Weekend Favs September Twenty Four


Weekend Favs September Twenty Four

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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: 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

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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: 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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Weekend Favs June Twenty Five


Weekend Favs June Twenty Five

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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 mapelli.francesco via Flickr

Good stuff I found this week:

Vokle – very slick platform for hosting your own live streaming TV – you can also invite guests and do virtual interviews live and on camera as well.

Flowplayer – open source flash video player that allows you to customize the player for your embedded video and create a branded player – a step up from simple YouTube embeds for serious video experience.

MailVu – quite possibly the easiest way to record and send personalized video in email. Upgrade features a widget that you can offer to clients to record and send video testimonials to you.

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Weekend Favs May Twenty Eight


Weekend Favs May 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 Pascal Mages via Flickr

Good stuff I found this week:

Gridly – Agency like templating system that makes it very easy to create consistently branded print materials.

GaggleAMP – tool that let’s you get your customers and partners involved in amplifying your social media campaigns.

LoopFuse a marketing automation platform that makes it easy generate demand and engage customers through the buying cycle.

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Weekend Favs May Twenty One


Weekend Favs May 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 dar1930 via Flickr

Good stuff I found this week:

Movie animation – Three tools that make it very easy to create animated video by mixing text, images, and video without the need to draw.

TweetPsych – creates a psychological profile of any public Twitter account and identifies those traits that are used more or less frequently by the user analyzed

Tagaroo – WordPress plugin the analyzes your text as you type and suggest relevant tags from around the web and also suggest images from Flickr.

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Anger Management For The Twenty First Century Ebook

Anger Management for the Twenty First Century is a hands on workbook that makes you more aware of your behavior and options, so you can defuse situations that would otherwise quickly escalate and turn ugly, often with tragic results.
Anger Management For The Twenty First Century Ebook

Weekend Favs April Twenty Three


Weekend Favs April 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.

Image adelie33_Asako via Flickr

Good stuff I found this week:
Citebite – Have you ever wanted to share a link to a quote or something way down on a page? This free little app lets you create links directly to a specific part of a page. There’s a bookmarklet and Firefox extension as well.

Schedulicity – this tool allows you to put your calendar online so customers can find a time that works to schedule an appointment. There are a number of these out there, but I like that this one syncs with mobile devices and Facebook.

2Screens iPad Presentation app – this one has two iTunes links and is a bit geeky, but I love presenting on my iPad and now I’ve found a great presentation tool 2Screens Presentation Expert and 2Screens iPhone Remote that lets you use your iPhone as a remote for your iPad – total coolness achieved.

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Weekend Favs March Twenty Six


Weekend Favs March 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.


Image credit: yellow bird woodstock

Good stuff I found this week:

Jetpack – Collection of WordPress plugins from WordPress packaged as a set of features that cover most of the basic plugin needs. This was a WordPress.com feature now available for self hosted WordPress.org sites.

Hellofax – there are plenty of online fax services, but I love this one because it allows me to insert my signature on documents and email them back to the sender.

letter.ly – Dead simple way to create a paid online newsletter

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