Almost ALL of my list is Compatible with WINDOWS XP, Vista, 7 and MAC operating systems, but make sure you check your system requirements before using any of these tools. Subscribe to my blog at http://www.latonyamalinconico.com to get on the weekly email list in order to receive your Free How-to tutorials on how to use some of the following software. THIS will change your life because NOW instead of paying hundreds of dollars on the programs that are out there, you can get all of these things for FREE and still get high quality material.
One of the MAIN reasons people start a business and then quit a few months later is because they are spending too much money on resources and training and NOT getting an equal RETURN on their INVESTMENT. If you are an affiliate marketer or network MLM business owner like myself, you understand what I am talking about.
So to avoid this, I provide my team members and MY LEADS, and yes...even MY VISITORS with this list of resources because ethically, I can’t tell my team to go and buy products just so that I can make money off of them without HELPING them. There are too many people in this business making money off of their downlines or visitors without helping them. It’s a bunch of crap.
True value to a team means having great leadership who can then turn their team into leaders themselves. So that is my motivation in providing this list. There are other websites out there with great lists just like this so I would also search for them. They may have something that I have not listed, but nevertheless, this list contains the basic materials that you can use to EXPLODE your business online without spending thousands of dollars. If the products and software listed was bought, you would probably spend almost $3,000 for it all. But since its free, you have basically just saved your business $3,000. That’s freaking awesome! (Yes I’m a nerd).
Video to AUDIO CONVERTORS
These 2 tools are online and will help you convert videos to audio for posting on your websites, blogs or podcast. It is a very useful tool to bring you more traffic even when you only have video. And trust me, there are paid membership sites such as Traffic Geyser and others who use systems like this to post your videos to podcast. So why can’t you do it for free. Plus the added bonus of using these two systems allows you to use your audio for slideshows and for making other custom videos.
Convert Youtube video to audio file
http://www.video2mp3.net/
Convert any video including upload from your computer to audio file
http://www.clipconverter.cc
Audio Software
Audio Software Free for your computer to record your podcasts or audio for slideshows and videos, or to record audio books. Compatible with WINDOWS XP, Vista, 7 and MAC operating systems.
Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
VIDEO and movie creation
Windows Live Essentials Movie Maker (Mac, PC)
I recommend a good Webcam and Windows Live Essentials Software (which is provided free on some Windows 7 computers, but is also free for download at Microsoft. It comes with a MOVIE MAKER. It is an excellent choice for editing and putting together videos and is compatible with WINDOWS XP, Vista, 7 and MAC operating systems. For Mac users, this is a great alternative to iLife’s “iMovie” if you are short of the money to purchase it.
http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials?os=other
Blender
Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems. You can do animations and more complex videos and movies with this one, but you will need to learn how and read the tutorials.
http://www.blender.org/
GRAPHICS and design Editor Software
GIMP
Although I have GIMP, Adobe Photoshop and Corel, I love the simplicity of GIMP. GIMP is the free open source “Photoshop”. I was so amazed at how many people use it despite the fact that Adobe is the #1 purchased system for graphics. You can find GIMP Youtube how-to’s and I will post some how-to’s in the future on some simple things you can easily make even if you are a newbie to graphic design. I almost always use GIMP for my clients and simple photo edits. (Available for both MAC & PC)
http://www.gimp.org/
FREE HTML Editor WYSIWYG recommendation
Kompozer
I use KOMPOZER for everything! Kompozer and NVU is the same thing, for some of you who have used NVU, but work on NVU by developers has not been going on lately so KOMPOZER was created to address the bugs and problems people had with NVU. This is my favorite FREE HTML editor despite the fact that I do have Dreamweaver. It is very simple and very easy to use. PERIOD. And you can see what you are doing with the fabulous Preview window. Now for a newbie to web-design and for creating simple lead capture pages, you can begin to use as soon as you install. But for creating complex sites and pages, which has more coding, experience is needed. So I recommend using this program to get familiar with basic html coding and then view the numerous websites online that teach you how to build websites. I will also have some basic tutorials on this subject as well. (Available for both MAC & PC)
http://kompozer.net/
FREE Hosting & Blogging
If you are just starting out as an affiliate marketer, internet marketer or business owner and need a website. There are a few free hosting sites that I recommend over others due to their high quality of satisfaction and easy of use.
WIX FREE FLASH website
WIX uses the creativity of flash integration (moving pictures, media, animation, etc.) and you can use templates or create your pages from scratch. Very easy to use and free. Although you can upgrade to get more templates and a no ad website. But still, the free version is extremely helpful and looks professional. The flash gives it a jazzy edge.
www.wix.com
Webs.com
Webs.com, formerly called Freewebs.com is another FREE site hosting company that I use. You can also upgrade to different memberships, but the free one is great. With the free plan you also can have a web-store that has up to 5 products that you can sell as long as you have a Paypal account or some other form of payment processing where your customers can buy from you. Webs.com also has templates or if you are a web-designer like me, you can start from scratch and upload your pages.
www.webs.com
I still use these sites in addition to my Go Daddy account, where I have my list of domains that I host. (I prefer Go Daddy as a paid host site once you get to the point where you need to register your own domain names.)
Go Daddy
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Blogger and Wordpress
www.blogger.com, blogspot.com and www.wordpress.com are all FREE blog hosting sites. Professional templates and designs, they are already optimized for traffic because of the many members. If you do not have a paid hosting service like Go Daddy, where you can install wordpress on a more customized platform, I would use Blogger or the free Wordpress sites to host your blog until you get enough money to have your own domain with Go Daddy. They are just as good but you will not have as many templates or extra options. So just be aware of that. The great advantage of using the free blog sites is that you can always export your blog information into Wordpress on your domain at a later date, so you never have to worry about starting over with content. It’s all right there in the exported file for you.
PHOTO Hosting
Flicker and Picaso
http://picasa.google.com/ and http://www.flickr.com/ are the top choices for uploading your photos to a free hosting site.
Video hosting
Youtube
www.youtube.com
See what happens is when you upload photos and videos to your own hosting site, the traffic you get causes your bandwidth to get high and shuts down your site or server. To avoid this, sites like Flickr or Youtube allows you to embed an html code to your video from their site so that when people now click on your video or picture on your site, it does not hurt your bandwidth.
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Way to provide the value Latonya, You have listed some great resources here. I am sure that a lot of people will benefit from this. I was not aware of blender. That looks pretty cool. I am going to have to check that out. Thanks for sharing the info.Fred
ReplyDeleteThanks Fred! Blender is great! You can use it to create Paramount and FOX style intros to your videos.
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