20 Web Design Resources To Help You Build a Great Website
Design Tools To Build The Perfect Website
A couple weeks back I had a couple coaching clients over and one thing they asked me was where to get a designer, how should they set up a website etc… They went on to tell me they had been quoted $7000 for a new website and showed me an example of what they were going to get, it looked just like a website you would of expected to of been made 12 years ago. This blog post is dedicated to helping those of you who want to cut costs and put together a great website for a low price.
Here’s my steps:
- * Find a perfect domain using Instant Domain Search, then register it at GoDaddy.
- * Start a logo competition at 99Designs giving you on average 100 designs to choose from
- * Buy and install a WordPress theme from either Woothemes or Themeforest
- * Using oDesk, find a programmer to make any edits to your website theme
- * Contact Taskus to find someone to write great content so you can start to drive traffic.
#1- Instant Domain Search
Why has it made the list?
When you’re starting out online one of the first things you need to buy is a domain name for your website; a lot of us will write huge lists of possible names, but there are some people who mistakenly choose a name and create their site and logo design before even checking it’s availability. Quick tip for you; do not be one of these people, you will more than likely lose time and money using this technique. A better way to go about this task is to use a domain name search engine such as Instant Domain Search, which immediately let’s you know whether the name you want for your website is available or not. The site itself is very clean and simple; just type your chosen name into the search box, just like you would in any search engine and wait. It’s that simple and it is very quick too. Make sure you add this to your check-list if you are starting out; or if you are a domain name addict, you know who you are. Happy hunting.
- Visit: InstantDomainSearch.com
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#2 – 99designs
Why has it made the list?
This is a quite a big resource that you will not want to miss out on; and the great thing is that it’s so simple to use too. Basically you give them an idea of what you are looking for; maybe a logo or a unique WordPress theme. Then you add the price you are willing to pay for it, any promotions packages you’d like (if any) and then a description about your business. Once you have sent everything to them; their designers (hundreds of them) begin competing with each other in a bid to win you over and take the cash. Think of it as a competition or a contest; You set the goal and the prize, they do the work and the winner takes home the money; and you take the goods you’ve received. They also have various price ranges so before you think you couldn’t possibly afford it, check them out you may be surprised.
- Visit: 99designs.com
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#3 – Woothemes
Why has it made the list?
Woo Themes is another great resource for those of you looking for a way to create or update your WordPress site. The layout is simple and intuitive; so you will have no trouble in navigating through the various themes they have on offer. All of their themes are built around a solid set of frameworks, which have been tested and proven to work well, again and again; so if you are worried about the reliability side of things, don’t Woo Themes has it covered. They also have a lot of great designs which often have different colour schemes as well as customisable layouts; which is perfect for those of you that love to tweak and test your sites. Their customer support is also second to none, and I’m sure you won’t have a problem with any purchase you may make from Woo Themes. If you are in the market for a new look to your site, head over there and take a look at their demo’s you won’t be disappointed.
- Visit: Woothemes.com
- Our Recommendation: Check Out The Busybee Theme
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#4 – oDesk
Why has it made the list?
oDesk is great if you want to build a successful website but you are too busy; or unable to create content regularly. It’s also a great tool if any of you out there are lucky enough to be successful enough to sit back and relax whilst you get others to do the hard work for you. So how does it work? Great question and here is the answer; basically you need or want to find staff, you post a job advertisement on their site; with details of the job(s), what pay-range you are offering, as well as any specific skills or qualifications that may be required. The applicants then reply to your post (Sort of like a very efficient job centre). Once the replies start to come in you can take a look further into their work history, as well as their covering letters and everything else on their résumé. After you have decided on a clear winner (or two/three) then you simply click hire,and you have yourself some new staff members. What’s more; oDesk offer screen shots six times an hour so you can see their progress. Finally when it comes to paying your staff you go directly through oDesk which in turn does all the necessary paperwork; including the dreaded taxes. If you are looking for a few new staff or even your first one, then be sure to take a look at oDesk.
- Visit: oDesk.com
-Our Recommendation: Hire a writer for your blog
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#5 – Themeforest + marketplaces
Why has it made the list?
