Resource Guide

A summary of our resource guides available for you at AskLoralee.com (most are free to access with no login required), and summary just below of the ones most often shared during the 14 Day Product Challenge

• Where to find photos for your product
• Where to submit guest blog posts (Free and Paid)
• Where to find background music
• Portable Office Tools & Resource List
• Create Quotes & Pinnables for Facebook & Pinterest
• Creating Videos (either with yourself on screen-sharing or powerpoint)
• Email Marketing solutions (like Mailchimp and Aweber)
• WordPress basics to advanced

Disclaimer: Free vs. Paid

The resources on this page are mostly free, or already installed on your computer. I've included the most recent pricing of anything that has a fee attached. Please use the resources you already own and already familiar with, whenever possible. It will make this process so much easier.

Mp3 Audio Recordings

• On Mac:: use Garage Band to record and edit (excellent quality & easy to use)
• On PC:: search for Audio Recorder and test the one you have built into your computer. Or, download & install Audacity (free and easy to use)http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
• Free Online:: http://vocaroo.com/

PLR (Private Label Rights

• Ready-Made Presentations and Tools http://coachingplrcontent.com/members/aff/go?r=3845&i=5 – between $5-50
• Business Content PLR http://www.businesscontentplr.com/affiliates/loralee
• Coaches: Become an Instant Expert http://bit.ly/coachtools
• (all 4 of these are my affiliate links – these are sites I trust)
• http://diyplr.com/

If you purchase I'll get a commission, and if something goes wonky their customer support teams are awesome & will help you fix it – I trust them)

Tools for making Video tutorials

• http://www.screenr.com/
• http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
• http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
• http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html $49.95
• Google Hangouts Plugin $27 http://jvz2.com/c/34035/44321
• http://startmeeting.com (like instant teleseminar but free)

Bookmark the page over at AskLoralee.com for other video resources: http://askloralee.com/resource-guides/videos/

Create PDF's

• On Mac:: Use Pages, Word or Open Office and “save as” PDF (sometimes you will need to chose “export to PDF” or “Print to PDF”
• On PC:: use Word or Powerpoint (especially if it's more visual/images vs text) and “save as” PDF
• Online: PDF Escape to create free “fillable forms” http://www.pdfescape.com

Ebook / Ecover Creators

• http://marketinginunderwear.com/freeecovercreator/
• http://3d-pack.com/
• http://www.myecovermaker.com/

edit images when you don't have adobe photoshop

• http://www.pixlr.com
• Microsoft Paint.net http://www.getpaint.net/download.html
• PSD Plugin for Microsoft Pain.net http://psdplugin.codeplex.com/
• Gimp

Royalty Free Images

(free to use on your blogs – but always good to watch to see if the terms say otherwise)

• http://search.creativecommons.org/
• http://morguefile.com
• http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/??lc=en-us
• http://www.freemediagoo.com/
• http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/
• http://www.everystockphoto.com/
• http://www.public-domain-photos.com/
• http://www.sxc.hu/
• http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
• http://www.kozzi.com/?ref=195524 (this one isn't free – but we both get credits if you click through on my referral link)
• http://www.unclesamsphotos.com/
• http://www.unprofound.com/

I keep an up to date version at AskLoralee.com that you may want to bookmark http://askloralee.com/resource-guides/graphic-images-resource-guide/

Free Image Editing Tools (online)

• http://www.picmonkey.com/
• http://pixlr.com
• http://evernote.com/skitch/

Royalty Free Music

• http://royaltyfreemusic.com
• http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/ (optional $5 donation)
• http://square-peach.com/index.html
• http://audiojungle.net/
• http://www.pond5.com/
• http://www.revostock.com/
• http://www.istockphoto.com/audio
• http://www.gettyimages.com/Music
• http://musicbakery.com/
• http://www.premiumbeat.com/ – you can search by keyword, genre, even by mood!
• http://www.jamendo.com
• http://freemusicarchive.com/

Quotes & Fun Promotions

• http://quozio.com/
• http://clicktotweet.com
• http://ReciteThis.com
• http://Pinwords.com
• http://ShareAsImage.com
• http://Pinstamatic.com
• http://www.brainyquote.com/
• http://inspirational-quotes.info/
• http://www.tagxedo.com/
• http://www.wordle.net/
• http://www.pollsnack.com
• http://www.rafflecopter.com/
• http://paper.li

Design Tools:

• http://colorschemedesigner.com/
• http://marketinginunderwear.com/free-graphic-creator-suite/

Free Fonts

• http://www.urbanfonts.com/free-fonts.htm
• http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts

HelpfulTutorials

• http://www.bloomonline.co.nz/mailchimp-magic (this course is currently free, but she'll be charging for it very soon – grab now. Even if you don't have time to go through it)

Landing Pages

• see FAQs section about sales/landing pages (with examples)

Other

• https://lastpass.com/ (the only way I “remember” passwords)
• http://www.snapappointments.com/
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/facebook-thumb-fixer/ (for those times when FaceBook isn't sharing the right image)

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Free Resources from Loralee to You::

Online Business Resource List:: http://loraleerecommends.com/tools

Free Biz Training Club:: http://loraleehutton.com/biztrainingclub

Update your website::http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cIfnqQVY5Q

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Coming Soon!!

• Landing Pages / Sales Pages

From CoachGlue: Free Training Video: Earn More, Make an Impact, Serve More – While Working Less

If you need anything else, or find a bad link, feel free to leave a comment on this page and I will respond as soon as I can. Or tag me in a post in Facebook letting me know. Thanks!