Strategic Markeing Advisors Resources Rolodex

If you're like us, you know how frustrating it is to spend hours looking for reliable help and information.  Let's face it, the Internet is just too cluttered.  That's why we created our own Strategic Marketing Advisors Resources Rolodex for our members. Here you'll find valuable resources for a wide variety of tasks. Use this list to begin, or end, your search for trusted services and great content.

Also, since our site is devoted to enhancing the power of our collective wisdom, we invite you to share your favorite resources by adding them to the "Comment" section below. That way, all of us will benefit. Together we'll build a fantastic one-stop resource library!

There is one thing you will notice about the resources - they don't have an active link.  The reason is simple - links are dynamic and change constantly.  It would take a daily effort and a lot of time to keep up with them.  Solution - SMART Resource Rolodex.  Mary and I had a little software program that does this for your.  If you'ld like to have access to all the links with their descriptions and active URLs then check out our SMART Resource Rolodex software here to learn more. 

To Your Success,
David and Mary.

ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE

PAID-FOR:

•    www.intuit.com: Quick Books
•    www.Microsoft.com: Accounting Professional
•    www.Peachtree.com: Peachtree

FREE / OPEN SOURCE:

•    www.gnucash.org: GNU Cash
•    www.compiere.com: Compiere

AFFILIATE PROGRAMS

•    www.Clickbank.com
•    www.MyEasyWebAutomation.com
•    www.CJ.com (Commission Junction): Find affiliate products
•    www.DailyCandy.com – Great site for promoting things
•    www.Lemonade.com  - Endorse products and get spiffs
•    www.ActiveAffiliateProfits.com: Earn 100% Commissions™

ANTISPAM

Software

•    www.SpamBully.com
•    www.SpamCop.com
•    www.ScamBusters.org

ARTICLES

Directories and Submissions

•    www.Ezine.com
•    www.ArticleDashboard.com
•    www.ArticleAlley.com
•    www.SubmitYourArticle.com
•    www.ISnare.com
•    www.EzineArticles.com
•    www.GoArticles.com
•    www.Buzzle.com
•    www.Searchwarp.com
•    www.ArticleCity.com
•    www.ArticleSnatch.com
•    www.Selfgrowth.com

AUDIO

Audio Creation

•    www.AudioGenerator.com
•    www.CopyTalk.com: Voice Capture
•    www.sonicmemo.com: Create short audio clips
•    www.SonyCreativeSoftware.com: Audio creation website
•    www.plantronics.com: phone headsets
•    www.wantphones.com: phones, headsets, and fax machine
•    ggseq.sourceforge.net/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage: Gungirl Sequencer
•    www.threechords.com/hammerhead: HammerHead
•    www.jesusonic.com/soft.php: Jesusonic
•   www.kreatives.org/kristal/index.php: KRISTAL Audio Engine
•   ordrumbox.sourceforge.net: orDrumbox
•    www.brambos.com/news.html: Tu2
•    www.AudioGenerator.com

Audio Editing

•    www.adobe.com/special: audio editing tool
•    www.Audacity.Sourceforge.net: Free sound editor
•    www.GigaVox.com/Levelator: Java-based application that automatically adjusts volume levels in podcasts
•    www.AskDatabase.com: ASK Database™

Audio Equipment and Software

•    www.TeleseminarTools.com: Recording Equipment (Alex’s)
•    www.real.com: Free Real audio players and Real Producer for converting audio to Real audio

Audio Recording

•    www.audiostrategies.com: Records teleclasses
•    www.telephonerecording.com/index.htm
•    www.todayscoach.com: Recording instructions
•   audacity.sourceforge.net
•   www.powerbullet.com/swiffrec
•   www.grsites.com/sounds (free sound effects)

Audio Sharing

•    www.iTunes.com
•    www.Rhapsody.com

AutoResponders

•    www.aWeber.com
•    www.MyEasyWebAutomation.com
•    www.iBackUp.com: Auto Responders Backup Storage (PC Files)
•    www.OpenDoor.com

Audio Player

•    www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch: 1by1
•    www.sheepfriends.com/?page=billy: Billy
•    coolplayer.sourceforge.net: CoolPlayer
•    www.deliplayer.com: DeliPlayer
•    www.foobar2000.org: Foobar 2000
•    www.apple.com/itunes: iTunes
•    www.jetaudio.com: Jet Audio Basic
•    mixere.sourceforge.net: Mixere
•    mixxx.sourceforge.net: Mixxx
•    www.mono211.com/monoraveik/mr1200.html: monoRAVEik
•    sourceforge.net/projects/moreamp: MoreAmp
•    musik.berlios.de: Musik
•    www.musikcube.com/page/main: musikCube
•    www.quinnware.com: QCD Player
•    sonique.lycos.com: Sonique
•    www.videolan.org/vlc VLC Media Player
•    www.winamp.com: Winamp
•    www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html: XMPlay
•    www.microsoft.com/windows
•    www.ExtremeOnlineVideo.com

•   K-MP3 - http://www.katarncorp.com/

BLOGS

Standalone Blog Platforms

•    www.WordPress.org
•    www.MovableType.org
•    www.PMachine.com
•    www.Greymatter.com
•    www.B2Evolution.com
•    www.TextPattern.com
•    www.ExpressionEngine.com

Hosted Blog Platforms

•    www.TypePad.com
•    www.Blogger.com
•    www.WordPress.com
•    www.MySpace.com

Blogging Software

•   wordpress.org
•   www.blogger.com
•   www.freshpursuits.com/canvas
•   www.pingoat.com
•   www.pingomatic.com
•   blogsearch.google.com
•   www.onlywire.com

