21 Powerful tools for online business and Amazon

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Hi! I’m Tomek.
From Waiter To Millionaire. Welcome.

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Today, I’ll tell you about
the tools I use in my online business.

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These will include the tools I use to
publish books, products on Amazon

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in various forms – ebooks, paperbacks –
and the tools I use outside Amazon

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to write blog,
create courses and make money online.

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I’ll present you the tools
I use in all aspects of

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my online earning and online business.

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You’ll have the knowledge that I’ve gained
over a very long period of time.

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You’ll get all the knowledge in a nutshell
here and you’ll be able to choose

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some of these tools and thanks to it
start your online business.

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No matter if it’ll be
ebooks, information products

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or any other online business.

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I’ll present you all the tools that I use.

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You’ll be able to use them
to make money online and to work online.

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Be welcome to watch this video.

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Knowledge I provide in this video
has been gained over a very long time

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and I’ll teach it to you
in a fun way and with all the details.

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I have this entire list here.

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If you prefer to read,
then under each video

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there’s a link to the article
and you can read everything there.

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However,
I invite you to watch this video,

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as here I’ll explain
each of the tools I use in more detail.

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Let’s start – first tools
will be the ones I use to write a blog,

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to create online courses, etc.

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The first tool is WordPress.

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If you’re not already
familiar with WordPress,

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it’s a platform used to create
a blog or website

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that you put on your hosting, a server.

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WordPress enables the creation
of highly professional websites

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for those who don’t have knowledge
of programming, etc.

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Everyone is able to learn
WordPress fairly easily

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and create a blog, a company’s website
or online courses by using it.

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You just need a little willingness.

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If you want to create a blog,
do it only on WordPress,

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as it has plug-ins, themes
that you can then install.

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Depending on the chosen direction,
you can add new things to WordPress.

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Another point is hosting.
In my case, it’s Bluehost.

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It’s simply a server
which hosts your website, blog or courses.

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WordPress is automatically installed
in case of Bluehost.

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Bluehost has reasonable prices.

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In case of a 3-year plan,
the monthly price is very, very low,

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probably 3 dollars, so it’s almost free.

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I have a 3-year plan
and highly recommend it.

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I have many sites on Bluehost,
including my courses page.

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So, it’s very universal and you can
fit a lot of things in there over time.

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Another tool is AfterMarket.pl.

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It’s a Polish website
where you can buy, store

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and sell Internet domains.

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A domain is required in order to
have a blog or a website.

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My domain is Fromwaitertomillionaire.net.

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You can buy a domain
at AfterMarket for a very good price

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and then plug your website
from Bluehost,

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and you have your blog thanks to it.

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Let’s continue.
No 4. OptimizePress.

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OptimizePress is a plug-in to WordPress.

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That’s why it’s so important
to create your blog on WordPress,

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as you can install various plug-ins,
depending what you want to do.

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But OptimizePress is a plug-in
to WordPress which is a theme

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making our blog or website look cool.

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Another issue is that OptimizePress
has landing pages, that is,

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websites used for selling,
collecting emails

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or signing up for the free course.

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If you go to my blog, you can find
a free course to sign up for.

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There’s also a landing page
which collects emails.

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OptimizePress also has
this kind of creator

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which will help you
to create such pages in an easy way.

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It’s also necessary
when you want to collect emails

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and do marketing, if you have a blog.

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So, I highly recommend OptimizePress.

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It’s worth to invest in some basic plan
to have packages,

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as you can’t do it yourself.

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OptimizePress also has an option of
creating online courses.

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But I use for it a Polish plug-in.

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Next, when it comes to create courses,
we have WP Idea.

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It’s a plug-in for WordPress
that integrates with WordPress

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and thanks to it you can create
online courses failry easily.

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These courses
integrate with our mailing

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and automatically integrate with payments.

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WP Idea is a Polish system.
It costs from a thousand PLN up.

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It’s very cool. I use it
for my online courses,

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which you can check out on my blog.

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I highly recommend it.
You can’t function without this plug-in.

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Next one is Gramto.com.

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Wpidea.pl. OptimizePress.com.
Bluehost.com. WordPress.org.

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You can find the link
to the article below each video

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and you can find
all the links from the list there.

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You can check it out.
Now – Gramto.

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If you use Instagram –
which is a must when you run business –

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you can connect
your Instagram accounts to Gramto

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and control Instagram, create posts.

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Gramto also automates Instagram.

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There are such cool options
as automatic liking, commenting,

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messaging and so on.

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So, if you want to fully use Instagram,
then you should install Gramto.

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Especially because
it’s basic version is for free.

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If you want a higher package,
it costs about $10.

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So, it’s worth it.
I use the paid version.

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What’s next? Mailchimp.

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Mailchimp is a mailing system
which creates mailing lists.

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You create the account
for free at the start.

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It’s used for collecting emails.

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If you have a blog, a hosting,
a domain and so on,

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and you create
a landing page for collecting emails,

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then you need to
connect it to Mailchimp.

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You set parameters and if people sign up,
Mailchimp collects their emails

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and you can then send them messages
collectively or create some campaigns.

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It’s an essential part of marketing
for a blog and business in general.

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Next, we have M2M.

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I use it outside of my blog.

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Money2Money is an affiliate system
in which you can recommend

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various financial products.

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If you want,
you can become interested in it,

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as many online business work in this way.

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That is, you create a network of people
and they recommend products.

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Thanks to M2M, you can recommend
various financial products.