Theme Forest is a very well-known place to find a lot of design and development resources that will really help you to develop the look and feel of your site from the very start; but remember you can upgrade the look of your site when you feel the need. With that in mind, make sure you don’t change your site every week because then you may begin to lose readers. So what is Theme Forest and what can it do for you? Well theme Forest is a place where you can buy (and sell) various templates popular content management systems; such as WordPress and Drupal. You can also find HTML, flash and CSS products here to. They’ve got a really intuitive website and you can find anything that you’re looking for via keyword searches, category listings and even top authors. They’ve also got featured items should you feel the urge to take a look. Within Theme Forest there is also a service called ‘Other Marketplaces’ where you can find anything from video and audio products right up to specific coding should you require it. In all Theme Forest is a very good place to start or upgrade your website.
- Visit: ThemeForest.com
- Our Recommendation: Check Out The FlipBlog Theme
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#6 – TaskUs
Why has it made the list?
TaskUs is a great site which enables you to work a lot more efficiently by delegating various tasks to people all over the world. A lot of the time you’re bound to be very busy; and if you’re on your own and starting a new website or business can be very daunting with the amount of tasks involved. This is where TaskUs.com becomes really handy, what you do is log onto the website register yourself as a user; then you decide what tasks all work needs to be done by the TaskUs users. After you have decided what you want to do, he simply set a time limit along with a deadline; after which you will then discuss the details with an administrator. After the administrator has all the details and needs, they source the most qualified people to complete it for you; which is done under supervised by the administrator that has been assigned to you. After any work has been completed it is carefully looked over and reviewed; making sure that it is personalized to your standards and needs, as well as being checked for quality. With the task done you get the work sent to you; which is covered by a satisfaction guarantee. If you ask me this is one great time-saving resource.
-Visit: TaskUs.com
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#7 – Flowtown
Why has it made the list?
Flowtown is a fantastic social media resource; allowing you to get in touch with your target audience in a very stealthy way. It basically allows you to see what people are talking about; as well as what they are doing, on a massive scale. All you need to do is add an e-mail, or your entire e-mail list; click go and Flowtown will gather a ton of information, which can you be used to your advantage. One of the biggest issues with social media marketing; is trying to wean out the good from the bad, or rather the influential people and the evangelists from those who are just not interested at all. Flowtown does this for you, by searching how popular people are; how big their groups and networks are compared to others as well as giving you an insight to their personality. This really is a great way to move forward fast in the online game; you can literally start from scratch and still manage to build a great list of people who will push you forward. You can then merge this newly built list of people and add them to your aweber or icontact account; allowing you to build a successful marketing campaign. This is a great little resource to keep up your sleeve.
-Visit: Flowtown.com
#8 – W3C Validator
Why has it made the list?
The W3C Validator is a fantastic resource; for those of you that really enjoy getting to grips with coding. This great tool is useful for making sure all of your web documents are valid across the board; meaning no nasty hiccups. Validating any coding online is a sure-fire way of making sure that it will actually work online; and not hoping it will work once the entire site is coded (and possibly coded completely wrong too). The W3C Validator is able to process a number of markup languages such as HTML 4.01 and SVG 1.1; this is great as it means you can validate a number of coding documents in one place and not searching the internet for separate resources for every language. This is a great resource although it may be a little too advanced for those of you that are just getting to grips with working online.
- Visit: validator.w3.org
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#9 – Color Scheme Designer
Why has it made the list?
The Color Scheme Designer is a fantastic tool for anyone looking to get a fresh look at their site; or creating a site for the first time. It allows you to choose a color; or colors, and create a set of schemes to use within your site, or promotion. What I like about this resource is that it gives you a various amount of colors that work along-side each other, taking out the guess-work; which for some is a big problem, I’ve often seen really great designs; let down by their choice of color schemes. Another feature I think is a killer tool is the colorblind option; this allows you to see colors the way that people who are color-blind see them, and I’m certain it could work the other way around, helping color-blind designers to get a feel of what goes well together even if they see colors differently due to the hexadecimal system. This is a very in-depth product you will want to check out.
- Visit: ColorSchemeDesigner.com
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#10 – Google Analytics
Why has it made the list?
Google Analytics is a service I’m sure you have all heard of; even if you haven’t actually used it yourself. Google has done a very good job in creating this service which basically attaches itself to your website once you have embedded a unique piece of code to your site; that’s specific to you and only you. It is a tool that allows you to see exactly how many people are coming to your site, and what pages they are browsing the most. There are a ton of various options and tools you can use inside the resource itself; you can see your bounce rate, how long people spend on your site and even which pages they are landing on the most. It is a very efficient tool that allows you to test different strategies to make your site work better for you. Traffic is a major factor in the online world, in fact any site without traffic is useless; unless of course it isn’t meant to have any traffic; such as a family website.
