Getting off on the right foot, without a lot of trial-and-error, hard-knocks lessons, is usually the hardest step of the entire journey.  Gathered here are those resources that'll give you the best "bang-for-the-buck".  Many are free..some are not, but all are extremely valuable and many indispensible.

They are grouped according to the section of the site they relate to, so the relevant ones can be accessed directly from each section as well as below.

Most people can overcome their lack of essential know-how...but they seldom do.

Why?

To avoid the mistake  that all people who fail to achieve success make... click here for essential instructions on how to best use these resources.

For some important cautions regarding ebooks, member sites, affiliate programs, etc.... click here

Wisdom

articles - Go here

eBooks

*new* - Zensight - a new approach to healing that's ideal for everyone.  It takes the best aspects of a number of different healing techniques.  Whether you are a therapist who does healing work with others, or simply someone who wants to do self-healing, Zensight will help you to transform your life gently and easily.  Free introductory download available as well as ebook, audios and private sessions.
highly recommended  Definitely check out the audios too.

Success: A Spiritual Matter - interviews with successful entrepreneurs about the secrets to prosperity and wealth building - recommended - full details here

Millionaire Mindset - The best of every business and self-help book rolled into one. Get the mindset that directs you, almost automatically, to achieve anything you want  -  full story here

Spiritual Marketing - A Proven 5-Step Formula for Easily Creating Wealth from the Inside Out - download here
classic - hit #1 at Amazon

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As A Man Thinketh -   free download  timeless classic

Science of Getting Rich -   free download  timeless classic
see also the course below based on the book

courses

*new* - Secrets of Manifesting - the single most powerful course on manifesting what you want in life... A bold claim, but I was just on a call with these folks and it was one of the best I've ever been on.  This class will clear all the blocks even if nothing else has worked for you. 

This is the first and only course I've seen that addresses ALL the steps in the Wisdom section - details here highest recommendation

Science of Getting Rich for Practical Geniuses Online Course! -  The first and only online course where you set your own tuition! This is an extensive course with 30 days of audios, worksheets and lessons and student forum. And the cost is only ... whatever you decide.  Scroll down the page to find the info - Practical Genius Course

Accelerated Success Course - this 6 day email course will get you on the fast track to creating your dreams. Learn how to eliminate the 11 mental patterms of failure and much more ...
FREE - enroll today

The Prosperity Game - creating wealth from the inside out. A  wonderful, fun way to open up your wealth-creating capacity and it's FREE - details here

Finding and Living Our Life Purpose - 10 lessons along with questionnaires designed to aid us in discovering our inner purpose and how we can live it. yourpurpose@getresponse.com  FREE

Reconciling Inner Conflicts - 7 lessons on how to identify our inner conflicts, which drain our energy and obstruct our peace and happiness. Most of us aren't even aware of our conflicted nature.
innerconflicts@getresponse.com  FREE

audios

Accelerated Success tapes are the best tools for clearing limiting beliefs and old habits that keep you stuck in the same old patterns.  Their are no subliminal messages here.  Just stuff that really works.  Inspired by a genius in the personal development community, these incorporate some of the most cutting edge mind technologies and have helped thousands of people all over the world to quickly make the kind of changes in their thoughts and actions that rocked their worlds.  There are tapes that address health, financial and relationship issues also.  More details here
highly recommended

Love

articles - Go here

eBooks

Attracting Genuine Love: The Three Secrets of Manifesting Your Ideal Mate - the authors have worked with 3500 couples and 20,000 single and divorced people and have been happily married for 25 years. They give you solutions that really work. - get it here - 
highly recommended

Creating Relationship Magic - 52 breakthrough strategies for creating the kind of relationship you've always wanted and getting the love you want in your life now! - get it here

Rekindle Your Romance After Kids - wisdom of parents around the world to nurture your intimate relationship, even on those "I-don't-feel-sexy" days - get it here

More Energy for Moms - boost your energy and put your life back in balance. Participate with other moms who share your goals and challenges. - get it here

Save Your Marriage, Even if Only You Want to Work on It - the result of a decade and a half of experience working with couples - get it here

