How to build a work station using free software
68Using your computer as your business
A computer has many advantages, contruary to popular belief of local businesses. The computer device sitting in front of you is your means of getting your business started, without all the expenses associated with creating a business in the real world. No buildings to have created, no products to purchase, etc.
To get started with a home based business, many believe money needs to be invested to get success. While being partially true, there are alternative methods to having success in the online universe. More people are using the internet for shopping, information, gaming, video streaming, and much more. Take advantage of this wide audience of people just waiting to get your products.
Of course in order to have success you must be able to put yourself in front of the audience. There are quite a few free software packages that can help make things a lot simpler for your home based business. Looking below, you will see things that will help your advertising campaign, protect your valuable information, and protect your computer and personal information while doing so. Enjoy!
Get started with Wordpress
Example Wordpress Blogs
Looking to build yourself a permanent online presence? Using Wordpress saves you time and money with their free to use program. Create a blog with one of the best blog hosting websites on the internet today. To get started, go to Wordpress.com to download the Wordpress Install.
Wordpress offers a variety of professional looking templates that you may use to get started online. Having a permanent resident on the internet is not required but is recommended to have increased success on the internet. Its easy to start making money selling your products or using affiliate marketing to do so.
Some tools are not free on Wordpress. They may require you to make a small payment to get some of the features that you will be able to use. Wordpress is a premium blog hosting website offered to the public free so its acceptable for them to offer paid features. If you feel uncomfortable with Wordpress, there's always Blogger
Protect your computer with Virtual Browser/Microsoft Visual
The best protection to get for your computer. The Virtual Browser not only protects you from the internet, but also keeps you protected from the everyday files you use on your computer. Downloading files from the internet can be done from any website without having to worry about the consequences. No more fear of malicious codings reaching your HDD (Hard Disk Drive). No more second-guessing websites that have valuable information, but have history of virus distributing.
Download Virtual Browser Trial from CNET
How it works is once installed, the virtual browser allows you to create a separate hard drive from the rest of the computer. You get to choose how many megabytes this drive will support. Once done, it actually creates a virtual version of your computer. This lets you use this virtual computer to do anything you want without worrying about any malicious codes reaching your computer. If your virtual browser is infected, all you have to do is delete that virtual browser and create another one. This will cleanse your virtual browser and permanently remove any malicious codes, meaning they will never have the chance of accessing your computer device.
Article Submission Helper
One of my favorite tools in my arsenal. Article Submission Helper allows me to submit articles to thousands of directories automatically. Now I know you may be saying, what about the Google penalty? Well Google isn't doing much for anyone right about now, but to keep my sites listed within their search engine, I simply submit a set amount of articles per day.
Article Submission Helper allows you to add directories to the software, which can bring potential of thousands of one-way backlinks automatically. It also has rewrite technology that allows you to automatically change your articles to reduce duplicate penalties.
A quick pointer about this software: Some of the sites already packaged with the software are malicious websites so I recommend deleting those websites and adding your owns from scratch. Its well worth the time and effort
Instant Banner Creator
I know this isn't downloadable software but its a great tool to use. This website allows you to create your very own banners for any purpose that you desire. It could work out really well for you, whether for business reasons or personal reasons. It doesn't get any better than this.
When you create your banners, you can use them in a number of different ways. One particular method that I find exciting is using it in free banner exchange programs. These programs allow you to host your banners on other members websites, in exchange for them hosting their banners on your website. You can use the banners you created with Instant Banner Creator to host on their website and generate loads of traffic to your websites or blogs.
The following link below is in fact my affiliate link. Sign up is free but I earn additional income by referring others if they decide to purchase something so please use my link.
Social Bookmarking at its best.
Onlywire Bookmarklet, a social bookmarking website in its prime. This free service allows you to submit your website/blog/articles/whatever to 30 social bookmarking websites at one click of a button. Its that simple. Prepare to generate countless amounts of traffic to your content.
The only problem with this website is that you must sign up for all 30 social bookmarking websites included within the program. This is well worth it though as social bookmarking websites have been known to crash servers due to the amount of traffic that it generates for third party websites. Millions of visitors come to social bookmarking websites everyday to share what they know and to search for what they don't know. This allows you to take advantage of them, bringing a large mainstream of traffic to any content it is that you have to offer.
OnlyWire in Action. My Hubpages Profile
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Virtual Browser, I like the concept. This may be the wave of the future. Virtual may become very popular as it grows. It starts pointing back to mainframe days, but with a network reaching around the world.
Keep on hubbing!
Thanks for the Hub! When I am forced to use Windows, I will set my machine up like this.









eovery 2 years ago
Virtual Browser, I like the concept. This may be the wave of the future. Virtual may become very popular as it grows. It starts pointing back to mainframe days, but with a network reaching around the world.
Keep on hubbing!