- Visit: Google Analytics
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#11 – Google Optimizer
Why has it made the list?
Another great resource from the internet giant we know as Google; you split testing ace’s will love this resource. In its most basic form the Optimizer is a tool which efficiently allows you to test your website via the use of alternative design variations. These variations could be something as simple as a color or perhaps where you place your sidebar or widget; in other words you can test whatever you like and you can test multiple objects at the same time. This is great as you are then able to test them against of each other in real-time. Now although this is a free service, and it is a great resource don’t be under the assumption that you will see results in a 24 hour period. It just doesn’t happen; unless of course you are using the Optimizer for a promotion you are launching, in which case you may see results provided that you do your homework and spread the word about your product ahead of the launch. One thing I really like about the Optimizer service is that once a user see’s one variant of your site, that is the only one they will see; forever, unless you change it of course. This means if a customer returns they are likely to stay longer due to the familiarity they will already have with the site. Provided you have good content of course, it can’t do everything for you; but this is a very clever tool, I recommend using it.
- Visit: Google Optimiser
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#12 – iStockPhoto
Why has it made the list?
istockPhoto is brilliant if you are stuck in a rut about photography or images for your site; and there are times when you will be, believe me. Sometimes you have a great post or article, or maybe just a product page that needs a little something extra to really make it look attractive; to really give it an added value. That’s where images come into play; there are so many people that are visual thinkers and if you decided to create a purely textual website then I wish you the very best of luck because you most certainly will need it. That being said, if your site is a text based site that uses text to create images then fair play to you. Anyway, the point is that sourcing images can sometimes be a little daunting and you could end up thinking scenarios such as; is it legal to use this image? Do I need to gain permission before using this photograph? You get the idea, well this is a common occurrence which can be easily remedied with iStockphoto. Its a very intuitive site, just fill in the search box hit search and away you go. There are other methods to searching the site but you will see that for yourself. Apart from photographs iStockphoto also has flash based animations, audio and video files for you to peruse at you leisure. Be warned though, these are files you do have to pay for, but upon paying you can use them however you wish; within reason.
- Visit: iStockPhoto.com
-Our Recommendation: Check Out Their Illustrations Section
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#13 – What The Font
Why has it made the list?
What The Font; from myfonts.com (and yes I am aware that the abbreviation stands for another well-known albeit naughtier phrase. is a very useful tool if you see a font you really like and cannot for the life of you work out what it is. This happens all the time you will travel the depths of the internet, looking at a multitude of different sites; when all of a sudden you see the holy grail of fonts. You have just got to have it right? Wrong. Nine times out of ten you will never see that font again, and even if you ask the author of the site; you are unlikely to get a response. Well if you have a font in mind but you seriously cannot find it then use What The Font; because 8/10 times it probably will manage to retrieve it for you, or at least find something that is very similar. There are a couple of ways you can search for fonts using the free service they offer; one of the ways is to directly insert a URL into the box provided, it will then crawl the internet searching the site for the font in question. After finding one or more fonts it will give you a series of images to look at to distinguish whether it has the correct one you are looking for then you just follow the directions and pick the one you like. If however you want a font you have seen in the real world, then provided you have an image of it (if you managed to take a photo of it) you can upload the image of your choice and it will do exactly the same thing. A pretty good resource if you ask me; and its free.
- Visit: WhatTheFont
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#14 – Fiverr
Why has it made the list?
Fiverr is a unique resource where you can find people that will do pretty much anything for $5. It’s basically an online community of people willing to trade services to each other for very small sums of money. This is a great idea because it means you can have people do the work you need doing for next to nothing. You want a logo creating, no problem. Not sure what to write for your new blog? Get someone else to write it for you. It’s a really simple process you just create a profile by registering for free, and then all you have to do is submit what it is you want doing and then wait for someone to do it for you. It’s also a great way to get a good name for yourself as long as what you do is of a reasonable quality. Try it out, it’s worth a look.
- Visit: Fiverr.com
-Our Recommendation: Check Out This Unusual Advertising Idea
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#15 – Browsershots
Why has it made the list?
