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Pro Blogger’s Black Book
This compilation was created about a year ago, and I simply never got around to
releasing it. It is possible that some of the listings in this document have expired in the
last year, but it is still a pretty useful directory.
- David Risley
Advertising!
4
Article Directories!
9
Blog Tools !
11
Call Centers!
14
Collaboration / Conferencing!
14
Content – Multimedia !
19
Content Written!
20
Customer Relationship Management!
23
Customer Service!
27
E – Commerce!
28
Email Marketing!
30
Facebook Applications!
32
Finance!
32
Free Classifieds !
35
Fulfilment Resource !
37
Fun!
37
Government!
38
Graphic Design!
39
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Hosting/Domains!
44
Idea Management!
48
IP Address !
49
iPhone Applications!
49
Latest Resources!
50
Marketing Blogs!
52
Marketing Resources!
54
Media Buys!
61
Membership Sites!
64
Multimedia Tools & Apps!
64
Music!
66
News !
67
Online Apps!
68
Outsourcing!
72
Printing!
75
Productivity Tools and Resources !
76
Products To Sell!
81
Project Management!
85
Public Domain!
89
Public Relations!
90
Research Keyword!
93
Research Niche!
95
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Search Resources!
97
SEO Resources!
100
Shopping!
106
Software!
111
Stock Images!
115
Testing and Tracking!
117
Travel!
121
URL Shortener!
125
Video Sites!
126
Video Tools!
130
Web Design and Development!
131
Work Resources!
137
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Advertising
Adap.tv – http://adap.tv
Offers the OneSource online video ad management platform that provides a complete,
end-to-end solution to increase advertising revenue and grow streams.
AdEngage - http://adengage.com
AdEngage allows webmasters to earn money selling ad space and allows advertisers to
easily place ads on hundreds of websites.
AdGenta - http://adgenta.com
AdGenta is a unique way for you to embed ads anywhere you can place a picture – in
your blog post, on your website, in your RSS feed. AdGenta is a powerful way for you to
monetize your content – you are free to choose when and where your ads are placed,
what they look like, and what ad is displayed.
Adlab – Digital Advertising - http://adlab.msn.com/
Microsoft adCenter Labs is an applied research group dedicated to researching and
incubating new digital advertising technologies.
AdMob - http://www.admob.com/
AdMob is the world’s largest mobile advertising marketplace, offering solutions for
discovery, branding and monetization on the mobile web. Mobile devices are a critical
media platform and they are building the tools to let every business on earth leverage
mobile.
Adoori - http://www.adoori.com
Adoori is a platform which provides both advertising and publishing products and
services globally. Adoori, an online advertising marketplace on international traffic for
advertisers and publishers on CPM / CPC bases.
Adroll - http://www.adroll.com
AdRoll is a simple and effective platform for advertising online and retargeting previous
website visitors to bring them back to your site.
Ads of the World - http://adsoftheworld.com/
Advertising archive, forum, blog, and news page discussing creative ad work in print,
online, on TV and radio, and in public spaces worldwide.
Advertising.com – Sponsored listings - http://www.advertising.com/
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Advertising.com’s premium sponsored listings network gives you an unmatched ability
to target your text ads by site, section, or page on the web’s most popular sites.
BargainTraderOnline - BargainTraderOnline
BargainTraderOnline is an online classifieds website where you can view and place ads
for general merchandise. Its owned by the same company as the very popular
AutoTrader publication. The name recognition makes it a little easier to have confidence
in the site. You can search by item if you need something specific; or you can search for
all the items for sale within your zipcode. It provides quick, easy-to-navigate websites
for our customers to search free for used vehicles and general merchandise.
BargainTrader.com also provides inventory tools to allow users to manage their
inventory online. It takes about three minutes from any computer with Internet access.
The online classified portion runs for two weeks for free, add photos or extend the run
for small fees. The setup and online ad is free, take a look today and see what you can
find!
Blogads - http://blogads.com
We’ve specialized in blog advertising since 2002. Buy ads to connect with the social
media elite.
BuySellAds - http://buysellads.com/
BuySellAds.com Online Advertising Network
Casale Media - http://www.casalemedia.com
Helping marketers and advertisers precisely target messages to the right audience by
connecting them with the Web’s most important publishers.
CL Genie - http://www.clgenie.com
Tired of missing out on great deals on Craigslist? Are you sick of refreshing your
browser for your search? No more! Use the magic of CL Genie to email you new items
for your Craigslist search.
Clickable - http://www.clickable.com
Industry leading search engine marketing software and marketing service that makes it
easy for advertisers and agencies to manage pay-per-click performance for all major
PPC search engines in one universal view.
Clicksor - http://www.clicksor.com
Promote your business with today’s most effective online contextual advertising
technology and behavioral Marketing Services at a cost effective metric of CPC, PPC,
CPM or CPV.
Commision Junction - http://www.cj.com
Affiliate marketing provider and revenue sharing network that provides a Web-based
interface through a centralized, consolidated reporting and payment system.
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Craiglist - http://craigslist.com
Started in 1995 by Craig Newmark as a way to promote San Francisco-area events to
his friends,craigslist has grown to include local classifieds and forums for 570 cities in
50 countries worldwide – community moderated, and largely free.
DirectCPV - http://www.directcpv.com
Offers affordable cost per view CPV or pay per view PPV advertising that delivers high
conversions and ROI for online advertisers. Internet marketing ad campaigns from just
$100, Advertise with cost per view ads starting at only $0.004 per advertisement view.
Experian Hitwise - http://www.hitwise.com/us
Experian Hitwise is the leading global online competitive intelligence service, helping
clients protect and grow their market share through the application of internet
measurement data. Hitwise competitive intelligence, Search intelligence for online
advertising, search marketing and online marketing.
Google Adwords - https://adwords.google.com
Advertise with Google AdWords ads in the Sponsored Links section next to search
results to boost website traffic and sales. With Google AdWords pay-per-click (PPC)
keyword advertising, you only pay for results. AdWords is an essential online marketing
solution for any website owner and any type of business.
InMobi - http://www.inmobi.com/
InMobi | Global Mobile Ad Network
LeadsCon - http://www.leadscon.com
LeadsCon serves the needs of the online customer acquisition arena with a specific
focus on lead generation. This segment of the online advertising space contains some
of the most dynamic, successful, and innovative companies, but it is also a sector that
has been historically under-served.
LiveRail - http://liverail.com/
LiveRail delivers technology solutions that enable and enhance the monetization of
internet-distributed video. By focusing specifically on challenges and opportunities
created by online video, our tools are designed to be easier, more efficient and more
effective that traditional display ad servers to deliver and track advertising into this
exciting new medium.
Media Traffic - http://mediatraffic.com
Media Traffic delivers permission-based contextual advertisements to Vomba Network
users. Our proprietary technology is designed to be effective for advertisers while
remaining relevant to consumers. It offers 3 ways to buy targeted traffic and drive
quality visitors to your website: Highly Targeted, Broad Targeted and RON (run of
network).
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Mega Click - http://www.megaclick.com
Advertise on a huge network of global and classified websites – quick, easy and
transparent. Megaclick helps you to sell advertising on your website – effortlessly,
transparently and, best of all, free of charge! Unlike other marketplaces, Megaclick is
completely transparent (no hidden fees), and global (full monetization for all countries,
not just the USA). Finding advertisers has never been easier!
OpenX - http://www.openx.com
OpenX is the world’s leading independent provider of digital advertising technology that
enables businesses to manage and maximize their ad revenue.
PennySaver USA - www.pennysaverusa.com
PennySaver USA offers the best local value in print and online advertising. You can
tailor your ad sales to a specific geographic region, whether online or in their weekly
periodicals mailed to homes and available at grocery stores, restaurants and the like.
With www.pennysaverusa.com you can reach millions of people across the U.S. You
can advertise everything from gift ideas to real estate. There is even a section where
local businesses can offer coupons to the viewers. The next time you want to search
local classifieds instead of a nationwide database, why not check out
www.pennysaverusa.com? You might find just what you are looking for.
Pepperjam - http://www.pepperjamnetwork.com
Offers advertisers enterprise level tracking, reporting, and affiliate payment solutions.
Platform Partners - http://www.plattformpartners.com
The leading affiliate network for the education industry. Our network provides affiliates
the opportunity to connect with thousands of education-based inquiry generation
campaigns. With a full-service advertising agency background, we have deep-rooted
ties to our clients and are able to work with them to develop aggressive payouts and
campaign offers that other networks simply cannot match.
Pulse 360 - http://www.pulse360.com
Pulse 360 is a data-driven ad technology company satisfying the goals of performancebased advertisers using any pricing model – CPC, CPA, CPM – on high quality
publishers.
Revenue Loop - http://revenueloop.com
Revenue Loop is an online advertising network for publishers and advertisers. We bring
together a vast array of talents – from an experienced sales force and savvy advertising
campaign strategists to revenue generation specialists that know how to keep profits
flowing. With our quality publishers, high-converting campaigns, effective advertising
solutions, dependable pay outs, we are an unstoppable force in the online advertising
industry.
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Scientific Advertising - http://www.scientificadvertising.com
Scientific Advertising – The Illustrated Version is different from every other version
because it shows examples of actual ads written by Claude C. Hopkins, the author, and
places them where they are most illustrative. This book is recommended by more
advertising geniuses than any other.
Search Manager - http://www.searchmanager.com
Manage your pay-per-cick campaigns all in one place and improve results.
Sponzu - http://sponzu.com
Sponzu is a place where anyone can make a difference – with or without money.
Sponzu converts a minute of your time, or a gift of even 5 cents, into a meaningful
contribution to a cause.
Spot Runner - http://www.spotrunner.com/
www.SpotRunner.com has created thousands of pre-done TV commercials across
hundreds of industries – you can use them on TV or on your website. At the time of
writing this, the cost was just $499 which is an incredible value. Each promotional video
is fully customizable, with the voice over, logo, and your company details inserted
according to your preferences. SpotRunner also facilitates getting your commercial on
TV in regional or national markets by negotiating the best possible deals on remnant
advertising space.
Standard Rate and Data Services - http://www.srds.com/portal/servlet/
LoginServlet
Annual listings of magazine and company customer mailing lists available for rent. If
you’re considering creating a how-to video for duck hunting, check out the size of
customer lists from hunting gun manufacturers and related magazines first. Use the
print version in libraries instead of paying for the somewhat confusing online access.
Value Click - http://www.valueclick.com
ValueClick is an online advertising company, which provides online advertising
campaigns and programs for advertisers and advertising agency customers in the
United States and internationally. We deliver scalable solutions for advertisers to costeffectively acquire customers and for publishers to maximize their revenue.
VigLink - www.viglink.com
VigLink enables websites to monetize their content transparently by automatically
converting their existing links into affiliate links without changing the page behaviour.
Walmart Classifieds - Walmart Classifieds
Walmart Classifieds is an online aggregator and pulls together over 40 million listings
from over 80,000 sources. Walmart Classifieds are a great way for consumers to buy
and sell through online classifieds. If you are looking to buy you have access to over 40
million listings from many sources. The site is an aggregator, pulling from all sites
except craigslist. If you are looking to sell Walmart.com Classifieds automatically posts
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your listing on hundreds of great classifieds sites so many can see your items. Get the
widest possible distribution for your listings, and search from the largest database of
free classifieds. See how Walmart Classifieds can help your business today.
Working Planet - http://www.workingplanet.com/
Provide the best professional Pay-Per-Click management service possible to meet the
profitability goals of our clients. Also offers Search marketing, Internet advertising,
Google Adwords management services, and many more.
Zedo - http://www.zedo.com
ZEDO offers a variety of internet advertising technology solutions for publishers. ZEDO
provides premium publishers with more options and more visibility to make more
revenue
Article Directories
Knoll - http://knol.google.com/k
eHow - http://www.ehow.com/
Ezine Articles - http://ezinearticles.com/
Squidoo - http://www.squidoo.com/
Hubpages - http://hubpages.com/
Articlesbase - http://www.articlesbase.com/
Buzzle.com - http://www.buzzle.com/
Examiner.com - http://www.examiner.com/
Examiner.com is where people with similar interests meet to read about and discuss
events, hobbies, news, and topics that are part of their lives.
suite101.com - http://www.suite101.com/
Associated content from Yahoo - http://www.associatedcontent.com/
The world's largest source of community-created content.
Technorati - http://technorati.com/
Bright Hub - http://www.brighthub.com/
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Seeking Alpha - http://seekingalpha.com/
Helium - http://www.helium.com/
EzineMark - http://ezinemark.com/
Gather - http://www.gather.com/
Goarticles - http://goarticles.com/
Articlesnatch - http://www.articlesnatch.com/
Bbukisa - http://www.bukisa.com/
Article Alley - http://articlealley.com/
Self-Growth - http://www.selfgrowth.com/
The Free Library - http://www.thefreelibrary.com/
Xomba - http://www.xomba.com/
Article Dashboards - http://www.articledashboard.com/
Ideamarketers.com - http://ideamarketers.com/
Pub Articles – http://www.pubarticles.com/
Info Barrel - http://www.infobarrel.com/
Sooper Articles - http://www.sooperarticles.com/
Triond - http://www.triond.com/
Article Click- http://articleclick.com/
Article City - http://www.articlecity.com/
Amazines - http://www.amazines.com/
Self SEO - http://www.selfseo.com/
Search Warp - http://searchwarp.com/
Isnare.com - http://www.isnare.com/
submityourarticle.com - http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/
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Article Cube - http://www.articlecube.com/
Article Rich - http://www.articlerich.com/
Web Source - http://www.web-source.net/
Article Trader - http://www.articletrader.com/
Article Blast - http://www.articleblast.com/
Evan CarMichael - http://www.evancarmichael.com/
A1 Articles - http://www.a1articles.com/
Articlecompilation.com - http://www.articlecompilation.com/
ABC Article Directory - http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/
Unpublish.info - http://www.upublish.info/
Site Reference - http://www.site-reference.com/
Articles Factory - http://www.articlesfactory.com/
Article Directory - http://www.990m.com/
Blog Tools
Article Marketing Automation - http://www.articlemarketingautomation.com
Easily distribute spinnable articles to on-topic themed sites and get quality one-way
links.
Blog Flux - http://www.blogflux.com
Blogflux is designed to be a central destination for the blogosphere, providing you
everything you need to get your blog up and running. From a blog directory, to themes,
stat tracking, and advanced services like our poll and quiz makers, Blogflux is the only
resource you need to get your blog online.
Blogger - http://www.blogger.com
Blogger is a blog-publishing service that allows private or multi-user blogs with timestamped entries. It’s free.
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Data Feedr - http://www.datafeedr.com
Datafeedr is a system which enables you to create & embed an affiliate store into your
WordPress blog WITHOUT touching any clunky datafeed files, learning a programming
language or hiring expensive programmers.
Invention DB. - http://inventiondb.com
Open Project Database is a free project-blogging engine built on top of an
interconnected database of people, organizations, projects, resources and vendors. It
allows anyone doing creative projects to quickly build online project portfolios connected
to multiple team members, project resources, organizational affiliations and vendors
used.
iThemes Wordpress Themes - http://www.ithemes.com/
iThemes offers over 18 high-quality, premium WordPress themes along with updates
and customer support, most under $80 a theme.
Odiogo - http://www.odiogo.com
Odiogo’s media-shifting technology expands the reach of your content: It transforms
news sites and blog posts into high fidelity, near human quality audio files ready to
download and play anywhere, anytime, on any device.
OptimizePress - http://www.optimizepress.com OptimizePress is a unique WordPress theme that gives you the ability to create conversion optimized Squeeze Pages, Sales Letters, launch pages & more.
Shoutmix - http://www.shoutmix.com
Offers a free remotely hosted shout box system.
WetPaint - http://www.wetpaint.com
Wetpaint is known to many by its initial web community platform, Wikis on Wetpaint, an
easy-to-use wiki for collaborating and publishing online that reaches six million unique
users monthly.
Wishlist Member - http://wishlistproducts.com
WishList Member is a powerful, yet easy to use membership solution that can turn any
WordPress blog into a full-blown membership site.
Woo Themes - http://www.woothemes.com/
WooThemes is a one stop theme shop to get WordPress themes and customer support.
It is sometimes a shot in the dark to find a good theme- especially a free one. There are
so many out on the web to sort thru. Often people think that paying for a theme will
guarantee them quality and ease of use- again, not always the case. That is where the
designers behind http://www.woothemes.com/ have excelled. The themes offered on the
site are a bit of an insider secret- the quality and ease of use is unmatched. Visit them
today to see just how easy it can be to improve the look of your site.
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Wordpress.Org - http://wordpress.org
WordPress blog tool and publishing platform. It is web software you can use to create a
beautiful website or blog. We like to say that WordPress is both free and priceless at
the same time.
Apture - http://www.apture.com/
Apture is a place to add a whole new dimension to your website. Enhance your blog
posts and articles with interactive videos, images, Wikipedia, maps and more from 50+
sources without making readers leave the page. Apture provides the first rich
communication platform that allows people to intuitively experience the web. With just
one line of code, publishers and bloggers can quickly and easily turn flat pages of text
into a compelling multimedia experience. Apture gives content creators the power to find
and incorporate relevant multimedia items directly into their pages. Readers can then
access these items without ever leaving the page, providing them with a deeper and
more meaningful web experience.
Unblockable Pop Wordpress Plugin - www.MaxBlogPress.com
Up until now it has been virtually impossible to add a pop-up to a WordPress Blog. It
has always been in the realm of experienced programmers only. With the Unblockable
Popup Plugin from MaxBlog Press, now you can have pop-ups running in seconds on
your WordPress blog. You do not need any programming experience, they have taken
care of all of the hard stuff for you! This site is so incredible because they have identified
all of the common problems and addressed them. They have even solved the
annoyance issue- allowing you to set the frequency, size and color of the popup.
Ninja Blog Setup - http://NinjaBlogSetup.com
Ninja Blog Setup will install the latest version of the popular WordPress blog software
along with over 20 popular plugins, and over 50 themes to choose from for free,
provided you sign up for hosting using their affiliate links.
Pro Blogger - http://www.problogger.net/
Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger.net is dedicated to helping other bloggers learn the skills of
blogging, share their own experiences, promote the blogging medium and add income
streams to their blogs.
Pingler.com - http://www.plingler.com/
Use Pingler.com to Ping your Blogs and Websites in the best way possible!
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Call Centers
Convergys - http://convergys.com/
Convergys is a leader in relationship management, customer management solutions
and billing solutions.
InPulse - http://www.west.com/communication/what/direct_response.asp
LiveOps - http://www.liveops.com/
Contact center software for the enterprise and virtual call center outsourcing with athome agents for inbound and outbound calls.
Protocol Marketing - http://www.protocolglobalsolutions.com/
Protocol Global Solutions is a trusted leader in providing global BPO services, Protocol
combines best in class People, Processes and Technology to deliver solutions for our
clients. Solutions that add value to the relationships between our clients and their
customers. Experts in Call Centre Services, Integrated Marketing and Case
Management and Monitoring.
West Corporation - http://www.west.com/
West Corporation is a leading CRM solution provider, offering comprehensive customer
service outsourcing programs to keep you connected with your customers.
Collaboration / Conferencing
3d Explorer - http://www.3dxplorer.com
Zoho Meeting empowers you to meet online and collaborate with your remote audience.
With the Online Meeting functionality, you can organize sales and marketing
presentations, host product demos, and conduct online training for your customers.
6Connex - http://6connex.com/
6Connex provides Virtual Technology Marketing and Business Solutions including
Virtual Trade Shows, Events and Conferences.
9Cays - http://9cays.com
9cays is a service that takes the pain out of group email. 9cays allows anyone to set up
group email which we call an email conversation instantly without the need for
administrators.
Angelsoft - http://angelsoft.net
Angelsoft is the Startup Community. Free entrepreneur tools include: VC and Angel
Investor Search Engine, Online Business Plan, automatic submission to over 530 VC
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and Angel Groups. Free VC and Angel Group tools include: Online Deal Logs, Secure
Deal Rooms, Spam Filters, and Group-to-Group Co-investment.
Banckle Remote Access - http://banckle.com
Banckle offers FREE Remote Access application for remote support, remote desktop
sharing and control. Provides secure IT help desk support and assistance to your
customers.
Bayspire - http://www.bayspire.com
Bayspire, Inc. is a new California Corporation with a 10 year history. Formed by many of
the former employees of Web Crossing, Inc., Bayspire – as a virtual company with
operations in several U.S. states, Israel and Japan – provides sales, service and
support for the Webcrossing Product Line.
Calliflower - http://iotum.com/
Calliflower integrates all the tools that you need for online collaboration in one nifty
package. It’s the perfect tool for you to conduct online meetings, webinars,
teleseminars, host product demonstrations and more.
Cisco Webex - http://www.webex.com/
Web conferencing lets you connect with anyone, anywhere, in real time. WebEx
combines desktop sharing through a web browser with phone conferencing and video,
so everyone sees the same thing while you talk.
Citadel - http://www.citadel.org
Citadel is a turnkey open-source solution for email and collaboration. One simple
installation delivers a multitude of powerful features.
Cynapse - http://www.cynapse.com/
Cyn.in is a group collaboration software created by Cynapse. Cyn.in helps teams to
build collaborative knowledge by sharing and discussing various forms of digital content
within a secure, unified application that is accessible using a web based interface or a
rich desktop client.
DimDim - http://www.dimdim.com/
Dimdim was a software company that provided a web-based platform for real-time, richmedia collaboration and meetings. Dimdim provided free web conferencing service
where users could share desktops, show slides, collaborate, chat, talk and broadcast
via webcam.
Eblvd - http://eblvd.com
Offers a web-based, desktop sharing service designed for online web demos, sales
presentations, remote support, and remote access.
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Expectnation - http://expectnation.com
Expectnation is a web application for managing conferences. It helps you communicate
with participants, gather and schedule presentations, and publish your event web site.
FuzeMeeting - http://www.fuzemeeting.com
Fuze Meeting, developed by FuzeBox, Inc. (formerly CallWave Inc.), enables seamless
high-definition online collaboration between mobile and desktop users. Fuze Meeting
takes online collaboration beyond the desktop, enabling users on virtually any device to
experience high-definition synchronized content, high-fidelity audio conferencing, online
media storage, integrated presence and secure, persistent chat – all in one easy-to-use
web application.
Glancenet - http://www.glance.net
Desktop sharing for Mac & PC. Web demos, online meetings, web presentations and
webinars that start with one click, connect instantly. Try Free.
Grouploop - http://www.grouploop.com
GroupLoop is a simple collaboration tool that allows you to share and archive files, a
central area for discussion, and a calendar to manage your meetings. GroupLoop is
designed for anyone who needs to organize a group. Board of directors, private clubs,
non profit groups, chambers, and even families can benefit from its collaboration tools.
Ideascale - http://ideascale.com
Bring out the best ideas from your customers and stakeholders by giving them a
platform to share, vote and discuss feedback.
Inxpo - http://www.inxpo.com
INXPO is the leading provider of privately-branded virtual events and virtual business
environments that deliver real results. INXPO’s full suite of solutions includes Virtual
Trade Shows, Virtual Career Fairs, Virtual Corporate Events and Virtual Business
Communities, as well as Audio and Video Webcasts.
JoinMe - https://join.me/ Free, simple, fast online meetings. Share your screen instantly with anyone.
Learningware - http://learningware.com/
AllPlay Web lets instructors use game, quiz and survey templates for webinars and
online conferences to increase engagement and make learning more effective.
Mangospring - http://www.mangospring.com/
MangoApps is enterprise social software that can boost your employee productivity with
the use of proper employee communication and social collaboration tools.
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Mikogo - http://www.mikogo.com
Collaborative web-based tool supporting unlimited simultaneous users. Users can
create, edit and share maps on the Web.
Mindjet - http://mindjet.com/
Mindjet provides personal productivity and collaboration solutions that visually connect
ideas, information and people to save time, improve business processes and drive
innovation. So whether you are driving the sales process, managing a project, building a
strategic plan, running a brainstorming session, conducting a meeting, or simply getting
organized, Mindjet helps you succeed with almost any business or personal productivity
challenge.
On24 - http://www.on24.com/
ON24 is the global leader in webcasting and virtual events. ON24 provides a full range
of innovative solutions for applications such as demand generation, conferences and
events, product launches, professional development, internal communications and
executive announcements.
Oneeko - http://www.oneeko.com/
Oneeko is the fastest and easiest way to get into collaborative mode. Your guests
connect with you in seconds with no registration or download of any kind. All that is
required is a simple web-browser.
OpenACircle - http://www.openacircle.com
OpenACircle.com is an online collaboration company targeting mobile professionals in
small to medium-sized businesses. The company has developed a permanent, free,
online collaborative environment built around “circles” that allow both real-time and
asynchronous communications, including web conferencing (audio and video), desktop
presentation sharing, file sharing and storage, chat and blogs.