Blog Tutorials

•    www.easybakeweblogs.com: Help to get you started blogging

BULLETIN BOARDS

•    www.phpbb.com/index.php: bulletin board program
•    www.hotoffice.com
•    www.InvisionPower.com

BUSINESS AND MARKETING INFORMATION WEBSITES

•    www.AllBusiness.com: Business Information Resources
•    www.MarketersChoice.net: E-Business Tools
•    www.MindTools.com: Improve Business Skills
•    knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu: Newsletter for Practical/Academic Side of Business
•    www.MarketersMakeoverGenerator.com: Marketing Makeover Generator
•    www.PeakPotentials.com: T. Harv Eker - Millionaire Mind
•    www.GetMoreMomentum.com: Quick Fire Income

Business Stats

•    www.eMarketer.com
•    www.ComScore.com
•    www.BizStats.com

Marketing Research

•    A free report is available from Marketing Sherpa:  Marketing Sherpa's 2008 Wisdom Report
•    sherpastore.com/marketingwisdom08.html?1006

BUYING OR SELLING A WEBSITE

•    ViperBuying.com
•    ViperSelling.com

CALENDARS

•    www.30boxes.com: World’s Best Calendar
•    www.earthcalendar.net: World Holiday Calendar

CD / DVD BURNING

•   www.burrrn.net : Burrrn
•   www.burn4free.co: Burn4Free
•   www.burnatonce.com: Burnatonce
•   hem.bredband.net/cdburnerxp: CDBurnerXP
•   cdrdao.sourceforge.net: CDRDAO
•   demosten.com/cdrfe: CDR Tools Frontend
•   www.deepburner.com: Deepburner
•   www.paehl.de: Easy Burning, DropCD & Audio CD
•   www.imgburn.com: ImgBurn
•   www.Kunaki.com

CHECKSUM UTILITIES

•   www.slavasoft.com/fsum: fsum
•   www.big-o-software.com/products/hksfv: hksfv
•   www.etree.org/md5com.html: md5sum
•   www.md5summer.org: md5summer

COMPRESSION / DECOMPRESSION

•   www.7-zip.org 7-zip
•   sources.redhat.com/bzip2/index.html: bzip2
•   www.extractnow.com: ExtractNow
•   www.filzip.com: FilZip
•   www.florida.plus.com/izarc: IZArc
•   www.quickzip.org: QuickZip
•   www.tugzip.com: TUGZip
•   upx.sourceforge.net: UPX
•   www.handybits.com/zipngo.htm: Zip&Go
•   www.zipgenius.it: Zipgenius

COMPUTER BACKUP

•    www.accessgenie.com
•    www.ibackup.com
•    www.MyCarbonite.com

CONFERENCE CALLS

•    www.FreeConference.com
•    www.skype.com
•    www.eagleconf.com
•    www.MrConference.com: Free 30-person bridge
•    teleconferenceline.com
•    www.solopreneurzonoe.com/Bridge_Rentals.htm: 50-person full-feature bridge line

CONTENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE (SYSTEMS?)

•    www.joomla.org
•    www.drupal.org

CONTENT VOTING SITES / OPINION

•    www.SpicyPag.com:  Post comments, vote, share blogs, and more
•    www.ShoutWire.com
•    www.Newline.com
•    www.Diggs.com: Popular news ranking site
•    www.Epinions.com: People write reviews
•    www.Amazon.com
•    www.RipOffReport.com

DEFRAG

•   www.dirms.com DIRMS & Buzzsaw -
•   www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp: OpenVMS
•   www.kessels.com/JkDefrag: jkdefrag

DESKTOP ADDONS

•   www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=17372: AveDesk
•   www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/download.html: CursorXP
•   www.desktopsidebar.com: Desktop Sidebar
•   www.filehand.com: Filehand
•   www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml: Glass2k
•   desktop.google.com: Google Desktop
•   kapsules.shellscape.org: Kapsules
•   www.mobydock.com: MobyDock
•   www.ivory.org/panorama.html: Panorama
•   www.rainlendar.net: Rainlendar
•   www.idiogensoftware.com/runfast/index.htm: RunFast
•   www.samurize.com: Samurize
•   www.bayden.com/SlickRun: SlickRun
•   www.bhelpuri.net/Snippy: Snippy
•   www.ntwind.com/taskswitchxp: TaskSwitchXP Pro
•   home.inreach.com/2tone/tclock2/tclock2.htm: tclock2
•   trip.glenmurphy.com: Trip
•   www.singerscreations.com: Weather Watcher
•   www.palma.com.au/winroll: WinRoll

DOWNLOAD  MANAGERS

•   www.freedownloadmanager.org: Free Download Manager
•   www.freshdevices.com/freshdown.html: Fresh Download
•   www.leechget.net/en: LeechGet
•   lycos26486.l78.lycos.com.cn/default.htm: Net Transport
•   www.halogenware.com/software/retriever.html: Retriever
•   www.stardownloader.com/downloads.php: Star Downloader
•   www.sun.com/download/sdm/index.xml: Sun Download Manager
•   millweed.com/projects/wackget: wackget
•   www.wellget.com: WellGet
•   www.TechSmith.com: Snag-It

DESIGN

Logo Services

•    www.GotLogos.com
•    www.Scriptlance.com
•    www.Sitepoint.com
•    www.1800mylogo.com
•    www.ez-logo.com
•    www.gotlogos.com
•    www.logo-design-logo.esign.com
•    www.LuckyEcovers.com

Stock Photography

•    www.ablestock.com
•    www.corbis.com
•    www.gettyimates.com
•    www.hemera.com
•    www.photostogo.com
•    www.stockedphotos.com