Browsershots is a great tool; mostly for fans of coding; but it is so easy to use that anyone can benefit from it. What Browsershots does is take your website design and takes screenshots of it within various web browsers. This is a great way to getr a look and feel of how your site will look on all of your readers computers; as there will most likely be a wide range of browsers used by them. This basically allows you to adjust your web design so that it looks the best it can within every browser you feel will be beneficial. One of the reasons why this tool is so good; is that it allows you to visually assess your website design very quickly as well as give you a variety of options. This is a very good and fast tool to use. Check it out its free to use.
- Visit: BrowserShots.com
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#16 – Dynamic Drive
Why has it made the list?
Dynamic Drive is a fantastic resource that allows you to create a favicon for your website; this is something that is deemed hard to create for new users online, but with this little resource you will be able to create them to your heart’s content. If you are wondering what a favicon is then you won’t be alone so let me explain briefly; a favicon is the little icon you see on your browser tabs, so in Firefox or Internet Explorer you will see tabs just above the main content portion of the screen. Within these tabs is a short description of the site you are connected to via that tab, as well as a small 16 x 16 (pixel) image; this is the favicon, the small image. It’s a great way to brand yourself visually within a browser window without even having your page open; as long as your website is within a tab then the user can see the favicon. It’s well worth looking into if you want that professional edge to your site.
- Visit: DynamicDrive.com
-Our Recommendation: Check Out These CSS Scripts For Better Navigation
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#17 – Aweber
Why has it made the list?
This one is more of a resource for when you have managed to design your site and get it online and running smoothly. I’m sure the majority of you know about Aweber but it is definitely worth mentioning. This will help your site by keeping you in touch with your most valid asset of all; your readership. In order to keep your website in the good graces of your fans its better to stay in touch with them on a deeper level than simple blog posts, and Aweber helps you do this. Yes it is also a great tool for internet marketing but imagine the communication you can have with your readers just by sending them a weekly or monthly newsletter or post update. It is a service you have to pay for but it’s worth the money; there are also a few different membership levels available so that you can use the service no matter what your budget. If however you want a choice in what mail services to use, you could also try out the much respected iContact, another great service which is also used by many top bloggers; ultimately it is your choice but my advice is to get a hold of one of these and keep in touch.
-Visit: AWeber.com
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#18 – Icon Finder
Why has it made the list?
Icon Finder is a search engine for finding icons and graphics for your website needs; great news for those who hate trailing through Google images. The site offers a nice browse feature too which is great if you don’t know exactly what it is you are looking for. There are also additional options for searching too such as; newest, popular, tags and designer. This helps greatly you find the perfect solution to your graphics issues. The best thing about Icon Finder is that it’s free to use and depending on the images, they are mostly free to download too. Just make sure that you respect any licence or copyright that the designer has issued, it is their work after all. With that said Icon Finder is the perfect place to go when you are struggling for images, vectors and icons. Try it out for free!
-Visit: IconFinder.com
-OurRecommendation: Check Out These Fresh Social Networking Icons
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#19 – KISSmetrics
Why has it made the list?
KISSmetrics is one of the leading forces to be reckoned with when it comes to premium analytic services for your blog or website. Unlike many other analytical programs and service KISSmetrics collects data per person rather than per page view so the data is raw and straight to the point. What’s more the service allows you to see in great detail, through the use of some very powerful conversion funnel visuals. The whole service seems fresh and original, which is great, this really is a very powerful tool not only because it allows you to see exactly how your website is performing but also because the powerful visual aspect of it gives you motivation to make the site better. This is something you guy’s should definitely get hold of if you want to be a step ahead of your competitors there aren’t many other programs that can stand up to this hulk of an analytic service. Miss it out at your own peril!
-Visit: KISSmetrics.com
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#20 – SurveyMonkey
Why has it made the list?
SurveyMonkey is a fairly new service that allows you to do widespread surveying in a flash. Basically it is service that allows you to create surveys on any topic you like, which you can then send out to your email lists in order of finding out whatever it is you are asking for. So if you have change? The benefits can be huge as you are keeping a very personal account of the trends and topics which you want to understand more. The service also allows you to download your results (when you have responses) through PDF format making it easy for you to see on and offline. So if you do a lot of testing or you are constantly trying to do some vital marketing analysis then this is for you; forget writing and sending hundreds of lengthy emails you can now create a great looking survey in no time. SurveyMonkey also allows you to choose from a plethora of question and answer types as well as giving you a multitude of templates for your survey. This really is a great little tool and if this is something you struggle with then SurveyMonkey will be at the top of your list. If you are interested but not quite sure then they have a basic version which is free to use, so you have no excuse for trying it out. So what are you waiting for? Start your campaign now!