ReadyTalk - http://www.readytalk.com
ReadyTalk provides a T1 audio platform that is seamlessly integrated into their web
platform. We provide reservationless services as well as webinar hosting and training.
Rondee - http://www.rondee.com
Rondee is the best free conference call service and the only one with online scheduling
and response tracking. Top pick of leading tech reviews. Look to Rondee free
conference calling for reliable free conference calls.
Scriblink - http://scriblink.com/
Free online whiteboard that allows users to collaborate in real-time. No registration
required. Built-in chat, image uploading, file sharing and more.
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Social Cast - http://www.socialcast.com/
Socialcast is a powerful activity stream engine, microblogging platform and social
network for Enterprise, with a focus on helping companies centralize their
communications between people, applications and data.
Sosius - http://sosius.com
Sosius is the incredible hosted online workspace, accessible from any PC or Mac, that
lets you create and collaborate and share.
Stream57 - http://www.stream57.com
Stream57 is the leader in webcasting and rich media software and services for learning,
marketing and entertainment online. StreamLine, Stream57’s cutting-edge software
suite, brings a new level of interactivity and customization to streaming and on-demand
video
Swirrl - http://www.swirrl.com/
Site aims to combine the power of a database and the flexibility of spreadsheets with
the collaboration potential of a wiki. Free version has a limit of 100 pages and 5MB of
storage.
TabUp - http://www.tabup.com
TabUp is the perfect online place to organize your group and keep the discussion going.
In less than a minute, create a tab, add some Apps and start inviting friends.
TOKBOX - http://www.tokbox.com/
TokBox is a web application that allows users to make multi-party video chat calls over
the Internet without a download. Users can invite people to join their video chats via
email, instant messaging and social media sites. They can share media and collaborate
on documents together within the video chat, and send video messages by email.
Virtualevents365 - http://virtualevents365.com/
VirtualEvents365 by CGS is an online event solution that enables companies to interact
with customers, prospects, business partners and employees through live and ondemand web sessions in a 3D-like online environment. Attendees attend keynote
addresses, presentations, panel discussions, workshops, product demonstrations,
sponsored exhibits and more using a standard web browser.
VIVU - http://vivu.tv
VuRoom – Enable multi party video conferencing from Skype. Participative Live Video
Events with VuCast – Webcasts, Webinars, eLearning, and more – right from your
browser with no installs.
Vyew - http://vyew.com
Vyew is a browser-based collaboration and conferencing platform that enables web
users to share and create together in real-time and over time. Within seconds, Vyew
users can access a shared workspace where they can upload and annotate files
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(.ppt, .doc, .xls, .pdf, .jpg, .mp3, .flv, etc.), take screen captures, white-board and use a
library of plug-ins to create content for sharing and collaboration.
WBP Systems - http://wbpsystems.com
Collaborate with your clients using messages, to-dos and Google Docs. Manage your
budgets, track time and expenses, bid and invoice your clients. Each section flows into
the next allowing you to eliminate redundant data entry. Manage the entire project with
Torch Project Management.
Yuuguu - http://www.yuuguu.com
Yuuguu is the simple to use service for web conferencing and business collaboration.
Whether you are hosting a virtual meeting, web sales presentation or working in a
virtual team, Yuuguu has cost effective, simple tools for you.
Zoho Meeting - http://www.zoho.com/
Zoho Meeting empowers you to meet online and collaborate with your remote audience.
With the Online Meeting functionality, you can organize sales and marketing
presentations, host product demos, and conduct online training for your customers.
Content – Multimedia
Audio Micro - http://www.audiomicro.com/
AudioMicro is a revolutionary collection of user-generated micro stock music, sound
effects, production music, production elements and music cues. Finally, high quality
audio content is available at unbelievable prices with no hidden costs or fees.
AudioMicro is an artist friendly community, paying the highest royalty rate in the micro
stock music industry! In addition, customers can purchase AudioMicro content at the
most competitive rates available!
Audio Micro - http://www.audiomicro.com
Stock music and sound effects library offering royalty free music, sound effects, and free
sound effects for use in websites, YouTube videos, TV, film, games, and advertising.
Free Video Lectures - www.FreeVideoLectures.com
Free Video Lectures provides, free of charge, lectures and presentations on topics
ranging from Anatomy, Astronomy and Aerospace to Web Design coming from top
universities like University of California at Berkley and Stanford.
Free Video Lectures - http://freevideolectures.com
Provides video lectures, online courses and animations on a range of biology and
neuroscience topics.
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Prelinger Archives - http://archive.org/details/prelinger/
The Prelinger Archives are a collection of kitchy, campy public domain videos ranging
from educational films produced in the 1940s and 50s, to early television commercials,
and other older films saved from destruction. Because they’re in the public domain, you
are free to do with them anything you wish.
Stock Video Footage - http://www.stockfootageforfree.com
StockFootageForFree.com is a website dedicated to providing completely free stock
footage from around the world that can be downloaded instantly and incorporated into
any type of video editing project–personal or commercial. All of the free stock footage
available was shot digitally using professional 3 chip cameras and fluid head tripods,
then captured digitally by Firewire to maintain complete digital, broadcast quality, and
are available in American NTSC in either standard definition or high definition formats.
Content Written
American Writers & Artists Inc. - http://www.awaionline.com/articles/
Find any article in our archive, from publications such as The Golden Thread, The
Writer’s Life, Wealthy Web Writer, Inside Freelance Design and Copywriting Insider.
Article Super - http://articlesuper.com
We provide the best and most affordable solution for well researched, SEO optimized
articles. We’re here to fulfill your content needs consistently, with a commitment to be
the best possible article writing and rewriting service.
Associated Content - http://www.associatedcontent.com/
Associated Content is an Open Content Network where anyone can submit content on
any subject in any format. As a content producer you could submit text, audio, video or
images on any topic you want, or choose a specific assignment from their “Calls for
Content” and get paid for it!
Bob Bly - http://www.bly.com/newsite/Pages/articles.php Free How-To Articles. Bob Bly is a freelance copywriter specializing in direct marketing.
Carlton Coaching - http://www.carltoncoaching.com/
Common Gate - http://commongate.com
CommonGate is the social network for your blog, school, family or other organization.
Create a secure gate to find others who share the same interests and passions. Post,
share and socialize when you like and how you like!
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CopyBlogger - http://www.copyblogger.com/
Copyblogger is a huge free resource to help you improve your communication and
copywriting skills.Use your newfound powers of persuasion to grow your business
regardless of whether you prefer using the written word, podcasts, videos, or Morse
Code transmissions into deep space. Of course, improving your communication skills
might also help you improve your relationships with people in person, too!
Day Tipper - http://www.daytipper.com/
DayTipper is a collection of practical, everyday tips submitted by people just like you on
shopping, travel, education, food and lots more. Members of DayTipper vote up or down
on tips they like or dislike, and every month cash prizes are awarded to that month’s
most appreciated tips. You can use this resource for content ideas for new products, for
membership sites, or offline newsletters and publications.
Design to Sell - http://www.designtosellonline.com/Newsletter.cfm
Topics include blogs, copywriting, desktop publishing, graphic design, Guerrilla
Marketing, mind mapping, and webinars; plus all types of small business marketing
ideas, tips, and techniques.
Excess Voice - http://www.excessvoice.com/web-copywriting-tips.htm
Web Copywriting Tips: Dozens of short tips on writing for the internet, optimizing web
pages, writing newsletters and writing email. By Nick Usborne.
Ezine Articles - http://ezinearticles.com/
EzineArticles.com is a matching service — bringing real-world experts and ezine
publishers together. Expert authors & writers are able to post their articles to be featured
within the site. Their searchable database of hundreds of thousands of quality original
articles allows email newsletter publishers hungry for fresh content to find articles that
they can use for inclusion within their next newsletter (up to 25 articles per year per
Publisher TOS).
Google Adwords made Easy - http://www.googleadwordsmadeeasy.com
Download Google Adwords Made Easy For FREE… Then give it away and make $93
for every person that buys keyword elite after reading your branded copy!
Grammarly - http://www.grammarly.com/
It’s simple to check grammar and spelling, and avoid plagiarism with Grammarly’s
automated proofreader and your personal grammar coach.
Hardtofindads - www.HardToFindAds.com
Ads you can study and swipe from the legends of Advertising! I Have Created This Web
Site To Help You Create Compelling Advertising Copy Easily And Fast. Use this site to
discover ideas from proven editorial-style ads from the world’s most successful
copywriters
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Hidden Writing Marketing Assets - http://www.hardtofindseminars.com/
Copywriting.html
How Stuff Works - http://www.howstuffworks.com/
HowStuffWorks is the award-winning source of credible, unbiased, and easy-tounderstand explanations of how the world actually works. Founded in 1998, the site is
now an online resource for millions of people of all ages. From car engines to search
engines, from cell phones to stem cells, and thousands of subjects in between,
HowStuffWorks has it covered. No topic is too big or too small for them to unmask … or
for you to understand. In addition to comprehensive articles; helpful graphics and
informative videos walk you through every topic clearly, simply and objectively. Their
premise is simple: Demystify the world and do it in a simple, clear-cut way that anyone
can understand. This site has something for everyone- whether you are looking for
something serious or trying to entertain the kids- www.HowStuffWorks.com is the site to
visit.
Human Spinner - http://humanspinner.com
HumanSpinner Article Spinner – Free membership! – Pennies for unique human article
rewriting.
Librophile - http://librophile.com/
Free Audio Books and eBooks – Search, Play, Download.
Michael Fortin - http://www.michelfortin.com/
Top copywriting and marketing tips, news, articles, and thoughts on the world of direct
response copy, Internet marketing, web conversion, selling, sales training, branding,
positioning, blogging, and success from copywriter Michel Fortin.
Motivating Quotes - http://www.michelfortin.com/
Top copywriting and marketing tips, news, articles, and thoughts on the world of direct
response copy, Internet marketing, web conversion, selling, sales training, branding,
positioning, blogging, and success from copywriter Michel Fortin.
Need and Article - http://needanarticle.com
The Need an Article Writing Service is a market area for customized website content
that you request. The Elite Article Writing Service that provides, business writing,
technical articles, creative writing, and more, get quality custom website content today.
Quick Article Pro - http://www.quickarticlepro.com
Article Submission Software: Automatic Article Submitter 50% OFF BUY NOW. Submit
your articles to more than 500 high PR article directories with Quick Article Submitter
software. Download article submit software to get maximum exposure for your website.
Retire@21 - http://www.retireat21.com
Young entrepreneurs making money online forum/blog.
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Startupnation - http://www.startupnation.com/
StartupNation provides real-world business advice to people who want to start a
business and who want to grow their small businesses. Technology and the American
culture of entrepreneurs have converged to make home-based, online, retail, franchise,
consulting and other businesses possible today like never before. StartupNation has
award-winning content in podcasts, articles, downloads, and processes that walk you
through everything from steps to start a business to steps to create a successful
website.
The Total Package - http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/
Offers advanced direct marketing strategies and tactics on CD-ROMs, to help build your
business faster.
Top 10 Most Practical Blogs for Entrepreneurs - http://entrepreneurs.about.com
UrlxOrg - http://urlx.org
Just another WordPress course for a fast, easy, complicated, and powerful web.
Work Happy - http://www.workhappy.net
“Killer resources for entrepreneurs.” Reviews and links to useful sites, services, and
products to help run your business.
Writer’s Market - http://www.writersmarket.com/ Listing of thousands of specialty and niche magazines, including circulation and
subscription numbers. I prefer the print version.
Customer Relationship Management
247 Office - http://24sevenoffice.com/
24SevenOfifce is a CRM system, accounting system, billing, groupware and project
management. Pay a fixed and predictable monthly rent with everything included: server
maintenance, backup and upgrades.
Airset - http://www.airset.com/
Using a web browser or mobile phone, you can manage family, work, and social group
schedules and communications.
Applane CRM - http://www.applane.com/
Applane CRM is a new approach to customer relationship management (CRM) that
moves beyond merely capturing of sales data to actually aiding the process of sales and
customer relationship.
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Avature - http://www.avaturecrm.com/
Avature CRM™: Web 2.0 SaaS software for professional networking, recruiting from
social media sites, talent acquisition, and talent management.
Averiware - http://averiware.com/
Web-based software for workplace and business automation. Offers software used for
managing and controlling properties, contracts, projects, assets, and other aspects of
the operations.
Axxeroinusa - http://www.axxerionusa.com/
Averiware Inc; is an innovative software development company providing
comprehensive Business Management Solutions for small and mid-sized Businesses.
Batchblue - http://batchblue.com
Small Business CRM, BatchBook: Online address book and web based CRM software
for small businesses. Free version available.
BConnections - http://bconnections.com
Business applications need to be simple, easy to use and in-tune with the user.
bConnections offers you exactly that. CRM is the first module of a suite of applications
that are targeted towards small mid size companies. bConnections offers easy,
integrated, fee, complete and collaborative solutions that will grow with the user’s
needs.
Bizroof - http://bizroof.com/
Bizroof platform is the best way to store, organize and share the useful information
collected from interactions with customers.
BuzzStream - http://www.buzzstream.com/
BuzzStream helps you manage word-of-mouth marketing campaigns that create buzz,
build links, and increase traffic to your website by helping you “be found” via inbound
marketing channels.
Capsule- http://capsulecrm.com/
Online hosted CRM system for individuals, small businesses and sales teams wanting a
simple, effective and affordable solution. Features include contact manager, history
including emails, document storage, opportunity/deal pipeline tracking, case/support
management. Make Capsule work your way with custom fields and lists.
CiviCRM - http://civicrm.org
CiviCRM is a free, libre and open source software constituent relationship management
solution. CiviCRM is web-based, internationalized, and designed specifically to meet the
needs of advocacy, non-profit and non-governmental groups. Integration with both
Drupal and Joomla! Content management systems give you the tools to connect,
communicate and activate your supporters and constituents.
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CRMDesk -http://www.crmdesk.com/
Automates online customer support and knowledge base creation through the Internet.
EbixCRM - http://www.ez-data.com/
Ebix CRM’s (formerly E-Z Data) web-based SmartOffice software is devoted to
comprehensive, web-based CRM software for financial advisors, insurance agents, and
agencies.
Feefo - http://www.feefo.com/
Feefo is an independent customer feedback system which allows you to measure
honest customer feedback. Genuine customer feedback allows you to increase sales,
customer satisfaction and customer retention. Try Feefo today!
Freecrm.com - http://www.freecrm.com/
Site offers free and cost versions of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and
Sales Force Automation (SFA) web based solutions for small businesses.
Goldmine CRM Software - http://www.frontrange.com
The GoldMine CRM software family offers extensive contact management, sales
automation and marketing automation.
Hedgehoglab – Solomon - http://hedgehoglab.com
Solomon is a web-based CRM and contact management that just works. Track
customer relationships and conversations.
Highrise - http://highrisehq.com
Highrise CRM helps you manage your contacts, keep track of who said what when,
schedule follow-ups, set reminders, and convert leads into done deals.
INES CRM - http://inescrm.com
INES CRM enables companies of all sizes to manage their business operations in a
single, integrated system by covering: customer relationship management (CRM),
marketing management, sales process.
Info@ Hand - http://inescrm.com
INES CRM enables companies of all sizes to manage their business operations in a
single, integrated system by covering: customer relationship management (CRM),
marketing management, sales process.
Insidesales - http://www.insidesales.com
InsideSales.com is lead management software which is used to keep track of
marketing, lead and prospect details in a database that can be shared by multiple users.
In addition to this it has built-in telephony tools to allow users of the system to contact
leads from within the CRM.
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Insideview - http://www.insideview.com
Discover sales opportunities from traditional and social media sources to close deals
easier and drive more revenue. Maximize sales productivity with sales 2.0 insights, realtime business information and company watch lists all within your social CRM.
Landslide CRM - http://www.landslide.com
Explore Landslide CRM’s powerful, next generation suite of sales process-focused tools
specifically designed for smarter sales management.
Leadsexplorer - http://www.leadsexplorer.com
Lead generation and web visitor conversion tool. Re-target visitors. Re-targeting
website visitors. Customer retention & nurturing monitoring. Inbound Marketing. Who
visits your website.
Leadvine - http://leadvine.com/
LeadVine finds you new qualified sales leads and new customers to increase your sales
and revenue. We crowdsource lead generation by having the community find you sales
leads.
Linking Universe - http://consideredsales.com
Considered Sales Customer Relationship Management Software software is the first
goal and progress oriented online CRM solution for small business.
LongJump - http://www.longjump.com
LongJump – The Most Comprehensive Cloud Application Platform for Business
Myerp - http://www.myerp.com/
anage your Business in the cloud. No software to install. Automatic backup. Use it from
anywhere.
Netsuite - http://www.netsuite.com
NetSuite is the leading integrated web-based business software suite, including
business accounting software, ERP software, CRM software and ecommerce software.
Effectively and efficiently manage all of your key business operations with one seamless
business software solution.
Nimble -http://www.nimble.com/
Nimble is the only solution to offer small businesses the best features of high-end CRM
systems combined with the communication power of social media and collaborative
tools… all in one simple and affordable web-based solution.
Oprius - http://www.oprius.com/
Oprius Software Inc. is a Victoria, BC based company providing online productivity tools
for the Independent Sales Professionals. Oprius is comprised of 7 modules that work
together to provide you with the most effective and easiest to use sales system
available, period.
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Customer Service
Angel - http://www.angel.com/
Angel provides enterprise IVR solutions, custom call center and IVR system
development. Increase customer satisfaction and improve your bottom-line.
Fonolo - http://fonolo.com/
Fonolo’s cloud-based visual dialing solutions enable callers to connect directly to the
right agents, bypassing phone menus and eliminating hold times.
Free Conference Call - http://www.freeconferencecall.com/
Offering free conference call services, teleconferences and corporate phone
conferencing at the best pricing models in the industry, FreeConferenceCall.com
provides an easy to use.
Get Satisfaction - http://getsatisfaction.com/
Get Satisfaction is a direct connection between people and companies that fosters
problem-solving, promotes sharing, and builds up relationships. Thousands of
companies use this neutral space to support customers, exchange ideas, and get
feedback about their products and services. Get Satisfaction is open, transparent, and
free. You’re free to ask, free to answer, and free to start a new conversation. Everyone
is invited and encouraged to participate: companies, employees, customers – anyone
with an opinion, an answer, or something to say.
ifbyphone - http://public.ifbyphone.com/
Cloud Telephony by Ifbyphone. Automate your phone with IVR, voice broadcasting, call
tracking, & virtual call center applications.
Kall8- http://www.kall8.com/index.php
Make your business appear more professional and make it easier for your customers to
remember and contact by choosing a low-cost toll-free phone number from Kall8.
Choose from standard U.S. and Canadian toll-free numbers, to 1-800 number,
repeaters (repeating digits to make the number more memorable), and vanity numbers,
too.
Kayako - http://www.kayako.com/
Kayako is comprehensive helpdesk software allowing you to cut costs, streamline your
support, consolidate your e-mail and offer your users a better service experience.
Establish an integrated support platform with Kayako’s affordable, business-class
software. Manage your entire support operation, integrate your e-mail and even manage
multiple support desks from a single system. Now competing with the big sites is even
easier thanks to Kayako and their innovative new software.
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My Reputation - http://myreputation.com/
My reputation allows you to find, control, monitor, and eliminate any personal
information about you online.
OneBox - http://www.new.onebox.com/home
Onebox Virtual Receptionist is the affordable all in one virtual phone solution perfect for
your small business.
Suggestion Box - http://www.suggestionbox.com/
A customer feedback management solution powered by SuggestionBox provides
companies, non-profits, groups & clubs with a simple way to collect customer feedback.
Our community collaboration platform is powered by you.
Ring Central - http://www.suggestionbox.com/
A customer feedback management solution powered by SuggestionBox provides
companies, non-profits, groups & clubs with a simple way to collect customer feedback.
Our community collaboration platform is powered by you.
E – Commerce
1Shopping Cart - http://www.1shoppingcart.com/
Features completely hosted shopping cart software and ecommerce solutions. Offers
merchant accounts, automatic responders, ad tracking and marketing tools.
2Check Out - http://www.2checkout.com/
Allows merchants to accept payments over the Internet without a merchant account.
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/
Online shopping from the earth’s biggest selection of books, magazines, music, DVDs,
videos, electronics, computers, software, apparel & accessories, shoes, jewelry, tools &
hardware, housewares, furniture, sporting goods, beauty & personal care, broadband &
dsl, gourmet food & just about anything else.
Billmelater - https://www.billmelater.com/index.xhtml
Bill Me Later® is the fast, simple and secure way to pay online without using a credit
card at more than 1000 stores. Simply select Bill Me Later at checkout.
Blujay - http://www.blujay.com
blujay.com is the free photo marketplace that offers the small business & individual
seller the tools, services, & features needed to reach their buyers over the internet.
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Chase Paymentech - http://www.chasepaymentech.com/
Chase Paymentech is the premier payment solutions company in the United States.
Open your merchant account or eCommerce solution to accept payments and receive
great rates, low fees and excellent service.
eBay Stores - http://pages.ebay.com/storefronts/start.html
As the world’s leading e-commerce company, eBay Inc.’s global portfolio of businesses
enables hundreds of millions of people to buy, sell and pay online.
ePier ( The Free Marketplace ) - http://epier.com/
Auction site ePier is a no listing fee online auction site. An ebay alternative offering free
auctions. Internet Auctions Website. Buy or sell in thousands of internet auction
categories. No listing fees, free image hosting, and feature auctions. Seller may link ads
to their own websites.
Google Checkout- http://checkout.google.com/sell/
Google Checkout is a fast, secure checkout process that helps increase sales by
bringing you more customers and allowing them to buy from you quickly and easily with
a single login.
Paypal - http://www.paypal.com
PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made
through the Internet. Online money transfers serve as electronic alternatives to
traditional paper methods such as checks and money orders.
Reply - http://www.reply.com
The Reply.com marketplace allows businesses to buy and sell online leads and
enhanced clicks. Clicks and leads available for automotive (new and used cars), special
finance, real estate home buyers, real estate home sellers, mortgage, insurance and
more. The alternative to search marketing and ad networks – eliminate advertising
waste.
Transfirst - http://www.transfirst.com/
TransFirst is among the nation’s premier providers of transaction processing services
and payment technologies. TransFirst offers a comprehensive suite of products and
services and customized payment processing programs uniquely tailored for the special
business needs of financial institutions, independent sales organizations and agents,
and referral and reseller partners.
Yahoo! Small Business - http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ecommerce
Create & manage an online store with an ecommerce shopping cart from Yahoo!
Merchant Solutions. Ecommerce hosting features include store design, quick shopping
cart with secured payment options like credit & PayPal, and shipping services using
FedEx & UPS & more.
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Email Marketing
Be Relevant - http://www.b2bemailmarketing.com/
Email marketing best practices blog offering advice, tips and tricks on how to improve
the ROI of your email marketing campaigns.
CakeMail - http://www.cakemail.com/
Email marketing software featuring multilingual services and open architecture.
Campaign Monitor - http://www.campaignmonitor.com
Email marketing software just for designers. Send great looking emails or create
templates and let your clients log in and send their own.
Constant Contact - http://www.constantcontact.com/
Web-based email marketing service for small businesses and associations. Create
email newsletters, and send and track email campaigns.
EmailMarketing - http://email.about.com
Marketing via email is a tricky matter. It is powerful, but easily abused. It is easy, but
really difficult. May these tips, tricks and secrets make it easy and powerful for you.
Email Brain - http://www.emailbrain.com
Email marketing services professionals use! EmailBrain marketing software is the best
choice for your bulk HTML email newsletter advertising campaigns.
Emma - http://myemma.com/
Create, send and track customized and stylish email newsletters to your customer or
clients. Emma Email Marketing is a simple and affordable solution that allows your
business the ability to track email campaigns, send trigger emails and more. Agency
accounts and pricing also available.
Exact Target - http://www.exacttarget.com/
ExactTarget is developers of e-mail marketing software. It is the preferred targeted
email marketing provider for Fortune 500 and Small Businesses alike. Find out why.
iContact - http://www.icontact.com/
Email marketing software that allows users to easily create, send, and track email
newsletters, surveys, and autoresponders.
ifModules - http://www.ifmodules.com
Business email list management and email marketing tool with HTML templates, bulk
list management, email deployment and opt-in features.
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InfusionSoft - http://www.infusionsoft.com
Infusionsoft is the leader in Email Marketing 2.0. By combining a powerful CRM with
email marketing, small businesses can grow faster and smarter.
Introduction To Email Marketing - http://www.email-marketing-reports.com
Email marketing is, as the name suggests, the use of email in marketing
communications. Learn more information about email marketing.
