Organizer Tools

[AffiliateGuild]

In my humble opinion an Organizer Tool is a must have for anyone who does any kind of online business.

For years, I've been working from notebooks and scraps of paper ... and let me tell you ... what a nightmare that's been.

I realized this year as I looked at an entire bookshelf lined with notebooks full of my website's information, full of my usernames and passwords for all the affiliate programs I've ever joined, full of my eBay information, full of my PPC information, my personal account's information for every website I ever joined or had to join ... you get the idea. It's totally overwhelming!

I think when an entire shelf in your office is dedicated to holding all this information, it's time to go paperless and get organized.

I mean, every time I wanted to find some information I had to stop and remember which of the notebooks it was in, and then flip through the pages to find it.

And yes, at one point all those pages were in alphabetical order. But as years went by, I had too much information and so, I lost my sense of order. And the frustration behind that was what finally what got me off my bottom.

So, I finally bought myself an Organizer Tool.

I bought the i-Marketing Organizer because it has the ability to keep track of all my information on my websites, contacts, resources, products, affiliate programs, articles, keywords, domains, directories, ads, search engines, pay per click, subscriptions, notes, project management information, subscriptions, eBay items I sell and buy, etc.

That's a lot huh?!! I thought so.

I've blogged about using the i-Marketing Organizer on my Affiliate Blogger blog. You can read more if you want to by clicking the link in my signature.

There's also another Organizer Tool called Affiliate Organizer. I didn't buy that one myself because it was mostly focused on the affiliate program organization, and I needed more than that. I know that the fellow who made this one gave a copy to James Martell and Ros Gardner, so they're affiliates for him. James says he uses his and likes it.

Does anyone else use Affiliate Organizer? I was kind of wondering about a comparison of both Organizer Tools.

From what I can tell, i-Marketing Organizer sure offers a lot more in terms of organizing my whole online life, but if you think differently chime in.

For me, i-Marketing Organizer has been super easy to use ... and that's a big plus because that's what I bought it for ... to make my life easier.

i-Marketing Organizer is priced at $47.
Affiliate Organizer is priced at $67.

Anyhow, I thought this might be an interesting discussion. I try to bring good Tools to the Affiliate Guild. I think these are both good tools, but I do think that i-Marketing Organizer is a little better. Again, you can read more on my Affiliate Blogger blog ... click the link below.

[fitnfree]

Wow, looks pretty awesome -- like you the papers are piling up only for me it's an entire LARGE vertical file drawer and I'm SOOOOo tired of constantly sifting thru to find what I need. And yes, did the alphabetical thing, too but that doesn't last long when the pile grows and grows and grows...as you well know.
Thanks for the info -- will definitely give this some serious consideration.

[Rsnapper]

I like igoogle (calendar, documents, sharing and much more). It is free and excellent. Can't beat that.

You can also add a CRM (contact manager) software to it. etelos.com (free for one member).

[affearner]

This reminds me of what my officemate mentioned before, "I've been spending a lot for organizers yet my life is still disorganized." Funny

Kidding aside, I agree with affiliateguild. I was always annoyed finding important login info and data from scratch papers. Sometimes I end up scrambling through trash cans thinking that an important note was thrown away. But unlike affiliateguild, my organizers are offline. I think I have several right now - all color coded. Red is for all login info, blue for all my schedules and deadlines, black for very very important notes, and lastly gree for the deals that I closed and for all the successes I have online. Does your online organizer serve you that way?