I hope you’ve enjoyed this series of posts on starting a home business. There’s a lot to learn, but the most important key of all is to simply get started.

I thought I would finish off with some resources that will help you to get things moving:

Blogging

Wordpress - Best software for starting your own blog. Get your own hosting so you don’t have to worry about being deleted.

Blogger - Best free solution for blogging. There’s still the risk that your blog will be deleted, but it doesn’t happen only because you’re trying to earn money with your blog.

Site5 - My favorite host. I’ve used a number of them, and overall Site5 has pleased me the most. Generally great uptime, and even though customer service is through email, they’ve always been quick to answer me and solve my problems.

Article Marketing

Article Marketer - If you want to schedule your articles to go out to a huge list of article publishers and directories, this is the best and easiest way to do it.

Ezine Articles - One of the best article directories out there. If you do your article submissions manually, submit here even if you submit nowhere else.

Affiliate Marketing

The Super Affiliate Handbook - Rosalind Gardner’s ebook that is just about a classic for affiliate marketers. Most useful for beginners

The Definitive Guide to Google AdWords - Perry Marshall gives you more advice than I ever could on succeeding with Google AdWords. A must for the serious pay per click marketer!

Wordtracker Free Keywords - Find out if the keywords you’re thinking of are being used by searchers. The paid version is valuable for pay per click marketing, but the free one will get you started.

Build a Niche Store - The easiest way to earn money from other people’s eBay auctions! I’ve had some good success with my BANS stores and will continue to discuss them in the future.

Commission Junction - Sign up for eBay’s affiliate program or any of thousands of other companies through Commission Junction.

ShareASale - Another great affiliate network. The companies here are often smaller, but that can be great for niche marketing.

Linkshare - Yet another affiliate network. They have some really big names signed up with them.

Clickbank - Looking to sell ebooks and electronics products? Whether you’re doing it yourself or want to sell someone else’s products, Clickbank has a huge number of affiliates and products waiting.

List Building and Management

AWeber - The top rated autoresponder. Take my word for it. Start with a paid service if you’re going to build a list. There’s so much that can go wrong with free options, and moving often means losing about 90% of your list.

GetResponse - Another reputable autoresponder. Once again, you get what you pay for. Don’t go free.

Optin Design - This helped me to significantly improve my optin rates for my newsletter on this site.

Starting a Home Business Series:

Get Your Home Business Going in the New Year
Brainstorming Your Home Business Ideas
How I Research a Market for a Niche
How Do You Get a Website Going?
 How Much Does an Online Business Really Cost?
How Complex Does a Website Need to Be?
How to Set Up a Wordpress Blog
These Are a Few of My Favorite Themes
Can Article Marketing Work for You?
It Sounds Like a Lot of Work - Is It Really That Hard?
Building Your List
Getting Social with Your Blog
Is Your Site Ready for Pay Per Click?
Article Marketing Statistics
Putting the Pieces Together (current page)