Lyris - http://lyris.com/
Lyris is the online marketing and email marketing expert that delivers the right mix of
technology and industry knowledge to help you simplify your marketing efforts and
optimize campaign ROI.
Mad Mimi - https://www.madmimi.com
Email marketing and email newsletter software for small businesses shops, universities,
non-profits, associations, performing artists and agencies. Create html email
newsletters with no technical skill, send and track your email campaigns and
promotions.
Mailigen - http://www.mailigen.com
Mailigen is web based online email marketing software that helps you to create and
analyse your email marketing campaigns and FREE to try! Professional email
templates, in-depth reports and statistics, top notch deliverability.
Newberry - http://newsberry.com/
Newsberry helps companies and individuals deliver email campaigns with clarity and
control. It’s easy to use and full of only those features necesary to improve email
marketing results.
Stream Send - http://www.streamsend.com
Email marketing software for sending HTML email newsletters & promotions. Use your
own HTML or our email templates. Signup for a FREE Trial.
Strong Mail - http://www.strongmail.com
StrongMail enables businesses to reach, engage and influence their target audience.
We can help you improve your email marketing campaign performance, boost
deliverability and lower costs, while extending your reach to new audiences using social
media.
Synergy Mail - http://synergymail.com.au
SynergyMail is an online email marketing application, allowing you to send campaigns
and track them with highly detailed reports.
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Vertical Response - http://www.verticalresponse.com/
Offers email marketing newsletters, online surveys, email-based promotions, and directmail postcards for small businesses.
Facebook Applications
Face Reviews - http://facereviews.com/
FaceReviews.com publishes text and video reviews and ratings of new Facebook
widgets and software applications. This will help Facebook users to stay informed and
decide which applications to consider using. In addition to these reviews and ratings,
Facreviews.com will also report the latest news and events as they happen with
Facebook.
Facebook Developers - http://developers.facebook.com/
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study
and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an
unlimited number of photos, post links and videos, and learn more about the people
they meet.
How To Build A Facebook Application - http://www.digital-web.com
Whether you’re looking to make things easier for your current users, or you have the
perfect idea for a Facebook-only application, there are a few things you’ll need to know
to get started.
NorthSocial - http://northsocial.com/
Unlock the power of Facebook with easy to use applications designed to excite and
motivate your fans.
Tabsite - http://www.tabsite.com/
Tabsite is a great way of customizing your Facebook Page without knowing FBML and
you can even setup your own website on Facebook.
Finance
Aetna – http://www.aetna.com/
Aetna is a national leader of health and related benefits offering health insurance,
pharmacy, dental, life, products for individuals, medicare insurance and disability. At
Aetna, we put our knowledge to work for you, so you can make better decisions about
your health and financial well-being.
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American Community - http://www.american-community.com/
American Community offers affordable health insurance for groups, individuals and
families. Temporary insurance for students. Broad coverage from top PPO networks.
Plans for consumer-directed healthcare with low-cost alternatives and HSAs.
American Funds - https://www.americanfunds.com/default-home.htm
Online resources for financial advisers and shareholders. American Funds is a family of
mutual funds with a wide range of investment objectives and a unique approach to
investment management.
Blinksale - http://www.blinksale.com/
Blinksale is an online web application that allows you to send (and receive) professional
invoices using payment gateways such as PayPal, or via standard email or simply by
printing them. It features tagging and customizable templates.
Conencted Investors - http://www.connectedinvestors.com
If you are the type of investor who is determined to do whatever it takes to build true
wealth, you have found the right place. Connect and collaborate with active investors
worldwide to quickly find and close deals.
Credit karma - http://www.raisecapital.com/
Instantly receive your free credit score and credit report card online. Free credit tools to
track and optimize your credit score. No credit card needed & no hidden fees.
Fidelity - https://www.fidelity.com/
Fidelity is the online trading brokerage of choice with ETFs, mutual funds, IRAs,
retirement planning and investment solutions to help you find your way, whatever your
destination. Up-to-the-minute financial news, market updates, stock quotes and the
financial services you need to reach your goals.
Franklin Templeton - https://www.franklintempleton.com/
Franklin Templeton Investments is a global investment manager. Offers over 110 mutual
funds covering most fund types. Includes some basic financial education.
FreshBooks - http://www.freshbooks.com/
FreshBooks is an online invoicing and time tracking service that helps professionals in
over 100 countries save time, get paid faster, look professional and focus on what they
love to do — their work. FreshBooks is an innovative service that allows clients to view
invoices online and then pay quickly thru paypal or credit cards. The service allows for
automatic credit card payments also which saves time for recurring payments.
FreshBooks users are served by a tight-knit team of 31 dedicated individuals based in
Toronto, Canada who’ve been at this since 2003. If you own your own business and are
tired of mailing invoices each month take a look at www.FreshBooks.com. Professional
invoicing and payment services- take the stress out of invoicing from now on.
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GetRichSlowly - http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/
GetRichSlowly is a blog that helps entrepreneurs with personal finance that ‘makes
cents’. There are so many blogs out there that promise millions without doing much, or
promise lots of money in an extremely short period of time. This site is not one of those.
This site is very helpful in the way it teaches personal finance, tips on how to save
money, tips from the guest authors on how to make your finances work for you during
this recession. This is one website no one can afford to miss- www.getrichslowly.org.
www.creditkarma.com - http://www.creditkarma.com/
Instantly receive your free credit score and credit report card online. Free credit tools to
track and optimize your credit score. No credit card needed & no hidden fees.
Lending Club - http://www.lendingclub.com/home.action
Lending Club is a market-leading financial services company providing loans and
issuing publicly-offered securities through their innovative online platform. They bring
together investors and creditworthy borrowers to offer value beyond traditional banks.
Their team is made up of customer-focused innovators from financial services,
technology and consumer products. The site is great for investors because of a higher
return, straightforward terms and a stringent approval process. For a borrower, the
benefits are many as well. The loan has a low rate, can be from $1,000-$25,000, and
has flexible terms. A good FICO score and a low debt to income ratio are a must also,
as well as US citizenship. So, whether you are an investor or a consumer looking for a
loan you can benefit from visiting www.LendingClub.com.
Mint - https://www.mint.com/
Mint.com is a free tool that tracks your finances for you. With an easy to use, clean
layout, it’s an excellent tool for categorizing, downloading, and managing your money.
Know where you’re spending, without any effort.
Oxford Club - http://oxfordclub.com
Rentometer - http://www.rentometer.com/ Rentometer lets you enter your zip code, rent, and number of bedrooms to see if you
are paying too much or getting the biggest steal in your zip code! Find out what others
are paying for rent anywhere in the US. This tool is great for renters or landlords to
ensure that the rental price is within the local market value.
Techstars - http://www.techstars.org/
TechStars is a mentorship-driven seed stage investment program. The companies are
given access to mentors and work with venture capital firms and angel investors as they
look to raise a round of funding.
Twitbabble - http://www.twitbabble.com/
Blog focus on finance, business, money, business online and business tips.
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Vanguard - http://www.vanguard.com/
One of the most-capitalized fund companies, specialized in mutual and exchangetraded index funds. Also offers services including brokerage, retirement investing,
advice and college savings.
XE - http://www.xe.com/
XE.com Inc. is a Canadian online foreign exchange services company. Get free live
currency rates, tools, and analysis using the most accurate data. Other services include
XE Trade money transfers, XE Datafeed, and more!
Free Classifieds
Adpost.com AdQuest3D AlbertaRose.com Backpage.com Bestadforum.com BuySell Caklassifieds.com Chooseyouritem.com Classifiedads.com Classifiedextra.ca Classifieds For Free Spokaneads.net Yahoo! Classifieds Craigslist.org Domesticsale.com E-Classifieds.net Blog Marketing Academy - Page 35
Economist.com/classifieds
Expo.live.com Ezilon.com Free Advertising Blog
Free Advertising Board – Post Free Ads FreeAdvertisingZone.com Freeadvertisingforum.com Jmcweb.org Free Classifieds – Want ads Google.com/base
Gumtree.com Hoobly.com InetGiant.com Isell.com Itsmymarket.com Ebay Classifieds – Kijiji
Kijiji – Canada La.kaango.com Live Deal London.kijiji.ca
Loot.com
Northbayclassifieds.com
Oakvilleclassifieds.ca Oodle OLX Ozfreeonline.com
Post Your Ad For Free
Postfreeadvertisements.com
Recycler Sales Spider Seethisitem.com Sell.com Selloutads.com Skelbimai.co.uk Subblurbs.com Sunrad.com Tauque.com
Theflyer.com
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The Free Ad Forum Trader Online USFreeads UScity.net vflyer Villa Rica Classifieds
Fulfilment Resource
Macromark - http://www.macromark.com/
Leading direct marketing company specializing in list management, list brokerage,
interactive and database marketing. We offer effective list fulfillment services.
MFSA - http://www.mfsanet.org/
MFSA is a trade association that provides education and training for professional
mailers, fulfilment houses, printers and suppliers to the direct mail and fulfillment
services industry. Postal expertise is our trademark in representing our member’s
interests before Congress and the USPS.
Motivational Fulfilment & Logistic Services - http://www.mfpsinc.com/
Fulfilment for direct response, POP, assembly, distribution, and assembly, packing, and
shipping.
Moulton Fulfilment Services - http://www.moultonfulfillment.com/
One of the country’s leading fulfilment resources, Moulton Logistics Management is a
fulfillment company serving numerous clients in all areas of b-to-b and b-to-c marketing.
Nationalfulfillment.com - http://www.nationalfulfillment.com/
Fun
Blabberize - http://blabberize.com/
Upload a photo, record a message, and make your photo talk. Then email it to friends or
post it on a blog.
Bunchball - http://bunchball.com/
Bunchball specializes in making web sites addictive. Brands, publishers, employers and
CPG companies use the Bunchball’s Nitro gamification platform to create compelling,
meaningful and enjoyable experiences for their users.
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ffwd - http://www.ffwd.com/
Ffwd.com (pronounced Fast Forward) is a little difficult to describe. It’s a bit like Pandora
for video because after selecting your basic tastes, it’ll find you more cool video content
both from web TV shows AND regular TV. The system continually learns your
preferences based on your interaction and feedback. Oh, by the way, it’s completely
free!
MagMyPic -http://www.magmypic.com/
For a little fun, upload a photo of yourself or someone you want to poke a little fun at
and turn it into a (fake) magazine cover to post to your blog, turn into a framed gift, a
coffee mug and other gifts.
Government
CDC – Travellers Health - http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/
Official U.S. government health recommendations for traveling. Provided by the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Recommended vaccinations and
health planning for every nation in the world. Certain countries require proof of
inoculations to pass through customs—get the shots well ahead of time, as some take
weeks to order.
Internet Crime Complaint Center - http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
A partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White
Collar Crime Center (NW3C). Alerts for consumers and easy-to-use reporting
mechanism for fraud. Formerly the Internet Fraud Complaint Center.
Office of Overseas Schools - http://www.state.gov/m/a/os/
If the idea of pulling your children out of school for a year or two doesn’t appeal, stick
them in one of these 185 elementary and secondary schools sponsored by the US
Department of State in 132 countries. Kids love homework.
Tax Planning- http://www.irs.gov/publications/p54/index.html
More good news. Even if you permanently relocate to another country, you will have to
pay US taxes as long as you have a US passport! Not to fret—there are some creative
legal sidesteps, such as form 2555-EZ, that can provide up to an ,000 income
exemption if you spend at least 330 of a consecutive 365 days off US soil. That’s part
of the reason my 2004 trip extended to 15 months. Get a good accountant and let them
do the detail work to keep yourself out of trouble.
Travel.State.Gov - http://travel.state.gov/
The Bureau issues the travel documents that allow Americans to travel the globe and
lawful immigrants and visitors to travel to America and provides essential cycle of life
services to American citizens overseas.
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U.S. Department of State Country Profiles - http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Background Notes include facts about the land, people, history, government, political
conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies,
and areas of special sovereignty. The Background Notes are updated/revised by the
Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they
are received from the Department’s regional bureaus.
United States Patent and Trademark Office - http://www.uspto.gov/
Responsible for administering the U.S. patent and trademark system to assure that
inventors and creators can retain rights to their creations. Includes downloadable forms
and patent and trademark database searching.
Graphic Design
99Designs - http://99designs.com/
99designs is a disruptive startup which connects passionate designers from around the
globe with savvy clients who need design projects completed in a timely fashion without
the usual risk or cost associated with professional design.
As Button Generator - http://jirox.net
As Button Generator is Button Generator. You can edit the icon you see. It’s very nice
button generator service.
Blurb - http://www.blurb.com/
Make your own book with Blurb online. Create photo books, wedding books and more.
Design and publish professional quality books to keep, give or sell.
Bradicon - http://ico.bradleygill.com/
Bradicon is an web-based image convertor. It converts JPGs, GIFs, PNGs, and BMPs
to ICO files while preserving transparency. It requires no download.
ClipArt - http://www.clipart.com
Subscribe to Clipart.com for access to collections of royalty free clip art images, photos,
illustrations, fonts, sounds, and web graphics.
ColorSchemeDesigner- http://colorschemedesigner.com/
While designing web pages, computer applications, or house interiors, we need to find
good color scheme – a set of colors producing the best impression. For every tint there
are colors which it can coexist with, and which it can’t. Some combinations are
uncomfortable, or disturbing – while others are pleasant. ColorSchemeDesigner
generates color schemes of several types. Every scheme is based on one (base) color,
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which is supplemented with additional colors making together the best optical
impression – using one of the authentic algorithms.
Cover Action Pro - http://coveractionpro.com/
Cover-Action-Pro.com is a one click tool that creates stunning looking ebook covers,
CD/DVD cases, book covers, magazine covers etc. It’s a really cool plugin for Photshop
version 6 or higher (7,CS2, CS3, CS4 etc). Uniquely, this software plugin creates
graphics at 300dpi, which means they’re print quality – you can use them for postcards
and mailers etc. Note: It does NOT work with Photoshop Elements.
Creately- http://creately.com/
Draw, share and collaborate on online diagrams. Easy web flow chart, network diagram,
mockup, wireframe, UML diagrams like Class, Sequence, & data flow and process flow
diagrams. Creately – free web-based software for online diagram software
DagonDesign – Favicon Generator - http://www.dagondesign.com
This tool lets you upload an image (JPG, PNG, or GIF – 100KB max), and easily
convert it to a standard 16×16 favicon.ico file for display on your website.
DeGraeve – Favicon Generator - http://www.degraeve.com/
An online favicon editor by Steven DeGraeve, which also offers the option to generate a
favicon from an uploaded PNG image.
Design Guru Ryan - http://designgururyan.com/
Ryan Jackson, otherwise known as Design Guru Ryan, loves creating web graphics,
turning the ordinary site into the extraordinary and putting grins on his customers’ faces.
Draw Anywhere - http://drawanywhere.com/
DrawAnywhere.com – Draw Anywhere, Anything, Any time – complete web-based
diagramming solutions. Create and share flow charts, block diagrams, process charts
and other drawings online.
DynamicDrive – Gradient Image Maker - http://tools.dynamicdrive.com
Gradient images are used everywhere in web page design, ie, as the background of
form buttons, DIVs, to act as shadows and other interesting visual effects etc. We
created this online tool to allow you to painlessly generate a gradient image of 3 types,
with instant previewing so you get exactly what you had in mind. Enjoy!
eCoverDesign - http://ecoverdesign.com/
Favicon CC - http://www.favicon.cc/
Favicons (favorite icons) are the small images that are associated with a website.
Getting a favicon has never been easier. If you don’t find one that has already been
created and published on favicon.cc under the Creative Commons license, you can get
creative yourself. It’s really easy.
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Favicontool - http://favicontool.com/
A favicon is that stylish little icon that is displayed in your browser next to the website
address. If you want one then it’s extremely easy with our favicon creator. All you need
is an image (any size will do), submit it using the form below and after a couple of
seconds you’ll get your image back compressed and resized for use as a favicon. It
really is that simple!
Fawnt - http://fawnt.com/
Fawnt is a place to find over 10,000 fonts to download.
FlowChart.com - http://flowchart.com/
Flowchart.com is an online multi-user, real-time collaboration flow charts service. It’s
Flowcharting made easy.
Fresh Badge - http://freshbadge.com
Quickly create very trendy, eye-candy, and very web 2.0 badges for your site, blog or
scrapbook.
GenFavicon - http://genfavicon.com/
Generator Favicon. A favicon (short for favorites icon), are litle icons associated with a
particular website or webpage, shown next to the sites name in the URL bar of most
browsers. The most common sizes for favicons are: 16×16, 32×32, 48×48, 64×64,
128×128. Browse to the files location on your computer to select the image and press
Upload Image button to generate a favicon for your site.
Favicontool - http://favicontool.com/
A favicon is that stylish little icon that is displayed in your browser next to the website
address. If you want one then it’s extremely easy with our favicon creator. All you need
is an image (any size will do), submit it using the form below and after a couple of
seconds you’ll get your image back compressed and resized for use as a favicon. It
really is that simple!
Gliffy - http://www.gliffy.com/
Gliffy.com is a web-based diagram editor. Create and share flowcharts, network
diagrams, floor plans, user interface designs and other drawings online.
Hatchwise - http://www.hatchwise.com/
Hatchwise is a place where you can enter a graphic project to a group of web designers
as a contest. You choose your price and the web design you liked the most.
JibJab - http://jibjab.com/
There’s a JibJab Sendables eCard for any occasion. Whether it’s a Birthday, New Born
Baby, Anniversary or just for fun. Why send a plain old ecard when you can send a
JibJab Sendables eCard instead?
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Loadinfo – Loader Generator - http://www.loadinfo.net/
LoadInfo Ajax spinners’ free generator.
LucidChart.com - http://www.lucidchart.com/
Create diagrams and drawings such as a flowchart, mind map, network diagram, UML
diagram, wireframe, user interface design and other drawings online with free flowchart
software.
Lovely Charts - http://lovelycharts.com/
Lovely Charts is an online diagramming application that allows you to create
professional looking diagrams, such as flowcharts, sitemaps, organisation charts,
wireframes, and many more… For free.
Mikons - http://mikons.com/
Online community and social website where people communicate through visual
symbols, logos, icons, or avatars. These images can tell a story, be a personal logo, or
a new language. Users can purchase customizable t-shirts, stickers, writstbands,
bracelets, hats, and mugs. Mikons supports charities, benevolence groups, and causes.
It is a site for self-discovery and learning through iconography and parables of life.
Mojizu - http://mojizu.com
Moji is character and Mojizu.com is the online community for artists and their
characters. Mojizu is for the people who create characters and people who just love
them, from experienced artists to casual doodlers.
Photofont - http://photofont.com/
Our Photofont® technology brings that same creative power to traditional print and web
applications.We offer a variety of software tools that enable users to create photofonts
and to use existing photofonts in popular publishing, image editing and web
applications.
Picreflect - http://picreflect.com
Free online and simple tools that create a reflection of a picture.
Quick Web Creations - http://www.quickwebcreations.com
Quickly create eye-popping, web 2.0 graphics. By using state-of-the-art technology,
anyone can create professional graphics in literally seconds, all while saving thousands
of dollars and countless hours in web site design work.
Quick Ribbon - http://quickribbon.com
QuickRibbon is a completely free Web2.0 tool, a website ribbon generator which lets
you create a custom ribbon, insert a link in it and place it in the top right corner of your
website. It will take you less than 5 minutes to generate your own website ribbon with
this trendy widget and add a stylish Web2.0 look to your page – it’s quick, easy and fun.
We recommend using our QuickRibbon tool to attract your site’s visitors attention to new
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features, announcements, sales, etc. Get rid of the boring banners and make your news
stand out with a style.
Sasha Klein Marketing - http://www.sashakleinmarketing.com/
I’ll ratchet up the conversion rate of your website, sales letter, or video sales page by at
least 35%… Dramatically increase ‘Stickiness’ and put more cash in your pocket… or
you get all your money back… Guaranteed.
Shortrunposters - http://www.shortrunposters.com/
Shortrunposters.com – Your source for quality posters at affordable prices!
Simwebsol – Logo Generator - http://simwebsol.com/
Free online logo creator. Make web 2.0 logos for free. Quick and easy logo maker.
Studiopress - http://www.studiopress.com/
Professionally designed premium WordPress themes. StudioPress developed the
Genesis Framework which is a powerful web-publishing tool.
TagCrowd - http://tagcrowd.com
TagCrowd is a web application for visualizing word frequencies in any text by creating
what is popularly known as a word cloud, text cloud or tag cloud
TechSmith – Jing - http://www.techsmith.com/jing/free/
Add visuals to your online conversations. Jing captures anything on you see on your
computer screen, as an image or short video, and lets you share it instantly. Get your
free account now!
The Free Graphics Store - http://www.ausmall.com.au/freegraf/
The Free Graphics Store is Australia’s oldest (and largest) source of free graphics,
JavaScripts, CGI scripts, Java applets, graphics software and other fantastic resources
to really make your web pages shine! The word free is often overused on the web- but
this website really means it! Pages and pages of free graphics, icons, backgroundseven animations. The graphics can be used on private or commercial sites, but can’t be
resold, or copied. Take a look at this site and see how you can add depth and
personality to your web site or next projec
Tememplatic - http://templatic.com/
Best out of the box Premium WordPress Themes for Small Business & Pro Bloggers.
Webscriptlab – Favicon - http://webscriptlab.com
Free and easy to use online tool that can create a favorites icon (favicon.ico) images for
browser address bars, favorites and tabs, from pictures, logos and other graphics.
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WigFlip – Cornershop - http://wigflip.com/
This page is for creating rounded corner graphics to use in your website design. Just
put the graphics on your website, put the CSS into your stylesheets, and put the HTML
into your web page and you’ll be good to go!
Wordle - http://www.wordle.net/
Create beautiful word clouds from text, URL, or RSS feed.
Hosting/Domains
1and1 - http://order.1and1.com
Offers domain name registration, Linux and Windows shared hosting, dedicated
servers, Linux and Windows VPS hosting, ecommerce shopping carts, Exchange and
Sharepoint hosting. Offers a 90 day money back guarantee.
BizMP - http://bizmp.com/
BizMP – Business Broker Services – Domain and Website Marketplace – Buy Sell
Business Domain Websites
BlueHost - http://www.bluehost.com/
BlueHost is the finest web hosting company I’ve come across (and I’ve been through
lots of them. Watch the video to find out what sets them apart from the rest.
Buy Domains - http://www.buydomains.com/
Provides premium domain name sales and domain-related services such as registration
and web hosting.
DANAYA HOST - http://www.dayanahost.com/
Shared and reseller hosting, affiliate programs and domain registration.Say5 Hosting
plans are more powerful that other plans and in the mean time cost you less. All
accounts with manual renewal option will receive notification in 90, 60, 30, 15 and 3
days before expiry date.
Deleted domains.com - http://www.deleteddomains.com/
Searchable source for deleted and on-hold domain names.
Dn Forums - http://www.dnforum.com/forum.php
DNForum is the largest forum on the web where people go to buy, sell and talk about
domain names. Learn how to make money off domains and websites through pay per
click programs.
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Domain Tools - http://www.domaintools.com/
Domain Tools collects data from multiple sources and presents that composite data in a
friendly, simple way. It contains a list of all current,deleted and expired domain names.
Information only gets more useful if it is tied together with other available data sources.
By simply using the Who is option you can find information on just about any website
owner out there. You can also search domain suggestions to find what may work best
for your company, along with approximate prices for each domain name. This resource
contains all the tools you will need to create your next domain name. Your one stop
shop for all things domain- www.DomainTools.com.
Domain Typo Generator - http://www.domaintools.com/domain-typo/
Domain Typo Generator helps you to protect your brand by taking your domain and
applying each of the common set of typos to it and then checking the availability of that
typo.
Domains in Seconds - http://www.domainsinseconds.com/
DomainsAreFree - http://www.domainsarefree.com/
Domain registrar offering domains for $3.99 and help for novices to Web site hosting
and building.
Dotster - http://www.dotster.com/
Domain registration, website hosting, VPS hosting, email, and a full range of online
business solutions from a trusted domain registrar.
Expireddomains.com - http://www.expireddomains.com/
ExpiredDomains.com is the #1 provider of Expired Domain Names. Our premier service
is being used, every day, by thousands of paying customers. Our service has been
featured on several media, including The New York Times, USA Today, Wired,
Business.com.
Free Servers - http://www.freeservers.com/
Find web hosting solutions to fit your needs. Choose free web hosting and a free
website or premium hosting services at Freeservers.com.
GoDaddy - http://www.godaddy.com/
GoDaddy.com is the world’s largest domain name registrar and an ICANN-accredited
domain registrar, meaning Go Daddy has more names under management than any
other registrar, offers products at prices up to 70% less than the competition and
supports them all with world-class 24/7 live customer service.
