Tools I’ve Mentioned in My MLGS Emails
This page is a running reference for tools, platforms, and affiliate programs I have mentioned in My Lead Gen Secret emails. I keep the most relevant and current tools near the top, then organize ecommerce tools, niche offers, and case-study notes below.
🔧 Top Tools Mentioned Most Recently
These are the tools I am currently mentioning most often in MLGS emails or using as part of a practical case-study angle.
Systeme.io
Systeme.io is the main tool I am currently mentioning for simple affiliate funnel tests. It can be used for landing pages, opt-in forms, email follow-up, file delivery, simple funnels, and beginner-friendly online business experiments.
Best fit: Lead magnets, affiliate funnels, freebie delivery, simple email sequences, mini-courses, digital product tests, and testing an idea before building a full website.
Reality check: A funnel builder does not create traffic, trust, or sales by itself. It gives you a place to test an idea. You still need a useful reason for people to click, a relevant offer, and some kind of traffic source.
Visit Systeme.ioFiverr
Fiverr can be useful when one small task is blocking progress: a logo, WordPress fix, simple graphic, proofreading job, thumbnail, mockup, or setup task.
I would use Fiverr for small, clearly defined tasks instead of outsourcing an entire business idea before understanding the basics.
Best fit: Logos, mockups, simple site fixes, design help, thumbnails, editing, and small project support.
Fiverr Marketplace Logo Maker Fiverr ProMy Lead Gen Secret / MLGS
My Lead Gen Secret, often shortened to MLGS, is the lead and email platform behind this email case study.
I am using it to test whether an older lead account can still generate clicks or signups when the emails focus on practical affiliate funnel ideas and beginner-friendly tools.
How I am treating it: MLGS is a traffic and email test, not a guarantee. The point is to track opens, clicks, signups, unsubscribes, and which email angles get any movement.
Visit MLGS📌 Why This Page Exists
MLGS emails are short, and links can get buried. This page gives readers one place to find the current tools and offers I have mentioned in emails, along with plain-English notes on where each one may or may not fit.
Not every email needs every link
Instead of stuffing every email with multiple links, I can mention the main tool in the email and use this page as a running backup reference.
That keeps the email focused while still giving readers a place to compare related tools later.
Not a magic shortcut list
These are tools, platforms, and offers I have mentioned, tested, used, or plan to use in MLGS case-study examples. They are not guaranteed income shortcuts.
A tool can help you build, test, organize, or outsource a piece of the process. It still cannot replace a useful offer, consistent traffic, clear tracking, and basic follow-through.
🧪 The Simple Funnel Idea I Keep Mentioning
A tiny affiliate funnel could be as simple as a free checklist, an opt-in page, and a few follow-up emails. You do not need a 50-page website to test one idea. You need a clear audience, one useful free resource, and one related offer.
Pick one audience
Start with one specific type of person, problem, hobby, or business model. “Everyone who wants to make money online” is usually too broad.
Create one useful reason to click
Offer something simple and useful: a checklist, tracker, worksheet, guide, resource list, or short tutorial.
Recommend one related tool
The offer should match the reason someone clicked. If the free resource is about building a funnel, the tool should help with that funnel.
Practical version: An email could talk about a simple “free checklist → opt-in page → follow-up emails → related tool” test. Systeme.io could host the page and emails. Fiverr could help with a small design or setup task if one piece is blocking progress.
📬 Traffic and Lead Ideas
These are possible ways to get people to an offer, funnel, or resource page. This section is about traffic sources, not specific experiments.
MLGS email traffic
MLGS is the email and lead source behind this page. It is useful for testing short email angles quickly, but it should be treated as a testable traffic source rather than a guaranteed business.
Best fit: short email tests, simple affiliate offers, curiosity-driven angles, and quick feedback on whether people click.
Pinterest traffic
Pinterest is slower than blasting paid ads, but it can be a better fit for evergreen resource pages, checklists, comparison pages, and beginner-friendly guides.
Best fit: visual topics, hobby niches, printable resources, ecommerce ideas, and evergreen guides people may search for repeatedly.