Should You Stay or Should You Go - finally, a simple, step-by-step guide to help you make the best decision possible about whether to stay in or leave your current relationship - get it here

Create Permanent Peace  - reveals a scientifically verified technology of peace that can put an end to violent crime, war and terrorism — now and forever. A powerful summary of the full book, with all the main ideas word-for-word. - free download  Subscribers only - login required

courses

 
The Relationship Solution - not just another self-help program full of empty promises and feel-good platitudes.  Rather, it's a comprehensive multi-part learning experience that reveals (for the first time ever) virtually everything you need to know to find, create, and maintain a truly meaningful relationship. Consider it your basic, secondary, and graduate level education in relationships--a relationship Ph.D. if you will. - details here
highly recommended

Attracting Genuine Love - two of the top relationship mentors in the world guide you through the inner work to change who you're attracting into your life and back it with a life-time guarantee! - more info here

Experiences for Couples for Greater Communication and Love - 28 exercises which you can do together so as to experience greater honesty, unity and love. 
spiritualqualities@getresponse.com FREE 

Learning Through Relationships and Life's Experiences - 18 lessons examining case histories of relationship situations and life problems and what we might learn from them.  learningrelationships@getresponse.com FREE 

Dealing with the Departure of Loved Ones - 12 lessons which give us insight into how to deal with the feelings and beliefs which come forth when we lose a loved one. 
dealingwithloss@getresponse.com FREE

Learning to Love Ourselves - 17 segments on how we can overcome obstacles to accepting and loving ourselves as we simultaneously move forward to become who we would like to be. lovingourselves@getresponse.com FREE

Learning to Love Others - 15 lessons on how we can overcome our fears and obstacles and love others more steadily and without obstacles. We really want to love others.
lovingothers@getresponse.com FREE 

audios

Accelerated Success tapes are the best tools for clearing limiting beliefs and old habits that keep you stuck in the same old patterns.  Their are no subliminal messages here.  Just stuff that really works.  Inspired by a genius in the personal development community, these incorporate some of the most cutting edge mind technologies and have helped thousands of people all over the world to quickly make the kind of changes in their thoughts and actions that rocked their worlds.  There are tapes that address health, financial and relationship issues also.  More details here
highly recommended

Health

articles - Go here
 

eBooks

 
How to Free Yourself of ANY Disease, Stop Fatigue, and Create Unstoppable Energy in Your Life - excellent coverage of the biggest underlying cause of poor health with good pictures that illustrate well what occurs. I have no opinion on any linked items contained, but the basic info is
essential reading - free download  Subscribers only - login required

How to Absolutely, Positively KNOW When Your Body is Burning Fat - free download  Subscribers only - login required

Ultimate Weight Loss - This plan is working for everyone! You'll lose body fat permanently with this plan - get it here

Cure Your Asthma in Just One Week - Breakthrough natural cure. Become naturally free from asthma, sinus and allergies with a safe, fast-working and drug-free treatment proven by clinical trials! - get it here

I Cured My Arthritis And You Can Too - Naturally - without expensive medication or surgery! - get it here

courses

Creating Health, Vitality and Harmony - Naturally - 19 Segments with suggestions on how to eat, exercise and live so as to create health.
creatinghealth@getresponse.com FREE 

audios

Accelerated Success tapes are the best tools for clearing limiting beliefs and old habits that keep you stuck in the same old patterns.  Their are no subliminal messages here.  Just stuff that really works.  Inspired by a genius in the personal development community, these incorporate some of the most cutting edge mind technologies and have helped thousands of people all over the world to quickly make the kind of changes in their thoughts and actions that rocked their worlds.  There are tapes that address health, financial and relationship issues also.  More details here
highly recommended

Wealth

articles - Go here

Basics

eBooks

Make Your Site Sell - Create a site that makes folks eager to buy - covers it all - essential -
get it here

Day-by-day, step-by step startup instructions - great way to get started - condenses everything you need to know and do into a simple daily action plan ANYONE can implement. - get it here - 
 

*new* - Now available on video also - actually see how the tricky stuff is done - get video here