FeshDrop - http://www.freshdrop.com/
Buy Expired Domains, Established Website Domains, and High Authority Website
Addresses at the FreshDrop.com marketplace.
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Host Gator - http://www.hostgator.com/
HostGator is a leading provider of web hosting, reseller hosting, vps hosting, and
dedicated servers. Over 5,000,000 websites trust HostGator for their web hosting
needs.
Hosting - http://www.hosting.com/
Provides web hosting solutions including colocation services, dedicated servers, VPS,
and shared hosting plans.
Instant Domain Search - http://instantdomainsearch.com/
www.InstantDomainSearch.com allows you to quickly check if a domain name is
available. It works AS YOU TYPE, so there is no quicker way of exploring domain name
ideas for a project.
InterNIC - http://www.internic.net/
InterNIC offers public information regarding internet domain name registration services.
Ivarch - http://ivarch.com/
Secure, reliable web hosting from 35 per year, including 50Mb of space, FTP access,
CGI scripts, virtual hosting, and more.
Joker - https://joker.com
Joker.com – search, register and administrate Domains
MidPhase - http://www.midphase.com/
Web hosting and domain hosting services from Midphase. Established in 2003
Midphase is known for great hosting, great service and great pricing.Cheap Web
Hosting with Premium Features and Support.
NameJet - http://www.namejet.com/Default.aspx
For domaining or for your business needs, get the best aftermarket domain names for
sale today! NameJet provides premium and expiring domain names through domain
auctions and backorder services.
NamePros - http://www.namepros.com/
Buy, sell and discuss domain names and web development.
No – ip -http://www.no-ip.com/
Provider of Dynamic DNS network services and URL redirection. Three packages
available.
Nomaine - http://nomaine.com/
Nomaine is a fun and simple themed domain name generator. After analysis, word parts
from lists are rearranged to create random pronounceable names.
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NX - http://www.nxdom.com/
NXdom is an interactive search engine for available short domain names. Its database
contains millions of DNS results for expired and unused domain names. You can search
by prefix and suffix, and sort the results by length, readability, and popularity.
Open Xchange - http://www.open-xchange.com/
Open-Xchange Hosting Edition enables web-hosting companies to provide an easy-touse and feature-rich application delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS).
Rackspace - http://www.rackspace.com/
Get Dedicated Server and Managed Server Hosting Services backed by 100% Network
Uptime Guarantee & Fanatical support at Rackspace Hosting.
Sedo - http://sedo.com/uk/home/welcome/?tracked=&partnerid=&language=e
Buy and sell domains and websites with Sedo.com. Over 13 million domains and
websites are for sale in our marketplace! Sedo’s services include domain parking,
appraisals, and brokerage.
Turtle Hosting - http://www.turtlehosting.com/
Web site hosting as low as 99 cents a month! Affordable and reliable linux hosting,
shared and reseller hosting, 24/7 live support with yahoo and msn messenger, 99.9%
uptime with a 30 day money back guarantee! Turtle Hosting.
Tweexchange - http://tweexchange.com/
Search Twitter usernames and domain names live at Tweexchange.com
Whols Domain Tools - http://whois.domaintools.com/
Domain Tools collects data from multiple sources and presents that composite data in a
friendly, simple way. Information only gets more useful if it is tied together with other
available data sources. The whois domain tool is beneficial because it gives you
information regarding domains and websites. When you enter a website into the whois
search, you will receive information like where it was registered and the registry number,
who registered it, even an email address for the registered owner. So the next time you
are curious about a certain domain name or website, use this valuable resource and get
all your questions answered.
WordPress.Com - http://wordpress.com/
WordPress.com is a weblog hosting provider owned by Automattic. It is a hosted
version of the open source package where you can start a blog in seconds without any
technical knowledge.
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Idea Management
Bright Idea - http://www.brightidea.com/
Brightidea’s product offerings include WebStorm, Switchboard, and Pipeline – a
complete product suite that covers the entire idea lifecycle from initial collection through
execution. Details of the innovation and idea management software and training
services provided.
E-tipi.com - http://beta.e-tipi.com/tipi/
E-tipi is a web-based Collaborative Thinking Platform, built to offer companies an
enterprise-class idea management solution at an affordable price. It fits the needs to
manage communities of practice, ideas, innovation, idea campaigns.
E Corner - http://ecorner.stanford.edu/
The Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) Entrepreneurship Corner is a free
online archive of entrepreneurship resources for teaching and learning.
Employeesuggestionbox.com - http://ecorner.stanford.edu/
EmployeeSuggestionBox.com provides everyone in your organization—from your
department managers, your salespeople to your warehouse staff— an on-demand
platform to capture, develop and incorporate good ideas companywide.
IdeaBox - http://ideabox.phpoutsourcing.com/
Ideabox is a very basic software package that may be customized easily by adding or
subtracting desired features. Offers web based suggestion box software for idea
management.
Imaginatik - http://www.imaginatik.com
Web-based idea management software to facilitate corporate innovation through
employee, customer, and supplier ideas and suggestions.
Kindlap - http://www.kindlingapp.com/
Idea management and innovation collaboration software for organizations.
Mind Matters -http://www.mindmatters.com
MindMatters is a provider of state-of-the-art idea management and intellectual property
management solutions. The Innovator, our enterprise-class solution allows you to tap
the vast knowledge and creativity of your employees.
Qmarkets.net - http://qmarkets.net/
Qmarkets is a software company specializing in collective wisdom solutions – solutions
that help organizations to involve their employees and customers in real decision
making processes, and thus reach better business results and tighten their employees
and customers commitment. Qmarkets provides Enterprise idea management software
& prediction markets, for innovation, sales forecast & decision support.
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Wridea.com - http://wridea.com
Wridea is an online idea management and collaboration service which is developed for
anyone who is interested in managing their ideas on an innovative service with their
friends. With the help of Wridea, you can store your ideas, manage and organize them,
collaborate with your friends over your ideas, etc. Wridea provides you all required tools
and services for organizing your ideas.
IP Address
FatCow - http://www.fatcow.com/
FatCow provides Web Hosting for small businesses & individuals. Whether you’re
looking for a domain or complete web hosting solution, FatCow’s got it!
Hidemyass - http://hidemyass.com/
Hide My Ass! Surf the internet anonymously with our web proxy.
IPChicken - http://ipchicken.com/
IP Chicken – what is my IP? Displays your current IP address.
Iprental - http://iprental.com/
Much more than an anonymous IP address service, IPRental allows you to get a fresh
IP whenever you like, a never ending supply of fresh (USA based) IPs for your online
browsing needs!
Proxify - http://proxify.com/
Proxify is a web-based anonymous proxy service which allows anyone to surf the Web
privately and securely.
iPhone Applications
Coveroo - http://www.coveroo.com/
Offers fashion for phones, with unique custom faceplates for BlackBerry, Samsung,
Motorola, and many more. Shop custom iPhone cases, iPod cases, iPad cases,
blackBerry covers & other phone covers. Designs from MLB, NBA, Colleges, Star Trek
& more. Free Shipping.
Hahlo - http://hahlo.com/
Hahlo allows you to access your Twitter account on an iPhone or an iPod Touch,
displaying it more appropriately on those devices while adding additional features.
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iClickr PowerPoint Remote - http://www.senstic.com/
iClickr is an iPhone application that gives you complete control of your PowerPoint
slides including animations. While your presentation is running, i-Clickr allows you to
remotely navigate your sides. In addition, i-Clickr also keeps you informed with your
presentation status, including current slide view, slide notes, total number of slides, time
used so far, and current clock. i-Clickr allows you to set up a timer during your
presentation. It will remind you with a silent buzz before you run out of time, so you can
move on to your closing remarks at the right time. In the world of apps, this is one that
no presenter should be without. Take a look today and make your next presentation one
to remember.
iPhone Atlas - http://reviews.cnet.com/iphone-atlas/
iPhone Atlas is a blog, maintained by CNET, providing up-to-date news, tips and
information about iPhones and iPhone apps.
RedFoundry - http://www.redfoundry.com/
Mobile development platform for Apple iPhone, iPad and iOS and Android: Red Foundry
is a complete solution for building and managing mobile apps without coding and
enables everything from stunning content based mobile apps to powerful enterprise
solutions, while reducing the mobile app development cycle from months to days.
StickyBits - http://www.stickybits.com/
Stickybits is a free app that allows you to unlock every single barcode with a quick scan
to cash in on an infinite world of info, deals and cool stuff.
Latest Resources
99 Copy Writers - http://www.99copywriters.com/
99Copywriters eliminates the wishing, hoping, and praying that goes along with
choosing a copywriter. The site helps you find a qualified copywriter by posting your
project details and allowing copywriters to bid on your project.
Copy Blogger - http://www.copyblogger.com/
Copyblogger is a huge free resource to help you improve your communication and
copywriting skills. Use your newfound powers of persuasion to grow your business
regardless of whether you prefer using the written word, podcasts, videos, or Morse
Code transmissions into deep space. Of course, improving your communication skills
might also help you improve your relationships with people in person, too!
Fiverr - http://fiverr.com/
Fiverr touts their site as “The place for people to share things they’re willing to do for
$5″. Surprisingly, there seems to be no end to the things that people will do for five
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bucks. Check out this site to see what I mean, and you may find yourself paying a small
sum for something you never imagined.
Frengly - http://www.frengly.com/
Frengly is a place to have your message translated into a different language instantly –
for free! This service is perfect for short emails or marketing messages.
GiveMore - http://blog.givemore.com/
Givemore helps you start each day with a well-chosen motivational quote. You can
subscribe by email or RSS.
HabitForge - http://www.habitforge.com/
HabitForgeis a website where you provide a Goal and Desire, and they will send you a
customized daily email asking how you did. Simply click “yes” or “no” daily. Succeed for
21 days, and the new action will be easier than ever. Skip a day and the clock starts
over at day one.
Live2care - http://www.welive2care.com/
WeLive2Care is an outsource service that you can use to outsource all kinds of
business tasks.
Ninite Easy PC Setup - http://ninite.com/
Ninite Easy PC Setup is a website that offers silent unattended installation of multiple
programs at once. Simply select from several popular software programs, download a
single installer, and click to install them to your computer without babysitting the
installation.
Plastic Jungle - http://www.plasticjungle.com/
PlasticJungle helps you to turn unwanted gift cards into cash. You can also save money
by purchasing gift cards at up to 30% off their face value. Buy, sell, exchange, or donate
gift cards in a simple, safe, guaranteed environment.
Rentometer - http://www.rentometer.com/
Rentometer lets you enter your zip code, rent, and number of bedrooms to see if you
are paying too much or getting the biggest steal in your zip code. Find out what others
are paying for rent anywhere in the US. This tool is great for renters or landlords to
ensure that the rental price is within the local market value.
TinEye - http://www.tineye.com/
TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out
where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to
find higher resolution versions.
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Tungle Me - http://www.tungle.me/Home/
Tungle me lets you skip the endless back-and-forth of scheduling meetings and get
down to business. Connect your calendar to Tungle.me, select the time slots that you
want to be available, and let Tungle.me do the rest. It is free and colleagues do not
need to sign up to schedule meetings with you.
Twiddla - http://www.twiddla.com/
Twiddla offers “painless team collaboration” using online whiteboarding. Use this free
resource to ease the challenges of working with your virtual team. Twiddla offers a
shared visual space that allows you to collaborate in real-time to get on the same page,
literally.
Vivozoom - http://www.vivozoom.com/
Vivozoom has a simple but compelling tag line: “Commercial Images You Can Trust”.
Are all stock image websites created equal? Apparently not. Vivozoom is the first to
guarantee that images licensed from them will not result in legal problems for you. On
top of that, they claim that their images are at least 40% cheaper than other big-name
stock image websites. Vivozoom is definitely worth a look!
Wholesalefinder - http://www.worldwidebrands.com/
Wholesalefinder saves time and prevents aggravation – use this resource instead of
buying a list from an unknown seller. Find reputable wholesale suppliers of products that
you can sell online or in your store. The currently list over eight million products, and all
of the suppliers have been carefully vetted.
Marketing Blogs
AFFcoach - http://affcoach.com/
Want to learn affiliate marketing? This is the place for you.
Article Marketing Strategies - http://www.articlestrategies.com
Get some great tips and tools before starting out in article marketing and do it the right
way..
Bum Marketing Method - http://www.bummarketingmethod.com
How to make money now, even If you’re bankrupt, broke or bven homeless. 100% Free
Bum Marketing Ecourse.
Business Hacks - http://www.bnet.com/blog/businesstips
BNET’s Business Hacks section provides working professionals with the tools, advice,
and insight they need to succeed in today’s workplace. This isn’t a site for those who
merely punch the clock: It’s for people who are committed to nurturing their own
excellence, who believe in the meaning of work, and who know that a fulfilling career is
an excellent way to make personal ambitions come true. This site tells you how to
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maximize what you have to get what you want. There are offers for free software from
well-known companies as well as video tutorials on a variety of subjects. This site is
ranked in the top 5000 websites in the world- that means that many businesspeople
have found the benefits of it. How about today you visit and see how you can improve
your own business?
Carl Galletti - http://www.carlgalletti.com/
Carl Galletti, Internet Marketing Consultant and Copywriter who shows you how to get
maximum profits from all your online and offline marketing.
Glazer-Kennedy Blog - http://dankennedy.com/blog/
Veteran direct response advertising advisor.
HARO - http://www.helpareporter.com/
Every day, HARO brings nearly 30,000 reporters and bloggers, over 100,000 news
sources and thousands of small businesses together to tell their stories, promote their
brands and sell their products and services.
How to Make Money From Your Blog - http://www.stevepavlina.com/
Learn about the technicalities and legalities of making money by building Squidoo
lenses.
IM NewsWatch - http://www.imnewswatch.com/
IM NewsWatch is a website that displays a constantly updated stream of Internet
Marketing related news. It’s one of the few places where you don’t get a lot of opinion or
specific endorsements, just the facts about what’s newly available. If you get
bombarded with IM related offers in your email inbox, you might like to unsubscribe and
use IMNewsWatch as your browser homepage.
Integration Marketing.com - http://www.integrationmarketing.com/
The official home of Integration Marketing TM. A new book by Mark Joyner that explains
how small businesses can become big businesses.
Make Money Online - http://www.rajaietalks.com/
RajaieTalks.com is a blog that focuses on providing tips and information on how to
make money online.Learn How to Make Money Online and More on How to Make
Money Online.
Making Money On Squidoo - http://www.squidoo.com/
Most of the time when Social Media Marketing is mentioned, we talk about large sites
like Digg, Facebook, Reddit, StumbleUpon, etc. Discuss the benefits and strategies in
using forums to your advantage.
Marketing Bullets – http://www.marketingbullets.com/archive.htm
Marketing tips that are short, fast, and powerful – like bullets.
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Official Google Website Optimizer - http://websiteoptimizer.blogspot.com/
The official google website optimizer blog.
Payperclicksearchmarketing.com - http://www.payperclicksearchmarketing.com/
Hyper Responsive Paid Search Engine Marketing
ProBlogger - http://www.problogger.net/
Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger.net is dedicated to helping other bloggers learn the skills of
blogging, share their own experiences, promote the blogging medium and add income
streams to their blogs.
Marketing Resources
Acquisio - http://www.acquisio.com/
Acquisio SEARCH lets you manage multiple pay per click (PPC) marketing campaigns,
from multiple engines, from one convenient interface. Save time and money with
automated PPC reporting and powerful campaign optimization tools!
Aweber - http://www.aweber.com/
Email marketing software that’s easy to use & only $1 to try. Send email newsletters &
autoresponders. Top notch email deliverability with our tools. Free expert support
services online or by phone.
BizLink- http://bizlinkpros.com/
Bizlink is a premier service provider of marketing coaching, marketing consulting,
copywriting, email marketing, and marketing automation software such as Infusionsoft
and Marketo.
BJ Global Direct - http://www.bjglobaldirect.com/
BJ Global Direct, a full service marketing Company serving the Direct Response and
Retail Industries Worldwide. Specializes in Design, Product Development,
Manufacturing, Licensing, Media Funding and Distribution. Located in Southern
California, BJ Global Direct is your gateway to success!
Click Equations - http://www.clickequations.com/
ClickEquations brings powerful paid search bid management, reporting and campaign
editing to advertisers and agencies. Software for Serious Search Marketing.
Copy Doodles - http://copydoodles.com
Copyboosters is a place to help you increase the effectiveness of your marketing.
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Criteo - http://www.criteo.com
Criteo is the world leader pay per click solution in retargeting. Criteo’s personalized
banners have proven to drive 4 times the click-through-rate (CTR) compared to other
retargeted banners.
Death by Captcha - http://deathbycaptcha.com
Death by Captcha is a premier CAPTCHA solving service. We offer the cheapest price
for CAPTCHA bypass. Our teams of technical experts and specialized decoders have
worked together to created a system that is both incredibly fast and very accurate.
Didit - http://www.didit.com/
Didit is a full-service online advertising and marketing services firm and major player in
search engine marketing.
Direct Marketing Association (DMA) - http://www.the-dma.org/index.php
The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is the leading global trade association of
businesses and nonprofit organizations using and supporting multichannel direct
marketing tools and techniques. DMA advocates industry standards for responsible
marketing – both online and offline, promotes relevance as the key to reaching
consumers with desirable offers, and provides cutting-edge research, education, and
networking opportunities to improve results throughout the end-to-end direct marketing
process.
Eloqua - http://www.eloqua.com/
Software tools designed from the ground up, to minimize costs, a suite of products that
caters technology to the needs of sales professionals.
Emailtools.co.uk - http://www.emailtools.co.uk/
Email Marketing Solutions UK: Private label, multi-user mailing list management and
email marketing software solution for designers and marketers. iMailer is a complete
email marketing software solution that enables you to offer professional email
newsletter services to your clients.
Extole - http://extole.com/
Extole helps brands and agencies turn customers into social marketers. Our multichannel Engagement Platform helps marketers activate their customer base, engage
fans, and convert social engagement on Facebook, Twitter, websites, blogs, and email
driving measurable results and ROI.
Fetchback - http://fetchback.com/
FetchBack is an internet marketing company that specializes in a targeted form of
behavioral targeting called retargeting. Banner advertisements are placed in front of
interested consumers who return to convert. Retargeting is the perfect complement to
pay per click, Adsense, and Adwords efforts. The technology network allows for
combined, unduplicated reach across all of the network partners.
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Genius.com - http://www.genius.com/products/
Genius offers both B2B and CRM marketing automation as cost effective & easy to use
marketing automation tools. These tools integrate lead management and email to
ensure seamless communication between sales and marketing.
Google Adwords Help - http://adwords.google.com/
Google Affliate Network - http://www.google.com/ads/affiliatenetwork/
Google Affiliate Network connects advertisers and publishers who want to increase
sales and drive leads through affiliate marketing.
Google.com/onlinebusiness - http://www.google.com/onlinebusiness/
Google can help your business make more money.
Guthy-Renker - http://www.guthy-renker.com/
Guthy-Renker is today one of the world’s largest direct response television companies
with sales of more than $1.8 Billion per year and an average annual growth rate of 25%
over the last 10 years.
Help! My Business Sucks! - http://helpmybusiness.com
Learn how to get more done and have more fun in your business. The witty and useful
weekly web TV show with Andrew Lock, the maverick marketer.
IM NewsWatch - http://www.imnewswatch.com/
IM NewsWatch is a website that displays a constantly updated stream of Internet
Marketing related news.It’s one of the few places where you don’t get a lot of opinion or
specific endorsements, just the facts about what’s newly available. If you get
bombarded with IM related offers in your email inbox, you might like to unsubscribe and
use IMNewsWatch as your browser homepage.
infoUSA.com - http://www.infousa.com/
Provider of business and consumer information products, database marketing services,
data processing services, and sales and marketing solutions.
Insider’s Circle - http://www.dankennedy.com/
Small business marketing ideas and marketing for small business. Learn small business
marketing from the best in the industry. Strategies for entrepreneurs seeking fast and
dramatic growth, greater control and independence.
inventRight - http://www.inventright.com/
inventRight – dedicated to educating inventors and entrepreneurs. Providing techniques
and tools to sell, license and patent their ideas. Co-founders Stephen Key and Andrew
Krauss. Successful inventor Stephen has licensed over twenty products in the past
twenty-five years, several of which have been endorsed by celebrities Michael Jordan
and Alex Trebek, selling in retailing giants WalMart, Walgreens and Disney stores and
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theme parks worldwide. Stephen is an outstanding leader in the field of innovation,
selected as a consultant for ABC reality-show “American Inventor.”
iProspect- http://www.iprospect.com/
Offers marketing solutions including paid inclusion, pay per click advertising
management and website conversion enhancement.
JVNotifyPro - http://v3.jvnotifypro.com/
The main focus of JVNotifyPro 2.0 is the ongoing task of maximizing the Win – Win –
Win using Joint Venture Marketing as the vehicle to get there. A win for you, a win for
the partners you create relationships with … and most importantly, a win for the end
prospect/customer. All 3 wins must be satisfied, ongoing, for us to grow and prosper …
and me to win, as well.
LetterPop - http://letterpop.com/
LetterPop is the best way to create and send newsletters online and in print for families,
businesses, friends, churches, schools, or any other organization. No matter whom you
are, or who you want to communicate with, LetterPop can help you do it quickly, easily,
and with style.
Lilipip - http://www.lilipip.com
Online Animated Marketing Videos – About
Mail Chimp - http://www.mailchimp.com/
Mail Chimp offers an easy way to send email newsletters to your customers, manage
your subscriber lists, and track campaign performance. Mail Chimp takes extremely
powerful tools that sophisticated marketers use (like segmentation, a/b testing, and ROI
tracking), and we make them accessible to anyone. And because our platform uses an
open API, it’s easy to integrate internal systems (like Salesforce) and web applications
(like Magento and Drupal) with our email marketing engine. Over 175,000 users, who
range from small 1-person startups to Fortune 500 corporations use MailChimp.
Marketing Experiments - http://www.marketingexperiments.com/
Marketing Experiments conducts marketing experiments and then shares the results.
The results are free to all subscribers, and it’s free to sign up. The reports make for
compelling reading, and if you implement the suggestions, you’ll most likely make more
money. If you’re a true marketing geek, you’ll love it.
Marketing Profs - http://www.marketingprofs.com/
With MarketingProfs is a rich and trusted resource that offers actionable know-how to
help you market your products and services both smarter and better. Entrepreneurs,
small-business owners and marketers in the world’s largest corporations make up its
322,000 subscribers, making it the largest in its category. Through the MarketingProfs
Web site, newsletters, conferences, seminars, forums and so on… they help you
navigate your way to market your business and keep you informed of the newest and
best tools.
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Marketleap - http://www.marketleap.com/
Marketleap is a place to find free search engine marketing tools. Marketleap has
designed a link popularity tool to help website owners find out which websites are
linking to their site. It also gives a useful benchmarking report to quickly show where
you stand in comparison to competitors and other major online players. Marketleap will
give up to ten free reports per day. This is a good resource for anyone who has a
website- as you can check your status against the status of your competitors. Take a
look today- www.marketleap.com- and see where you rank.
Market Me Suite - http://marketmesuite.com/
MarketMeSuite is a Social Media Marketing Dashboard For Small Businesses.
Marlon Sander’s Marketing Dashboard - http://www.getitgoing.com/
Marlon Sander’s Marketing Dashboard is a step-by-step “point ‘n click” marketing
system turns selling your products and services into a virtual no-brainer. 4 key
differences separate the Marketing Dashboard from 203,000 other ebooks and infoproducts. You will get “wins” and results- if you don’t you are offered quadruple your
money back. You’ll also get a chance to grab a bonus that’s worth 50 x the cost of the
Marketing Dashboard, and it has an affiliate Program that pays out 70%-80% on all
sales. The site is extremely user friendly- audio and video tutorials walk you through
each program step by step. The program works if you just follow the steps laid out on
the site. This is a marketing tool that no business can afford to be without. No need to
try other products to find a good one- just come straight to www.getitgoing.com and gets
Marlon Sander’s Marketing Dashboard.
Myap - http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com/
Provides affiliate marketing services including affiliate management software, affiliate
management, recruitment services, and an affiliate network. Industry leaders in affiliate
marketing programs and online affiliate programs.
OneMinuteCoupon - http://www.oneminutecoupon.com/
One Minute Coupon has solved one of the most common problems in an extremely
easy manner. Visit today to see just how easy it is!
Pardot - http://www.pardot.com/
Provides objective comparisons of IT and interactive marketing products and services.
Users can also find information about marketing best practices, conducting vendor
searches, and RFPs.
Next Mark - http://www.nextmark.com/
NextMark, the leader in addressable media technology, provides tools for media
planning, media sales, and ad operations.
