SOFTWARE TOOLS WE USE AND RECOMMEND

The following are the tools we use and recommend. Over the year we have tried many, some are fantastic and some are useless or poor performers.

On some of the software tools we use, we will get paid a small commission if you buy the software, it won’t cost you any extra, it just means we get paid for referring you to the software company

DOMAIN NAMES

We find that Crazy Domains are well priced, easy to navigate and use, you can choose Auto Renew for domain name renewal so you don’t run the risk of losing your valuable domain name/s. we use this site buy all our domains including .coms

WEB SITE HOSTING

We have found by experience, HostGator is our preferred web site hosting company and the choice of most successful Internet Marketing Companies. They have great hosting packages, strong security and up time

GOOGLE+, LOCAL, BUSINESS

Google keeps updating the name for this but it is an absolute must for ALL BUSINESSES, to set your business up in Google Business, the service is free to use and it will help you to rank in Google Search and dominate your region and industry niche in Google

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

You can’t manage your results if you can’t measure the performance of your online search traffic, Google make this really easy with this free software tool

Google Analytics provides powerful digital analytics for anyone with a web presence, large or small. It’s one of the simplest and most powerful digital analytics tools available –
it will track as many websites as you own and will provide multiple reporting views and you can view individual reports for specific domains or subdomains.

PLUS-Business owners can discover:
Where your users come from and what do they do on your site
Accurate website traffic patterns or trend
What marketing campaigns are the most effective
How long and what pages your users are visiting
And much, much more
A MUST HAVE tool for a savvy business owner

BRIGHTLOCAL –TRUSTED TOOLS FOR LOCAL SEO

http://www.brightlocal.com

This is one of the many SEO tools we use and it can remove much of the day to day effort and hassle from online search marketing for Business Owners and can easily manage and track search marketing activities and could be regarded as one of the most affordable, useful and powerful set of local SEO tools available online. BrightLocal automates repetitive tasks such as running SEO audits, tracking client performance, identifying citations and submitting to local directories.

… more to come