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If you've been exploring online marketing for any length of time, you've probably run across Ken Evoy's name--because his e-book, Make Your Site Sell, is an absolute classic that has enormous amounts of great advice--would you believe the latest version is over 1000 pages?--and because he practices what he preaches! His site features excellent sales copy as well as lots of testimonials, a free newsletter, an ironclad guarantee...and the very best affiliate support I've ever experienced. No wonder his stuff is all over the Net! .

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Adventive.com's discussion list family is an amazing line of 16 publications. The flagship publication, I-Sales, has been giving me the inside scoop on the online world since 1996. I subscribe to several others as well. John Audette offers both free and paid subscription models; I found the paid version well worth it, because it includes free advertising, a directory lisitng, and several other benefits. (If you want more information first, I did an extensive writeup in the December, 2001 issue of Frugal Marketing Tips.

Marketing Resources from Dr. Ralph Wilson of Wilson Internet Services & WilsonWeb.com. Ralph Wilson knows more about Internet commerce than practically anyone else on the planet. I've been reading one of his newsletters since 1995 and I always learn from it: Web Commerce Today newsletter Report on Affiliate Management Software 12 Ways to Give Your Webstore a Sales Boost

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Mark Gebbie has for many years offered one of the most comprehensive and reasonably priced media databases around. If contacting reporters is part of your strategy, check into this: 24,000 listings. http://snipurl.com/on56

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