- Visit: SurveyMonkey.com
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58 comments so far… Leave a reply
David
November 18, 2010 1:37 PM
Hey Michael thanks for sharing this resource. Taskus is a new one for me. I plan to give it a whirl. I really need a service like this.
Gregg
November 18, 2010 1:42 PM
Great post, Michael! Some fantastic resources here. I have a bunch of resources like this on my other computer that I'll add when I get on it but off the top of my head a really good blog design team is over at http://www.blogdesign.com (hope this link goes live, it's not an affiliate link or anything). Gregg
Lynn C.
November 18, 2010 1:46 PM
Thanks Michael. This is a list I've waiting for, it is indeed informative! I hope that in future you can also post a list of software or steps on how you do your testing site at the back end. It will benefit those who want to revamp their blogs but are intimidated by the back end stuff. Many thanks in advance and looking forward to it.
Onibalusi Bamidele
November 18, 2010 1:46 PM
Awesome list Michael, This post will definitely be bookmarked because I need to design a lot of things lately and a lot of sites here are handy. The idea of the color scheme designer appeals to me most.
Chad Doty
November 18, 2010 1:50 PM
Thanks for sharing as always. I learn something new on all of your top lists! I hadn't looked at Taskus or Dynamic Drive at all...good stuff.
Dwayne Huggins
November 18, 2010 1:58 PM
Nice list here Michael. I have used a lot of these services and I can definitely vouch for them. The ones I haven't used I will look into. Flowtown sounds really interesting. Question. What is your backlinking strategy? Dwayne
Devesh Sharma
November 18, 2010 2:00 PM
Great Post Michael. 99designs is one of great site to get awesome logos. Thanks for sharing this great stuff dude.
Kerwin
November 18, 2010 2:01 PM
This is cool Michael. I use a few of these tools as well. I especially love fiverr; you'd be amazed as to what you can find there. Flowtown sounds like a keeper. I've used surveymonkey.com for a long while and it is a gem; highly recommended. I've tried task and was not pleased with the delivery format of the results, but you can't win them all I guess. Again, thanks for the list, now you've instantly given me work to do :-).
Joshu Thomas
November 18, 2010 2:14 PM
Hey Michael, Excellent write up buddy!! I too recommend all the entries you have mentioned and stress on the below the most since i too use them: W3 validator KissMetrics WooThemes IconFinder DD Fiverr Cheers Josh
Aarron
November 18, 2010 4:55 PM
Hey Joshua, Thanks for the comment and thanks for letting our other readers which are most important to you. Stay happy -Aarron
Justin
November 18, 2010 2:14 PM
Very handy list Michael. Your lists are always fully of interesting resources and I know I'll find a new one each time. I always look forward to your content.
Physician Assistant Programs
November 18, 2010 2:31 PM
Great list. I will be using most of them in the very near future!! Dave
Aarron
November 18, 2010 4:54 PM
Hi there Dave, Glad to see we have helped you to find these great resources. I hope they help you as much as possible. Take Care -Aarron
Jeremiah
November 18, 2010 2:40 PM
Great post! Several of these are new to me. I like the websites where you can find folks to hire to do tasks/work for you. I see survey monkey on here, doesn't wordpress have some good plugins for doing surveys/polls as well? Thanks Michael!!!! Jeremiah howigotabs.com
Jon
November 18, 2010 2:41 PM
Michael, Thanks for YET ANOTHER great post. You consistently over-deliver with great content. As I begin to build my online business, your wisdom and guidance have become essential building blocks. - Jon
Aarron
November 18, 2010 4:53 PM
Hey Jon, I'm happy to hear that all the hard work we put in has helped you. To your success -Aarron
Pam
November 18, 2010 2:43 PM
This is a great list! Thanks so much for putting this together. Looks like I have a few new tools to add to my list!
Prajwal Shinde
November 18, 2010 2:46 PM
Nice list there Michael. Never knew about many of the resources that you have mentioned. Now I know why your site looks very stylish and unique from others. Thank you for sharing these resources. Prajwal Shinde
Todd Herman | The Peak Athlete
November 18, 2010 2:46 PM
Another great site for wordpress themes is http://ithemes.com - mainly because they've done a great job of building out great plugins that are tremendously useful. Especially PluginBuddy (can't recommend enough!) and Billboard. Great job on the list Michael. You covered a lot of great categories. Would be interested to see your thoughts on an Article Writing/Marketing Category.