Search-friendly resource pages
A resource page can give emails, pins, and future blog posts a real home. It also gives readers more context than a bare affiliate link.
Best fit: comparison pages, tool lists, niche guides, tutorials, and pages that can be updated as links or recommendations change.
Paid ads can burn money fast
Paid ads can produce faster feedback, but they can also burn money quickly if the funnel, offer, tracking, and follow-up are not ready.
Paid traffic is not automatically better traffic. Before paying for clicks, make sure the page, offer, tracking, and email follow-up are ready enough to learn from the test.
Your own email list
If a reader signs up through a simple funnel, your own email list becomes the follow-up channel. That is different from renting attention from a traffic source.
Best fit: lead magnets, simple tutorials, tool comparisons, case-study updates, and offers that need more explanation before someone is ready to buy.
Blog posts, pins, and short social posts
One email idea can often become a short blog section, a Pinterest pin, a resource-page update, or a short social post. That gives the same idea more chances to be seen.
Best fit: practical tips, simple examples, checklist-style content, tool comparisons, and case-study lessons that can be reused without starting from scratch.
🪚 Niche Offers Mentioned in MLGS Emails
Some MLGS emails are not about affiliate marketing tools directly. They are examples of offers that could be promoted to a specific audience, then used as a case study for how affiliate marketing works.
Ted’s Woodworking
Ted’s Woodworking is a large woodworking plans library that I have mentioned in MLGS emails. It fits a hobby-niche funnel angle better than a general affiliate marketing tools page.
Best fit: Woodworking project ideas, DIY hobby funnels, garage workshop content, and examples of promoting a niche offer instead of only promoting business tools.
Reality check: With any big plan library or digital product, compare what is included, read current customer feedback, and make sure it fits the kind of projects you actually want to build.
Visit Ted’s WoodworkingJohn Thornhill’s Ambassador Program
John Thornhill’s Ambassador Program is an affiliate marketing training and promotion-focused offer that may fit emails about learning affiliate funnels, digital marketing, and offer promotion.
Best fit: Readers who already know they want affiliate marketing training and are willing to compare the current offer, pricing, refund policy, and upsells before buying.
Reality check: I would treat this as a more advanced comparison item, not the first thing a beginner should buy before learning the basics for free.
Visit Ambassador Program🛒 SaleHoo Tools for Ecommerce and Product Research
SaleHoo has several related tools, so the right link depends on the email topic. Some fit supplier research. Some fit dropshipping. Some fit product research or broader ecommerce education.
SaleHoo Directory
The general SaleHoo supplier directory link. Best for someone looking for wholesale suppliers, product sourcing ideas, or a starting point for ecommerce research.
Visit DirectorySaleHoo Dropship
SaleHoo Dropship is a better fit for someone specifically interested in dropshipping or Shopify-style ecommerce testing without buying inventory upfront.
Visit DropshipSaleHoo Market Insights
SaleHoo Market Insights is better when the topic is product research, trend research, or figuring out what might be worth selling before choosing a supplier or store model.
Visit Market InsightsSaleHoo Educate
SaleHoo Educate is more of a learning or training option. It fits emails about learning ecommerce basics before choosing products, suppliers, or a traffic strategy.
Visit EducateSaleHoo Ecommerce Accelerator
SaleHoo Ecommerce Accelerator fits a broader ecommerce business-building angle, especially if the email is about going beyond “find a product” and thinking through the store, traffic, and conversion side.
Visit AcceleratorEcommerce is not just picking products
Ecommerce tools can help with research and setup, but they do not remove the hard parts: choosing products, understanding fees, handling refunds, dealing with shipping issues, managing cash flow, and getting traffic.
📦 Other Ecommerce / Dropshipping Tools
These tools fit better in ecommerce-specific emails than in general affiliate funnel emails.
AutoDS
AutoDS is a dropshipping automation platform. It can help with certain supplier-to-store workflows, but automation does not remove the hard parts of dropshipping.
Best fit: Dropshipping workflow support, product importing, monitoring, and automation features for sellers who already understand the risks and platform rules.
