Resources for Private Practice ProfessionalsThis area is where we share a collection of our favorite tips and (mostly) free resources that are not mentioned elsewhere. We are continually adding resources. If you have a favorite tip or free resource to share please let us know! To search by topic, enter your key words in the search box below Categories:
Assessment Generator Self Assessment Center Free audio recording and editing software- Audacity for Windows or Mac Record streaming audio to your computer CastingWords.com transcribes audio for 75 cents per minute Record your conference calls and tele-seminars- FreeConferencePro, up to 200 callers, recording, telephone access replay, custom audio message for callers, online control panel, lots of other cool features- free! Easily add audio to your website- SwiffRecorder Free software for creating flash player for putting audio and video on your website Free music clips for your website, powerpoint presentations, etc. Will your business survive a PC Disaster? Carbonite Online Backup protects your important files. If you're reading this and do not have a way to backup your hard drive, it's only a matter of time. ACT NOW! Best collection of freeware utilities OpenOffice - Free office suite. Contains a word processor, database program, spreadsheet, presentation program and drawing software. Handles creation of PDFs and reads MS Office file formats Computer troubleshooting, reference, resources. Free downloads, shareware, etc, for just about any need or want for your computer. SPAM Solutions Research Unrecognized Startup Applications Annoyances.org Great site for problem-solving Windows OS questions and problems Accept credit cards in just minutes with PayPal PayDotCom allows you to sell digital and physical products as well as services online. Free to set up, includes affiliate tracking. Works with Paypal. 2Checkout.com is another resource for selling digital and physical products as well as services online. ClickBank to immediately accept credit cards online for your digital products Download Defender works with ClickBank and Paypal to prevent unauthorized downloads of digital products from your website Alternatives for Accepting Credit Cards Acteva provides quick, easy and secure online registration and payment processing from your website. There's no risk and no up-front cost and you can start collecting event or class fees immediately. Increase sales and attendance for your event or class while decreasing administrative headaches. Professional Liability Insurance for Coaches- www.lifecoachinsurance.com On-line ISBN application for ISBN number for your book- ISSN number for your newsletter The ASK Database Highly recommended! Easily generate surveys, questionnaires, exit surveys, ASK campaigns, etc. We use it! MajikWidget.com Create polls and other interactive "widgets" for your web site or blog Quickly and easily create polls and surveys for free at Survey Monkey National Association for the Self-Employed; Great source for access to health/life insurance, business/tax info, etc. Healthcare Providers Service Organization; Great source professional liability insurance, health/life insurance, etc. HowStuffWorks.com; informative, entertaining, you never know when you need it! FREE sources of subscribers for your e-zine or e-newsletter: PhpList Free software for managing your newsletter list SendFree.com Free autoresponder (includes ads) Aweber Autoresponder System for opt in, subscription management, and broadcasting your newsletter or e-program Customized Newsletter Services for custom-designed newsletter with your professional or company name in the masthead, your photo, logo, and professional bio/marketing message on the front page Favorite daily newsletter; Early To Rise ***Got a website? Check out this free, easy way to generate passive income from EACH and EVERY visitor! Pay per Play Highly recommended! Google Ads On Your Website; Google's Adsense Program Amazon.com; Join the Amazon.com Affiliate Program Affiliate Program Alternatives Do-it-yourself Affiliate Program Elance- Freelance Project Database Find a virtual assistant from India, brochure/logo/web design, editor, just about any help you need for your business projects Free voicemail and fax-to-e-mail You get your own voicemail and fax number and receive messages and faxes to your e-mail as attachments or on the web- FREE Online Scheduling System - No more telephone tag! Free resources for sending files too large for e-mail attachments Client Compass Complete business management software for private practice professionals. The Best! Free daily PR leads- www.helpareporter.com Free release distribution- www.24-7pressrelease.com PR info and strategies Trash Proof Press Releases (free PDF) Designing Press Releases- Get Famous!Work with Get Slightly Famous author Steven Van Yoder and his marketing firm. Affordable individual and group programs available. Clip & Copy Free licensing rights to reprint news articles, track industry trends in your niche, get notified when your name (or competitors) appear in the news, etc. Google Alerts Get notified when your name, brand, niche, key words, or anything else you want to track shows up on the internet CastingWords.com transcribes audio for 75 cents per minute iDictate.com will transcribe your audio programs for 1.25 cents per word and up Article Submission Sites