Aarron Hatfield
November 18, 2010 4:47 PM
Hey Todd, Thanks for your input and for the kind words. I think it's very important to have the best resources at hand when you are starting out. Not only because it helps you to learn the way the world of blogging works; but because it is hard to find good resources amongst the many less useful ones. Thanks again Todd , we appreciate the comment. Aarron
TrafficColeman
November 18, 2010 3:19 PM
Micheal you did it again and put together and awesome list bro..I will be linking to this from my blog..I think my readers will love this. "TrafficColeman "Signing Off"
Aarron
November 18, 2010 4:50 PM
Hey Antonio, Nice to see you on the comments list again. It's always great to hear everyone's input and its even better to hear when we're helping others! Thanks again and take care. - Aarron
Steve Butterworth
November 18, 2010 3:36 PM
Great list Michael. Probably just 2 that differ for me and thats typekit.com or http://code.google.com/webfonts rather than myfonts.com for fonts. Just so easy to get going on websites and free or cheap prices too. Also http://www.favicon.cc/ is a beautifully simple yet powerful favicon generator and editor.
Daniel
November 18, 2010 3:41 PM
Hey Michael, great summary of excellent and helpful pages!!! thank you! Daniel
Aarron
November 18, 2010 4:51 PM
Hey Daniel, Your very welcome, thanks for the kind words,we appreciate the comment. -Aarron
lawton chiles
November 18, 2010 4:50 PM
A well-rounded list, with pretty much every angle covered. Great research on this one--thanks for doing it for me.
Aarron
November 18, 2010 4:59 PM
So many great comments so far, its great to hear these resources will help so many of our readers. A few of you have already mentioned which ones you like the best; so let me ask you this: Out of all the resources which ones will you be trying out that you DID NOT know about already? Also for those of you keen to mention the resources you already use, which of the above resources to you think has been the biggest help to you? Keep those comments coming because we enjoy reading them and we DO read each and every one. Here's to your success, each and every one of you. -Aarron IncomeDiary.com
Andre
November 18, 2010 6:00 PM
Great insight for a newbie like me!!
Aarron
November 19, 2010 9:01 AM
Hey Andre, Glad we've helped you out. -Aarron Incomediary.com
Joshua Carnes
November 18, 2010 6:13 PM
That is a great list! It will help plug a few holes in my tool bag. Thanks for sharing.
Bryan
November 18, 2010 6:18 PM
Micheal, These are great. I already use a few, but have found a few more that I can use. Thanks for sharing these with us! Bryan C - Turbo Fintess Secrets
Azad Shaikh
November 18, 2010 9:13 PM
Nice set of tools. Thanks for sharing. I never used google website optimizer tool. But now I think I must do that. Thanks!
Phil
November 18, 2010 10:03 PM
Great post, bookmarked and looking to give some of these a try. I like Fiverr looks good. Keep it up
Mitch Straus
November 18, 2010 10:28 PM
This is a great resource post Micheal. I've used several of the services you've listed but there is a lot here I've never heard of. What the Font is great... and the 5$ community is a neat idea. I found 99Desings a tiny bit pricey for a logo. I wonder if I could get something of decent quality from the 5$ community site. Thanks for another great post!
Manuja
November 18, 2010 11:24 PM
Nice post Michael, the websites you included are pretty useful and a lot of them I haven't even heard of. These websites will be sure to be used in my next project.
fine at shipping
November 19, 2010 1:30 AM
this is really a cool post
Mun
November 19, 2010 3:19 AM
Hi Michael, I have been reading your blog on and off but this time I just have to drop a line to say that the resources you post are FIRST CLASS! Very helpful and saves me lots of time in scouring the net for them. As an example, I'd had spent a bit of time searching the net for a favicon generator and after much time wasted in trial and error, found and settled on DynamicDrive.com. Thanks for sharing. I will check out the rest of these gems. Cheers, Mun
Stanley D
November 19, 2010 4:03 AM
How did you learn so much so fast. It seems like Internet Marketing is second nature to you. I struggle to get a single penny from the Net, although I do most of the same things you and many other marketers are doing. Good job guy. I want to be like you when I grow up.