Reality check: You still need to think about product selection, pricing, refunds, shipping issues, cash flow, supplier reliability, and platform compliance.
Visit AutoDSProduct research, suppliers, stores, and traffic are separate problems
Product research, supplier research, store setup, automation, and traffic are different problems. One tool rarely solves all of them.
If you are still choosing a product or niche, research tools may matter more than automation. If you already have a store and repeatable workflow, automation may become more useful.
📓 Current and Future Case Studies
These are the specific experiments I may refer to in emails. The point is to watch what actually gets movement, not pretend every idea is a guaranteed winner.
MLGS → Systeme.io email test
I am testing whether an older MLGS lead account can still generate clicks or signups by sending short emails about simple funnel ideas, lead magnets, and tools like Systeme.io.
- Opens
- Clicks
- Replies
- Free signups
- Paid conversions
- Unsubscribes
- Email angles that get movement
Ted’s Woodworking niche-offer test
This would test whether a specific hobby offer performs differently from general business tools. A woodworking offer needs a woodworking angle, not a generic “make money online” pitch.
Possible angle: simple weekend project ideas, garage workshop plans, or DIY hobby resources.
Lead magnet + affiliate offer
The idea is to create one useful free resource and connect it to one related tool or offer.
- Travel phrase guide
- Job-search tracker
- Website setup checklist
- Pinterest starter guide
- Beginner business worksheet
Pinterest → resource page test
Use Pinterest pins to send traffic to an Ambition Shift resource page, comparison page, or freebie. The goal would be to test whether slower evergreen traffic can support the same offers over time.
This is slower than paid ads, but it may build a more durable traffic asset.
Fiverr small-task test
This would test whether readers respond to a practical “get one thing unstuck” angle instead of a full business-building pitch.
Possible angle: use Fiverr for one small task such as a logo, landing page graphic, proofreading, mockup, WordPress fix, or thumbnail instead of trying to outsource an entire business idea.
SaleHoo ecommerce research test
This would test whether ecommerce-focused emails get different clicks than affiliate funnel emails. The angle would be product research, supplier research, or testing an online store idea more carefully.
Possible angle: before building a store or buying inventory, use research tools to compare products, suppliers, fees, shipping issues, and whether the idea has enough demand.
✅ Choosing the Right Tool
Different tools fit different stages. The goal is not to buy everything. The goal is to pick the next tool that matches the test you are actually running.
If you want to test a simple affiliate funnel
Start with a clear audience, one useful freebie, one opt-in page, and one related offer. Systeme.io is the tool on this page that best fits that kind of simple funnel test.
If one small task is slowing you down
Fiverr may be useful for a specific task: logo, mockup, graphic, simple WordPress fix, proofreading, or setup help. Keep the task small and clear.
If you want to promote something outside business tools
A niche offer like Ted’s Woodworking can make sense when the audience and topic fit. The important part is matching the offer to the reader instead of randomly promoting whatever pays a commission.
If the email is about online selling
SaleHoo and AutoDS belong in ecommerce-specific tests. Use them when the topic is suppliers, product research, dropshipping, Shopify-style stores, or ecommerce workflow.
If a tool promises easy income
Be skeptical of income claims, countdown pressure, vague “done for you” promises, and tools that make it sound like traffic, trust, refunds, customer issues, and compliance no longer matter.
Test small before building big
A simple test is better than spending weeks building a giant system no one has clicked on yet. Get one page, one offer, and one traffic source working before expanding.
Plain-English Bottom Line
This page is a reference for tools and offers mentioned in MLGS email tests. Some are core tools. Some are niche offers. Some are ecommerce-specific. None of them are automatic income.
- Use Systeme.io if you need a simple funnel and email setup.
- Use Fiverr if one small task is blocking progress.
- Treat MLGS as a traffic test, not a guaranteed business.
- Use SaleHoo or AutoDS only when the topic is ecommerce or dropshipping.
- Use niche offers like Ted’s Woodworking only when the audience fit makes sense.
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