Templates

•    www.designoutpost.com
•    www.TemplateMonster.com
•    www.TemplateOutpost.com
•    www.MyWordPressSecret.com

Website Design

•    www.Sitepoint.com
•    www.Scriptlance.com
•    www.RentACoder.com
•    www.Craigslist.com
•    www.eLance.com
•    www.WAHMOutsource.com
•    www.AgentsofValue.com
•    www.guru.com
•    www.NetStudio.com: Button and banner ad design

Web Development

•    www.RentACoder.com
•    www.eLance.com
•    www.guru.com
•    www.coffeecup.com: HTML editor using WYSIWYG technology

Web Development Software

PAID-FOR:

•    www.Microsoft.com: FrontPage/Expression
•    www.adobe.com: Adobe Dreamweaver

•    http://Kompozer.net/: Kompozer

DIRECTORIES

•    www.podcast411.com/page2.html: Podcast Directories List

DISCUSSION FORUMS

Register

•    www.BoardTracker.com

DOMAIN NAMES AND REGISTRATION

Search Sites

•    www.BetterWhoIs.com: Domain name search
•    www.WayBackMachine.org: Archived Websites
•    www.DomainTools.com: Domain Search

Registration

•    GoDaddy.com
•    ExpiredDomains.com
•    www.Enom.com: Domain name purchasing

EMAIL (MAILING) LISTS AND DIRECT MARKETING

•    www.InfoUSA.com
•    www.MailingListProvider.com
•    www.EdithRoman.com

EMAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

PAID:

•    www.microsoft.com: Microsoft Outlook

FREE / OPEN SOURCE:

•    www.mozilla.com” Mozilla Thunderbird or Mozilla Sunbird and Lightning

EBOOKS

Free Ebooks

•   www.floodle.net
•   ebook-maniacs.com/index.html
•   www.Bartelby.com

Books

•   www.TheBookCo.com: The Book Company

FILE MANAGERS

•   netez.com/2xExplorer: 2xExplorer
•   www.shawneelink.net/~bgmiller: A43
•   freecommander.com/index_en.htm: freeCommander
•   www.wanari.com: Gyula's Navigator
•   home.megapass.co.kr/~woosjung: JExplorer
•   meesoft.logicnet.dk: MeeSoft Commander

FILE TRANSFERS (LARGE DOCS)

•    www.YouSendIt.com
•    www.whalemail.com

FIND PEOPLE OR BUSINESSES

•    www.YellowPages.com
•    www.BigYellow.com
•    www.anywho.com
•    1.800.466.4411 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            1.800.466.4411      end_of_the_skype_highlighting – Google 411

FREEBIES

•    www.BestDealsontheWeb.com
•    www.CoolFreebieLinks.com
•    www.FabFree.com
•    www.Freebies.About.com
•    www.Apple.com: Download free widgets

FREE / OPEN SOURCE:

•    www.openoffice.org: OpenOffice
•    docs.google.com: Google Docs
•    www.ThinkFree.com: ThinkFree
•    www.Zoho.com: Zoho

FTP

FTP clients:

•   software.visicommedia.com/en/products/aceftpfreeware: ACE FTP
•   sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla: Filezilla!
•   www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty: PuTTY (SSH)
•   www.smartftp.com:  SmartFTP

•   GuildFTPD - http://www.guildftpd.com/

GRAPHICS

•   www.flamingtext.com
•   www.gifworks.com
•   www.thefreesite.com/Free_Graphics
•   www.oswd.org
•   www.grsites.com

3D Graphics

•   www.3delight.com/index.htm: 3Delight Free
•   www.anim8or.com: Anim8or
•   www.aqsis.org : Aqsis
•   www.blender3d.org : Blender
•   www.discreet.com/products/gmax: gmax
•   www.sidefx.com/apprentice/index.html: Houdini (Free Edition)
•   usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=7639525: Maya Personal Learning Ed.
•   www.openfx.org : OpenFX
•   www.softimage.com/products/exp/v3: SOFTIMAGE|XSI EXP
•   www.planetside.co.uk/terragen: Terragen
•   www.toxicengine.org: Toxic
•   www.wings3d.com: Wings 3D

Graphic Tools

•   www.flashbuttons.com
•   www.datastic.com/tools/colorcop
•   www.vletter.com/design_visitor.htm

GREETING CARDS

Automated

•    www.SendOutCards.com/30484

Online

•    JacquieLawson.com

HOSTING

•    www.HostGator.com
•    www.NetworkSolutions.com
•    www.BlackWireHosting.com
•    www.aaces.com
•    www.infoquet.com
•    www.ipowerweb.com
•    www.BlueHostingDomains.com

HOW-TOS AND TUTORIALS

•    www.AnswersThatHelp.com: Troubleshoot Computer Problems
•    www.HowStuffWorks.com
•    www.ExpertVillage.com
•    www.HungryMinds.com
•    www.FatSecret.com

HTML EDITOR AND WEBSITE CREATORS:

•   www.evrsoft.com/download.shtml: 1st page 2000
•   freeware.acehtml.com/download.html: AceHTML
•   www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia: Aracnophilia
•   www.arachnoid.com
•   onlinewebcheck.com
•   foxeditor.sourceforge.net: FoxEditor
•   www.chami.com/html-kit: HTML-Kit
•   www.nvu.com: nVu
•   www.amaryllis.8m.com: Selida
•   webpage.vendercom.com: Trellian webPAGE
•   www.tsware.net :  TSW WebCoder
•   www.wysiwygwebbuilder.com: WYSIWYG Web Builder

