Resource Links: for self, business, and life

Listed below are several resource links to various tools, services, books, etc., that have either enhanced my business in terms of helping me succeed as a small business owner or, as it relates to books, profoundly affected my thinking and, therefore, my life. In any case, I list these resources here, as perhaps such tools, services, and/or books may transform your life, as they have for me.

Please note that some of the links below are affiliate links to products that will earn me a commission. These are all things that I have experience with that I am recommending because they are helpful and are companies that I trust, not because of the commissions that I may earn from you using these products.

Regards,
Randall Scott Rogers


*** Resource Links ***

Personal Strategy

Books/eBooks

  • Only1Shot – Aligning the Inner Soul with Action: Self-help/personal growth book on how to a) reengineer your existence b) design a lifelong personal strategy and c) rediscover the joy of living
  • Breaking Free – The Ultimate Guide to Living Your Passion: Self-help/personal growth book on how to maximize the personal, professional, and financial potential that life offers
  • The Personal Strategy Handbook (eBook): Provides a high-level overview of how to design and implement a personal strategy for living (125 pp; 50+ illustrations)
  • The Personal Alignment Handbook (eBook Coming Soon!): Provides a high-level overview of how to establish personal alignment by aligning self with soul, work, family, and nature

    • Tools/Templates

  • The Personal Strategy Toolkit: Contains over 30+ FREE tools/templates to design, implement, and manage a personal strategy for living
  • Personal Strategy Map Pad: 50 page 11×17 pad to create a Personal Strategy Map
  • Personal Strategy Theme Pad: 50 page 11×17 pad to create a Personal Strategic Themes

    • Video Training Tutorials (Coming Soon!)

  • How to Design a Personal Strategy for Living
  • How to Overcome Stumbling Blocks of Personal Strategy
  • How to Manage Personal Strategy

    • Blogging

  • WordPress: The #1 Blog Publishing Platform. Free and easily customizable with wonderful support. All of my blogs use WordPress.
  • WordPress Plugins: Download any plugins, widgets, or customizable elements for your WordPress blog.
  • Thesis Theme (WordPress): Thesis is the ‘theme’ I used to create all my blogging websites. I think the tool is great, it is easily customizable, and fairly simple to learn.

    • Hosting

  • BlueHost: All of my websites are hosted using BlueHost. Easy to use, 1-click automatic WordPress installation, and excellent customer service.
  • Network Solutions: Network Solutions is also a very good hosting company. I registered a few of my website domains using Network Solutions.

    • Product Distribution & Shopping Carts

  • e-Junkie: The shopping cart I use to sell my books and digital products. Its compatible with Paypal Standard, Paypal Pro, Google Checkout, and other payment providers. Works like a charm, very low price to use.
  • Paypal:I have been using Paypal for years. Very reliable service but you will need an account to configure with and accept payments from the above shopping carts

    • Email Subscriptions & Marketing

  • MailChimp: I use MailChimp to manage my community database. Further, use the tool to schedule and generate professional looking email campaigns. Great tool to build and maintain your tribe.

    • Testing Results

  • Google Analytics: Google’s free website tracking and analytical tool. A must have for anyone looking to analyze their website traffic.
  • Google Optimizer: This is another free tool from Google where you can test different webpages of the same content, only changing one or two things so you can see which one works/converts best. It is basically a website optimizer testing tool.

    • Books

    Note: I have read each of the titles listed below, and strongly endorse such books as each is life-changing in their own way. Such books have profoundly affected my thinking and, therefore, in consequence, altered the content that I find meaningful to discuss in my podcasts and write about in my books.

  • Presense by Drs Otto Scharmer and Peter Senge
  • Theory U by Dr. Otto Scharmer
  • Tribes by Seth Godin
  • The 7 Powers of Questions by Dorothy Leeds
  • A Better Way to Live by Og Mandino
  • The Philosophy of Freedom by Rudolf Steiner
  • Emerson: The Mind on Fire by Robert Richardson
  • The Reflective Practitioner by Donald Schon
  • Solitude by Anthony Storr
  • Walden by Henry David Thoreau
  • The Art of Scientfic Investigation by W.I.B. Beveridge
  • The Fifth Discipline by Dr. Peter Senge
  • Emersons Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Learning Journals by Jennifer Moon
  • The Power of Will by Frank Haddock

    • For Capturing Video and Screencasts

  • Camtasia Studio: Camtasia is a great tool to create professional presentations with voice over audio. I use this tool to create my webinar products.

    • Online Meetings, Webinars, & Events

  • GoToMeeting: This is a great product/service that allows me to connect with my life coaching clients, conduct interviews to include in future podcast episodes, and to establish a conference bridge to conduct my webinars.
  • GoToWebinar: This is another great tool that allows me to host webinars with up to 100+ attendees. Great software/service, but comes with a steep price tag.
  • EventBrite: This is another great tool that allows me to publish, promote, and manage online events (e.g. future webinars). This is a great support service to complement GoToWebinar.

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