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Investing in good tools can make the process of building an profitable internet business so much faster and easier. And we moms don’t have all day!

Here are the tools I use everyday in my business and that I would never be without.

Autoresponder/Newsletter Management

Aweber is my autoresponder and mailing list manager of choice. I’ve known many work at home moms who started out with something else and ended up switching their lists to Aweber. Why not get it right from the get go? Aweber offers you unlimited autoresponders (great for those profit pulling, passive income ecourses!) and mailing lists. The service is excellent and they are one of the most popular and reputable of mailing list management systems, period.

Website Building

I have used several systems over the years but I now prefer Wordpress for everything – blogs or no. If you’re a beginner, I recommend Internet Based Family website builder. It is very user friendly for the beginner and includes all the bells and whistles so you can get a professional looking site up, quickly. It has a free ten day trial so you can test drive it. IBF also includes shopping cart system, hundreds of professional looking templates and stock photos, survey and forms tools and even a message board. Try the ten day trial: Internet Based Family.

Hosting

I love love love MomWebs hosting. The customer service is out of this world and the price is Right honey. I host all my sites with MomWebs now and have been extremely pleased with them.

Audio

If you do any kind of audio in your business, try Audio Acrobat to host and organize your audios. I use AA for my podcast and information products and it’s super easy to use.

Learning/Coaching/Mentoring

I joined Solo Masterminds several years ago and firmly believe it shortens the learning curve for a wahm by several months if not years. SM is simply the best coaching and mentoring program online for women that I’ve ever found. It is a steal for the price too!

PLR (Private Label Rights)

I LOVE private label rights content. There is a lot of crappy PLR out there but I can personally recommend the following:

- Natural Mom PLR – ahem, owned by yours truly so you know the quality is top notch. Article packs in the natural family niche

- Easy PLR – limited distribution article packs, very good stuff in a variety of topics

- All Private Label Rights – these ladies offer monthly subscriptions and great value on PLR for all kinds of niches: internet marketing, mom, health, finance, and more. They even have PLR press releases that you can customize for your business.

- Yummy PLR – food related content, articles and recipes

- Mom PLR Ebooks – a great way to break into information products! Use these complete ebooks to launch your own info product business. Complete with sales page, graphics, articles, etc. Massive value for the price.

Time Management

I’ve read a ton of books on productivity and time management. TONS. When it comes to making the most of your time blogging, I love Simple Blogging.