HTML TUTORIALS:

•   www.davesite.com/webstation/html
•   articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22-5074586.html

IMAGE EDITING

•   www.irfanview.com
•   www.photoedit995.com
•   www.gimp.org
•   plasticbugs.com/index.php?p=241
•   www.freeserifsoftware.com

INFORMATION

•   www.faqs.com
•   www.wikipedia.org
•   www.congoo.com
•   www.encarta.com
•   www.freesticky.com/stickyweb
•   adlab.msn.com/
•   www.contentrover.com

INSTANT MESSENGER

•   amsn.sourceforge.net/index.php: AMSN
•   pidgin.im: Pidgin (formerly GAIM)
•   www.google.com/talk: Google Talk
•   www.im2.com: IM2
•   www.miranda-im.org: Miranda IM
•   www.mercury.to:  Mercury Messenger
•   messenger.msn.com: MSN Messenger
•   www.pandion.be: Pandion
•   www.rhymbox.com: Rhymbox
•   psi.affinix.com:  PSI
•   www.qip.ru:  qip
•   www.jivesoftware.org/spark: Spark IM
•   sim-icq.sourceforge.net: SIM
•   www.skype.com: Skype
•   terraim.sourceforge.net:  TerraIM
•   trillian.cc/downloads: Trillian Basic

INTERNET EXPLORER FRONT ENDS

•   www.ambrowser.com: AM Browser
•   beta.aol.com/projects/aolbrowser: AOL Browser
•   www.avantbrowser.com: Avantbrowser
•   www.crazybrowser.com: Crazy Browser
•   www.maxthon.com: Maxthon Browser
•   www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm: SlimBrowser

Internet Speed Test

•   www.SpeedTest.net

IRC

•   www.bersirc.com: BersIRC
•   www.mozilla.org/projects/rt-messaging/chatzilla: Chatzilla
•   www.hydrairc.com: HydraIRC
•   www.kvirc.net: kVIRC
•   www.mirc.com: MIRC
•   node.sourceforge.net: NodeIRC
•   www.tinyirc.net: TinyIRC
•   www.xchat.org: XChat
•   www.visualirc.net: Visual IRC

INTERNET MARKETING FORUMS

•   www.copywritersboard.com
•   www.thegaryhalbertletter.com
•   www.warriorforum.com/forum
•   www.howtocorp.com/forum
•   forums.digitalpoint.com
•   www.im4newbies.com/forum
•   www.wilsonweb.com
•   www.work.com
•   www.conversionchronicles.com
•   www.knowthis.com/internet.htm
•   www.startupnation.com
•   www.entrepreneur.com
•   hardtofindseminars.com
•   www.clickz.com
•   www.marketingsherpa
•   www.jupiterresearch
•   www.dmnews.com
•   www.TeleseminarSecrets.com

Internet Marketing Explained

•    www.InternetMarketingExplained.com

KEYWORD RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

•    www.GoodKeywords.com
•    Nichebot.com
•    www.Wordtracker.com
•    www.KeywordElite.com:  keyword generation, spy on competitors keywords
•    Inventory.overture.com: Suggests keywords and bid prices for pay-per-clicks
•   www.nichebotclassic.com
•   www.goodkeywords.com
•   www.freekeywords.wordtracker.com
•   www.kwbrowse.com
•   www.ranks.nl/tools/spider.html
•   www.quintura.com
•   www.technobloggie.com/keyword-tool/index.php

LEARNING (SEE TRAINING AND EDUCATION)

LINK-BUILDING

•    www.Outpost-earth.com
•    www.MyBlog.com
•    www.Bumpzee.com
•    www.PayPerPosts.com
•    www.ReviewMe.com
•    www.LoudLaunch.com
•    www.BlogsVertise.com
•    www.LinksManager.com/index.html
•    www.LinkPopularity.com
•    www.BacklinkWatch.com

LINUX

•   www.centos.org:  CentOS
•   fedora.redhat.com: Fedora
•   www.gentoo.org: gentoo
•   www.ubuntulinux.org: ubuntu

MAIL

•   ox.foxmail.com.cn/English: Foxmail
•   www.memecode.com: i.Scribe
•   www.pmail.com: Pegasus Mail
•   www.poptray.org: PopTray
•   www.getthunderbird.com: Thunderbird

MAILING LISTS

•    www.MailingLIstProvider.com

MAINTENANCE

•   www.ccleaner.com: CCleaner

MEMBERSHIP WEBSITE SOFTWARE

•    www.membergate.com
•    iGroops.com

MEASUREMENT / ANALYTICS

•    www.GoogleAnalytics.com

NETWORK

•   www.softshape.com/download CMDTime NTP Utility
•   www.ethereal.com: Ethereal Protocol Analyzer
•   readerror.gmxhome.de: NetMeter
•   netprofiles.danielmilner.com: NetProfiles
•   www.insecure.org/nmap: NMap
•   www.ntop.org:  Ntop
•   www.pingplotter.com: PingPlotter
•   chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty: PuTTY
•   forum.flashfxp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2400: RAS Graph & Stats
•   www.realvnc.com: RealVNC
•   www.tightvnc.org: TightVNC
•   ultravnc.sourceforge.net: UltraVNC
•   www.winscp.com: WinSCP

NEWS

•    www.propeller.com – AOL News
•    www.Diggs.com – News Ranking Site
•    www.BoxOfficeMojo.com