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Postlets - http://www.postlets.com/
Use Postlets to create real estate listings for sale and for rent and distribute to search
engines, classifieds site, social media websites.
Pr Leads - http://www.prleads.com/
Provides story leads to the press for experts, authors and speakers seeking publicity.
Promodashboard.com - http://www.promodashboard.com/
The only point n click system that turns internet marketing and promotion into a virtual
no brainer.
ProStores - http://www.prostores.com/
Create an online store with eCommerce Solutions by ProStores. Enhance your Web
Store with storefront software, shopping cart hosting & eCommerce templates.
Response Magazine - http://www.responsemagazine.com/
Response Magazine is the definitive publication in direct response marketing,
Response, its Web site (www.responsemagazine.com), digital edition (Response
Digital) and weekly E-newsletter (Response This Week) provide targeted, cutting-edge
content for professionals involved in all facets of direct response marketing, including
DRTV, radio, interactive TV, the Internet and all areas of DR print. Response, the only
independent source of news and information in the market, is the industry leader in
promoting the convergence of direct marketing methods. At the same time, Response
delivers timely news and in-depth analysis specific to the needs of its readership.
SCORE – Business Templates - http://www.score.org/resources
SCORE – Business Templates helps you with an extensive list of business templates to
help start your business off right. SCORE offers to help you with your small business
needs, download templates, or check articles written by experts in the field to help you
with your business needs and questions. Templates include: Business Plan for a Startup Business, Profit and Loss Projection, Bank Loan Request for Small Business and
more. No need to start from scratch on your documents,let the pros get you on your way
today!
Sempo - http://www.sempo.org/
SEMPO is a non-profit professional association working worldwide to increase
awareness and promote the value of search engine marketing.
Squidu - http://www.squidu.com/
SquidU is a Squidoo ideas forum run by lensmasters for lensmasters. Not moderated by
Squidoo employees.
Swiftpage - http://swiftpage.com/index.htm
Swiftpage was designed to make email marketing one of the most cost-effective tools in
a company’s arsenal, simple and accessible to individuals and organizations of all types
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and sizes. Swiftpage takes performance, security and reliability very seriously so that
our customers will have the highest possible up time.
Tactic7 - http://tactic7.com/
Tactic7 is a free downloadable e-mail auto responder that can be used in your own
marketing campaigns. Tactic 7 is a valuable piece of software for anyone who needs to
market a product. The Instant Autoresponder Messages Software generates emails
based off your responses to a series of simple questions. These are not mass
generated emails; instead the software personalizes the emails for your specific needs
and company. This is a free download, it requires Adobe Air (which is also a free
download); visit the site today and see how using this software can improve your
response time and generate market interest.
Traceworks.com - http://www.traceworks.com/
Helping companies to take full advantage of online marketing by use of campaign
management platform. Headlight and best in class digital marketing consultants.
Traffic Generator - http://trafficregenerator.com/
Revolutionary Patent Pending Technology Gives You 14% More Traffic Immediately By
Capturing The Attention Of Lost Visitors.
Tribal Fusion- http://www.tribalfusion.com/
Tribal Fusion is a digital marketing solutions company that drives superior results at all
levels of the purchase funnel. Tribal Fusion offers smarter solutions that drive greater
results.
Tribune Direct http://www.admsi.com/
ADMSI offers a complete range of direct mail solutions allowing customers to manage
all aspects of their campaigns with a single provider.
UnderGroundX- http://undergroundx.com
UndergroundX Design Services is creating a professionally designed graphics that
increase sales and traffic. Whether you’re an established small business looking to
improve you conversion rates, sales and opt-ins, or you’re brand new to online
business, and need a professional website, we offer a complete range of design
services that will give YOUR Internet business a competitive edge!
Yahoo Marketing Solutions- https://marketingsolutions.login.yahoo.com
This is a sponsored search login.
Zeta Interactive - http://www.zetainteractive.com/
Zeta Interactive is a full-service interactive marketing agency that offers email
marketing, search engine marketing (SEM) and optimization (SEO), online advertising,
web development, and social media mining. Formed from Zustek, DigitalGrit,
RelevantNoise, Temel, and Adverb Media companies.
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Media Buys
247 Media - http://www.247realmedia.com
24/7 Real Media is a leader providing multi-platform internet marketing strategies
including behavioral targeting, ad serving and Web advertising.
Acknowledge Media - http://www.miva.com/
MIVA provides a wide range of tools to help businesses grow, including performance
based marketing products to help businesses find new customers, monetisation tools to
help online publishers generate advertising revenue from their websites, and
ecommerce enabling solutions that let internet retailers conduct business online.
ADMANAGE - http://www.admanage.com/
Admanage is a pay per click, in text, cpc banner, display advertising, cpv and domain
parking affiliate and advertising network. Publishers can make money with high paying
search feeds and their web site content.
admarketplace.com -http://www.admarketplace.net/
adMarketplace has delivered ads to over 100,000 merchants since it was launched in
2003 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Conducive Corporation, which was founded in
2000 and is headquartered in Manhattan’s financial district.
AdOn network - http://www.adonnetwork.com/
AdOn Network, established in 1999 and headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz., is a leader in
providing innovative contextual and behavioral advertising solutions for advertisers and
publishers, delivering quality traffic from US and International sources.
ADTECH - http://www.adtechus.com/
ADTECH, an international ad serving company, offers publishers, ad networks,
agencies and advertisers worldwide an integrated ad server solution for display, video
and mobile ads.
advertise.com - http://www.advertise.com/
Advertise.com brings you targeted and low cost traffic to make your online marketing a
success. Experts in PPC search engine marketing, remarketing, display advertising and
online marketing. We offer the best service and solutions to suit your business needs.
Aol Advertising - http://advertising.aol.com/
Need results? With over 80 original brands and thousands of third party sites, AOL
Advertising can help you make a real impact.
BurstMedia - http://burstmedia.com/
An online media and technology company, Burst Media Corporation is a leading seller
of vertically targeted audiences found in the long tail of the Internet. By working together
with web publishers and advertisers, the company leverages the value of rich long tail
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content to enable brands to reach loyal, highly segmented audiences in a brand-safe
and quality-assured environment.
Dailymotion - http://www.dailymotion.com/
Dailymotion is a video sharing service website. According to Comscore, Dailymotion is
the largest video site in the world after YouTube.
Demand Media - https://www.demandstudios.com/
Demand Media is a leading online media company that informs, entertains and
connects millions of people every day, by publishing what the world wants to know and
share.
epic MARKETPLACE - http://www.epicmarketplace.com/
Epic Marketplace helps top brands and agencies Engage, Persuade, Influence and
Communicate with their audience, harnessing the power, scale and technology of
tomorrow.
Findology – Interactive Media - http://www.findology.com/
The company,s network of premium publishers now generates billions of monthly
impressions. Findology offers a wide range of customized products and services to
drive publisher revenue and achieve advertiser goals.
Fox Networks - http://www.foxnetworks.com/
FOX Networks, one of the largest international ad networks, is the online division of
FOX International Channels. The network, which serves +20 billion impressions to +900
million unique users each month, leverages Fox International Channel’s TV and online
teams around the world to facilitate the convergence of TV and online video planning
and buying. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the News Corporation.
Linkworth - http://www.linkworth.com/
Provides easy one way text link ads for advertisers and webmasters boosting link
popularity.
Look Smart - Search Marketing - http://www.looksmart.net/
LookSmart is a syndicated pay-per-click search network, enabling advertisers to reach
additional audiences on our award-winning search marketing platform.
magnify360 - http://www.magnify360.com/
magnify360 is an innovative web design company offering metrics-driven web design
solutions designed to improve user experience and website effectiveness for
ecommerce and acquisition-based companies.
Marchex - http://www.marchex.com/
Marchex is a leading local search and performance advertising company. Every day, we
connect millions of local consumers and businesses through innovative products that
are redefining local search and advertising.
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Mediaplex - http://www.mediaplex.com/
Technology firm specializing in digital advertising, customer relationship management,
and agency management.
MyAdMarket - http://www.myadmarket.com/
Contextual Internet Targeting Ad Serving System in MyAdMarket.com allows advertisers
and publishers to use the Contextual Ad Inventory Exchange to efficiently trade online
media between advertising networks and agencies.
Spot200 - http://www.spot200.com
Spot200 developed over the years from a handful of connected media firms into an all
inclusive online media platform. We utilize cutting edge technology to deliver the best
results and the most up–to-date reporting for our clients.
Terra Matrix Media - http://www.terramatrixmedia.com/
Terra Matrix Media is a performance-based marketing organization. By combining
direct marketing best practices with world-class technology, Terra Matrix Media strives
to become the most effective performance-based media buying enterprise.
Tinbu - http://www.tinbu.com/
TinBu is a leading provider of syndicated web content. TinBu’s interactive content is
offered for free with an added revenue share or for a licensing fee.
TrafficEngine - http://www.trafficengine.net/
Traffic Engine has found that as corporations strive to grow their online businesses and
reach higher top line revenues, non-traditional revenues streams are often ignored or
not investigated due to uncertainty and doubt.
TrafficVance - http://www.trafficvance.com
Trafficvance is a FutureAds company located in Irvine, California. Our team is a unique
blend of new media, traditional media and technologists who are revolutionizing the
world of online marketing.
Valueclick Media - http://www.valueclickmedia.com/
ValueClick Media is the premier Internet advertising network for advertisers focused on
performance and publishers who wish to earn the most for their available inventory.
ZEDO Ad Network - http://www.zedoadnetwork.com/
Your ads are served on high- performing websites only. Your ad campaign is highly
optimized. You can expect higher CTRs with ZEDO Ad Network.
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Membership Sites
Membership Site Advisor - http://www.membershipsiteadvisor.com/
With Membership Site Advisor, you gain instant access to FREE membership
management software, audio tutorials, real-life case studies, tools, resources, and
articles for the beginner to the expert.
Multimedia Tools & Apps
280 Slides - http://280slides.com/
Provides the ability to create presentations, access them from anywhere, and share
them with others.
Animoto - http://animoto.com/
Animoto is a web application that, with the click of a button, produces videos using
images and music that a user selects. Using their patent-pending Artificial Intelligence
developed to think like an actual editor & director, the resulting video has the emotional
impact of a movie trailer and the visual energy of a music video.
Articulate - http://www.articulate.com/
Rapid E-learning requires empowerment. Articulate provides the required tools to
empower anyone with expert knowledge to quickly and effectively produce employee
training and other critical learning materials.
E-Learning is an invaluable resource that businesses are taking advantage of. Articulate
allows companies to create their own flash based content to distribute, without needing
an extensive knowledge of Flash.
AuthorStream - http://www.authorstream.com/
AuthorSTREAM is a platform for sharing PowerPoint presentations on the Internet.
AuthorSTREAM makes it easier to share your PowerPoint slideshows through blogs,
websites, on YouTube and even via iPOD. What’s best is that it’s all FREE! Just signup, upload presentations and start sharing.
ClipBlast - http://www.clipblast.com/
ClipBlast is a place to find online video from multiple websites including YouTube,
CNET and many more.
There are so many video sites on the web, how can you search them all at once?
ClipBlast enables you to do just that. ClipBlast gives you the ability to search multiple
video websites for content. ClipBlast also offers a way to customize your access to the
video you want and build your personal video library.
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From the obvious to the obscure, you can find anything you want to see. Everything
from instructional to entertaining, this is the most comprehensive web video tool
available.
Effect Generator - http://www.effectgenerator.com/
Build amazing Flash effects and host them on your website for free.
Empressr - http://www.empressr.com/
Empressr is the best and original browser based rich media presentation and
storytelling tool.
Kineti Cast.com - http://www.kineticast.com/
KinetiCast is simple, powerful and proven online sales presentation software for the
B2B sales elite. Start transforming your sales communications today.
Prezi - http://prezi.com/
Prezi is the zooming presentation editor.
Sliderocket - http://www.sliderocket.com/
Sliderocket is a new generation of online applications to replace software. In this case,
SlideRocket is designed to be an alternative to PowerPoint or Apple’s Keynote
presentation software. There’s some incredible functionality with this app, it’s fast and
friendly to use, and the presentations look way better than PowerPoint.
SmartDraw - http://www.smartdraw.com/
SmartDraw is the only software that makes it possible for anyone to create
presentation-quality visuals in minutes. Instead of forcing you to draw visuals manually,
it draws for you, ensuring a professional result every time.
SmartDraw is the only software that allows you to create every kind of visual–more than
70 different types–including flowcharts, timelines, org charts, mind maps, floor plans,
marketing charts and more. SmartDraw’s web site serves as a valuable resource to
professionals in every industry with in-depth information on how to create and use every
type of visual, as well as insightful articles on how to use visual communication to boost
profits and increase productivity company wide.
Toufee.com - http://www.toufee.com/
Toufee is flash movie creating/editing software that is distributed online. It is an online
software which runs inside the browser, so it is compatible with Windows, GNU/Linux
and Macintosh operating systems. It contains features such as text effects, image
transitions, audio/video support, and timeline editing.
Vcasmo.com - http://vcasmo.com/
VCASMO is a multimedia presentation solution for personal photo-video slide show,
business presentation, training, academic teaching, sales pitching, seminar, conference,
press release meeting, live event.
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wetoku - http://www.wetoku.com/
Whether oceans apart or living next door,Wetoku brings you together. Your interview is
automatically recorded for instant playback. Embed to your blog and share it with the
world.
Zohoshow - https://show.zoho.com
The online tool for making powerful presentations. Whether you are a professional, a
teacher, a student, a businessman, a salesman or anyone looking to put together a cool
presentation, you have come to the right place. Zoho Show’s pre-built themes, clipart
and shapes coupled with features like drag-and-drop makes it an easy application to
use.
Music
Band Tracker by Oodle - http://www.oodle.com/bandtracker.com
Band Tracker by Oodle is a great place to go to keep track of your favorite artists. With
over 750,000 bands in their database playing in over 150,000 shows, Band Tracker is
the easiest way to keep up to date with your favorite bands tour dates.
Chilirec - http://www.chilirec.com/
Chilirec – A Software to Record Internet Radio. Easy to Record, Easy to Listen & Easy
to Discover new Music.
Eric Saint John - http://www.ericsaintjohn.com/
ESJ is a male voice actor and voice talent offering full recording studio production,
commercials with music and sound effects, voice narration, website video voiceovers,
voice for phone systems, announcer voices, character voice recordings and much more.
Foxy Tunes - Tweety Tunes - http://www.foxytunes.com/
TwittyTunes is a FoxyTunes feature that allows you to post your currently playing songs
to Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm, Y! Messenger, Y! Status, and Skype with a single click.
John Melley - http://johnmelley.com/
Provides overview of voice over services with demos, biographical information, client list
and articles on radio advertising.
MP3 Sparks - http://www.mp3sparks.com/
The days of walking into a store and purchasing a CD or other form of music are quickly
fading away. That raises the ethical questions behind file sharing,as well as recent court
cases regarding illegal downloads.
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Purchasing songs online is great, but sometimes it gets expensive. That is what makes
this next nifty click so fantastic!
Mp3Sparks charts today’s hit songs being purchased in the United States, Europe and
elsewhere, and allows you to download entire albums inexpensively in MP3 form, as
well as individual songs for only pennies!
Pandora - http://www.pandora.com/
Since 2000, A team of fifty musician-analysts has been listening to music, one song at a
time, studying and collecting literally hundreds of musical details on every song for the
Music Genome Project, capturing all of the little details that give each recording its
magical sound – melody, harmony, instrumentation, rhythm, vocals, lyrics … and more.
With Pandora you can explore this vast trove of music to your heart’s content. Just drop
the name of one of your favorite songs or artists into Pandora and let the Genome
Project go. It will quickly scan its entire world of analyzed music, almost a century of
popular recordings – new and old, well known and completely obscure – to find songs
with interesting musical similarities to your choice. Then sit back and enjoy as it creates
a listening experience full of current and soon-to-be favorite songs for you.
Slacker - http://www.slacker.com/
Slacker Personal Radio learns what music you like and dislike and plays it in a web
browser or using their Slacker G2 mobile player. The premium version allows you to
listen ad-free, skip unlimited songs and listen to any song when you want.
We7 - http://www.we7.com/
We7 is an outstanding new music destination where you can listen to, share and
discover music for free, legally and safely.
This is a wonderful site for those who want to discover and share new music free. You
can search for artists, or just check whatever is new. The site allows you to listen free
due to the fact that they attach ads to the beginning of the song.
You choose the music you want to hear and play full songs and albums online, ondemand at anytime. They also offer you the ability to buy the music you love in high
quality mp3 downloads which you can play on iPods and most other digital players.
News
BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/
A lot of people prefer to get their news from the BBC because their perspective on news
and world events so noticeably differs from that of the mainstream U.S. media.
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Digg - http://digg.com/
Digg is a social news website. Digg is a place for people to discover and share content
from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure
blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our community.
Fark - http://www.fark.com/
Fark is a news aggregator and an edited social networking news site. Every day Fark
receives 2,000 or so news submissions from its readership. Submissions are
categorized as either Fark ( a slang word created with the website to refer to “crap that
passes for news” or “not news”), or sorted into the more traditional sports, business,
geek, showbiz or political news, and they even have sections for music and videos.
Slate - http://www.slate.com/
Slate is a daily magazine on the Web. Slate is a general-interest publication offering
analysis and commentary about politics, news, and culture. Slate’s strong editorial voice
and witty take on current events have been recognized with numerous awards.
The Daily Beasthttp://www.thedailybeast.com/
A fresh take on the news from around the world with sharp opinion.
The Drudge Report - http://www.drudgereport.com/
The Drudge Report is a news aggregation website consisting of links to stories from the
United States and international mainstream media about politics, entertainment, and
current events as well as links to many columnists.
The New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/
Founded in 1851, The New York Times is considering the newspaper of record and has
been called the “gray lady” because of its staid appearance and adherence to
newspaper traditions. Until recently, The Times’ online version was available only to
subscribers, but now it’s available to everyone.
TopicFire - http://topicfire.com/
Real-time ranked news. Topicfire filters out all the bad news and only shows the hottest
breaking news in real-time. Our goal is to create an insanely efficient and clean way to
consume news.
Online Apps
4shared http://www.4shared.com/
4Shared is free online storage where you can upload, access, share your music, video
and photos.
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With 4Shared the files you upload are hosted on our high-speed servers. Your individual
virtual drive is set up for you when you register. As soon as you become a registered
user you can create your own folders, upload files and share the with others.
For a small fee you can upgrade the amount of storage- there are even options
available for your own branded server. Storage terms range from the short term to
indefinite. Explore the site and find the solution to all your storage needs.
Ask500 People - http://www.4shared.com/
4Shared is free online storage where you can upload, access, share your music, video
and photos.
With 4Shared the files you upload are hosted on our high-speed servers. Your individual
virtual drive is set up for you when you register. As soon as you become a registered
user you can create your own folders, upload files and share the with others.
For a small fee you can upgrade the amount of storage- there are even options
available for your own branded server. Storage terms range from the short term to
indefinite. Explore the site and find the solution to all your storage needs.
BYO Audio - http://www.auctionaudio.net/
BYO Audio allows you to easily upload audio files and create players that can be
embedded in any website or blog.
Cospire - http://cospire.com/
100% FREE web system – Join or create a community for any project, organization,
hobby, or interest! Knowledge Management, Web Collaboration, Wiki, Document
Management, File Upload, Ratings, Feedback System, WYSIWYG Editor
Django - https://www.djangoproject.com/
Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and
clean, pragmatic design. Django makes it easier to build better Web apps more quickly
and with less code.
Dropbox - https://www.dropbox.com/
Dropbox is the easiest way to store, sync, and, share files online. There’s no
complicated interface to learn. Dropbox works seamlessly with your operating system
and automatically makes sure your files are up-to-date.
Google App Engine - http://code.google.com/appengine/
Google App Engine enables you to build and host web apps on the same systems that
power Google applications. App Engine offers fast development and deployment; simple
administration, with no need to worry about hardware, patches or backups; and
effortless scalability.
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hadtosay.com - http://hadtosay.com/
With a unique twist on passing secret notes, HadToSay.com removes the barriers that
often prevent us from speaking our minds. Because biting your tongue hurts.
Offermatica - http://www.offermatica.com/
Adobe Test&Target gives marketers the necessary capabilities to continually make their
online content and offers more relevant to their customers—yielding greater conversion.
Test&Target provides an intuitive interface for designing and executing tests, creating
audience segments and targeting content—all from a single application.
Officelive - http://www.officelive.com
Store and share document online and create a website with Microsoft Office Live.
Online Broken Link Checker - http://www.brokenlinkcheck.com/
Is a free online web-site validator / integrity checker / problem detection tool that can
check your web-pages for broken / dead links, validate, find, and report bad hyperlinks if
any found.
Piclens - http://www.piclens.com/
PicLens is a browser plugin that allows you to see images and videos from sites such
as YouTube in a stunning 3D environment.
Quick Topic - http://www.quicktopic.com/
Friends can post messages on your board here or by using their own e-mail. Your
message board is private, or you can easily link it to your own web site.
Read speaker - http://www.readspeaker.com/
Online Text to Speech by ReadSpeaker. Speech-enable web sites, mobile apps, online
documents and forms so that your visitors can listen to your content.
Safe Sync – https://www.humyo.com/login
Free online file storage and backup service, access your documents and media from
any computer or phone, share and collaborate with others and publish your media
online.
Searchallcraigs - http://www.searchallcraigs.com/
SearchAllCraigs is a website that allows you to search all of Craigslist from one search
box, that’s something that the main Craigslist site has never made possible. Watch how
I use this handy feature to find outsourcing staff. Let me know if you think of some other
uses for this useful website.
SlideRocket - http://www.sliderocket.com/
Sliderocket is a new generation of online applications to replace software. In this case,
SlideRocket is designed to be an alternative to PowerPoint or Apple’s Keynote
presentation software. There’s some incredible functionality with this app, it’s fast and
friendly to use, and the presentations look way better than PowerPoint.
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Twilio.com - http://www.twilio.com/
Twilio allows your web application to easily make and receive phone calls and SMS text
messages using a simple web service API and basic web programming skills like HTTP,
XML, and REST. You can build hosted IVR, PBX and SMS applications with no up front
costs and a free trial.
Vumber - http://vumber.com/
Add a second line to your phone – no software downloads or computer necessary.
Make and receive calls from your normal phone (landline or mobile) without revealing
your personal number.
Windows Live - http://www.live.com
Powerful free e-mail with security from Microsoft – Windows Live Hotmail is a best in
class e-mail service that helps you organize and manage all your online stuff in one
place.
Wolf Frameworks - http://www.wolfframeworks.com/
WOLF is an Online Database Application Platform architected to help you design,
deliver and use Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) database applications, using only a web
browser. Wolf Frameworks Platform-as-a-Service, XML & AJAX based SaaS
Development platform, no hardware / software required, cloud computing platform,
supports multi-tenancy with english like Business Rules Engine which is the heart of the
system for building complex business solutions.
You Convertlt - http://www.youconvertit.com/
YouConvertIt is a website that converts one file format to another without you having to
have any technical knowledge whatsoever. No need to have lots of different software
utilities to convert audio, video, pdf or text files anymore – YouConvertIt does it all. It
handles hundreds of different file formats.
You can also use this tool to download video from sites such as YouTube, and also to
send large files to someone.
You Sendlt - http://www.yousendit.com/
YouSendIt allows you to send files to someone that are too large to send via email. It’s a
free online tool – just upload your file and specify the recipients email address.
YouSendIt will send them a link where they can download the file.
ZOHO - http://www.zoho.com/
Zoho offers a suite of online web applications geared towards increasing your
productivity and offering easy collaboration. Zoho’s online office tools include a word
processor, spreadsheet application, presentation tool, hosted wiki, notebook, CRM,
Database software etc
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ZOHO Creator - https://www.zoho.com/
Build Custom Apps for almost all your business needs at Zoho Creator. It is the easiest
and fastest way to build custom applications on your own, online.
Outsourcing
99 copy Writers - http://www.99copywriters.com/
99Copywriters eliminates the wishing, hoping, and praying that goes along with
choosing a copywriter. The site helps you find a qualified copywriter by posting your
project details and allowing copywriters to bid on your project.
Agents of Value - http://www.agentsofvalue.com/
Agents of Value maintain full-time IT professionals who provide value-laden services in
various aspects of internet and web based business needs. Assistance is offered in the
fields of search engine optimization, virtual assistance, remote programming support,
webmaster and website administration, article marketing, affiliate marketing and
graphics design. The company has gathered knowledgeable and highly skilled web
developers, site admins, graphic designers, web content writers, link builders and virtual
assistants. Simply visit www.AgentsofValue.com to have the in-house consultants match
each agent’s set of skills with your specific requirements to create a harmonious
partnership that will effectively develop and market products and services online.