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It’s an idea for an online business.
You can do it full-time or occasionally.

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Then, when it comes to
creating graphics – Canva.com.

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And BeFunky.com

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You can find all the links
in the article below the video.

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If you don’t see something, check it out.

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Canva.com and BeFunky.com.

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If you create a blog
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it will require the basic graphics
to create Facebook posts or images.

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I highly recommend Canva.com,
which I use to create covers for books.

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You can easily create basic graphics
or the more advanced ones.

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BeFunky is paid,
costs around $25 per year.

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I also use it,
but it’s a more advanced tool.

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I use both,
but I recommend starting from Canva.

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No 10. Keywordtool.io.

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It’s a tool used for
searching for key words.

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If you create YouTube videos,
blog posts,

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then this tool will help you easily find
more or less popular key words

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and similar to the ones you use.

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Keywordtool.io.
Very helpful tool to find key words.

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We’re talking about SEO, that is,
search engine optimization,

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so that our articles will pop up
in search engines thanks to key words.

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No 11. Zoom.us.

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Zoom.us is a tool used for
conversations between two or more people.

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You can talk to a person
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you can record it, you can do conferences
with more than 2 people.

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It’s very cool for online consultations
or conducting interviews.

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Great tool, much better than Skype.
Brilliant stuff. I highly recommend it.

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I know that I provide a lot of tools,
but these tools are very important

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and it took me a very long time
to know which are worth my attention

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and which are not.

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Another tool – Vimeo.com.

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Vimeo is a hosting for video files.

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Of course, we also have YouTube,
where videos are available to the public.

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But if you want to create an online course
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then you should use Vimeo.

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It’s quite expensive,
but if you want to do the online course

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and you want to have videos,
lessons which are visible

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only on the website,
then you should buy Vimeo hosting

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and choose videos for those
who buy a course on this website.

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No 13. YouTube.

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Seemingly obvious, but thanks to YouTube
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and giving a lot of knowledge for free,
you’re able to attract

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people who will be interested in
your free and paid content

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on your blog, creating website traffic.

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I think that YouTube is underestimated.

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By using it and giving a free content,
you can reach to a lot of people,

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like I do,
so be welcome to watch my videos.

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The last tool on this list –
PayPal.pl or .com.

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I don’t know if you’re using PayPal,
but it’s an ingenious tool for paying.

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You can pay for pizza
or online shopping.

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But many different portals
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either some affiliate programs
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they’ll often pay you only by PayPal.

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That’s why PayPal is so vital
while receiving payments.

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Receiving payments
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especially international ones,
is possible only by PayPal.

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Also, if you order some covers or pay
someone on the Internet, use PayPal.

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You only need to
provide someone’s email

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and a direct debit will be sent.

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It’s just a very easy way of
paying and receiving money.

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It revolutionized
the method of online payments.

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Thanks to PayPal,
we can make payments much more easily.

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These are general tools
for online business,

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releasing products,
creating a blog, etc.

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Now, let me tell you quickly
about the tools I use for Amazon,

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for publishing products,
books and ebooks on Amazon.

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The first one is KDP –
Kindle Direct Publishing.

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It’s a self-publishing platform
allowing you to publish ebooks on Amazon.

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I’ve talked about this in other videos,
so I’ll be brief.

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After logging in, creating an account,
providing personal data,

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you can upload your ebook
and this ebook appears on Amazon.

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It’s an essential tool when it comes to
publishing ebooks on Amazon.

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The second tool is, of course,
CreateSpace.com, which I love.

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CreateSpace is similar to
Kindle Direct Publishing,

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but it also allows to issue
the products in a paper form.

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That is, if you upload your book here,
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sent to the customer,
while you will have some income from it.

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It’s a brilliant tool for publishing
long novels, handbooks,

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simple notebooks
or motivational books.

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I highly recommend it to you
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so check them out.

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Here’s a classic.
You need to know it.

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It’ll be useful in any kind of business.

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Fiverr.com. A place where you can order
simple or advanced services

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starting from $5.

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So, you can order a cover,
text formatting, translation,

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recording an intro
to your YouTube channel,

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creating a product description.

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You can order everything there
in an easy way

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and for a very good price.

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Fiverr.com offers the access to
freelancers from all over the world.

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Next – Upwork.com.

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It’s a portal that allows you
to hire freelancers.

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In case of Fiverr, you search
by people’s offers,

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while here you search for people
for longer cooperation.

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You can hire a virtual assistant
that will promote your books

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and do various tasks needed.

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Such an assistant
may live far away from us.

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You can also search for people
who will write a book or format a text.

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It’s a more complex version of Fiverr,
but it offers greater possibilities

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and if you want to work with freelancers,
Upwork.com will help you hire them.

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No 5. mBank.pl.

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That is, an online bank account.

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If you have a bank account
which doesn’t function well,

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create one in mBank.

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It’s great for online and mobile payments,
and also for shopping on Amazon.

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I highly recommend it.

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I use a foreign currency account
there for receiving payments for books.

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I also have a business bank account there
and it facilitates my work.

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And that’s all the tools
I wanted to present.

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Remember that my recommendations of
these tools are based on

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my knowledge gained over a long time.

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I hope you find them useful
in launching online businesses

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or in your economic activity.

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If you’ve like this video,
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Check out my other materials
for more knowledge

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and the article below this video
to see the entire list of these tools

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that I use and benefit from them.

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If you’ve liked this content,
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Thanks a lot.
I’ll see you in the next video. Bye!