Welcome to the Recommended Resources page of the H.Y.V.A.™ blog where “Entrepreneurship + Outsourcing + Virtual Assistants + Automation = The Ideal Lifestyle You Design & Desire”
I have a firm understanding of how each of the tools and services listed on this page work, as well as the benefits that you’re going to get once you use them. With all honesty, they work for me and my clients; this is why I have decided to become their affiliate and promote them so that members of my community can also take advantage of the benefits that these tools and services have to offer.
Again, there’s nothing on this page that I haven’t personally used or recommended to my clients.
Also, if you happen to know a tool or service that I don’t have listed and you know would benefit all of us here in the community; kindly let me know so that I can include it.
Self Development
1. Public Speaking & Presentation Workshop – Today’s marketplace is tilting towards multimedia (video and audio) marketing, rather than static sales pages; by attending this workshop you’ll be able to convince people into buying or subscribing to the products or services that you offer.
2. Media Workshop -If you’re seriously thinking of doing interviews with the news media and you need to prepare in advance so that you are awesome on TV or the Radio, then this workshop is for you.
I personally interviewed Mr. TJ Walker, dubbed as the leading expert by Bloomberg TV, “The Daily Show” and Fox News, on how his training can benefit entrepreneurs. Click on this link to watch my Interview With TJ Walker.
Audio Podcasting Tools
1.) Audio Podcasting Equipment – The package includes quality audio hardware. It also includes Camtasia and Sony Sound Forge Audio studio Software for top-class video and audio editing. A must have for your videos, podcasts and audio recordings.
Video Podcasting Tools
1.) Wistia Video Hosting Platform – Offers a small business friendly Video Hosting platform that lets you see how people watch your videos. It goes beyond the view count and shows you analytics that really matters. This is the one I use to host all of my videos here on the H.Y.V.A. blog.
I personally interviewed Chris Savage the CEO of Wistia and he explained the benefits of video marketing and how Entrepreneurs can use videos to promote their businesses. Click on this link to watch my Interview With Chris Savage.
2.) Record Skype Videos with Vodburber – Use Vodburner to record your Skype Videos! It is the tool I use for recording my video interviews with Entrepreneurs. Sign up now to get a Free 14 Day Trial!
Outsourcing and Automation Resources
1.) Outsourcing Course – By enrolling in this online course, Tyrone Shum will teach you the basics of Outsourcing and Automating your current systems to rid you of work that are too time consuming. This way you can focus on the more important aspects of your business. Click on this link for my Interview With Tyrone Shum.
2.) Outsourcing the development of Mobile Apps – This is a step-by-step guide on how to find Mobile App developers, install and test your app, how to submit and get approved by the Apple development team, and how to market your Moble App. Click on this link for my Interview With Quoc Bui; on how he outsourced the development process of his over 25 iPhone Apps.
3.) Virtual Staff Finder’s Chris C. Ducker will coach you on how to find, hire, train and deal with your Virtual Assistants. Chris has trained hundreds of outsourced workers, and now has a team of over 200 employees in the Philippines.
I interviewed Chris Ducker who is responsible for the V.A. search-and-match service on how he became a Virtual CEO. Click on this link to watch my Interview With Chris Ducker.
4.) Contractors / Providers, Virtual Team Marketplace – Build a Team of virtual providers on Odesk to help you with your projects. Choose from thousands of providers who offer various skill sets that meet your exact needs.
Business Essentials Tools for becoming a Virtual CEO
1.) Shoeboxed gets rid of all your paper clutter. They digitize your paper documents so you can organize everything in a secure online account.
2.) Freshbooks Invoicing Tool – Helps you send and manage invoices online. Send invoices sooner to clients using this.
3.) Grasshopper the Virtual Phone System – Offers a virtual phone service which offers toll free numbers, call forwarding, custom main greeting, unlimited extensions, name directories and so much more.
4.) DocuSign, EchoSign, and RightSignature – Offers you the means to send out digital versions of your contracts in order for the recipients to append their signatures and initials digitally. No need to wait on signed Contracts anymore, it all can be done virtually now.
Brainstorming and Planning Tools
1.) MindMeister Mind Mapping Tool – This browser-based software innovates the way you take notes, brainstorm and plan your projects with your team. I personally use this for brainstorming ideas.
Online Payment Tools for Businesses
1.) Paypal for Business – Paypal is by-far the most popular online payment service. Accept online payment easily and quickly; safe and securely with Paypal.
2.) E-Junkie Shopping Cart – This provides shopping cart and buy now buttons that let you sell downloads and tangible goods on your website, ebay, MySpace, Google base, Craiglist and others using all the popular internet payment processing service providers.
Website Tools
1.) Mouseflow’s Realtime Website Analytics & Video Playback – Allows you to record and playback how your visitors used your website. You can also see mouse movements, clicks, scroll events, key strokes and dozens of other features that allow you to know which facets of your websites you need to improve on.
2.) ProvideSupport Live Chat Tool – Is a live chat software which is a cost effective tool that helps your product online. Your website visitors can easily contact your live assistance team via this live chat system.
3.) Unbounce Landing Page Platform – This is a self-serve hosted service that allows you to create, publish & test specific landing pages without contacting IT service providers.
I interviewed the Co-Founder of Unbounce on how to build Landing Pages. Click this link for my Interview With Rick Perreault.
4.) Max Foundry’s Simple & Easy to use Landing Page Plugin for WordPress – If you have a WordPress site and your need a simple and easy to use Landing Page Plugin then Max Foundry is the way to go. I use it and love it!
Marketing and Promotion Tools
1.) How To Make Money with Interviews – This will guide you on how to generate “money making” content and “income producing” interviews for your website.
2.) Mobile Marketing – This teaches you the basics on how to sell your own products via a mobile enable site. It also teaches how to fast-build a mobile buyers list and how to drive targeted traffic to your mobile site at a very low cost.
3.) EZ Texting – This tool is awesome! It provides you with a simple to use online platform to use to send out mass SMS text messages to promote your products and services.
4.) Purlem – This tool enables you to create Personalized URLs that you can use in your Direct Mail Campaigns to increase conversions.
I interviewed the CEO of Purlem on how to Increase the Rate of Conversation of your Direct Mail Campaigns by using PURLs. Click this link for my Interview With Marty Thomas
Affiliate Promotion Tools
1.) Zferral Affiliate Management Tool – This allows you to easily create, tack & manage your custom referral program. Create campaigns, upload banners and marketing materials and send them to your network instantly and then tracked your networks’ progress
Cheers!
Owen McGab Enaohwo
Community Engagement Officer (CEO)