NEWSLETTER MANAGEMENT

•    www.AWeber.com: Autoresponder delivery program
•    www.Benchmarkemail.com: They have a 30-day free trial
•    www.ConstantContact.com: 30-day free trial
•    www.ConsultLogic.com
•    www.DirectToDeskopSoftware.com: Communication delivery alternative to email – goes directly to users’ desktops
•    www.EzineDirector.com: Free for subscriber lists under 1,000
•    www.lyris.com/contentchecker: Checks whether your email will get pas spam blockers
•    www.MailingLIstProvider.com

OFFICE

•   www.software602.com/products/pcs/download.html: 602PC Suite free edition
•   www.abiword.com:  AbiWord
•   www.openoffice.org: Open Office

OPEN SOURCE WEBSITES AND SOFTWARE OR FREEWARE

•    www.Joomla.org: Content Management System
•    www.Drupal.com
•    www.OpenOffice.org: Operating system
•    www.adobe.com
•    www.Bravenet.com: Lots of free features to add to your website such as, guest books, surveys, chat rooms, hit counters and more
•    www.poodwaddle.com – free calendars, search engine interface, dictionary, calculator, and more

Free Software

•    www.fsf.org
•    www.gnu.org/copyleft

ONLINE PAYMENT PROCESSING

•    www.PayPal.com
•    www.PracticePaySolutions.com:  They use the  Authorize.Net service

Instant Plug-n-Pay

•    www.InstantPlugNPay.com

OUTSOURCING

General Services

•    www.idictate.com: Transcription Service
•    www.AskSunday.com: Inexpensive Personal Assistants
•    www.Kasamba.com
•    www.guru.com
•    www.craigslist.com
•    www.scriptlance.com: Design and development
•    www.sitepoint.com: Design and development
•    www.TrafficAssistance.com: Outsource blogging, etc.
•    www.WAHMOutsource.com
•    www.BlogRush.com: Blog Rush
•    www.ExtremeWealthPotentials.com/SuperSignupSystem.com

Link Building

•    www.PayPerPost.com
•    www.ReviewMe.com
•    www.LoudLaunch.com
•    www.Blogsvertise.com

Website Design and Development

•    www.Sitepoint.com
•    www.Scriptlance.com
•    www.RentACoder.com
•    www.Craigslist.com
•    www.eLance.com
•    www.WAHMOutsource.com
•    www.AgentsofValue.com
•    www.guru.com

•   http://get.adobe.com/reader/

PHONE APPLICATIONS

•    www.PhoneTag.com: Phone Tag
•    www.TwoBuckTollFree.com

PHOTOS

Photo Sharing

•    www.SmugMug.com
•    www.Flickr.com

Stock Photography

•    www.ablestock.com
•    www.corbis.com
•    www.istockphoto.com
•    www.gettyimates.com
•    www.hemera.com
•    www.photostogo.com
•    www.stockedphotos.com

PODCASTING

•    www.PodcastExpoLive.com: Podcast And New Media Expo
•    www.PodcastBrothers.com: Podcast Brothers (Show and Templates)
•    www.PodcastSecrets.com/Replay: Podcast Secrets Preview Call

POP-UP SOFTWARE

•    www.FocusGenerator.com
•    www.InstantAttention.com
•    www.PopOverGenerator.com
•    www.ExitSplash.com

PRESS RELEASES

Submission Services

•    PR Zoom
•    PRWeb
•    Press Equalizer
•    PR Newswire
•    Business Wire

Free Press Release Sites

•   www.free-press-release.com
•   www.24-7pressrelease.com
•   www.i-newswire.com
•   www.pr.com
•   www.pressmethod.com
•   www.1888pressrelease.com
•   www.prbuzz.com
•   www.prleap.com
•   www.clickpress.com
•   www.prfree.com
•   www.addpr.com
•   www.eworldwire.com
•   www.prurgent.com
•   www.theopenpress.com
•   www.przoom.com
•   www.ecommwire.com
•   www.free-news-release.com
•   www.express-press-release.com
•   www.newswiretoday.com
•   www.press-base.com
•   www.press.arrivenet.com
•   www.pr9.net
•   www.pr-inside.com
•   www.free-press-release-center.info
•   www.prlog.org
•   www.pressreleaseforum.com
•   www.postafreepressrelease.com
•   www.pressexposure.com
•   www.bignews.biz
•   www.speedypr.com
•   www.sbwire.com
•   www.only2press.com
•   www.exactrelease.com
•   www.prwindow.com
•   www.openpr.com
•   www.press-world.com
•   www.mediasyndicate.com
•   www.webnewswire.com
•   www.prnuke.com
•   www.fastpitchnetworking.com
•   www.businessportal24.com
•   www.press.xtvworld.com
•   www.thepublish.com
•   www.newsblaster.com
•   www.pressexposure.com
•   www.pressreleasemonkey.com
•   www.pressreleasespider.com
•   www.usprwire.com
•   www.publicrelations.uk.com
•   www.ukprwire.com
•   www.freepressreleases.co.uk
•   www.pressbox.co.uk
•   www.PressFlow.co.uk
•   www.freepressindex.com
•   www.pressrelease.com.np
•   www.MediaSyndicate.com

PRINTING

•    www.gfxinc.com: They also print bookmarks with your company logo
•    www.imagers.com
•    www.iprint.com
•    www.mimeo.com: Print all kinds of materials
•    www.OvernightPrints.com: Have rounded business cards
•    www.PrintingForLess.com
•    www.PSPRint.com
•    www.Touchpoint.com: Create and personalize printed communication in minutes
•    www.SendOutCards.com: Automate greeting cards, postcards, etc.
•    www.VistaPrint.com

PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS (SPECIALITY)

•    www.branders.com
•    www.CafePress.com: Put your logo on many different products – You can buy in small quantities and/or sell products directly from their site