Agents of Value - http://www.agentsofvalue.com/
We are a Webmaster Staffing Company, and we specialize in finding full-time
programmers, graphic designers, journalists, researchers, and link builders to help your
business grow. With webmaster staffing, you directly choose and manage the staff who
will work on your project’s success.
Ask Sunday - http://www.asksunday.com/
Virtual Personal Assistant – Concierge Services. We provide accurate executive
services for personal & corporate needs. Try 3 hours free of the Dedicated Assistant
Service during your first week of service, accessible 24/7 by email, phone, and the web.
Just click SIGN UP.
Casting Words - http://www.castingwords.com/
CastingWords.com is a site that allows you to have audio recordings transcribed
(converted to text) at a budget and timescale to suit you.
E-ssistance - http://www.e-ssistance.com/
E-ssistance is a virtual assistance company owned and operated by Jema Watts. Virtual
Assistance is a fairly new concept in the business world but it’s a very quick, easy,
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term business relationships. You decide how much you want to utilize your virtual
“assistant.” The “assistants” work independently with companies and individuals to
handle their administrative tasks so they can focus on growing their businesses.
Elance - http://www.elance.com/
Elance is an online workplace where businesses connect with qualified professionals to
get work done. With the largest network of certified technology and creative talent,
Elance helps businesses succeed by connecting them with the people they need to get
work done. Elance facilitates the entire work process from hiring to collaboration to
payment. Businesses use Elance to get work done by qualified professionals whenever
they need it. Service providers use Elance to meet customers and get paid for doing
what they do best.
Fiverr - http://www.fiverr.com/
Fiverr touts their site as “The place for people to share things they’re willing to do for
$5″. Surprisingly, there seems to be no end to the things that people will do for five
bucks. Check out this site to see what I mean, and you may find yourself paying a small
sum for something you never imagined.
Flexpoint Outsourcing - http://www.flexpointoutsourcing.com/
The key to being successful in any business is to Work ON your Business not IN your
business. Outsourcing those tasks to a team of experienced Marketers allows you to
take your business to the next level.
Freelancer - http://www.freelancer.com/
Freelancer.com is the ultimate freelance jobs website. We have thousands of freelance
jobs online for freelance programmers, web designers, graphic designers, writers and
more. We have hundreds of thousands of professional freelancers ready to bid on your
outsourced projects.
Guru - http://www.guru.com/
Use Guru.com’s free service to search for and find freelancers. Post your project. Get
free quotes within hours. Outsource your contract work today. Free service. No
obligation to hire. Pay pros risk-free with their SafePay Escrow service, your satisfaction
is completely guaranteed. No tax form hassles. We issue 1099 tax forms for you for
free.
Hire a Helper - http://www.hireahelper.com/
Hire a Helper is a service that helps you find people to do tasks that you don’t have time
for. You can find local people to do your chores- like cleaning the house. Free up your
time so you can do the things you love!
Hire Virtual Assistants - http://www.hirevirtualassistants.com/
Hire a virtual Assistant to handle phone answering, message taking, appointment
scheduling, customer support, sales assistance, personal assistance, secretarial
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services, receptionist services, general and clerical assistance. High quality remote
assistants.
HiremyMom - http://www.hiremymom.com/
Qualified, educated, experienced freelance professionals: designers, writers, virtual
assistants, editors and more. Outsource your projects to our talented Mom
Professionals at no charge.
iDictate - http://idictate.com/
Revolutionary blend of technology and human interaction that enables you to dictate
any document using a telephone and receive complete trascript via email quickly.
Live2care - http://www.welive2care.com/
WeLive2Care is an outsource service that you can use to outsource all kinds of
business tasks
Odesk - https://www.odesk.com/
ODesk enables its users to hire, manage, and pay technology service providers around
the world.
Online Jobs - http://www.onlinejobs.ph/
Search for a job here at onlinejobs.ph, or hire a Filipino worker to do a job for you.
There are many excellent jobs and jobseekers to choose from.
PeopleperHour - http://www.peopleperhour.com/
Online market place to post your projects and receive bids from freelancers.ace to post
your projects and receive bids from freelancers.
Rent ghostwriter - http://www.rentaghostwriter.com/
Rent A Ghost Writer is a free outsourcing service where individuals can hire some of the
Internet’s finest freelance writers, for freelance ghost writing services. At Rent A Ghost
Writer, you will be able to post your project where dozens of writers will be waiting to
start their bid. When bidding is over, you can choose the most qualified ghost writer to
complete your project. All kind of writing projects are outsourced at Rent A Ghost Writer
including: resume writing, essay writing, creative writing, technical writing, website
content writing, book writing, technical writing, academic writing ebook writing and more!
Replace Myself - http://www.replacemyself.com/
How to outsource to the Philippines.
RTIR Online - http://www.rtironline.com/
Where producers go to find guests and show ideas.
Script Lance - http://www.scriptlance.com/
Auction site for custom software outsourcing, web design, and graphic design.
Webmasters post projects. Freelancers bid on the projects.
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Service Magic - http://www.servicemagic.com/
Service Magic helps you get matched to top-rated service professionals. Are you a busy
home or business owner with a need? We could all fit into this category at one time or
another. Who has the time to search thru the dizzying array of handymen availablesearching for licenses and references- to find one that you can trust? That is what
makes Service Magic so desirable. After finding out exactly what you need, they search
their vast database to match you to the professional you need. Another reason that
Service Magic is so valuable is that they pre-screen all professionals before
recommending them. So you can trust that the professional they send out will be just
that- professional. You can finally get all those projects finished in a timely and quality
manner.
Virtual Assistant Demo Girl - http://www.vademogirl.com/
Learn about the Four Main Types of Video and How You can Get Started Creating Them
Watch this brief video
Printing
5000 Cards - http://www.5000cards.com/
Established in 1995, 5000 Cards has made their goal to provide clients with a
comprehensive solution for all their card stock printing needs. They strive to consistently
meet their client’s expectations, deadlines and budgets, priding themselves in achieving
the ultimate in form, function, value and convenience, for every client and every project.
BigPosters.com - http://bigposters.com/
Whether you need one poster or over a million, for trade show displays, retail signs,
banners, presentations and many other uses, BigPosters.com is the Nifty Click for you.
PrintingForLess.com - http://www.printingforless.com/
PrintingForLess.com provides high quality commercial color printing in the short to
medium run color printing market. Their team has over 500 years of combined
experience in the graphics industry and sells more full color printing online than any
other commercial printing company in the USA.
They provide printing services for everything from business cards to newsletters and
calendars. You can get everything you need from one great site.
PsPrint.com - http://www.psprint.com/
PsPrint is a different kind of printing company. By combining the very best in web
technologies with state-of-the-art production facilities, PsPrint delivers online
convenience combined with lightening-fast turnaround and very competitive prices.
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VistaPrint.com - http://www.vistaprint.com/
VistaPrint offers small businesses everything they need to market their business.
VistaPrint offers high-quality printed marketing materials, promotional products and
marketing services such as copywriting, design, websites and postcard mailing.
Productivity Tools and Resources
Adjix - http://www.adjix.com/
Adjix is a way for people to create short links to Web sites, tweet them, track clicks, and
earn revenue.
AVC Corp - http://www.avccorp.com/
AVC your environmental packaging turnkey services provider. From Environmental
packaging to retail packaging solutions. AVC corp has all packaging solutions to fit your
company’s needs.
Brevity - http://trybrevity.com/
Remember books? There are so many published each week it is hard to keep up with
everything! That is where Brevity comes it. For a small, one-time fee, Brevity will provide
you with weekly summaries providing wisdom from a major business book, or guru’s
product, analysis from a small-business owner’s perspective, life-changing A-Ha!
Moments, specific business-building action items, delegation instructions and the
feedback of Brevity members. Use this valuable service today to keep up on everything
you don’t have the time to read!
BugMeNot - http://www.bugmenot.com/
BugMeNot allows you to login to various popular websites without registering. Watch the
video to see how you can use and benefit from this resource.
Bungee Conect - http://www.bungeeconnect.com/
Bungee Connect is a comprehensive Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for the development
and delivery of highly interactive web applications that integrate multiple web services
and databases.
Contactify - http://contactify.com/
Contactify provides you with a contactify link that gives you your own private contact
form. Contactify allows you to maintain an online presence, on blogs, forums, social
networks etc., whilst always guarding your privacy. That means less chance of spam
and less chance of having to reveal your email address.
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Coparnic Summarizer - http://www.copernic.com/en/products/summarizer/
index.html
Copernic Summarizer is a program that dramatically increases productivity and
efficiency by creating concise document summaries of any file or Web page so the user
can spend considerably less time reading without missing any important information.
Copernic Summarizer can analyze a text of any length, on any subject, in any one of
four languages, and create a document summary as short or as long as you want it to
be. It can summarize Word documents, Web pages, PDF files, email messages and
even text from the Clipboard.
CoregMedia - http://coregmedia.com/coregistration.php
The CoregMedia lead generation and customer acquisition network delivers millions of
customers on a pay-for-performance basis to small, medium and large businesses
worldwide.Our specialized business development, production, engineering and creative
teams are dedicated to providing advertiser.
Createspace - https://www.createspace.com/
CreateSpace provides free tools to help you self-publish and distribute your books,
DVDs, CDs, video downloads and MP3s on-demand on Amazon.com and other
channels.
EVERNOTE - http://evernote.com/
Evernote is a suite of software and services designed for notetaking and archiving
available in a paid version or a more restricted, advertising-supported, “free” version.
faxZero - http://faxzero.com/
Send faxes online to the United States, Canada, or Puerto Rico. Users can choose to
send a free fax that contains an advertisement of the company, or choose a premium
fax that contains no advertisements.
Free Translation - http://www.freetranslation.com/
SDL is the world’s number 1 provider of free and professional language translation
services for websites and documents. Translate from English to Spanish, French,
German, Italian, Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian and Norwegian.
Frengly - http://www.frengly.com/
Frengly is a place to have your message translated into a different language instantly –
for free! This service is perfect for short emails or marketing messages.
GetHuman - http://www.gethuman.com/
GetHuman is a helpful database that helps you to bypass the phone tree and speak to a
human being when calling customer service numbers. No one enjoys being strung thru
a long line of automated responses to actually speak to a human. This piece of software
is so incredible- it is perfect for anyone who needs to maximize their time. The database
is very extensive, virtually all major companies are included. The next time you need to
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call a customer service number, why not check www.GetHuman.com. The name says it
all- use them and you can actually get a human to speak to!
Get Listed Org - http://getlisted.org/
This free tool displays how a business is listed in places like Google, Yahoo, and Bing.
Habit Forge - http://www.habitforge.com/
HabitForgeis a website where you provide a Goal and Desire, and they will send you a
customized daily email asking how you did. Simply click “yes” or “no” daily. Succeed for
21 days, and the new action will be easier than ever. Skip a day and the clock starts
over at day one.
Hard to find 800 Numbers - http://www.hardtofind800numbers.com/
HardtoFind800Numbers is a place to find 800 numbers for consumers that are difficult
to locate. HardtoFind800Numbers is a website dedicated to helping consumers find
customer service numbers. Not everyone wants to contact customer service via emailand here is the resource to help you actually find a human to speak with. The site is
very user friendly, allowing you to search by company name by entering it, or to search
alphabetically. Additionally there is a form to add numbers if you find one not already on
the website. Check out the site today- www.HardtoFind800Numbers.com- and take
charge of your customer service experience!
Hassle Me - http://www.hassleme.co.uk/
Because sometimes in life you just need to be nagged. You set up how oftern you want
to be hassled and why you want to be hassled.
Hot Recorder - http://www.hotrecorder.com/
HotRecorder for VOIP is an advanced tool that allows you to easily record, play, store
and convert voice communications held over the Internet. HotRecorder for VoIP is the
perfect tool for podcasting, online journalism, conducting business, and much more!
How to PODCAST - http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/
A step-by-step tutorial on how to podcast. Create a podcast fast and for minimal cost.
Just one club card - http://www.justoneclubcard.com/
JustOneClubCard This website puts all of your club cards onto just one simple card. We
are all in this boat- we use the club cards because the benefits are worth it, but a
different card for every store can become a problem. The solution?
www.JustOneClubCard.com The goal of this website is to solve the problem of having
to carry around loads of loyalty, discount, and club cards every time you go shopping.
Follow the instructions on the main page to create your own card. Print out the
generated card, cut it out and fold it together to make your new card. Try this nifty click
idea today and make your wallet or purse a lot lighter the next time you go to the store.
Kall8 - http://www.kall8.com/
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Kall8 is a fully integrated toll-free service that offers traditional 800 services with a
complete set of online tools to manage and track your toll free numbers in real time.
Kall8 allows you the freedom and flexibility of a toll free number with the ease of the
internet. As little as two dollars a month will activate your account and gives you access
to features like voice mail and fax, web call button, virtual calling card, conference
calling, call blocking/forwarding, caller ID and online management. Additional features
are also available. With Kall8 you pay as you go- no confusing terms to figure out, no
contracts to lock you down, no hidden fees, no monthly minimums to keep your account
active. It is the perfect solution for small business owners.
Kunaki - http://www.kunaki.com/
Publish your CD / DVD at no cost to you. CD / DVD manufacturing for smart people. No
minimumns or setup fees. 24/7
Mendix - http://mindex.com/
Mendix is the fastest and easiest way to extend your systems with high-end portal
solutions and custom cloud applications. Code-free.
Nifty Click - http://www.niftyclicks.com/
NiftyClicks covers every aspect of running a profitable business.
Pay Mo - http://www.paymo.biz/
Paymo is a time tracking and online invoicing tool that can be used online or on your
desktop. Paymo offers you a clear picture of how time is spent in your organization.
Phone tag - http://www.phonetag.com
GIS mapping services from PolicyMap allow you to map data quickly and easily. Our
interactive geographic information system gives you real location intelligence. View
demographic maps, see crime rates, map real estate trends and more.
Policy Map - http://www.policymap.com/
GIS mapping services from PolicyMap allow you to map data quickly and easily. Our
interactive geographic information system gives you real location intelligence. View
demographic maps, see crime rates, map real estate trends and more.
Product Planner - http://productplanner.com/
Product Planner was born out of the need to help people understand and create user
flows for their web products. The idea is that by looking at examples of other successful
web products, you can get a better idea of how to create your own.
Quirk.biz/SearchStatus/ - http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/
Quirk is a marketing agency. Born digital, driven by creativity and disciplined by results.
Find out more about the agency’s solutions and key clients.Offers web development,
search engine optimization and email marketing.
Ranks NL - http://www.ranks.nl/
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Free online tools for search engine optimising. Includes tools to analyse keyword
density, keyword proximity, file differences and a tool to create keyword combinations.
SemRush - http://www.semrush.com/?db=
Tool for Google organic and AdWords competitors keywords research
Sound View – http://www.summary.com/
Soundview Executive Book Summaries pioneered the concept of outlining the key
points and ideas of full-length business books into quick and easy-to-read summaries.
Soundview has launched an Online Edition of its book summaries that can be viewed
on laptops, ereaders, smart phones, and tablets and expanded its product offering to
include audio and video interviews and webinars with leading business book authors.
Survey Monkey - http://www.surveymonkey.com/
Create and publish online surveys in minutes, and view results graphically and in real
time. SurveyMonkey provides free online questionnaire and survey software.
Toastmasters International - http://www.toastmasters.org/
Non-profit organization developing public speaking and leadership skills through
practice and feedback in local clubs since 1924. Members learn how to lead meetings,
listen, evaluate and communicate.
Tungle Me - http://www.tungle.me/
Tungle.me lets you skip the endless back-and-forth of scheduling meetings and get
down to business. Connect your calendar to Tungle.me, select the time slots that you
want to be available, and let Tungle.me do the rest. It is free and colleagues do not
need to sign up to schedule meetings with you.
WhatShouldIReadNext - http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/
WhatShouldIReadNext is a handy utility to receive instant, personalized book
suggestions based on entering information about what you just read. It’s a nice clean
interface and a useful tool to widen your reading habits.
When is Good – http://whenisgood.net/
Have you ever had difficulty agreeing on a time that fit in everyone’s schedules to hold a
meeting? That’s where When Is Good? comes in: Simply set the intervals you want and
When Is Good? displays a grid letting you mark periods of time when you might be
available or unavailable, making it easier to see when all of your participants might
meet. This simple service takes all the hassle out of trying to set meeting times. After
you send the link to your participants, your results will appear and will be easy to edit.
The next time you need to schedule a meeting, try out www.whenisgood.net, and take
the stress out of meeting planning.
WuFoo - http://www.wufoo.com/
WuFoo is a nifty website that helps you create contact forms, online surveys, and
invitations so you can collect the data, registrations and online payments you need
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without writing a single line of code. Wufoo strives to be the easiest way to collect
information over the Internet. Wufoo is an Internet application that helps anybody build
amazing online forms. When you design a form with Wufoo, it automatically builds the
database, backend and scripts needed to make collecting and understanding your data
easy, fast and fun. Because we host everything, all you need is a browser, an Internet
connection and a few minutes to build a form and start using it right away.
XMind - http://www.xmind.net/
The best Mind mapping, Brainstorming Software, A great productivity tool with ease-touse features, friendly UI, and human design.
XNoteStopWatch - http://www.xnotestopwatch.com/
XNoteStopWatch is a versatile and flexible multifunctional digital stopwatch/countdown
timer software to measure time intervals in decimal seconds, seconds, minutes and
hours. Suitable for timekeepers at sport events, time tracking of work. Digital display like
real stopwatches and clocks. But unlike real ones XNote Stopwatch can be resized to
achieve any dimensions of digits: from full-screen on a LCD panel for public
presentations to tiny knob on your desktop as a reminder. Along with size you can tune
up colors, font, transparency. Multiple stopwatches and timers with their own settings
and run independently of each other. Despite the variety of features, XNote Stopwatch
has small size, low system resource requirements, and fast execution speed.
YOUREEEKA! - http://www.youreeeka.com/
Online digital content distribution platform that enables content owners to securely sell
their content and maximize revenue
Products To Sell
Alibris - http://www.alibris.com/
Find what you want: new & used books, used textbooks, rare, out-of-print books, plus
eBooks, music, movies, and video games—all from independent sellers worldwide.
Amazon Associates - https://affiliate-program.amazon.com
The Amazon Associates program was the first online affiliate program of its kind when it
launched in 1996. Today, it is among the largest and most successful online affiliate
programs. If you are a Web site owner, Amazon seller, or Web developer, you can join
our affiliate program today to start earning money, up to 8.5% in referral fees.
Bookfinder.com - http://www.bookfinder.com/
Online bookstore comparison shopping agent that searches the inventory of individual
new, used, and out-of-print vendors and reports on pricing and availability.
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Bridaluxe - http://bridaluxe.com/
Bridaluxe, the affiliate marketing network for weddings, helps advertisers and publishers
thrive in the $60 billion dollar bridal industry.
Buy.at - http://buy.at/
Buy.at is a leading global affiliate network that drives growth for over 300 of the world’s
leading brands. Built on a culture of innovation and more than a decade of industry
experience, our company develops programs that add value to our clients’ existing
marketing strategy and maximize online results.
CafePress - http://www.cafepress.com/
CafePress is the world’s biggest collection of user-designed products, selling T-Shirts,
apparel, gifts for the home, stationery, gear, and other stuff that gets printed on to a
community of 6.5 million users.
Clickbank - http://www.clickbank.com/
Clickbank is a marketplace for selling your digital products and for affiliates who are
looking for products to sell.
This is a great resource for those who are looking for a reliable forum for purchasing or
distributing digital content.
ClickBank provides digital content – e-books, software, memberships and subscriptions
– to consumers around the world through an expanding network of product publishers
and affiliate Internet marketers.
Clickbooth - http://clickbooth.com/
Leading the new phase in media buying, Clickbooth has been providing proprietary
industry technology for more than five years. Never adhering to the industry “mold” most
CPA and CPC networks form, Clickbooth takes an innovative approach to affiliate
marketing and consistently surpasses industry standards – taking their CPA and CPC
affiliate network to the next level.
Dropship Source - http://www.worldwidebrands.com/
Wholesale drop shipping for retailers and drop ship directory. Worldwide Brands has
over 8000 dropshippers & wholesalers that provide great service and quality drop ship
products.
ebay - http://www.ebay.com/
Buy and sell electronics, cars, clothing, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods, digital
cameras, and everything else on eBay, the world’s online marketplace.
ebay Marketplace Research - http://pages.ebay.com/marketplace_research/
eBay Marketplace Research – powered by Terapeak – enhances your selling and
buying on eBay by providing up to date information on sales within the eBay
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Marketplace. Analyze the last 90 days of transactions, and 2 years of category trends in
seconds.
eBay Pulse - http://pulse.ebay.com/
eBay Pulse delivers a snapshot of the eBay marketplace. eBay Pulse features top 10
popular searches, popular stores, popular products, highest priced and most watched
items.
Google Product Research - http://www.google.com/prdhp
Info-Product Research - www.tryinfoproductdashboard.com
A lot of people ask me for a resource to help them create new information products that
they can sell online, or to make money. So here’s the resource I recommend because I
use it myself, and it’s excellent. Info-Product Dashboard is an online dashboard that
guides you through step-by-step the process of creating an online information product.
Everything is covered in depth from finding out what customers want to creating your
personal pages. They are so confident in their product that they offer a quadruple
money back guarantee.
Ingram Book Company - http://www.ingrambook.com/
The largest book wholesale distributor in the world, offering immediate access to more
than two million.
International Houseware Association - http://www.housewares.org/
The housewares industry’s resource for new product news, business services and
supplies, directories and International Housewares Show registration.
Internet Archive - http://www.archive.org
Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books,
movies & music, as well as 150 billion archived web pages.
Kidpreneurs – http://www.kidpreneurs.org/
Book about young entrepreneurs with big ideas. Entrepreneurship for Kids! Fuel a
child’s desire to get involved in business early by stoking curiosity in simple, engaging,
creative, and safe ways.
Linkconnector - http://www.linkconnector.com
The LinkConnector Affiliate Marketing Network incorporates Internet Marketing
strategies and innovative technologies into your Affiliate Program. Get serious online
exposure for your business and try our Affiliate Network today.
LinkShare - http://www.linkshare.com/
LinkShare is a leading provider of full-service online marketing solutions specializing in
the areas of Affiliate Marketing, Search Marketing, and Lead Generation. Our services,
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technology, tracking tools, and reporting, help you find new customers and increase
revenue.
Market Leverage - http://marketleverage.com/
Market Leverage is an internet affiliate marketing network. MarketLeverage is one of the
web’s largest “Cost Per Acquisition” (CPA) networks. We enable web Advertisers and
web Publishers to harness the power of performance marketing.
National Hardware Show - http://www.nationalhardwareshow.com/
Attracting over 18,000 buyers and retailers, the National Hardware Show® is designed
to give you access to the latest products, product introductions, trends, and education
helping gain the advantage over your competition.
National Products Expo East - http://www.expoeast.com/
Annual trade show held on the US east coast. Floorplans, speakers and information for
exhibitors.
National Products Expo West - http://www.expowest.com/
Annual springtime show held at Anaheim Convention Center, California. Profile, dates,
attendance information and exhibitors.
Neverblue - http://neverblue.com
Neverblue is the leading global performance-based online marketing company that
specializes in lead generation and client acquisition. Through the powerful medium of
Internet, Neverblue successfully matches advertising clients with solid business leads,
registrations and sales.
PX Method - http://www.bodybuilding.com/
Bodybuilding.com is an online retailer/manufacturer of sports supplements and
nutritional products. The largest selection of Bodybuilding Articles, Exercises, Workouts,
Supplements, & Community to help you reach your fitness goals!
Shareasale - http://shareasale.com/
ShareASale is an affiliate marketing network based in Chicago, IL USA. ShareASale
services two customer sets in affiliate marketing: the affiliate, and the merchant.
Affiliates use ShareASale to find products to promote, and earn commission for referrals
on those products. Affiliates use their own website, blogs, PPC campaigns, SEO
campaigns, RSS and email, as well as a number of other means. Merchants use
ShareASale to implement, track, and manage their affiliate program.
Tech Data - http://www.techdata.com/
Distributes microcomputer-related hardware and software products to value-added
resellers and retailers.
Thomas Net - http://www.thomasnet.com/
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Searchable database of contract manufacturers for every conceivable product, from
underwear and food products to airplane parts.
Wholesalefinder - http://www.worldwidebrands.com/
Wholesalefinder saves time and prevents aggravation – use this resource instead of
buying a list from an unknown seller. Find reputable wholesale suppliers of products that
you can sell online or in your store. The currently list over eight million products, and all
of the suppliers have been carefully vetted.
