WordPress
  

• iThemes
  

WordPress Plug-Ins

• MaxBlogPress Ninja Affiliate

• cForms- Add a custom Contact form to your site (How to set up cForms-Video Tutorial)

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

• Compete
  

• WebFadds- Scott Frangos

Local SEO

• Learn How to Get Your Business on Page 1 of Google Without Even Having a Website… Free Search Engine Local Listing Course

• GetListed.org- See how your business is listed at Google, Yahoo, and other top local search engines. Free service.

• Google Local Business Center Users Guide

• Local Search Submission Service- Enhanced listing service for your business with submission to over 80 local search engines, business directories, and Internet Yellow Pages sites.

• Local Search Marketing- an archive of Local Search Marketing Ideas, Tips, and Tactics

• Google Local Search Marketing- Articles and Information to help you dominate Google Local Search Marketing

Productivity Tools

• Source Control- An Outsourcing Framework for the Dangerously Ambitious

• Productive Flourishing- Check out Charlie Gilkey’s Free Action Planners for Creative Entrepreneurs

• Rock Your Day- Dave Navarro helps you Stop settling for less, Start changing your life.

• Ready2Go Articles- Need great articles but don’t have the time to write?

Social Media and Marketing

• Chris Brogan
  

• Inkling Media
  

• Gary Vaynerchuk
  

• Dan Schanbel’s Personal Branding Blog

• Social Small Biz

• The Online Reputation Management Guide (at Outspoken Media)
  

• Mack Collier

• Mari Smith’s Social Marketing Method- Here’s how to get started on Facebook and Twitter… and Generate Significant Profits. Guaranteed.

Lifestyle

• Untemplater- Work where you want… Live how you want… Be who you want to be

• Chris Guillebeau- Challenging Authority Since 1978

• Cody McKibbon- Thrilling Heroics: Lifestyle Design, Entrepreneurship, & Location Independence

• John Assaraf- The Spiritual Entrepreneur: Integrating Science and Spirituality for Achieving Maximum Results in Life and Business

• Jonathan Fields-awake@thewheel: Conversations, strategies & solutions at the crossroads of work, play, entrepreneurship & life

• Golf’s Higher Plane- Bob Fagen’s Holistic Approach to a better Golf Game, Business, and Life

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