REFERENCE WEBSITES

Calling Codes

•    www.CountryCallingCodes.com: Country calling codes
•    www.Dial800.com:Dial 800

Dictionaries

•    www.OneLook.com: Online Dictionary
•    www.RhymeZone.com

Encyclopedias

•    www.Wikipedia.org
•    www.Britannica.com: 32-Volume Encyclopedia

How-Tos

•    www.HowStuffWorks.com

IP Addresses

•    www.WhatIsMyIPAddress.com

Quotes

•    www.BrainyQuote.com
•    www.ThinkExist.com
•    www.GreatQuotesMovie.com

Stats

•    www.BizStats.com

Thesaurus

•    www.VisualThesaurus.com

Universal Time

•    www.Time.gov
•    www.WorldTimeServer.com

REMOTE ACCESS

•    www.Glance.net
•    www.GoToMyPC.com
•    www.ImInTouch.net: provides you the ability to log in to view and work on remote PC from any PC, cellphone, wireless PDA or diosk with Internet connection

RESEARCH

Businesses or People

•    www.anywho.com
•    www.YellowPages.com
•    www.MediaFinder.com

Competitors Internet Ratings, Rankings, Traffic Info.

•    www.Quantcast.com
•    www.Alexa.com
•    www.Compete.com

Keyword

•    www.GoodKeywords.com
•    Nichebot.com
•    Keyword Elite: keyword generation, spy on competitors keywords
•    Google Adwords: pay per click advertising
•    Inventory.overture.com: They suggest good keywords and allow you to check on others

Links

•    www.Backlinks.com: Check the number of links coming into yours, or others’, websites

People, Videos, Websites

•    www.StumbleUpon.com – good alternative to search engines

RESTAURANTS

•    www.restaurant.com

RSS

Syndication and Readers

•    www.Feedburner.com
•    www.Newsgator.com
•    www.GoogleReader.com
•    www.Reader.Google.com
•    www.SyndicateKahuna.com

SEARCH ENGINES, OPTIMIZATION AND KEYWORDS

•    www.SEOBook.com
•    www.Alexa.com
•    www.BacklinkWatch.com
•    www.Wordtracker.com

SECURITY SOFTWARE

PAID-FOR:

Anti- Virus, Anti-Spyware, Firewalls, and Website Safety Software

•     www.symantec.com: Norton Antivirus, Anti-Spyware, Firewall, and Website Safety Check
•     www.mcafee.com: McAfee Antivirus, Anti-Spyware, and Firewall
•     www.zonealarm.com: ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall Software
•     www.jetico.com/index.htm#/jpfirewall.htm: etico Personal Firewall
•     www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html: Kerio Personal Firewall
•     www.netveda.com/consumer/safetynet.htm: NetVida Safetynet
•     www.agnitum.com/download/outpost1.html: Outpost Firewall (version 1 is free)
•     www.softperfect.com/products/firewall: SoftPerfect Personal Firewall
•    smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm: Sygate (FREE for personal use)

Password Keeper Software

•     www.roboform.com: Password Keeper software

Synchronization / Backup

•     www.goodsync.com: GoodSync Synchronization/Backup

Compression / Zip

•     www.winzip.com: Winzip compression software

Remote Access

•     www.gotomypc.com

Thumb Drive

•    www.u3.com

SEO TOOLS

•   www.mohamadlatiff.com/social-power/bookmarks.php
•   www.googlerankings.com
•   www.keyworddensity.com
•   www.mikes-marketing-tools.com/free-marketing-tools.html
•   seodigger.com
•   tools.seobook.com
•   www.alexa.com
•   www.webmaster-toolkit.com
•   www.iwebtool.com/tools
•   www.seocompany.ca/directory/top-web-directories.html
•   www.marketleap.com/publinkpop
•   www.googspy.com
•   www.linkpopularity.com
•   www.seocompany.ca/tool/seo-tools.html#link-popularity-tools
•   www.searchwho.com/sw5-spider.html
•   www.Box.net

FREE / OPEN SOURCE:

Anti- Virus and Anti-Spyware

•    www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free: a-squared
•    www.free-av.com- AntiVir
•    www.avast.com/i_idt_1018.html- Avast
•    www.bitdefender.com: BitDefender
•    www. grisoft.com: AVG Anti-Virus
•    www.clamwin.com: Clamin Anti-Virus
•    www.trendsecure.com: Trend Micro Hijack This Anti-Spyware
•    www.microsoft.com: Microsoft Windows Defender Anti-Spyware
•    safety.live.com: Windows Live Safety Center
•    www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware: Ad-aware
•    www.dietk.com/: Diet K
•    www.download.com/HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10227353.html: HijackThis
•    spybot.safer-networking.de: SpyBot Search & Destroy
•    www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html: SpywareBlaster
•    www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html: SpywareGuard
•    www.xblock.com/download-freeware.php: XCleaner
•    free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2
•    www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp
•    www.virustotal.com

•    http://www.mailwasher.net:  MailWasher

•    https://psi.secuia.com/: Secunia Personal Software Inspector system software

Firewall Software

•    www.zonealarm.com: ZoneAlarm firewall software
•    www.comodo.com: Comodo Firewall software

•    http://keepass.info/: KeePass Password Safe software

Website Safety Check

•    www.microsoft.com: Microsoft ID 7 website safety check software
•    www.trendsecure.com: TrendProtect website safety check software

•    http://www.2brightsparks.com: SyncBack Freeware

•    http://www.7-zip.org/: 7 Zip compression/zip software

Utilities: Remote Access

•    www.logmein.com: LogMein remote access software
•    www.portableapps.com: Portable Apps mobile applications