World Electronics USA - http://www.worldelectronicsusa.com/
World Electronics USA Chicago offers wide selection of 220 volt home appliances,
multi-system TV, DVD players and many electronic items at wholesale prices.
Project Management
Backpacklt - http://www.backpackit.com/
BackPackIt is an easy intranet for your business. Store, share, discuss, and archive
everything that is essential for productivity.
BackPackIt can help organize your business by keeping all your important documents in
one place. You can store your company’s forms, expense reports, and worksheets on
Backpack; share how-tos, tutorials, and guides; even share details for a business trip!
BaseCamp - http://basecamphq.com/
Trusted by millions, Basecamp is the leading web-based project management and
collaboration tool. To-dos, files, messages, schedules, and milestones.
Chaordix - http://www.chaordix.com/
Technology to tap your crowd for product innovation, market prediction, brand
collaboration, research discovery and more.
Checkfront - http://www.checkfront.com/
Checkfront is a powerful booking platform that allows businesses to manage their
inventories online, centralize reservations, and process payments.
ClientSpot - http://www.myclientspot.com/
ClientSpot is a Web-based service designed specifically for freelancers, virtual
professionals, and small businesses with remote teams to collaborate on projects.
ClientSpot brings together all the pieces of your client and team interactions, from
project and task management to file sharing, time tracking, and calendaring.
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Comapping - http://comapping.com/
Comapping is the best online collaborative mind mapping tool for business process
planning and group projects management.
Copper - http://comapping.com/
Comapping is the best online collaborative mind mapping tool for business process
planning and group projects management.
Crowdcast - http://www.crowdcast.com/
Crowdcast is the leader in the new era of Business Intelligence: Social BI. We’re in the
business of helping you find out what your people really know about your business.
Dream Factory - http://dreamfactory.com/
DreamFactory delivers Rich Internet Applications, including project management, org
chart, business presentation and business forms applications that combine the agility of
On Demand delivery with the custom fit of traditional enterprise software.
DropMind - http://dreamfactory.com/
DreamFactory delivers Rich Internet Applications, including project management, org
chart, business presentation and business forms applications that combine the agility of
On Demand delivery with the custom fit of traditional enterprise software.
Effexis Software - http://www.effexis.com/
Achieve Planner, by Effexis Software, is a practical Windows time-management
software system that helps you get organized, increase your productivity and make
better use of your time.
Exvo - http://www.exvo.com
We are a (web) technology company focussed on using the web to improve our daily
lives in new and exciting ways. Connect all the dots of your life digitally. Things like
accessing all your stuff anywhere (Desktop). Or simply doing what you love and at the
same time earning your way in life (Teams). Or entrepreneurship for everyone
(Company).
GenBook - http://www.genbook.com/
Hassle-Free online scheduling for small businesses. Accept online appointments on the
web with Genbook appointment scheduling software.
Glass Cubes - http://www.glasscubes.com/
Glasscubes provides online project management tools allowing teams and
organisations to collaborate using branded workspaces which include document
management and simple CRM
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Huddle - http://www.huddle.com/
Huddle the leading file storage, project management & collaboration software. Manage
people, projects and information inside and outside your business.
inpaqt.nl - http://inpaqt.nl/
INPAQT is one of the world’s leading companies in the field of innovation management.
We support organizations with tools, training and consultancy from all over the world
and across a broad range of industries. Learn more about innovation management,
innovation tools, innovation training, business cases.
Kindling - http://www.kindlingapp.com
Idea management and innovation collaboration software for organizations.
MAPMYself - http://mapmyself.com/
MAPMYself is a free Web-based online mind mapping tool. MAPMYself is unique web
based software allows you to create completely organic looking mind maps. We
integrated the own and an your ideas to helps more when 2000 peoples to accelerate
learning, improve your memory, increase your productivity and save your time.
Matchware-Mindview - http://www.matchware.com/en/
MatchWare’s MindView 4 Business is a professional Mind Mapping® software
application that allows users to brainstorm and visualize ideas quickly and easily.
MindView 4 Business makes meetings more productive, accelerates project planning
and helps turn ideas into action faster than ever before!
Mind42 - http://mind42.com/
Mind42 is a free online mindmap collaboration tool. You can easily share and develop
your ideas with your friends.
MindApp - http://www.mindapp.com/
Offers mind mapping software to create mind maps, organize thoughts, brainstorm, and
capture meeting notes.
MindMeister - http://www.mindmeister.com/
MindMeister.com is an online mind mapping tool that allows you to collaborate with
others in real-time on mindmaps.
Mindomo - http://www.mindomo.com/
Web-based mind mapping software allowing teachers, students, and business users to
create visual maps of brainstorming and then save those brainstorms online.
N2uitive - http://n2uitive.com/
N2uitive provides property and casualty claims insurers a web-based recorded
statement management solution that simplifies the recording, retrieval, and transcription
of claims interviews.
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Nokahuna - http://nokahuna.com/
Whether at work, home, or among your friends, we help you work together on projects
big and small. Easily assign tasks to teamates. Get these things out of your head and
into No Kahuna so you don’t have to remember them. Prioritize and categorize your
tasks to ensure you’re working on the most important parts of your project.
Ondemand – Applications - http://ondemand.com/
Automate spreadsheet and email-driven processes such as quote and channel
management – and easily customize them to work the way your business does.
OpenTeams - http://www.openteams.com/
In addition to project collaboration, blogging, social networking, community building, and
knowledge management, OpenTeams is an innovative initiative development solution
where employees collaboratively seed and mature new ideas for additional revenue,
productivity, and cost-savings.
Podio - https://podio.com/
Podio is an online work platform with a new take on how everyday work gets done. It
gives people more power than they’ve ever had before to do manage their work better,
smarter and in their own way. Combining hundreds of specialized and flexible work
apps with messaging, tasks, reporting, workflow and contact management, Podio lets
you build and shape the online workplace most fitting to your role.
Sap Stream Work - http://sapstreamwork.com/
SAP StreamWork is a collaborative decision-making solution that brings together the
people, information, and proven business approaches to drive fast, meaningful results.
Smart Sheet - http://www.smartsheet.com/
Smartsheet is known for its award winning online project management, collaboration,
and file sharing features, it is used broadly to track and manage diverse types of work
including: team projects and task lists, customer information, sales pipelines, event
schedules, and business processes.
Spinscape - http://www.spinscape.com/
Spinscape is a web-based mind mapping application. Brainstorm and collaborate in
real-time. Find and share data and ideas. Visualize and organize information. Online.
Anytime.
Stacks - http://usestacks.com/
Assign and monitor tasks with ease, Get alerts for new and completed task, Instantly
view others’ tasks and timelines, Quickly visualize group workload.
Teamlab - http://www.teamlab.com/
TeamLab is a free open-source platform for business collaboration and project
management. Create your own corporate portal in the cloud for free.
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Teamness - http://www.teamness.com/
Online project collaboration for teams. Teamness is a web-based tool designed to help
you organize projects data and share it with colleagues and customers.
Text2Mindmap - http://www.text2mindmap.com/
Text 2 Mind Map is a brand new web application that converts texts to mind maps.
Convert your text or list of keywords to a mind map instantly. The text 2 mind map
converter makes a mind map out of your bullet list. Also known as Text-2-mind-map
converter or, shortly, Text2Mindmap.
TinEye - http://www.tineye.com/
TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out
where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to
find higher resolution versions.
Twiddla - http://www.twiddla.com/
Twiddla offers “painless team collaboration” using online whiteboarding. Use this free
resource to ease the challenges of working with your virtual team. Twiddla offers a
shared visual space that allows you to collaborate in real-time to get on the same page,
literally.
Wisdomap - http://wisdomap.com
Wisdomap helps you to organise your thoughts in a powerful mind map format, and
allows you to attach notes, videos, pictures, links and files to your mind maps.
Wisemapping - http://wisemapping.com
WiseMapping is a free web based mind map product. The goal of this project is to
provide a high quality product that can be deployed by enterprises, educational and
academic institutions. WiseMapping is based on the same code product supporting
WiseMapping.com.
Wrike - http://www.wrike.com/
Wrike is web based project management software that gives you full visibility and
control over your projects. With the help of our product you can do online project
management, time tracking and project planning in the most effective way.
Public Domain
LibriVox - http://librivox.org/
LibriVox is a collection of audio books from the public domain that are available for free
download.
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NASAImages - http://www.nasaimages.org/
NASAImages is a site that contains everything from classic photos to educational
programming and HD video, and is growing all the time.
NasaImages NASA Images was created to bring public access to NASA’s image, video,
and audio collections in a single, searchable resource. These images are not under
copyright and so can be used without express permission, as long as the use does not
somehow imply that NASA endorses a product or cause.
PDPhoto.org - http://www.pdphoto.org/
PDPhoto.org is a repository for public domain photos. These photos can be used for
anything you might need: commercial uses, other websites, school projects, articles,
ads, whatever the case may be.
Prelinger Archives - http://archive.org/details/prelinger/
The Prelinger Archives are a collection of kitchy, campy public domain videos ranging
from educational films produced in the 1940s and 50s, to early television commercials,
and other older films saved from destruction. Because they’re in the public domain, you
are free to do with them anything you wish.
Project Gutenberg - http://www.gutenberg.org/
Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or
eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and
continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.
Public Relations
Celeb Brokers - http://www.celebbrokers.com/
Represents celebrity talent for commercial endorsements.
Celebrity Endorsement Network - http://www.celebrityendorsement.com/
Celebrity Endorsement Network (CEN) has over 20 years of experience representing
advertising agencies, marketing and public relations firms, and the corporate sector in
acquiring celebrity talent for commercials, print campaigns, promotions, media events,
personal appearances, and speaking engagements.
Cision-PR Software - http://us.cision.com/
Public relations software solutions for PR professionals. Cision’s award-winning,
integrated PR software takes your media campaigns to the next level.
Contact Any celebrity - http://contactanycelebrity.com/
Features a live database of celebrity addresses available for purchase online.
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HARO - http://helpareporter.com/
Journalists are always looking for sources to confirm facts and provide background
information on stories. Entrepreneur Peter Shankman received dozens of calls each day
from his reporter friends asking for information, and Help a Reporter Out was born as a
result.
Subscribe to the mailing list and you’ll receive up to three emails, each with anywhere
from 15-30 queries per email. If you see a query you can answer, go for it!
This site started on Facebook, but since that site caps emails at 12,000; this site had to
be born. 50,000 people have already registered to help with sources. Everyone on the
site is encouraged to make sure that their motives are to really help the reporters- not to
just get some free publicity.
Hawthorne Direct - http://www.hawthornedirect.com/
Premier, full service television advertising agency specializing in creative/production,
media and integrated marketing. Offers a complete range of services including long and
short form infomercial production, TV commercial production and media buying.
Marketing Architects - http://www.marketingarchitects.com/
Provides direct marketing companies lead generation through direct response radio
marketing, media planning.
MediaVantage - http://www.motivational-celebrity-speakers.com/
Motivational Sports Speakers is a division of NOPA sports, a speakers booking agency
and sports marketing firm providing your company with motivational, inspirational,
celebrity and sports speakers, also available for autograph signings, corporate events
and endorsements.
Mercury Media - http://www.mercurymedia.com/
Mercury Media is the undisputed expert in performance-based, brand-building direct
response. For entrepreneurs and top companies alike, partnering with the leader brings
nothing less than superior results.
Motivational Sports Speakers - http://dna13.com/
Provides companies with public relations and communications software. Key features
include integrated media monitoring, management and measurement tools. Has created
integrated system for monitoring broadcast television (in real-time), print, Internet news
and Weblogs in one Web application.
Novus - http://www.novusmediainc.com/
Novus is the expert in reaching consumers across the most trusted newspaper,
magazine and online media sources.
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PR Newswire - http://www.prnewswire.com/
PR Newswire Association LLC provides electronic distribution, targeting, measurement,
translation and broadcast services on behalf of tens of thousands of corporate,
government, association, labor, non-profit, and other customers worldwide. Using PR
Newswire, these organizations reach a variety of critical audiences including the news
media, the investment community, government decision-makers, and the general public
with their up-to-the-minute, full-text news developments.
PR Web - http://www.prweb.com/
PRWeb, a leader in online news and press release distribution, has been used by more
than 40,000 organizations of all sizes to increase the visibility of their news, improve
their search engine rankings and drive traffic to their Web site.
Radio Direct Response - http://www.radiodirect.com/
Radio Direct Response is a radio only advertising agency with a special focus on direct
response radio advertising and promotions.
Radio-TV Interview report - http://www.rtir.com/
Radio-TV Interview Report: The Magazine Producers Read to Find Guests (RTIR) is a
trade publication that goes to over 4,000 radio/TV producers across the United States
and Canada. RTIR is published twice a month, and each issue lists 100-150 authors
and other spokespeople available for live and in-studio interviews.
Each guest’s ad includes a contact person and phone number so interested radio/TV
producers can get in touch to arrange interviews. Guests are willing to do interviews
free-of-charge because they are typically promoting a book, product or cause.
Revshare - http://www.revshare.com/
REVShare distributes advertisers’ Cost-per-Action (CPA) commercials across its
Network of 1700 television properties including cable systems, syndicators, and national
affiliates reaching over 110 million households. Both Brand and Direct Response
advertisers benefit by including REVShare in their media mix to increase effectiveness,
accountability, and performance. Experience the most efficient way to reach English and
Hispanic television viewers in the United States and Canada.
Script to Screen - http://www.scripttoscreen.com/
Script to Screen – A leader among the top infomercial & DRTV production companies.
Over 24 years producing many of the most successful infomercials ever made.
Tuckerhall - http://www.tuckerhall.com/
Tucker/Hall is a Florida-based public relations and public affairs firm. We provide
strategic counsel to senior-level managers in the US and Latin America.
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Research Keyword
What's The Buzz - http://ekstreme.com/buzz/
Enter a keyword or phrase into ‘What’s the Buzz?’ and view reports on that keyword
including its rank in Technorati over the past 90 days, its Google Trends chart, recent
blogs and news stories using that keyword and del.icio.us bookmarks tagged with your
keyword.
Ask.com - http://www.ask.com/
Ask.com is the #1 question answering service that delivers the best answers from the
web and real people – all in one place.
Filtr Box - http://www.filtrbox.com/
FiltrBox gives you an easy way to track the things you care about online.
Good Keywords - http://www.goodkeywords.com/
Good Keywords is Windows software for Internet keyword research and management.
Google Insights for Search - http://www.google.com/insights/search/
With Google Insights for Search, you can compare search volume patterns across
specific regions, categories, time frames and properties.
Google Keyword Research - https://adwords.google.com/select/
KeywordToolExternal
Use Google’s Keyword Tool is an essential resource to generate traffic from the internet.
You simply type the keyword or phrase into the search, and instantly you can see how
many times that particular word or phrase has been searched. The site will also let you
know what the searchers were looking for specifically. The tool will allow you to find
keyword ideas to expand your visibility within search engines- thus increasing your
visibility to potential clients. The site will allow you to search internationally as well, so
no matter where your target market is adwords.google.com can help your business to
grow.
Google Sets - http://labs.google.com/sets
Automatically create sets of items from a few examples.
Google Suggest - http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en
Google Suggest Scraper Tool - http://tools.seobook.com/general/keywordinformation/
Tool to help you find relevant frequently searched for phrases on Google.com.
Google Trends - http://www.google.com/trends
Reflects what keywords people are searching for on a daily basis.
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Go Rank Ontology Finder - http://www.gorank.com/seotools/ontology/
The go Rank ontology lookup tool checks the top 1000 Google results for your
keywords by running a related word query.
Key Compete - http://adlab.microsoft.com/keyword-Research.aspx
Key Compete is an online keyword research tool that identifies the keywords your
competitors are using in their pay-per-click campaigns. Key Compete also identifies the
competition that is bidding on your keywords. Anyone involved in marketing knows that
keywords are essential. Knowing what your competitors are using can definitely give
you an edge over them. www.TryKeyCompete.com offers a free trial where they offer
you 5 free keywords. The upgrade to the pay version will unlock thousands of
keywords- the lifeblood of a pay-per-click ad campaign. The next time you have a
campaign, try them out. www.TryKeyCompete.com- makes your next pay-per-click the
most profitable ever!
Keyword Discovery - http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/
An advanced keyword research tool to discover what customers search for and what
are the best keywords to target on your web site.
Keyword Discovery Search - http://keyworddiscovery.com/keyword-directory.html
Identify specific keywords that drive traffic to web sites within each industry category.
Find out what keywords and search terms are popular and work for your competitors.
Keyword Spy - http://www.keywordspy.com/
Through this keyword tool and keyword software, you can perform advanced keyword
research and keyword tracking to study what your competitors have been advertising in
their Adwords campaigns and Other PPC campaigns. You can now get complete indepth analysis, stats, budget, affiliates & ad copies of your competitors.
SEO Book – Keyword Suggestion Tool - http://tools.seobook.com/keyword-tools/
seobook/
Learn which keywords you should be targeting to increase your website rankings, traffic,
and profit.
SpyFu - http://www.spyfu.com/
Spy on your online competitors. Download competitor’s keywords and adwords.
Theme Zoom - http://www.themezoom.com/
Theme Zoom is a keyword research, content decision, and market intelligence research
tool, all wrapped into one control panel.
Twollow - http://twollow.com/
Twollow is keywords based business platform for finding and building a targeted Twitter
market.
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Wordnet - http://wordnet.princeton.edu/
WordNet® is a large lexical database of English, developed under the direction of
George A. Miller (Emeritus). Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets
of cognitive synonyms (synsets), each expressing a distinct concept.
Wordtracker - https://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/
Compiled database of keywords that people search for. Tells how often people search
for the term and how many competing sites use that same term on a search engine.
Free trial available.
Research Niche
Alexa - http://www.alexa.com/
Alexa provides information about websites including Top Sites, Internet Traffic Stats and
Metrics, Related Links, Online Reviews Contact Information and Search Analytics for
SEM and SEO optimization. The Alexa Toolbar is a browser add-on that shows data
about sites as you surf the web.
Alexa’s Top Site - http://www.alexa.com/topsites
Alexa Internet, Inc. is a California-based subsidiary company of Amazon.com that is
known for its toolbar and website. Once installed, the toolbar collects data on browsing
behavior which is transmitted to the website where it is stored and analyzed and is the
basis for the company’s web traffic reporting. Alexa ranks sites based on tracking
information of users of its Alexa Toolbar for Internet Explorer and from integrated
sidebars in Mozilla and Netscape.
All Private Content - http://www.allprivatelabelcontent.com/
CB Engine - http://www.cbengine.com/
ClickBank is one of the leading e-commerce systems for those engaged in promoting
digital products over the web. The ClickBank Marketplace contains thousands of
products including ebooks, computer software, membership programs, entertainment,
games and more – all products are delivered digitally over the web. ClickBank’s more
than 100,000 affiliates promote these products every day and earn money from affiliate
commissions.
Compete.com - http://compete.com/
Compete.com is a web traffic analysis service of Compete, Inc. which operates in the
United States and publishes the approximate number of global visitors to the top
1,000,000 web sites in the world. This number is computed from sources including
internet service providers, opt-in panels, application providers, and users of the
Compete toolbar.
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ContentGoldmine - http://www.contentgoldmine.com/
Google Alerts - http://www.google.com/alerts
Have you ever wished you could be alerted somehow when a blog post or a news story
mentioned you or your products? That’s exactly what Google Alerts does for you: You
enter the word or phrase you’d like to be alerted to, choose the scope and the frequency
of the alerts and an e-mail address, and Google will send you an e-mail containing a
text excerpt and a link to the blog post or news story containing the reference.
Micro Niche Finder - http://micronichefinder.com/
Powerful new software tool uncovers hot untapped niche markets that have been
completely overlooked by the masses and allows you to swoop in and absolutely
dominate these niche markets in Google!
Niche Content - http://www.niche-content-packages.com/
Your # 1 source for top-quality niche content with quality PLR.
Nicheology - http://www.nicheology.com/
Nicheology is the premiere content and online business training site on the internet.
Nichesinabox.com - http://www.nichesinabox.com/
Niches-In-A-Box offers a monthly turnkey website packages that you, regardless of prior
experience, can have up and running in a day or two. You can be earning money as
soon as tomorrow.
Plrpro 3.0 - http://www.plrpro.com/
PLRPro is the leading PLR resource for PLR Articles and training on how to make
money online using PLR Articles.
Quantacst - http://www.quantcast.com/
Quantcast is a media measurement, web analytics service that allows users to view
audience statistics for millions of websites. Quantcast Corporation’s prime focus is to
analyze the Internet’s web sites in order to obtain accurate usage statistics by surfers
from the USA.
TrendWatching - http://www.trendwatching.com/
TrendWatching One of the world’s leading trend firms, trendwatching.com scans the
globe for emerging consumer trends.
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Search Resources
7Search.com - http://7search.com/
A pay-for-placement search engine that allows advertisers to bid on keywords. Feeds
search results to a large network.
About.com - http://email.about.com
About.com is an online source for original information and advice. It is written in English,
and is aimed primarily at North Americans. About.com is divided into topic sites, which
are grouped into channels and cover diverse subjects such as home repair, pediatrics,
model railroading, and weather.
AoL.com - http://www.aol.com/
AOL offers today’s news, sports, stock quotes, weather, movie reviews, TV trends and
more. Get free email, AIM access, online radio, videos and horoscopes — all on
AOL.com!
Become - http://www.become.com/
Become.com is a product price comparison service and discovery shopping search
engine with a mission to help shoppers make ideal buying decisions.
Craigslist - http://www.craigslist.org
Craigslist provides local classifieds and forums for jobs, housing, for sale, personals,
services, local community, and events.
ePilot Advertising Network - http://adcenter.epilot.com
A pay-per-click search engine that has partnerships with NetZero, DogPile and
InfoSpace.
Glimpse.com - http://www.glimpse.com/
Welcome to the most stylish search engine online! Find the latest brands ranging from
the smallest boutiques to the largest department stores. Glimpse.com belongs to
TheFind family of shopping search engines. What can we find for you?
Global Electric & Phone Directory - http://www.kropla.com/
Help for World Travelers: World Phone Guide, World Electric Guide, International
Dialing Codes. Advice and resources for road warriors and travelers.
Google - http://www.google.com/
Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally
accessible and useful. As a first step to fulfilling that mission, Google’s founders Larry
Page and Sergey Brin developed a new approach to online search that took root in a
Stanford University dorm room and quickly spread to information seekers around the
globe. Google is now widely recognized as the world’s largest search engine — an
easy-to-use free service that usually returns relevant results in a fraction of a second.
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Google Squared - http://www.google.com/squared
Google Squared takes a category and creates a starter ‘square’ of information,
automatically fetching and organizing facts from across the web.
Hoovers - http://www.hoovers.com/
Hoover’s is a service that provides connections for businesses, mapping a company’s
social graphs. Akin to a custom LinkedIn for just your company, and the peripheral
contacts outside of the company that are made through individual connections.
Jiwire - http://www.jiwire.com/
Guide to 802.11 Wi-Fi hotspots around the world. Features maps to wireless internet
access locations, driving directions, and articles on choosing and using Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth, and cellular products.
Kanoodle - http://www.kanoodle.com/
Kanoodle brings together a network of search sites to help you target the right
audience. ur advertiser solutions help you reach your customers across a wide network
of search sites, and our simple to use publisher solutions can help you generate
revenue from your site.
Looksmart - http://www.looksmart.com/
LookSmart is a syndicated pay-per-click search network, enabling advertisers to reach
additional audiences on our award-winning search marketing platform.
MSN - http://www.msn.com/
MSN is Microsoft’s portal, offering MSNBC News, sports, MSN Money, games, videos,
entertainment & celebrity gossip, weather, shopping and more great content, as well as
Windows Live services such as Hotmail and Messenger.
Net-market - http://net-market.com/media.htm
Provides high search engine placement, dynamic HTML, ad banner brokering and
placement, hosting, customized marketing plans, press release services and online
book promotions.
Pricewatch.com - http://www.pricewatch.com/
Searches for the lowest prices on computers, computer components, software and
electronics.
Pronto.com - http://www.pronto.com/
Comparison shopping search engine that provides product listings, community reviews,
and personal shopping lists.
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Quintura - http://www.quintura.com/
Has developed a downloadable context-based web search client using data clustering,
visualization and context management, which works together with the major search
engines. Includes company profile, demonstration and weblog.
Search All Craig’s - http://www.searchallcraigs.com/
SearchAllCraigs is a website that allows you to search all of Craigslist from one search
box, that’s something that the main Craigslist site has never made possible. Watch how
I use this handy feature to find outsourcing staff. Let me know if you think of some other
uses for this useful website.
Shopwiki.com - http://www.shopwiki.com/
ShopWiki is an Internet shopping search engine. ShopWiki has stores, products, and
buying guides to help you find what and where to buy at the best price.
