Free Toolbar for BANS Users
Free BANS Toolbar to simplify the everyday tasks of finding a profitable niche, researching keywords, setting up and customizing your store, finding or creating content, driving traffic, and more.
With the BANS Toolbar you can research ideas for new niche stores using 31 built-in tools. In fact, the toolbar includes nearly 180 tools in all. And, no need to worry about tracking code or hidden spyware with this toolbar. INcludes easy 1-click install or uninstall.
Get keyword suggestions and related phrases (including misspellings)! Brainstorm your keywords, create lists of key phrases (including the important long-tail phrases), research keyword monthly search volume, and more.
Search for domain name suggestions, register and host or park your new domains.
42 tools to allow you to change the way your stores look, add revenue-earning ads to your stores, find images for logos and create your own store templates.
Optimize your stores to make them Search Engine friendly with 21 tools that help bring indexing spiders to your stores so people can find your store.
Create or find articles relating to your store’s niche with tools to help you write your articles or find articles related to your store content. Writing and submitting articles is an effective way to bring additional customers to your stores.
Promote your stores with 34 tools that tell the world about your stores. It isn’t enough to just build a store. You need to promote it too!
If you’re looking for additional ways to help research, customize, or promote your store, you can download the toolbar for free here: Build A Niche Store Toolbar
Free: 2-minute SEO
Here’s a free introductory guide to optimizing your websites for the search engines. James Schramko has put together this short guide listing common mistakes made when setting up web pages. It’s an easy read and will give you a few ideas on how to avoid having your sites end up in the supplemental listings. Download your copy here: 2 min SEO
If you also use XSitePro for building your websites then you really should get the XSP Cheat Sheets. James has taken this highly popular website builder to a whole new level. His Cheat Sheets include:
- The XSP Cheat Sheet - a full blown eBook crammed with information to boost your website results;
- Access to the Video Tutorial website with several step-by-step videos showing you “how to” make a difference;
- Software for adding Audio and Forms to your sites;
- Over 50 SEO ready Templates for XSitePro; and,
- Membership to Resell Rights
What happens when XSitePro releases Version 2 of their powerful software? Well, James offers a free upgrade to the XSitePro Cheat Sheets which will be revised to match all the new features in XSP 2.0. For more information you can check out XSP Cheat Sheets here: XSitePro on steroids - XSP Cheat Sheet!
Free FTP Client Software
One of the best FTP software programs is also free! FileZilla Client is a cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with several useful features and an easy to use interface. I’ve been using this program for quite some time now.
Depending on your needs, FileZilla is a cross-platform program that runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD, OSX and more. It’s also available in several diffferent languages. The drag & drop support makes it simple to upload your web sites or files to your server.
Installation, instructions, and support can be found on FileZilla’s main site, Wiki, and the user forum. I saw no reason to buy a commercial program when FileZilla did everything I needed. To download your own copy, visit the FileZilla home page here: FileZilla Home
Below is a screenshot of the program’s main window:
Site Promotion with WebCEO
I’ve been using a free software program for some time now and think you should seriously consider using it yourself. The software, Web CEO, is a complete solution for marketing and maintaining your web sites. It includes advanced functions for search engine marketing, Web traffic analysis, Web site management, and Web site maintenance.
WebCEO can help you perform comprehensive niche research and find the best keywords for optimizing your site. Promote your site by letting WebCEO submit to search engines, find link partners, and manage your PPC campaigns. Perform detailed site analysis to check your search engine rankings, track visitors, track ad campaigns, and track transactions. Maintain your site using the built-in ftp manager, site quality auditor, site status monitor and more.
Find out everything WebCEO can do for your sites here: WebCEO
Free Image Editing Software
Paint.NET is a free, full-featured image and photo editing software for MS Windows users. This software features an easy to use interface that supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful image editing tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins through an online forum. Check out their web site for the full feature list and to download the program for free. Paint.net
