If you are reading this blog you may have noticed two new ads in the sidebar on the right side of the page you are reading. In the past 30 minutes I received notification via my RSS reader that both 37 Signals and Buzzoodle Marketing were starting affiliate programs. Affiliate programs are a means of being financially rewards for recommending products and services of third parties. First and foremost we are in the business of creating our own products and services for our clients however they are other products out their that we highly recommend as we have also used them to grow our own business.

You can find a variety of products that will help you effectively market your business through what is known as “Buzz Marketing” and Employee Evangelism through the Buzzoodle Buzz Marketing Catalog. We highly recommend the Buzzoodle Buzz Marketing book for starters as we own it ourselves and is a great resource. I want to thank Buzzoodle’s founder, Ron McDaniel for calling me as I the first person to sign up for his affiliate program. That was some excellent “Buzz” Ron!

Another set of online tools we use extensively is the products by 37 Signals. We use Basecamp to manage our projects from web sites to print product projects as well as our audio and video projects. We use Highrise as our online contact management program to keep track of clients, leads and other people connected to our company. The third 37 signals product we recommend you check out and consider using for your business is Backpack which is for sharing calendars, to-do lists, etc. It’s important to have these tools available online as we have access while traveling and are not tied down to any one computer. We recommended that 37 Signals provide the opportunity for an affiliate program a while back and are really excited to see it become a reality.

Of course we still recommend you bookmark and checkout our Amazon Store which has a listing of books, software and other products we feel would make a positive impact on your business and life.

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