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There are a lot of choices when it comes to tools for your small business and the really cool thing is that, thanks to technology, new tools are being created every day. That makes it much easier for you and me -- it allows us to maximize our business operations and squeeze every penny we can out of our cash flow.

I'm very thankful to have had the opportunity to review several products and services for small business owners. What may serve you well depends on the type of business you own. But there are some absolute "must haves" that will make any business run better. Here they are.

>>>> QuickBooks Accounting Software - There is no reason in this day and age for you to be handling your small business accounting manually or even in spreadsheets. QuickBooks software is super simple to use and will allow you to spend your time doing critical activities like marketing your business.

>>>> Skype for Business - These days, every business is international. With the interwebs, you can do business with a customer up the street today and someone in Australia tomorrow. That means you need a way to communicate with anyone around the world. Skype will help you do that -- very inexpensively!

>>>> Online Fax Service it's not necessary to have a fax machine anymore, but your business will need faxing capabilities. Using an online fax service won't cost you but a tiny bit and will provide a ton of convenience.

So there you go! I use all of the products / services I recommended above and just love them. Enjoy reading my other product reviews below. And don't forget to sign up to get my weekly small business tips.

Box Shot King – Very Cool Cloud Graphics Software Review

Do you struggle with creating graphics for your products? Or just spend an arm and a leg and pay someone else to do it? I’m in both of these camps. Sometimes I’ll give it a shot myself, but I typically end up having someone else do it.

That can get a bit frustrating and expensive.

So a lot of small business owners and solopros will spring for Adobe Photoshop (ouch! over $600), or use Gimp, the free alternative (huge learning curve).

But no more. Now there’s a better, easy solution.

A friend of mine told me about Box Shot King, a new online graphic creation software. I went nosing around to find out about it and ended up watching an hour long video (which I NEVER do — until now!). I was so thrilled when I saw this software for the first time. I could not believe it was as simple as the video demonstrated.

But it really is.

You can literally create a cool looking graphic in less than five minutes — and there is no learning curve. Here’s one I created less than 10 minutes after I signed up. Yep. That’s my front page on an iPad.

Here’s a video that shows you just how simple it is. (And it’s only five minutes long!)


If you cant see the video, click here.

Pretty cool, huh? Here’s another thing I really like about this. It’s in the cloud. That means nothing to download. Plus you can use it on any computer — doesn’t matter whether you use a PC or Mac.

And it’s not expensive. It’s priced at $99 a year (more on that later), and I have a coupon you can use to get $30 off. So it will cost you $69 for twelve months. (You might be able to get one graphic for that amount normally!)

Just follow this link to go to the site and enter my coupon oberry when you get there. It will be applied and when you click Buy Now, you’ll only be charged $69.

So you might be wondering what’s so great about software you have to pay for every 12 months? Well, what I think is cool about that is since it’s a membership site, the owner (who is a really nice guy — Jack Born) can add new stuff for you to use. I’m good with that. I hope you are too. But you have nothing to lose. With your payment comes a 60 day money back guarantee, so if you decide you don’t like it you can get a refund (but I know you will love it!)

I’ve been playing around with it a bit and wanted to show you how simple it is to make a graphic from scratch. So I made a new eCover and recorded it in the video below. This took less than five minutes. Give it a watch.


If you can’t see the video, you can click here.

If you’re just dying to get in and play with the software, you can click this link (and don’t forget to use my coupon oberry to get $30 off). Or you can watch another quick video below where I take the eCover I just made and modify it. Less than five minutes again — so cool and easy!


If you can’t see the video, click here.

Can you see why I love this software so much? I know it can do some amazing stuff and I haven’t even scratched the surface. There are all sorts of options for manipulating the graphics. You’ll see that once you get on the inside.

I do want to tell you about one other thing. Support. Often these type of sites are really lacking in that area, but not this one. Remember when I told you above how nice Jack Born (the owner) was? Well, when I first logged in to my account after my purchase and went to create my first graphic, I got an error. That pesky apostrophe in my name causes so much trouble online. :) So I entered a support request and within 20 minutes had a response and a fix. (I made my purchase at 8:23pm, logged in, had a problem, sent a support ticket and got a response via email at 8:44pm.) Amazing!

Obviously I don’t have anything but praise to say about this new graphics software. If you have the need to create just one graphic (and I know you won’t stop there), you should get a membership.

You can click here to get your membership and don’t forget to use my coupon to save $30 — oberry

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How to Make Info Products Got You Stumped? Here’s Help

It’s no secret that the interwebs are built on information. And the thing that’s really cool about that is people are looking for all sorts of information — they could be setting up a new business, trying to learn more about a product, figuring out how to learn a new skill or any number of millions of things.

That’s where you come in. :)

Chances are, you’ve bought an information product or two (I don’t even want to tell you how many I’ve bought in the last 10 years!) and if you think about it, you’ll find that the people selling you those products all have one thing in common…

They have what’s called an information product pipeline. In other words, they have a lot of products they sell. Things like:

  • Small reports
  • Webinars
  • Coaching classes
  • Physical products
  • Membership sites

Most of which are at different price points — anywhere from $17 into the thousands. And when they spend time and effort to find a new customer, they get order after order because of their “pipeline” of products!

Here’s what typically happens.

A customer buys an inexpensive $17 product and they really like it. They got value from the product and built some trust in the person they bought it from. So when that person offers them a medium priced product in the $47-$97 range, they buy it.  And they end up liking that too. So then they join a monthly membership site and may purchase a high ticket coaching program from the very same person.

Soon, they’ve bought almost everything offered by the marketer.  They anxiously await new products.  And they buy them — often without even reading the sales letter. (Yep, I’ve done this too.)

So the question is…

Are you the customer or the marketer in that above scenario?

There’s no reason why you can’t be the person with the entire empire of products that others buy from you. Especially with help from my colleague Jimmy D. Brown. Jimmy is a master at this stuff. I’ve taken two of his year long courses (Affiliatenaire and Membernaire — which are no longer available) and I can tell you that each weekly lesson is packed with action steps you can take to move your business forward. That’s what I’ve done over the years and I have been very successful.

Thankfully, Jimmy has developed a new program to help you meet your customers’ needs. So now you can learn from Jimmy too. Click here for more information about his new program.

If you want to create a “pipeline” of your own products that you sell for $17, $47, $97, $1,497 (and more!) then Jimmy D. Brown can help you. He’s created hundreds of products since he became a full-time internet marketer way back in August 2000.  He knows how to find out what people want, how to create those products quickly and how to convince people to buy over and over again.

He can show you how to do the same thing. As he has shown me.

His new program is called Info Product Pipeline. In it, you’ll learn how to create it all:  Kindle ebooks, membership sites, small reports, webinars, physical products, coaching programs, eclasses and you’ll be tapping into Jimmy’s wisdom and lessons learned. I have no doubt this program will produce results for you as long as you take action.

It’s really inexpensive too. No real barrier to the pocketbook here. Take a look and see if it will work for you. Jimmy is the real deal and I trust him 100%.

Get all the details by clicking here now.

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Postling Review – An Easy Social Media Management Tool for Small Business

So you set up your business, got your email lists humming along, cranked up your wordpress blog, set up your Facebook profile and business page, and made sure you were able to claim your branded twitter handle. Whew! Makes me tired just writing that. :) The truth is, in addition to all the regular stuff you have to do to move your business forward, with social media things are much more hectic.

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