Below is a list of Resources to help you manage your business. These are tools I currently use, have used, or am very familiar with and I update my list regularly to share the best information available.
Website Tools
- GoDaddy – Domain Name and Website Hosting Services
- Blue Host – Website Hosting Services
- Host Gator – Website Hosting Services
Internet Monitoring and Notification Services
These services monitor the web and will send you email notifications anytime there is new content found matching the keywords you provide. These are important tools for monitoring trends, topics of interest and even your own profile and business activities.
The first notification alert you should create on both Google Alerts and TalkWalker is your “Vanity” Alert. This is where you create a notification request for your business name, your Twitter handle, Facebook page, your business website URL and even your name. This way you can monitor how and when people are talking about you and your business. Monitor this closely as you never want to have a PR incident.
Other alerts to create can be your areas of interest or related to your field of expertise. Give them both a try and see what you think. I personally have found articles of mine published via big name outlets through these alerts. When you do interviews and the reporters forget to inform you that they are publishing them, this is a great way to catch your content being published immediately!
I highly recommend both services!