My essential Internet marketing tools

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In the last few days several people have sent me a PM and asked me what my essential tools are in running an online business. Just because these are my successful tools does not mean they have to be yours! Many of you can type therefore you don't need speech to text software, I can't type therefore I do.

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List building tools

As I have blogged many many times, I think it is never too early to build a list and I believe as always in using the best tools. To build a list you need an auto responder. This is something you pay for on a monthly or annual basis and they send out automated emails that you have already put into your system to your subscribers. Although there are many modules and many methods to make money online every single successful entrepreneur who does this full-time and earns over $10,000 per week has a list. A list may be the only uniting factor. If in the long term you want to be successful then list building should become a priority.

I use both Aweber and GetResponse. There will be plenty of people who will write underneath that there are cheaper, better blue faster stripe other companies however I do believe you should choose between these two. The reason I say this is because these two are the top to industry standards not sure which of the two is on top of the moment because they slug it out between themselves. Why is it important to choose these two well these days it is impossible to transfer a list.

This is because of anti-spamming laws. If you cannot prove you have permission to email the people on your list then you can't import it to a decent auto responder. Last month I did a course with my best friend about list building. This course is delivered by live webinar and as I asked the questions during this course I decided to start a list in the moneymaking niche something I've never done before. With another friend of mine Anthony we underwent a challenge to see who could have the biggest list in six weeks.

Anthony won by a mile he had just over 1700 subscribers. I had just under 1200 however as far as I'm concerned I won! Why is that because I built mine with GetResponse. He built his with a cheap auto responder one that is recommended here all the time. When his list was less than two months old he was getting less than 10% delivered. So all that effort was wasted he have now started again with Aweber, but we cannot import his list even though it's less than two months old.

He can't even email is list because he's not getting the deliverability to ask them to subscribe to his new list.! In the past I have had three lists all of them over 11,000 people which I have lost using cheaper auto responders for me not again. Feel free to write the cheaper versions underneath someone may want to try building a list and then losing it.

My other list building tool is lead pages they are by far the most expensive option available they are probably double the price of any other service. So you may well ask yourself why I use them. The answer is I can build a squeeze page in less than 10 minutes. I have bought and used and still have all the cheaper plug-ins. Yes they work, the learning curve is horrendous or at least it was for me because I'm not that technical and at the end of the day they looked unprofessional. To build a list you need to have professional landing pages to convert, if you can't afford lead pages then get somebody else to do them for you don't try to do everything yourself with the cheaper options.

And finally my personal favourite tool. My absolutely beloved Dragon 13 it is unlucky for some but not for me it is speech to text software. Yes it is expensive, but it's like a you can't type it transcribes my words as fast as I can speak and I personally wouldn't be without it.

So tools couldn't you be without? Are they graphics tools what makes your day easier, popular answers below and this can be a send to resource

P.s. Things I forgot.

My mentors - How could I have forgotten that, thanks so much Kathy, when you ask me things I don't know I go to my mentors and ask. Even Millionaires need mentors. This is absolutely crucial.

Camtasia

Thanks Marion for reminding me, but please see Marion's comments below this is her field of expertise.

I hate graphics programmes with a passion because I can't see accurately enough to use them anymore so I outsource all my graphics work, But have a look here at Loes's profile, she is fast becoming my go to graphics girl for free programs

How could I forget Jaaxy I use it every single day for me and at least twenty times for other WA members.Thank you so much for the reminder.

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Hi Kat,
Thanks for the information. I appreciate it. Have a great week.

Thanks Lance

Hello,

Very informative... off to check into a couple of items you mentioned. Thanks for sharing.

Jeff

What about a cup of tea ?. I can't do anything in the morning without a cup of tea.

Each to there own I don't drink tea - the smell of tannin is vile

So Dragon 13 types the words out for you,you just speak and then it is written out for you,instead of typing it.You could save a lot of time like this.

I save hours i na day, Dragon 12 doubled my output with dragon 13 I can dictate 20,000 + words a day - how productive is that when you are a two finger typist

My typing is not quite as bad as that Kat.I only did an elementary exam in typing in school.I am definitely quicker than that.

I am definitely not and its debatable whether I will even hit the keyboard never mind the right key

Very true and important, using list builders that adhere to anti-spamming laws.

If you are going to do it do it properly

Nice insights katkitchen. I recently started using Dragon 13 myself, and I've got to say "what a relief!" :)

They don't call me dragon Kat for nothing, you can see it in chat a lot of my posts finish with press enter because I say the command too fast after the full stop and it doesn't recognise the command done properly I don't have to touch the keyboard all day

Great info Thanks

thank you for sharing :D

ooh - this is great, thanks!

Thanks Mary

This is a great insight into email marketing and some wise words from someone who knows what they are talking about.
I am interested in why your friend collected more subscribers than you. Was it to do with the quality of enticement you were giving in order to get subscribers onto your list?

No it was to do with the fact that he paid more money than I did we were both driving traffic with the same enticement

Ok you made my decision easy. I am going with either Awebber or Get Response.
On a side note I used Dragon for years. When I tried to get Dragon 13 online I had all kind of problems so I decided to try the free speech recognition in windows. After a little training I am using it and it is almost as good as Dragon.

If it works for you ok, but don't get the autoresponder thing wrong its painful to lose a responsive list several times

No I think I got it right. You made a great case and I think its better to spend the money and get one of the two you recommend even though I don't have traffic yet. In the long run it will be worth it.

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