101 Short, Sharp, Mini-Articles To Help Your Online Business Succeed - free download  Subscribers only - login required

courses

Work-at-home Moms Guide  download includes three separate sections:
• The Masters Course – all the how-to information you need to successfully build a real business on the Net.
• Get Organized to Work at Home – tips on managing your household and family successfully while you work.
• Case Studies – inspiring stories of real-life work-at-home Moms and their websites. - details and free download  Subscribers only - login required
 

1. eBay related

eBooks

Easy Auction Profits  - excellent new product from a top online expert shows the easy way to make huge sums of money on eBay.  Finally, someone has cracked the code on how to earn a high income on eBay® with the least amount of work possible. learn more here

courses

Auction Masters Course  - contains all the "how-to" information and effective strategies you need to launch and grow a successful Net auction business.  No financial risk.  Easy start-up.  Targeted customers actively searching for your product or service.  What could be better?  Written by the author of the Auction Genius course that started the careers of many top auction sellers, it's a great way to start.
details and free download  Subscribers only - login required

2. affiliate marketing

eBooks

*new* - Quit Your Day Job - a recipe book that will show you everything you need to know to generate massive affiliate profits.  Learn the insider secrets that an experienced, credible and well-known Super Affiliate used to used to make OVER $1,000,000 in commissions last year. Best affiliate marketing book of the year - get more information

Clickin' it Rich home business training system - author makes $200,000 a year, using nothing but affiliate programs. Learn from one of the masters - details here

courses

Affiliate Masters Course  -  excellent for anyone interested in affiliate marketing.  Shows anyone how to become a high-earning affiliate champion. Yes, anyone... from newbie to those already enjoying success. - essential -  details and free download  Subscribers only - login required

member sites

Affiliate Classroom - this very successful member site gives you a “step by step” training program that's proven to work.  Learn how you can start developing your own internet business with no product, no knowledge, no connections, no expertise, no experience – nothing. They’ve developed a system that anyone can copy – no matter what walk of life you’re from and you'll receive one-on-one personalized coaching from a team of top earning affiliates.  Give it a 2 week trial for $1 - beats the heck out of spending a bundle for some expensive course you can't begin to understand.
Get more information  - highly recommended

Affiliate Marketing Formula -  Matt is a very bright, sincere and successful marketer who'll help you discover the easiest way to get started with making money on the Internet and he'll do it for free.  Find out more here

Power Affiliate Kit - Get a handbook containing all of the techniques and know-how you could ever need to get started and become extremely successful at earning money through affiliate programs online, software and interviews with top marketers - all at no cost Check it  out here

3. network marketing

eBooks

Success In 10 Steps! - I would recommend this as required reading for anyone involved in, or even contemplating, a network marketing business.  The author has understood that mlm is primarily a teaching business rather than a sales business and offers free training to anyone from any company.  I think you'll find his approach both enlightening and refreshing. free download

4. resale rights products
 
 

5. service selling

eBooks
 
 

courses

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Service Sellers Master Course  - vital information for anyone attempting to market a service online.  Shows anyone how to attract potential clients and convert them into paying customers that want your service! And... it also shows you how to build secondary income by representing other merchants' products through affiliate programs. Why not make all your traffic count? - details and free download

6. product creation

*new* - The Ultimate Million Dollar Idea Generator - the easy way to instantly get great product ideas - full story here

Own Ebooks

Make Your Knowledge Sell - shows you clearly and exactly a proven system for creating, publishing and selling your infoproduct, yourself - 
learn more here

Write and Publish Your Own eBook in a Week - get it here

(software in the tools section)

How to REALLY Make Money with eBooks - get it here

Own Software

Software Secrets-Exposed! The Ultimate How-To Guide for Building Your Own Software Empire! - learn more here

Site

How To Create Your First Business Web Site in 10 days! - complete with video clips that show you how each step is done. Like having a professional designer as your personal tutor. No HTML knowledge or expensive software needed - more info here

see also the toolkit page for site building software. Most have helpful video tutorials included. 
 