Mobile Applications: Thumb Drive

•    www.protableapps.com

SHOPPING

•    www.BensBargains.com: cheap deals, rebates, and bargains
•    www.CouponCabin.com
•    www.eBags.com
•    www.SwapAGift.com
•    www.CouponMoms.com
•    www.ShortCuts.com
•    www.CellForCash.com
•    www.MyBargainBuddy.com
•    www.SlickDeals.com
•    www.Overstock.com
•    www.SmartBargains.com
•    www.CheapUncle.com
•    www.FatWallet.com: Forum for posting pleas for coupons
•    www.MySimon.com: Get ideas of what products are selling for
•    wwwl.ShopLocal.com: Scan deals at local stores
•    www.CostBlaster.com: Deals on business stuff
•    www.BuySafeShopping.com

SHOPPING CARTS

•    www.MyEasyWebAutomation.com
•    www.acteva.com: online registration for individual events with credit-card processing built in

Social Bookmarking

•    www.del.icio.us
•    www.OnlyWire.com

Social Media and Networking

•    www.MySpace.com
•    www.FaceBook.com
•    www.Squidoo.com
•    www.Match.com – dating
•    www.CraigsList.com
•    www.LInkedin.com
•    www.Spock.com
•    www.Friendster.com
•    www.Bebo.com
•    www.Topix.com
•    www.Xanga.com
•    www.Mashable.com
•    www.Twitter.com
•    www.HubPage.co

Software and Tools

•    www.SnagIt.com: Screen Capture
•    www.pdf995.com: Document Publishing Software
•    www.SolopreneurZone.com: Solopreneur resources
•    www.SiteInteractive.com: Traffic Building Software
•    www.sketchcast.com
•    www.roboform.com - allows you to use only one password
•    www.PopOver.com: Pop-up Software
•    www.BendingTheWeb.com
•    www.SendThisFile.com: Sends large files
•    www.vletter.com/design_visitor.htm: Can be used for customizing envelopes and letters (Personalized Handwriting Font)
•    www.Download.com
•    www.poodwaddle.com: Multi-purpose tool with calculator, dictionary, clocks, and more
•   www.giveawayoftheday.com
•   www.freedownloadscenter.com
•   www.vmware.com/products/player

Organizational Tools

•    www.appointmentquest.com: Online appointment scheduling and payment processing
•    www.GetCaughtOntime.com: Online scheduling software
•    www.prioritymanagement.com
•    www.rff.com: Powerful, yet easy–to-use tool for drawing flowcharts, organization charts, and many other kinds of diagrams
•    www.ScheduleWizard.com: Easy way to automate scheduling
•    www.www.SpudCity.com: Offers online tools for time-tracking, locating zip and area code, postage calculator and more
•    www.CaptureWorks.com/TaskCapture.htm
•    www.Syntap.com/downloads.com: Helps you keep track of time spent on calls, meetings, projects, etc.
•    www.ThePaperTiger.com: software to help you reduce paper
•    www.turbonote.com: Free or inexpensive software that enables you to store notes, reminders and important info to your hard drive
•    www.activewords.com: Adds words to Windows, providing a personal. portable, context-free user interface with immediate response. Your words launch programs, jump to websites, send email, substitute text, search and more
•    www.coach-track.com

Software Development

•    www.RentACoder.com

PARTITION

•   zeleps.com: Partition Resizer
•   www.ranish.com/part: Ranish Partition Manager
•   www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html: TestDisk

PDF PROGRAMS

•   webxd.com/zipguy/frpdfdl.htm:  Free PDF
•   foxitsoftware.com: Foxit Reader
•   www.ghostscript.com: Ghostscript/GSView
•   www.pdf995.com: PDF
•   sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator: PDFCreator
•   www.openoffice.org: Open Office

PHOTO MANIPULATION AND IMAGE DESIGN

•   www.iconico.com/colorpic: ColorPic
•   www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net: Paint .NET
•   www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight: Pixia
•   www.nattyware.com/pixie.html: Pixie
•   www.photofiltre.com: PhotoFiltre
•   www.IPuKE.com: Sodiodi
•   www.gimp.org:  The Gimp
•   www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint: Tuxpaint

PHP EDITORS

•  www.mpsoftware.dk/phpdesigner.php: PHP designer 2007

PICTURE VIEWERS

•   www.aha-soft.com/ahaview/ahaviewfree.exe: Ahaview
•   www.irfanview.com: Irfanview
•   www.firmtools.com/products/shellextension: Shell Extension
•   www.slowview.at: SlowView
•   www.xnview.com: XNView
•   www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm: FastSTone

PLUG-IN

•    www.WishListMember.com: Wish List Member Plugin

POPUP BLOCKER

•   www.google.com: Google Toolbar
•   www.outhbaypc.com/NoAds: NoAds
•   www.panicware.com/product_psfree.htm:l PopUp Stopper
•   www.privoxy.org: Privoxy
•   www.proxomitron.info: Proxomitron

PORTABLE SOFTWARE

•   www.portableapps.com: PortableApps Suite

PROFILES

www.PhilonTwitter.com: Philip J. Mutrie on Twitter

www.Facebook.com/philmutrie: Philip J. Mutrie on Facebook

PROGRAMMING

•   www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl: ActivePerl
•   www.crimsoneditor.com: Crimson Editor
•   www.context.cx: Context
•   www.bloodshed.net: Dev C++
•   www.bloodshed.net: Dev Pascal
•   www.digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html: Digital Mars C++
•   www.eclipse.org: Eclipse
•   www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_examdiff: ExamDiff
•   www.freepascal.org: Freepascal
•   www.jcreator.com/download.htm: JCreator LE
•   www.jedit.or:  jEdit
•   notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm: Notepad++
•   www.flos-freeware.ch: Notepad2
•   www.smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/index.htm: Pelles C
•   www.perl.com: Perl
•   www.mpsoftware.dk: PHP Designer
•   www.php.net:  PHP Hypertext Parser
•   www.pspad.com: PSPad
•   www.python.org: Python
•   www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index_en.html:  Ruby
•   www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd: SharpDevelop
•   www.tcl.tk: Tcl/Tk

