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Please note that the only suppliers listed here are those that we have personally tested and used. We may not use them all currently because some are more appropriate than others at different stages of business growth, but you can be assured that we are familiar and can personally vouch for all of them. We have gone through a lot of trial and error before finalizing this list -- so feel free to benefit from our mistakes.

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Professional Cart Solutions
(also known as 1shoppingcart), is a comprehensive shopping cart with autoresponders, newsletter capability and ad tracking. Frankly, it's the industry standard used by almost everyone I know in this industry. We used to mess with separate service providers for newsletters, merchant gateways and autoresponders, but this makes the whole e-commerce thing much, much easier (and more profitable).


We use merchants-accounts.ca for all our credit card processing. They are much, much more affordable than any other service we have looked at -- and believe me, we have looked at a lot! Don't let the .ca fool you. They work with companies worldwide who are interested in credit card processing in any currency, and in any country, through WorldPay.

 


PayPal for business is an excellent starting point if you are new to ecommerce. This is by far the lowest cost option if you are new to ecommerce and set-up is incredibly easy. We started with PayPal for Business and it served our needs well for our first year. Once we upgraded to a more professional shopping cart, we continued to offer PayPal to those customers who prefer to pay with it.

 


AppointmentQuest is the service we use that gives our Bull Pen members the capability to set and schedule their 'consoaching' sessions. This completely eliminates the hassle of coordinating timeslots and availabilities. No phone calls, no missed appointments, no worries. In other words, the value of this little service is huge -- and it's extremely affordable, with very practical plans that start at just $6.95 per month.

 

Web hosting by ICDSoft

ICD Soft is the place we recommend for domain registration and website/email hosting. This is where we have our sites, and we're very happy with them. With server locations in the US and Hong Kong, they offer extremely good reliability and superb support. Oh, and the prices are unbelievably low!


 

Friends and competitors

These services fall into the category of, ' if you like The Essential Message, you'll also like...'. Yes, it's true that most of them are competitors in the sense that they offer services and products in the same general space as we do. But I'm not so egotistical to think that we have all the answers. We all have different strengths -- so if you can pick up one great idea or product from The Essential Message and another from someone else, then you stand an even better chance of turbocharging your business! (Besides, you can't do anything without a powerful Essential Message anyway!)

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Robert Middleton, Founder of Action Plan Marketing

Infoguru Marketing ManualI have had several clients come from Robert Middleton's referral and I have referred several of my Bull Pen members to Robert Middleton. Everyone's happy, and everyone's attracting more clients as a result. Click here to subscribe to Robert's newsletter and the first chapter of his book, 'InfoGuru Marketing' absolutely free.

 

Infoguru Marketing Manual

Milana Leshinsky, Founder of ACCPOW

Milana could easily be called the coaching industry's greatest resource. She has created more tools and services specifically for coaches than anyone else I have ever met. Click here to look at a complete listing of all of Milana's resources with an opportunity to subscribe to her newsletter.

 

Ali Brown Boost Business with your E-Zine

Alexandria Brown, The E-Zine Queen

Alexandria is the undisputed queen of ezines. In fact, she wrote the book on it! Click here for to subscribe to Ali's ezine and get her free report, '101 Simple, FREE and Lost-Cost Ways to Quickly Build a Massive Email List"....

 

 

 

Chris Barrow, The Online Business School

Ali Brown Boost Business with your E-ZineChris is the true 'Coach's Coach' and has a 7-figure coaching practice to prove it. If you wish you had more clients, better control of your finances and more proven low/no cost marketing techniques, which will result in more money and more free time, this site is probably just what you are looking for. Click here to sign up to his newsletter and check out his eproducts.

 

 


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Q. Do you earn a commission if I use any of these services?
A. In most cases, we earn an affiliate fee for referring you to one of these people and businesses. The affiliate fee is small enough not to cloud our judgment or recommendation, yet significant enough for us to encourage you to use these services by clicking on the links we provide here.

Q. I have a question not answered here -- what should I do?
A. We welcome all questions, no matter how frequently or infrequently they get asked. Simply call us or email us and we'll get back to you right away!

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