Below are some of the essential tools and resources I use in my business.

Finding reliable service providers and products that do the job they’re meant to can be time consuming and frustrating!

I’ve reviewed and tested numerous different sources, and these are my recommendations as well as those from my esteemed colleagues:

Free WordPress Installations

- WPHosting Australia

Email Marketing

- Aweber

- Sendpepper

- Mailchimp

Shopping Carts, Shop Fronts and Payment Processing

- 1Shoppingcart

- Shopify

- PayPal

Conference Calling

- GoToMeeting

- All Conference Calls

- Calliflower

Social Media Management

- North Social

- Involver

- Shoutlet

- Hootsuite

Images and Icons

- istockphoto

- 123RF

- gettyimages

Themes

- OptimizePress

- Woo Themes

- StudioPress

Membership Plugins

- Wishlist Member

- Amember

PLR E-Books

- Self Improvement Goldmine

Web Hosting

- Hostgator

Customer Relationship Management

- BatchBlue

- CRMDesk

- Zen Desk

Affiliate Management

- 1Shoppingcart

- Clickbank

- Ejunkie

Project Management/Online Collaboration

- BasecampHQ

Video Editing

- Camtasia

- Screenflow

Charts and Diagrams

- ExploraTree

- Gliffy

- WiseMapping

- MindJet

Calendars and Scheduling

- Appointy

- BookingPad

- Clickbook

- TimeDriver

Bookmarking, Note-Taking, Archiving

- Evernote

Screenshot Editing

- Skitch

Website Analytics

- Google Analytics

Article Repositories

- Ezine

- Articlesbase

Freelance Services

- Elance

- Odesk

Invoicing

- Freshbooks

- LiteAccounting

- Zoho

PDF Tools

- Easy PDF

- PDFHammer