Here is a list of resources I recommend for your Internet Marketing efforts. There are a lot more providers and tools available within each category however I only list those and I know work. For commercial entries also applies that they represent excellent value for money however that does not mean the cheapest. Always remember that if you pay peanuts you will get monkeys. Tip: read opensource as FREE.

Website Resources & Tools

• Domain Names International (.com .net .eu .de .uk .cn …) – Name Cheap
• Domain Names Australia (.com.au .net.au .org.au) – NetRegistry
• Hosting Australia – Xyzulu.com we have negotiated a special deal with them for you.
• Hosting USA & International – Host Gator
• Opensource Blog CMS – WordPress
• The Theme for WordPress – Thesis
• Opensource Corporate Website CMS
• Opensource Shopping Cart – Zen-Cart
• WordPress basic shopping cart and affiliate management plugins
• Contact form plugin – Fast and Secure Contact Form
• MM forms plugin – to create your own custom forms
• Opensource Image / drawing tool – GIMP
• Website banners and logos – 20-DollarBanners
• Need a FTP program – my favorite is FireFTP.

Content

• create videos easy as using animoto’s online video builder to mix your photos and music into a video or
  see an example here of a post containng an animoto video
• Podcasting – create, publish and feed all for free at podpress
• Do you like mind maps? These can also be great to present more complex content or you can use them to get down your ideas and then you can export them to HTML that you can post. Xmind.net – it’s opensource and available for Windows, Linux and Mac.

Monetise your website

• A forum can be a great tool to get people involved with your site, I use the Simple Press Forum plugin for my members only site.
• Use PayPal as your payment gateway, see details here
• turn your blog or parts of it into a paid membership site using the WishList member plugin. This is the plugin I use to run the membership part of my website.
• 
  Do You Want To Build Your Own Large Online Sales Team To Sell Your Products? – Signup @ ClicksGalore Affiliate Marketing And Only Pay Commission When You Receive An Order At Your Website. These is the marketing company I use for BudgetHandles.com.au because they also look after paying the commissions to the affiliates

Testing and Development

• To check for broken links use the W3.org link checker
• this site offers more then 120 different website checks – Test Everything
• To setup your own local testing and development you need your own webserver and MySQL database setup. The best tool here is XAMPP. This is available for Linux, Mac and Windows.

Support & Training

Being a Internet Marketer can be a bit lonely and there are always many challenges to overcome. One of the best ways of getting help and staying in touch with the IM community is to be part of a forum.

• Become a member of my site and also get access to the support forum, if your want to DIY your first WordPress site or integrate a serious shopping cart (Zen-Cart) into your WordPress site then this is a must. See all the details about membership here now, first month is only $1.00!
• James is my Internet Marketing guru, so if you want to get really serious about IM then see James Schramko’s forum Super Fast Results. This is only really recommended once you have at least your WordPress site up and running.

Desktop Tools

• textwranger for Mac – a bare bones text editor that is useful to remove formatting from any text. Eg paste text from openoffice, microsoft office or from any webpage to remove all formatting before pasting it into the WordPress editor.
• Xmind.net – opensource mind mapping tool available for Windows, Linux and Mac.