Weekend Favs January Twenty Eight


Weekend Favs January Twenty Eight

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My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week.

I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr.

Image igorschwarzmann via Flickr CC

Good stuff I found this week:
Agendize – Suite of online conversion tools that allows you to add click to call, chat, schedule appointment, live reviews and more.


Get Smart Content
– application allows you to set rules such as – visited our website four times or from California and show different content based on visitors.

InboxQ – ask this service a question and it will quickly show you the best people on Twitter to answer it. You can also show off your knowledge by answering questions.

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Weekend Favs January Twenty One


Weekend Favs January Twenty One

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week.

I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr.

Image Steve-h via Flickr CC

Good stuff I found this week:
Viewbix – Tool that allows you to add interactive calls to action to your videos. Also makes it easy add branding to YouTube and Vimeo hosted videos.

Manilla – Get your bills, statements and balances instantly organized in one secure place online. Easy way to manage all of your accounts, subscriptions and loyalty programs.

Instant Flip Book – Convert Your Catalogs, Brochures, Annual Reports and Other Documents Into a Flash Page Flip book you can embed on any web page.

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Weekend Favs December Twenty Four


Weekend Favs December Twenty Four

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week.

I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr.

Image lexybugg92 via Flickr CC

Good stuff I found this week:
PressIt – Social media news release tool. Nice free way to distribute press releases that get picked up on social sites.

The Email Game – Somewhat goofy little email management tool that helps put the emphasis on better email productivity and getting to an empty inbox in the shortest amount of time. (Blame @chrisbrogan for this one)

Twitcleaner – free Twitter tool that allows you to analyze your Twitter following for spammers, bots, and other producing little or no value and then unfollow them.

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Weekend Favs November Twenty Six


Weekend Favs November Twenty Six

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week.

I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr.

Above the Sea of Japan – BriYYZ via Flickr CC

Good stuff I found this week:

AgoraPulse – Facebook CRM like tool allows you to manage your Facebook page, track your best fans and turn fans into leads.

LunchMeet – iPhone app that taps into your LinkedIn profile to help you schedule networking lunches wherever you are, whenever you have available time.

Treehouse – Interactive courses to help your learn web design, programming and app building.

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Weekend Favs Octobery Twenty Nine


Weekend Favs Octobery Twenty Nine

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week.

I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr.

Image Cor v. Wijngaarden via Flickr CC

Good stuff I found this week:
Submit My Press Release – Online press release submission tool that does a great job integrating social media.

SizeUp – Interesting startup that aims to provide research and data on large list of industries by city. Could be a nice way for small organizations to get some big data.

MailPow – This service allows you to create cards with sound. Kind of like the musical birthday idea but you get to do it for your business. They also have an option that allows you to record a message on a card by card basis to make each one a personal message.

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Weekend Favs October Twenty Two


Weekend Favs October Twenty Two

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week.

I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr.

The Basilica at Notre Dame – Notre Dame, IN

Good stuff I found this week:
Magmito – This tools allows anyone to create a mobile application on the fly – imagine creating your own app just for an event or special promotion

PrintFriendly – Turns any web page into a PDF. Great way to save from printing pages that you want to keep. You can also put a button on your own site to make easy for people to use it.

WorkFlowy – This dead simple tool allows you to create one list to run your life – its simplicity is perhaps its greatest appeal. It’s hard to describe but may change your brain.

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Weekend Favs September Twenty Four


Weekend Favs September Twenty Four

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week.

I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr.

Image: Paul Martin Eldridge / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Good stuff I found this week:
Magisto – this video editing service allows you to take a group of unedited videos and add create a merged clip with some real polish with just a couple simple steps. Great for event footage.

Sulia – billed as an “interest network” this tools delivers news and information from very reputable resources on the topics you choose – I’ve found it a great way to filter content.

Free Digital Images – another great resource for images that you may use in blog posts (that’s where today’s image came from), advertising and web design.

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Weekend Favs August Twenty Seven


Weekend Favs August Twenty Seven

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week.

I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr.

Image: TAKA@P.P.R.S via Flickr

Good stuff I found this week:
Answerbase – With Answerbase you can easily create a Question and Answer community right on your own web site. For the right niche can be a great way to build content and attract search traffic.

Formstack – Great tool for creating custom web forms, landing pages and surveys. Lots of power and very easy to use.

Signal – This web based tool combines your mobile, social and email marketing efforts into one platform

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Weekend Favs August Twenty


Weekend Favs August Twenty

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week.

I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr.

Image: titou.net via Flickr CC

Good stuff I found this week:
Skitch – Mac program that allows you to annotate, edit and share photos and screen shots very quickly – worth noting that it used to be $19.95 but Evernote bought it and made it free (great tie in with Evernote use)

Stylebot – Chrome browser extension that allows you to edit the CSS view of any page and save the new style – this can be a great tool for a site you interact with frequently, like Google+ for example, but you want to create your own look and remove things like ads. (There’s also a sharing site where you can find lots of styles for common pages already done.)

Clipik – video editing service that allows you to upload video, music and images and have them edited by a professional for as little as $49. Could be an inexpensive way to add a little professional zip to your business videos.

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Weekend Favs July Twenty Three


Weekend Favs July Twenty Three

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr.

Dude Mountain near Ketchikan Alaska by Mary Jantsch

Good stuff I found this week:

Wordtracker Link Tool – this paid link building tool has been completely overhauled by Wordtracker and is a great low cost way to find the best links back to your site.

Guzzl.it – this tool allows you to create custom search phrases and then Guzzl.it reads hundreds of RSS feeds and creates a page of the hottest content related to your search.

Button creator – this tool from Vertical Response makes it very simple to create buy now and click here kind of buttons for your Website. Buttons have proven to raise click throughs dramatically.

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