Recommendations
I recommend these resources for your business.
In my opinion, these resources provide excellent value for the price and they all have outstanding customer service. I use them myself in my business and on my web sites.
Note for newbies: Everything on this page that’s underlined is a clickable link.
Note for everyone: These links are affiliate links. That means that I make a commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. You pay the same price you would if you went directly to the vendor site without clicking on my links and, of course, you’re free to do that.
These vendors reward affiliates for their help in promoting these products. I’d recommend these products even if there were no commissions involved and I do in fact purchase these services for my own business.
QuickBooks software
Their shared hosting plans have all the features most small businesses will ever need. They have tools that make it easy to start and maintain your web site. And they have Fantastico (the name describes it perfectly) which helps you automatically install many popular and useful add-ons. You may still need a techie for some advanced stuff, but you should be able to do all the basics yourself. Pay by the month; no contract required.
Domain Name Registration with Dot You
This site is very easy to use. They don’t try to get you to sign up for additional unnecessary services and they don’t bombard you with email promotions every other day like some of the big-name companies.
Kill Spam Dead With Spam Arrest
This service will stop spam from all sources. It uses a patented technology that works where spam filters fail. I’m so glad I found it.
A free trial is available. You can pay monthly and no contract is required.
Autoresponder/Newsletter Service
There are lots of options for this kind of service and I’ve tried more than half a dozen different ones. I’ve recently switched back to aWeber because of its outstanding combination of features, pricing, and customer service.
