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Equipment and Other Resources You May Need
or Want to Create Your Information Product$
Needed
For Recording, Editing and Creating Information Products,
eCommerce and Platform Selling
Check any Local Music
Store or Try These Online Resources
www.samedaymusic.com or
www.zzounds.com
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Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio
8 recording & editing software (recommended if you have
Windows XP)
Note: Get Version 9, only if you have Vista and no other choice.
(www.sony.com or local
electronics stores like Circuit City, Best Buy, or eBay. Retail
$69.99
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1 Shure 58 Microphone with
Desktop Stand (less than $99-130.00) Fpr a more economical
microphone you can try the Plantronics DSP-500 with USB adaptor.
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Edirol UA – 25 Mixer (made by
Roland): (approximately $229.95. plus tax and shipping.) or
equivalent.
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2 XLR-Cables with standard
male/female (Get 6ft cables for working with a desktop set up)
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You will also need a computer or
laptop with a sound card, speakers and sufficient hard drive
space. (See software specifications.)
eCommerce Solutions
Blog Site (recommended to bring more
traffic) $100.00
Click here to Purchase
For an excellent automated shopping
cart system, I recommend thirdsphere. It has everything you'll need
to have a fully functional ecommerce system.
The only thing you'll need additional
is your merchant account. In the meantime, you have the option of
using paypal. The site has a full list of digital training products
from written, audio and video tutorials to teach you everything you
need to know about how to use it.
What I have experienced from my
clients is that the more they learn about it the more they love it.
I've found it to be more than satisfactory for my needs as well.
What's most amazing is the economical
cost, about a fourth of other systems with the same or less bells
and whistles in functionality. At that cost, in my opinion, it's a
no-brainer. Also, there's no long-term commitment. Check it out by
clicking the link below.
Shopping Cart/Auto responder System:
$24.95 Use this link.
http://tinyurl.com/thirdsphere
Merchant Account PDF Application
To accept credit card payments online
and offline, you'll need a merchant account. I recommend two
possible choices. Both are exceptional. If you're going to do both
online and offline sales, you'll need two accounts.
We have Free Terminal program that
saves you money. However, should you desire to purchase your
machine, you may do that also. We can give you a price quote.
We do not try to make money off these
machines like many others do, so don't expect to get locked into one
of those long-term ridiculously high priced leasing programs for a
terminal that only costs a few hundred bucks and sometimes less than
that.
You offline account requires a credit
card terminal to physically swipe cards. Online, you'll need a
payment gateway like Authorize.net to accept payments to
electronically interface between your website, shopping car and
bank. To complete your merchant application, download a copy. You
can get online assistance by emailing or contacting me by phone.
(United Bank Card/Authorize.net
http://www.unitedbankcard.com/pdf/UBC_PDFAPP.pdf
(No upfront fees required for web applications, - Free Terminals
program for offline applications.
Email Marketing and
Promotion
Another resource you
will need to help you become proficient in marketing is email
promotion. Using auto responders and email promotion is a basic
staple of online marketing. It is how I made my first sales on the
internet. At that time, however, I had no clue what I was doing.
Since that time, I
learned a few strategies, tips and secret techniques used by the
pros. I'm not going to attempt to be all things to all people, so
I'm going to recommend and email marketing pro to help you get a
good foundation on what email marketing is all about.
There is an entire set
of free videos you can use to learn about the process. It will be
some of the best training you will ever receive on email promotion
and marketing in general. Check out,
http://www.tinyurl.com/emailprofitsexposed.
Look for the "Join for
Free" tab at the top of the page. Sign up and you'll get about 11
video tutorials at no cost. Take advantage of it while the
opportunity lasts.
Conference Calls
Use a service called "FreeConferenceCalls.com
*Disclaimer: Income
illustrations are not guaranteed. Each individual's results may be
different, more or less depending on individual effort and
application.
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