myrealweb
November 19, 2010 6:36 AM
Thank you for your great research sites that may give internet marketers a best tool for income
Pete Carr
November 19, 2010 7:10 PM
Hi Michael, a very comprehensive list. I will be checking out Taskus and O'desk. I use Fivver a lot at the moment, I have found some great people on there for social bookmarking and submitting RSS feeds. This is good as I can concentrate on blogging. Pete
Sandy Halliday
November 20, 2010 7:04 AM
Wow, what a great list Michael. There are some sites on it that I have never heard of before. I will certainly check out Taskus and 99designs. I've used fiverr and as long as you choose wisely it can be good. I have had a few disasters there. Tenbux is similar and I've found some good gigs there. Sandy
Wayne Lambert
November 20, 2010 3:11 PM
Great list of resources Michael. Thanks. A couple of extra ones I can think of is: * Amazon AWS to host videos and images. * Puny PNG to shrink photo file sizes * Public Domain Photos for access to free photos legally Wayne
Carol Perdue
November 21, 2010 6:50 PM
Awesome List. Learn something new everyday! I've tried a few of these, but definately will be looking into the others. I am revamping my blog. This info will be great for that. Thanks for compiling this list for us. Looking forward to more of your posts.
Giber
November 23, 2010 5:14 AM
This is a great list MD! Thanks for the great info. You've got yourself a new fan. Cheers!
Jason
November 23, 2010 4:28 PM
Great post Michael, immediately bookmarked this. Every resource you could ever want to build a great blog/website. I especially loved the TaskUs site. I've used Odesk in the past but this place appears to cut out the tedious part of Odesk, sifting through and picking the best people to do the work for you. It's outsourcing one level higher than Odesk saving you even more time and headaches although I'm sure it'd be quite a bit more pricey than Odesk.
Marnus Broodryk
November 23, 2010 5:13 PM
Wow. Nice one Michael. What a great post. Enough content in this one post for an entire website!
marcell | cell-designs
November 23, 2010 5:43 PM
Great post! I'm so happy that I can create and design my own websites. I save myself a lot of money. I still recommend hiring a designer even if u can buy a template because you won't be the only one with that template and you want to be unquie.
Lisa Miller
November 24, 2010 10:22 AM
Excellent post. With all the resources mentioned in the post, you could just start building your own web design company. Seriously. Thanks for the great info.
Master Scott
November 24, 2010 1:27 PM
Once again another great post, thanks for all of the good info! On another topic, when someone "nails it" I believe in spreading the word, and I have to tell you, with popup domination you NAILED it. Thank you for the game changer!
Trevor @ tootlee.com
November 25, 2010 8:08 PM
I really appreciate the list, I've been aware of some of these but some are new and will be helpful to check out. Fiverr looks really interesting. I'm going to check them out for sure. The Flowtown site looks very helpful as well if social media us ones angle.
Jim
November 26, 2010 5:34 PM
Great list~Thank you for sharing and giving an explanation of each service.
Kevin
November 27, 2010 3:41 AM
wow! this is such a great list...I checked out a few and I know I could use some of them. I like the list you provided us Michael.
Luke Etheridge
November 28, 2010 2:28 PM
Michael, ANOTHER brilliant post my man! I had heard of quite a few of these and they really are the making of huge success - this is a great post though because it puts them in one place. Although I use many of these I will still be 'favorit-ing' this post because it puts them all under one roof incase I forget any of them :) Hope your having a good holiday Michael - much deserved from what you've achieved this year man! See you when your back. Luke
Matthew DC
November 28, 2010 7:09 PM
Great list Michael! oDesk & 99 Designs are awesome. I have been using them for a while now. It's amazing some of the stuff you can outsource on oDesk for next to nothing. I hadn't heard of TaskUs before. That one looks interesting. I am gonna have to try that one out! Thanks for putting together another great list / post. Always looking to find new tools and you seem to know them all!
Mike Dismont
November 30, 2010 5:14 PM
These are great. Thanks for sharing your experience. I've heard that oDesk works very well but I've never used it.
Nica
December 3, 2010 11:51 AM
Very useful list. I love thatyou included Fiverr and TaskUs. As a online worker / virtual assistant, I use these sites to look for clients. More power!
Kevin
December 4, 2010 4:54 PM
Hey Michael, I noticed you put aweber in there. I recently noticed you had you sent out an income diary message (webinar invite) through iContact. Have you joined both, or decided to switch from AWeber?
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