RECOVERY

•   www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm: PC Inspector File Recovery

RSS READERS

•   fileheaven.com/Abilon/download/14059.htm: Ablion
•   www.rssowl.org:  RSSOwl

SECURITY / ENCRYPTION

•   www.secretmaker.com: All-in-One Secretmaker
•   axcrypt.sourceforge.net: Axcrypt
•   web.bsn.ch/lasse/bfacs.htm: Blowfish Advanced CS
•   www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php: Eraser
•   www.sys-shield.com/fileshredder.htm: File Shredder
•   www.gnupg.org: GnuPG
•   www.pgp.com/products/freeware.html: PGP Freeware
•   picofactory.com/picocrypt.html: PicoCrypt
•   www.truecrypt.org: TrueCrypt
•   www.winnowsoft.com/internet-eraser.htm: WindowsCleaner

SURVEYS

•    www.AdvancedSurvey.com
•    www.AskDatabase.net
•    www.eyecues.com
•    www.SurveyMonkey.com
•    www.Zoomerang.com
•    www.phpsurveyor.org/index.php
•    sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=109356

SYSTEM INFORMATION AND MONITORING

•    bill.nalens.com: Gkrellm
•    www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php: CPU-Z
•    www.DeliveryMonitor.com: Email Delivery Monitor
•    www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311: Motherboard monitor
•    www.almico.com/speedfan.php: SpeedFan
•    www.xymantix.com: Sysmetrix
•    hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html: WCPUID
•    www.Belarc.com

TELECONFERENCE INTERVIEW CALLS

•    www.VoiceText.com
•    www.FreeConferenceCall.com
•    www.Jott.com

TELL A FRIEND SCRIPTS AND SERVICES

•    www.tafpro.com: Allows visitors to tell others about your site or newsletter
•    www.1.hit.com/all-in-one/tell-a-friend.htm: Free tool
•    www.GoToWebinar.com

TELESEMINAR TOOLS

•    www.camtasia.com
•    www.moodle.com
•    www.InstantTeleseminar.com

TEMPLATES

Website Design Templates

•    www.TemplateMonster.com
•    www.LuckyMarble.com
•    www.MarketingMarkeoverGenerator.com: Web-based templates for lots of online marketing tasks

TIMERS

•    www.CountDownTime.com
•    www.CountDownTimers.com
•    www.Online-Stopwatch.com
•    www.TimeLeft.inf0

TOOLBAR

www.TweetElitePro.com
www.TwitterTwenius.com

TRAFFIC AND CONVERSION

•    www.alexa.com: Shows traffic figures and rankings for most websites
•    www.GoodKeywords.com
•    www.MarketingTips.com/hoverad: Replaces pop-up boxes that are often blocked
•    www.LinksManager.com/index.html
•    www.LinkPopularity.com
•    www.BacklinkWatch.com
•    inventory.overture.com
•    www.Wordtracker.com: Keyword reserach and suggestion tool
•    www.1-hot.com/all-in-one/tell-a-friend.htm (Free tool)
•    www.clickalyser.com
•    www.SiteInteractive.com: Traffic Building Software

TRAINING AND EDUCATION (LEARNING)

•    www.Articulate.com: E-Learning Tools
•    www.BusinessBalls.com: Business Balls
•    www.MindTools.com: Improve Business Skills
•    www.eclecticAcademy.com
•    www.LSVonline.com
•    www.ULiveandLearn.com
•    www.articulate.com
•    www.AllBusiness.com: Business Information Resources
•    www.ShoppingCartQueen.com

TRAVEL

•    www.kayak.com
•    www.Yapta.com: Notify you when rates go down
•    www.Orbitz.com
•    www.Travelocity.com

VIDEOS

Video Equipment and Software

•   www.InstantVideoGenerator.com
•   www.jingproject.com
•   www.swftools.com/tools-details.php?tool=8162413051
•   www.CopyTalkNow.com

VIDEO UPLOAD SITES

•   www.YouTube.com
•   www.video.google.com
•   www.video.yahoo.com
•   www.ifilm.com
•   www.dailymotion.com
•   www.stickam.com
•   www.gofish.com
•   www.revver.com
•   www.livevideo.com
•   www.blip.tv
•   www.metacafe.com

Video Websites

•   www.YouTube.com
•   www.MiniClip.com
•   www.GoogleVideo.com
•   www.Joost.com
•   www.Revver.com
•   www.DailyMotion.com
•   www.JumpCut.com
•   www.Stickam.com
•   www.EatLime.com

Snowball Video

•   www.YouTube.com/watch?v=AIGL74Kent4

VIRTUAL REALITY

•    www.SecondLife.com
•    www.ProsperityBasedLiving.com
•    www.SimpleTruths.com

WIDGETS

•    www.WidgetBox.com
•    www.Apple.com

•    https://www.gotowebinar.com/

TEXT AND WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE

PAID-FOR:

•   www.microsoft.com: Microsoft Office
•   www.corel.com: WordPerfect
•   www.sun.com: Star Office
•   www.openoffice.org
•   www.notetab.com/ntl.php
•   www.textpad.com