Resources You Don't Want To Miss

Here are some free resources that you don't want
to miss (and I don't want to forget, so I'm writing
them down here...)

Forums
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Michel Fortin's Copywriter's board
http://www.copywritersboard.com
...where you can ask for advice on copywriting, and
learn from the pro's.

The Warrior Forum
http://warriorforum.com/forum
...with all the informationa and expertise you need,
available for the asking (and the occasional buying
of beer).

The Best Warrior Forum Threads all in one place. Unbelivable source of information. If you don't think it's valuable because you haven't paid for it, buy me a drink.
http://www.bestwarriorthreads.com

Copywriting Swipe File
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Start here http://www.warriorforum.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=174824

Research
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CB Trends
http://cbtrends.com
See how a specific vendor is doing in ClickBank
over time.

Google Trends
http://google.com/trends
Fantastic research tool to find your niche and see
changes over time.

Legal
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FTC Dot Com Disclosures
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/dotcom/index.html
The US FTC (Federal Trade Comission) has been known to
shut down commercial websites -- often for reasons
un-understandable to human beings. But some close
downs have been due to inadequate privacy policies.
If you have a site that does business in the US of A,
you should check this page out.

Traffic
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Pingomatic
http://pingomatic.com/
Traffic generation for your blog.

Product Creation
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Find a quote quickly at
http://quotiki.com/

Gliffy
http://www.gliffy.com/
Lets you draw diagrams, share them, and export them, on
the web. Great!

Open Office
http://www.openoffice.org
...a free alternative to Microsoft's Office Package, and with
Open Office, you can create pdf-files!

Create "Waiting" Icons
http://www.ajaxload.info/

Transcription Services
http://castingwords.com/

Need sounds for a CD? Stock20.com sells sound bites
for $7 a piece. If you use this link, they'll give you $7
to start with
http://www.stock20.com/gvr.php?rc=65xl2nv5398asd5v2x

Fulfillment
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I'm using Kunaki for CDs and DVDs, they produce and ship
and it is really cheap, and they have an XML-interface so
you can integrate it with your website seamlessly (I'm
using it via PHP, contact me if you'd like to purchase the
PHP scripts from me).

I don't know anything about Fulfillment central, but they come
highly recommended (leave a comment if you've tried them).
Update August 2007: I've started working with these guys and
so far it seems really good. I'll update again when things have
started rolling.

Support
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I'm using Kayako, and I'm very happy about that solution.
It lets customer support grow with my company.

This list will grow as I do ...

Love,
Sten