Marketing

Yes, sales are the end result of all your marketing. But you're no longer a salesman. You are a marketer. 

see service selling above

Traffic

Free Truth About Traffic Course - Here's a  well organized, easily digestible, plain english "Traffic for Dummies"  course that's put together in a way that is so simple, anyone can get it!  The authors have a gift for making complex things simple. It contains a mind-blowing load of information, and you just can't beat the price. - free download

10 Untold Traffic Secrets - from the creator of the Affiliate Classroom site - free download  Subscribers only - login required

Search Engines

*new*- New Search Engine Secrets Exposed - awesome info for unlimited free traffic - get it here

Writing Ad Copy

Make Your Words Sell - far and away the best on writing for the "net" - 
get it here

Instant Sales Letters - point and click copy guaranteed to sell. If you want to write a killer sales letter in record speed, but don't want to struggle with finding the right words, grab this one - 
full story here

Ezines

Articles

*new*- Article Writing Secrets - "The Easy, Proven And Simple WayTo Pump Out High Quality Articles And Turn Them Into Long Term Residual Income” - free download  Subscribers only - login required

*new*- The 30 Minute Article Writing System - The easiest way to get free website traffic is by writing articles. It all sounds good. Except one problem - it's so hard to force yourself to write. With this new step-by-step system, you'll be churning out quality articles in 30 minutes flat (even if you hate writing) - more details here

Ezine Writer -  the newly revised Bible of promoting with Ezine articles. Wriiting ezine articles is one of the best ways to get tons of free website traffic.  Learn to write powerful ezine articles - even if you think you can't write - and tons more - full details here

Turn Words into Traffic - another excellent discourse on this valuable technique. I'd put both of these on your "must have" list.
learn more here

member sites

Article Submission - this site will take care of finding the best publications for your articles and doing the submissions. Special Savings on a lifetime membership are available here. 

This is an invaluable tool that dramatically increases your exposure while decreasing the amount of work that you need to do to get it.

For more information and to take advantage of this special offer - available only through referral by an existing member - please see Special Savings on a lifetime membership

I recommend this highly as the best way for most people to go.

Private Label Articles - this is the best source for quality articles with limited distribution. Only a few memberships are available to avoid duplicate content penalties from the search engines. Get in while you can. 

Article Conversion - the best tool I've seen yet for ensuring that your Private Label Articles are unique.  If you are at all hesitant about trying to crank out dozens of articles on your own, you'll love this. learn more here

see also the toolkit page for the best article submission software if you want to do it yourself.
 
 

Viral Marketing

Followup

How to Double Your Small Business Sales in 20 Minutes a Day  - get it here

AutoResponder Magic - free download  Subscribers only - login required

Email

*new* - Email Secrets Exposed - free download  Subscribers only - login required

Million Dollar Emails - free download  Subscribers only - login required

member sites

My Marketing Newsletter - get your OWN pre-written fully customizable newsletter that you can alter in any way you want and send it to YOUR list. - details here
 

courses

Subscribers only - login required

*new* - Service Sellers Master Course  - vital information for anyone attempting to market a service online - free download

Subscribers only - login required

Netwriting Masters Course - excellent - free download

Subscribers only - login required

Work-at-Home Mom's Guide - 

audios

Accelerated Success tapes are the best tools for clearing limiting beliefs and old habits that keep you stuck in the same old patterns.  Their are no subliminal messages here.  Just stuff that really works.  Inspired by a genius in the personal development community, these incorporate some of the most cutting edge mind technologies and have helped thousands of people all over the world to quickly make the kind of changes in their thoughts and actions that rocked their worlds.  There are tapes that address health, financial and relationship issues also.  More details here
highly recommended

member sites

Play

articles - Go here

eBooks

Subscribers only - login required

Creative IQ - Your Five Step Path To Creativity - free download

courses

 
audios

Accelerated Success tapes are the best tools for clearing limiting beliefs and old habits that keep you stuck in the same old patterns.  Their are no subliminal messages here.  Just stuff that really works. Inspired by a genius in the personal development community, these incorporate some of the most cutting edge mind technologies and have helped thousands of people all over the world to quickly make the kind of changes in their thoughts and actions that rocked their worlds.  There are tapes that address health, financial and relationship issues also.  More details here
highly recommended