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DeskPDF: Create PDF documents for e-books, etc, affordably. Inexpensive alternative to Adobe Acrobat. FormatIt Formatting Utility; Automatically format your text before pasting into newsletter or autoresponder to prevent line wrapping control characters per line. ClickBook: Easily create a booklet, poster, flyer, business card, banners, bookmarks, etc. Spam Check Check your e-mail broadcasts for "spamminess" prior to sending and avoid getting caught in spam filters. URLcut.com: Free resource for converting long affiliate URLs to shorter versions that won't get broken in your text e-mail broadcasts and e-zines. Great feature- you can choose your own URL! Writers.net Find publisher, editor, agent for your book project. National Writers Union: Find a ghostwriter, co-author, collaborator for your book project, web site, marketing materials, etc. Free Doodlelab Online Publishing Applications
Book Covers and 3D Book Cover Graphics Book Cover Express Highly recommended! Cover Factory software free to download and try for do-it-yourself e-book covers, graphic representations of your newsletter, audio program, etc. Converts to 3D images as well! Killer Covers for e-books Highly recommended! NetTrace and SkipEase: Find people, reverse directory, find e-mail addresses and telephone numbers, public records, links to many other "find" resources. BetterWhoIs: Find the owner of a website or domain name. AnyWho: On-line white pages, yellow pages, reverse directory. Google.com Favorite search engine Googlism Find out what the web is saying about you FindYourSpot.com Take their quiz to discover where best to live and work How To Get Just About Anything At The Lowest Cost:
Instant Teleseminar is our top choice for conducting tele-seminars and conference calls. Includes web simulcast, web pages for each event (no html knowledge necessary), download page and links for MP3 replay, and much more. Chatter Bug- Unlimited long distance for $9.95 per month Free voicemail and fax-to-e-mail You get your own voicemail and fax number and receive messages and faxes to your e-mail as attachments or on the web- FREE Looking up telephone area and country codes; Free bridge lines for conference calls, teleclasses, etc. List your teleclasses and tele-seminars with Conference Call University Time zone information and resources: Atomic Clock Sync; free program for synchronizing your computer’s clock with the correct time. Fixed Time Calculator for your conference calls Weather; look up weather in your area then bookmark to easily check forecast. Free button creator www.onlinebuttonsecrets.com Free exit survey www.exitsurveygenerator.com Free, easy websites at Google - Google Sites Easily add audio to your website- Elance- Freelance Project Database Find a virtual assistant from India, brochure/logo/web design, editor, just about any help you need for your business projects Nvu Free HTML editor / web page creator Easy Web Page Creator also optimizes web pages for search engines SwiffRecorder Free software for creating flash player for putting audio and video on your website GotLogos.com professionally designed logos starting at only $25. Web-Inspect.com a great site for getting your pages ready for the internet and the search engines. Web Site Templates(Most well under $100.00) Website Templates (most are $5.00) Lockedarea.com Free software for creating a password protected area of your website for members or clients Add a free search feature for your website www.Atomz.com HTML code reference list- www.htmlcodetutorial.com HTML Validator; HTML is easy, but unforgiving. This tool helps find mistakes when you do it yourself. Free music clips for your website, powerpoint presentations, etc. Royalty-free music ($7.00 per song) Stock20.com LinkPopularityCheck.com; assess popularity of your website pages. Do-It-Yourself Web Forms (Surveys, response forms, registration forms, order forms, etc) Good KeyWords is a free utility for identifying effective key words for good search engine placement. Includes meta-tag generator, link popularity meter, and more. Nichebot is another good resource for researching key words. Instructions for creating a redirect URL Aweber Autoresponder System for your website opt-in system, subscription management, and broadcasting your newsletter or e-program Instant Niche E-mails creates 52 unique followup autoresponder messages to build relationship and increase sales. Highly recommended! Article Dashboard free program for creating your own article bank Blogger.com Free hosted service for easily creating a blog. Great alternative for creating a website instantly- free! PhpBB Free program for creating your own online community forum or discussion board Bartleby.com; On-line Dictionary, Thesaurus, Quotes, Encyclopedia, Reference, and more.
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