Snap.com - http://www.snap.com/
Search engine using click-stream information from a network of Internet users to
improve relevancy.
Social Mention - http://socialmention.com/
Social Mention is a social media search engine that searches user-generated content
such as blogs, comments, bookmarks, events, news, videos, and microblogging
services.
SortPrice - http://www.sortprice.com/
Comparison shopping search engine that allows shoppers to compare prices from
various online merchants and browse products sorted by category.
Streetprices.com - http://www.sortprice.com/
StreetPrices is a price comparison shopping search engine specializing in consumer
electronics and computer parts.
The Directory of U.S Associations - http://www.marketingsource.com/directories/
associations/us/
The Directory of Associations is a trusted and comprehensive source of information on
well over 60,000 professional, business, and trade associations as well as 501c nonprofit organizations, charity institutions, and community institutions throughout the U.S.
TheFreeLibrary - http://www.thefreelibrary.com/
TheFreeLibrary offers free, full-text versions of classic literary works from hundreds of
authors and a collection of periodicals from many leading publications.
Tweetzi - http://tweetzi.com/
Search tool that allows users to find and track useful information from the Twittersphere.
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Twibs - http://twibs.com/
Twibs is the Twitter Business Directory. Our directory of twitter businesses has over
26,564 businesses who twitter. Add your business to the list today and join the twitter
business list to help you find followers.
Universal Business Listing - https://www.ubl.org/
UniversalBusinessListing.Org is a Directory Industry service that allows businesses to
post their business listing once and have it posted to all major Online Yellow Pages,
Search Engines, 411 Directories and other vertical industry Directories. The Universal
Business Listings are a service of Name Dynamics, LLC. They include a listing of items
sold by the business, services provided, business category, specializations, brands,
products, hours of operation, credit cards accepted, local video and logo.
Whos Talkin - http://whostalkin.com/
WhosTalkin.com is a social media search tool that allows users to search for
conversations surrounding the topics that they care about most. Whether it be your
favorite sport, favorite food, celebrity, or your company’s brand name; Whostalkin.com
can help you join in on the conversations that you care about most.
Yahoo - http://in.yahoo.com/?p=us
Welcome to Yahoo!, the world’s most visited home page. Quickly find what you’re
searching for, get in touch with friends and stay in-the-know with the latest news and
information.
Zip Code Lookup - http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States
government, established in 1971 as an “independent establishment of the executive
branch”, responsible for providing postal service in the United States.
SEO Resources Andy Hagans - http://andyhagans.com/
Offers services to build permanent, relevant links. Includes link building articles.
Bad Neighborhood - http://www.bad-neighborhood.com/text-link-tool.htm
Tools for Webmasters and Search Engine Optimization Specialists.
Blackhat World - http://www.blackhatworld.com/
BlackHatWorld is a backhat SEO Forum dedicated to learning black hat seo, cloaking,
doorway pages, blogging, automatic content generators and more.
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BlogsThatFollow - http://blogsthatfollow.com/
This is the link directory where you can submit the URL to your Blog.
BuildMyRank - http://www.buildmyrank.com/
How Can Build My Rank Help Build My Search Engine Rankings? It’s quite simple
really. To rank higher, your site needs incoming links from many different sources.
CommenHunt - http://commenthunt.com/
CommentHunt is a search engine that helps you find High Page Rank DoFollow Blogs
to get some quick links
Complete Search Analytics - http://searchanalytics.compete.com/
Compete helps you benefit from click-sharing by providing free services that create a
more trusted, transparent, and valuable Internet.
Distilled-Excel for SEO - http://www.distilled.net/
Excel for SEO is a guide we wrote up to help SEO professionals get meaningful
information from mountains of data.
Drip Feed Blasts - http://www.dripfeedblasts.com/
Drip Feed Blasts is the perfect system to provide your websites with a hands off link
building experience. All sites need link juice flowing to them on a daily basis.
DropmyLink - http://dropmylink.com/
DropMyLink searches for .edu blogs, .gov blogs and other SEO friendly sites to add
your links to.
Enamul.info - http://www.enamul.info/
Internet marketing service, link building service, data entry service, manual craigslist ad
posting service.
Endless Rise - http://www.endlessrise.com/
Endless Rise, Inc. is the only exclusive SEO Reseller Firm in the USA who is NOT open
to the general public. We are strictly a 100% White Label SEO Reseller Provider.
Ericward. Com - http://www.ericward.com/
Specialized internet promotion and press release services for high-end web site
launches.
Google Adwords Traffic Estimator - https://adwords.google.com/select/
TrafficEstimatorSandbox
The Google AdWords Traffic Estimator is a tool that let’s you estimate the traffic to your
site for new keywords (AdWords) without adding them to an account.
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ibusinesspromoter - http://www.ibusinesspromoter.com/
iBusinessPromoter is a SEO software tool that includes tools for search engine
submission, web page optimization, link building, and keyword research.
Internet Marketing Secrets Newsletter - http://www.internetmarketingsecrets.com/
How to advertise, promote and build your business online. Get more sales, produce
more product and achieve higher profits.
Internetmarketingsecrets.com/downloads - http://
www.internetmarketingsecrets.com/downloads/
Marketing ebook downloads, MP3 files and whitepapers. Learn all about internet
marketing, affiliate programs, ebook publishing, writing a newsletter and building a
successful online business.
JYSE.com - http://jyse.com/
Offers some do follow stuff.
LazyUrl - http://www.lazyurl.com/
Internet marketing website promotions and search engine optimization.
LinkAssistant - http://www.link-assistant.com/seo-spyglass/
SEO SpyGlass is an extremely powerful competition research tool designed to let you
see EXACTLY how your competitors got to the top in Google, Bing or Yahoo! search
engines.
Link-Assistant.com - http://www.link-assistant.com/
Guaranteed Top 10 rankings on Google, Yahoo, Bing and any other search engine. Get
all SEO tools you need in one pack. Download SEO PowerSuite Free Edition now.
Linkdiagnosis - http://www.linkdiagnosis.com/
Easily see backlinks from your competitors. Our LinkDiagnosis tool can show you all the
important information about your competitor’s links. The report includes pagerank,
anchor texts, no-follow information and more.
Linking Matters - http://www.linkingmatters.com/
Contains free reports that provide detailed guidelines, worksheets and resources for
running an effective linking strategy to gain both traffic and quality link popularity.
Linking101 - http://www.linking101.com/
Provides information, links, and resources to assist webmasters in understanding and
creating inbound links to their site as a means of promoting it.
LinksBulletin.com - http://www.linksbulletin.com/
LinksBulletin is an online forum and bulletin board system where members meet to
establish one way and reciprocal link arrangements to improve Internet visibility. Start
building a better Web for your online community and exchange links with quality
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websites that complement you content – you’ll notice the difference in site traffic and
increase your Web exposure almost immediately.
Linkvana - http://www.linkvana.com
LinkVana is a Next Generation linking service that takes your snippets of original &
unique content that you control, that are relevant to your sites topics and automatically
propagates your snippets across our large network of Blogs.
MAJESTICSEO - http://www.majesticseo.com/
Site Explorer provides Competitor Link Intelligence to SEO specialists.Majestic SEO
offer a number of tools to access this valuable resource.
MarketSamurai - http://www.marketsamurai.com/
Discover the best keywords and your competitors weaknesses with our keyword
analysis tool.
Mass Article Control - http://www.massarticlecontrol.com/
Fire your human article writer and article submitter guy because now you can do
it faster, better and cheaper by using these two state-of-the-art push button article
marketing software tools!
Matt Cutts - http://mattcutts.com/blog/
A Google associate gives insight into the company, search engine index updates and
SEO issue
Planet Ocean - http://planetocean.com/
Planet Ocean Communications – Since 1997 Planet Ocean has been revealing all of
the latest SEO techniques and search engine marketing strategies to SEO
professionals who seek top rankings on Google, Yahoo, MSN Live, and ASK.com.
PUBCON - http://pubcon.com/
WebmasterWorld’s PubCon events are for thought leaders in search engine and
Internet marketing professionals to gather to share best practices in the design,
development, promotion and marketing of their businesses and brands.
RankPay - http://www.rankpay.com/
Discover performance-based SEO services. Incredible results and no setup fees.
Hundreds of websites benefit from our hassle-free service.
RIO Revolution - http://www.roirevolution.com/
ROI Revolution provides Google Analytics expert assistance and training, Google
AdWords configuration and management, and Urchin Software sales and support.
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SCRAPE BOX - http://scrapebox.com/
ScrapeBox the Ultimate Link Harvester, Mass WordPress and Movable Type Comment
Poster Complete with PR Storm Mode and Bulk Pagerank Checker.
Searchenginewatch.com - http://searchenginewatch.com/
Search Engine Watch is the authoritative guide to search engine marketing (SEM) and
search engine optimization (SEO), offering the latest news about search engines.
SEMcheck - http://www.semcheck.com/
SEMCheck is a fast, affordable, and accurate way to analyze a web site the same way
the search engines do. It offers accurate and affordable SEO audit tool for SMB’s and
search marketing pros.
Senuke X - http://www.senuke.com/x/
Now You Can Own The First Three Pages Of Search Listings!
SEO Book Meta Tag Generator- http://tools.seobook.com/meta-medic/
Learn how to create a good page title and the meta description and keywords tags.
Create perfect meta tags using Meta Medic, our free meta tag generator.
SEO Book-Rank Checker - http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/rank-checker/
Track where your site ranks in Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft Bing Search using the free
Firefox rank checker.
SEO Book-SEO Firefox - http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/seo-for-firefox.html
SEO for Firefox is a free Firefox extension which adds many search engine optimization
data points into Google’s SERPs and Yahoo!’s SERPs on the fly.
SEO Book-SEO Tools - http://tools.seobook.com/link-tools/
Free link analysis and keyword research tools brought to you by SEO expert Aaron
Wall.
SEO Digger - http://www.serparchive.com/
Seo-Traffic-Guide - http://www.seo-traffic-guide.de/
Find Do-follow blogs! Blogs that do not use the nofollow tag pass links to google and
thus help you gain better rankings when you comment there.
Seobook.com - http://siteanalytics.compete.com/seobook.com/
Website profile of seobook.com – traffic charts, graphs, popularity rank, ratings, trust
safety profiles, scores, deals, promotional codes, and more.
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Seoprofiler - http://www.seoprofiler.com/
SEOprofiler.com is a cool online SEO software with backlink analysis, AdWords
analysis, competitive intelligence, website optimization, keyword research and much
more.
SeoQuake - http://www.seoquake.com/
SeoQuake – seo toolbar, plugin, seo extension for Mozilla Firefox. Seoquake is a
powerful tool for Mozilla Firefox, aimed at helping web masters who deal with search
engine optimization and internet promotion of web sites.
Seotoolbars - http://www.seotoolbars.com/
We have reviewed all the major free and custom search and SEO toolbars.
ShoeMoney - http://www.shoemoney.com/good-karma-list-machine/
Blog about trying to make it in the world of search engine optimization, search engine
marketing, and generally trying to make a living online.
SocialMarker - http://www.socialmarker.com/
Social Marker is a service designed to aid in the process of submitting websites and
web pages to social bookmarking and social news sites like Delicious, Reddit, Digg and
Stumbleupon to name a few.
Syndk8.com - https://www.syndk8.com/
Make Money Online Utilizing Internet Marketing Strategy, Blackhat SEO and Techniques
with the Most Respected and Most Trusted of Internet Marketers
Tagcloud - http://www.tagcloud.com/
Automated Folksonomy tool. TagCloud searches the RSS feeds you specify, extracts
keywords from the content, and lists them according to relevance.
Traffic Geyser - http://www.trafficgeyser.com/
Traffic Geyser is a tool that submits your videos to video social networking sites like
YouTube. You will create a video of your product or service, and then use Traffic Geyser
to submit it to sites like Google Video and YouTube.
Urltrends - http://www.urltrends.com/
UrlTrends is a service that helps you track your marketing, perform competitive
intelligence and get the data you need to make better domain purchases.
Web CEO - http://www.webceo.com/
Offers web site promotion services and advice on keyword research and search engine
optimization and submissions.
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WebMasterWorld - http://www.webmasterworld.com/
Brett Tabke hosts professional webmaster and search engine promotion
discussions.This site is a service to the web site administrator community
WICKEDFIRE - http://www.wickedfire.com/
Affiliate Marketing Webmaster Forum. A great place to learn SEO, web design and
development, and internet marketing along with affiliate marketing strategies.
Wordze - http://www.wordze.com/
Wordze’s keyword research tools are a premiere collection of keyword services that
allow you to quickly find new keywords to target and analyze search competitiveness.
Xenu’s Link Sleuth - http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
Xenu’s Link Sleuth (TM) checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on
“normal” links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets,
scripts and java applets. It displays a continously updated list of URLs which you can
sort by different criteria. A report can be produced at any time.
Yieldsoftware - http://www.yieldsoftware.com/
Home of the Yield Web Marketing Suite, a Web-based system that optimizes natural
search page rank (SEO), paid search (PPC) campaigns, and landing page content, all
in one fully automated solution.
You Get Signal - http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/web-sites-on-web-server/
This tool performs a reverse IP domain check which takes the domain name or IP
address of a web server and searches for other sites known to be hosted on that same
web server. Data is gathered from search engine results, which is not guaranteed to be
complete. Knowing the other web sites hosted on a web server is important from both
an SEO and web filtering perspective, particularly for those on shared web hosting
plans.
Shopping
Amazon.com - Bestsellers - http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/
The most popular items on Amazon.
Amazon Movers and Shakers - http://www.amazon.com/gp/movers-and-shakers/
The biggest gainers in Amazon sales rank over the past 24 hours.
Amazon New releases - http://www.amazon.com/gp/new-releases/
The bestselling new & future releases on Amazon.
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BackPages - http://www.backpage.com/
BackPage is a place find, buy and sell items locally or nationally. Everyone has heard of
craigslist- now take a look at their biggest competition- BackPage.com. With a cleaner
layout and ease of use, you can search for anything you might need- products or
services. Listing ads is also very easy- simply select the category that applies. Almost
any product or service can be listed, and it can apply locally or nationwide. Take a look
today at www.BackPage.com and see what kind of bargains you can find!
Bizrate - http://www.bizrate.com/
Online shopping made easy with bizrate. Comparison shop for the lowest prices, check
store ratings & read product reviews before you buy.
Buy. com - http://www.buy.com/
Buy.com, The Internet Superstore, where you’ll always find the latest and greatest
brands at prices you can afford.
Ciao from Bing - http://www.ciao.co.uk/
Ciao is a European based online-shopping portal. Over 2,000,000 consumer reviews,
plus price comparisons and product ratings, for informed buying decisions.
Complaints Board - http://www.complaintsboard.com/
Complaints Board is a site devoted to consumer protection offers tip and tricks to help
you become a savvy shopper. To be forewarned is to be forearmed. This site will do just
that- you can learn from others bad experiences instead of you having to suffer through
yourself. You will find everything from complaints posted in text to actual pictures of
faulty products. The site also contains extremely helpful information in the form of
product recalls and tips on how to avoid being scammed or defrauded. Visit
www.complaintsboard.com today to prepare for your next shopping trip- good
information can make you a better shopper and save you from the headaches.
Dealio - http://www.dealio.com/
Provides online store coupon codes, user-generated daily deals, and comparison
shopping opportunities.
Deals Plus - http://dealspl.us/
Dealspl.us is an online social shopping community driven by its users and community. It
offers a distinctive place where user can share great bargains gathered from throughout
the internet.
Deal Tagger - http://www.dealtagger.com/
Your personal price comparison site. Tag and share the best deals you find on the web.
Social shopping.
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DealTime - http://www.dealtime.com
DealTime helps you save time and money every time you shop online. DealTime has it
all; millions of products, unbiased reviews and the comparison tools you need to find
great deals.
Find Gift.com - http://www.findgift.com/
Features a gift wizard to narrow down gift ideas by gender, age, and holiday, or special
occasion. Also offers an email reminder service, registry, and links to online gift shops.
Ebid - http://ebid.net
The worlds online auction marketplace. Buy & sell just about anything in our free listing
auction and fixed price environment.
Half.com - http://www.half.com/
Half.com is an innovative online marketplace that brings together buyers and sellers.
Whether you are looking for the hottest new products or something hard-to-find, you can
find it at drastically reduced prices on Half.com. There are millions of products to
choose from in Books,Textbooks, Music, Movies, Video Games, and Game Systems.
Half.com is extremely user friendly; in fact anyone with an ebay account is automatically
a member of Half.com. Often sites like this only sell the old games or movies for the
deep discounts- not so here. New releases, games like Rock Band- everything on the
site is deeply discounted. The next time you are in the market for a new book, movie or
game- check out www.Half.com first!
Kaboodle - http://www.kaboodle.com/
Kaboodle is a social shopping community where people discover, recommend and
share products. Kaboodle’s powerful shopping tools allow people to organize their
shopping through lists, discover new things from people with similar style, get discounts
on popular products and find best prices.
Magazines.com - http://www.magazines.com/
Magazines.com is the leading independent publishing agent of discount magazine
subscriptions, featuring more than 2,300 publications. Magazines.com makes it easy for
customers to find magazines of interest and manage their magazine subscriptions.
Magsdirect.com - http://www.magsdirect.com/
Shop for major magazines at discount prices. including news, home and garden,
lifestyle, fashion, entertainment, and sports titles. Multi-year and renewal subscriptions
are also available.
Mysimon - http://www.mysimon.com
mySimon is a comparison shopping website owned by CBS Interactive. The site offers
shopping recommendations, buying advice, and side by side price comparisons for
various products. The site directs users to other shopping sites such as Amazon.com
when searching for products.
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Next Tag - http://www.nextag.com/
NexTag is a website for comparing online product prices. Find the Best Value for
Electronics, Home & Garden, Clothing, Hotels and So Much More! Find It. Love It.
Overstack.com - http://www.overstock.com/
Purchase name brands at clearance prices at Overstock.com! Buy discounted name
brand Bedding, Furniture, Jewelry, Watches, Electronics, Clothing, Books, Movies, and
Music for the lowest prices every day.
Planet Bargains - http://www.planetbargains.com/
Planet Bargains features continuously updated online bargains with all the latest sales
and coupons on discounted computer sales, inexpensive laptops, digital cameras,
discount clothing, cheap shoes, deals on dining and more.
Plastic Jungle - http://www.planetbargains.com/
Planet Bargains features continuously updated online bargains with all the latest sales
and coupons on discounted computer sales, inexpensive laptops, digital cameras,
discount clothing, cheap shoes, deals on dining and more.
Price.com - http://price.com/
Helps users make product decisions by offering price comparisons for a variety of items.
PriceGrabber - http://www.pricegrabber.com/
Lists hardware and software products being sold online below cost.
Price Runner - http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/
Compare UK prices, read user reviews, expert product reviews and online shopping
guides. PriceRunner help you find the best price, latest products and online shopping
deals.
Price SCAN - http://pricescan.com/
PriceSCAN is your unbiased guide to finding the best prices. Compare prices, view
price trends and read reviews.
Retail Me Not - http://www.retailmenot.com/
RetailMeNot is the easy way to find online coupon codes. Enter these codes at the
checkout page of participating merchants for instant discounts. RetailMeNot contains
more than 150,000 coupon codes for stores and items from across the web. Dedicated
to the frugal shopper, retailmenot.com is a must- bookmark site offering online coupon
codes, printable coupons and tips for saving money when shopping online or offline, all
year round. The next time you shop online, before you complete your purchase check
out www.RetailMeNot.com- you won’t regret it!
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Shop.Simpli.com - http://shop.simpli.com/
Find best gifts ,Unique Gifts, Corporate Gifts for Son, Brother, Dad, Uncle, Grandpa,
Boyfriend, Fiance, Husband, Daughter, Sister, Mom, Aunt , Grandma, Girlfriend,
Fiancee, Wife, Friend, Teacher and Boss at Shop.impli.com
ShopLocal.com - http://www.shoplocal.com/
Find discount shopping when you compare local prices in your neighborhood.
ShopLocal.com helps you find coupons and sales from your favorite stores.
Shopping.com - http://www.shopping.com/
Shopping.com is a leading price comparison site that allows you shop online for the
best deals and lowest prices. You can read unbiased product reviews and compare
prices online. Online shopping has never been as easy!
Shopzilla - http://www.shopzilla.com/
Shop smart and shop fast at Shopzilla! Read reviews, compare prices, and get the right
product at the right price every time.
Smarter - http://www.smarter.com/
Shop and save at Smarter.com: Compare prices, coupons and rebates from thousands
of online stores to get the lowest price.
StyleFeeder - http://www.stylefeeder.com/
StyleFeeder (www.stylefeeder.com) is an online service that allows users to share and
organize the great stylish things that they find online.
The Find - http://www.thefind.com/
TheFind.com’s goal is to search every store online and quickly find the top products,
brands, stores, and styles for your search.
This Next - http://www.thisnext.com/
Shopcasting network where you can discover, recommend, and share things you love
with other buyers.
uBid - http://www.ubid.com/
uBid.com is an online marketplace owned by SunRise Bidders, Inc. that offers goods for
sale both in an auction and fixed price format through the website www.uBid.com. The
Marketplace offers goods owned by the company and items sold by pre-approved uBid
Certified Merchants.
Wists - http://wists.com/
Social community based on bookmarked websites. Install a bookmarklet then begin
building your lists of things on the web with automatic thumbnail image links.
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Software
Applian Technologies - http://applian.com/
Applian Technologies develops and provides world-class affordable streaming media
recording software to the Windows user. Maker of pocket PC software, including photo
viewer, programmable calculator, file encryption, games, and utilities.
AVG Free Anti Virus - http://free.avg.com/
Download the most trusted free antivirus and anti-spyware security software for
Windows 7, Vista and Windows XP. Get free virus protection now! Free antivirus
download.
CopyScape - http://copyscape.com/
Copyscape is a free plagiarism checker. The software lets you detect duplicate content
and check if your articles are original.Copyscape is used by content owners to detect
cases of “content theft”, in which content is copied without permission from one site to
another.
Dzoic - https://wwx.dzoic.com/
The best solution to run your own business just like MySpace, Facebook, Youtube.
Handshakes – social networking script in PHP. ClipHouse – video sharing script in PHP.
Expose2- http://expos2.com/
Expos2 produces groundbreaking tools for the events, publishing, and expositions
industries. We focus on bringing the inherent interactive strengths of the web to
customers of all sizes. We believe that virtual and physical expos can live side by side
and allow producers to recognize massive backend and administrative savings while
bringing trend setting experiences to their customers and attendees.
Faster Audio - http://www.tryfasteraudio.com/
Faster Audio is a small piece of software you can download and install on your
computer. Once installed, you can suck in any audio files (seminar recordings,
interviews etc) and speed it up at the touch of a button. Within a few days of using this
software you can literally be learning twice the speed that you used to, so it’s a
phenomenal productivity tool. It’s also super easy to use, which is very important. Try it.
You’ll never look back!
GeticeBerg - http://geticeberg.com/
Build scalable, extensible workflow software with .net workflow and BPM without coding.
Use simple visual tools to create data, forms, layout and process.
GoToMyPC - http://www.gotomypc.com/remote_access/remote_access
GoToMyPC is a remote control software service that enables the user to operate their
computer from another computer, over the Internet. Citrix Online, a division of Citrix
Systems, produces GoToMyPC.
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Inkling - http://inklingmarkets.com/
Hosted software for prediction markets that improves predictive business intelligence,
forecasting, identifies value of new ideas, and helps forge new collaboration channels.
Internet Download Manager - http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/
Internet Download Manager enables you to download files up to 5 times faster. It’s a
very clever utility that tricks websites into believing that your computer is 5 different
computers all asking for the same file.
Interspire - http://www.interspire.com/
Interspire creates shopping cart, email marketing, e-commerce, content management
and knowledge management software used by over 20,000 companies worldwide.
Jing Project - http://www.jingproject.com/
www.JingProject.com enables you to capture processes on screen as a video/movie
that you can easily send to someone, or post on your own website. It’s similar to
Camtasia, but faster, and easier to use. It’s ideal for liasing with outsourcing staff.
Joyent - http://www.joyent.com/
Joyent is a global cloud computing software and services company offering cloud
computing solutions worldwide since 2004. Increase growth and widen margins by
operating public, private, and hybrid clouds and managing services on your existing
networks.
LogMein - https://secure.logmein.com/
LogMeIn is a suite of software services that provides remote access to computers over
the Internet.LogMeIn gives you the flexibility to access and control your computers from
anywhere.
Microsoft Bizpark - http://www.microsoft.com
The guide to working with Microsoft for software startups and their investors.
Ninite - http://www.ninite.com/
Ninite Easy PC Setup is a website that offers silent unattended installation of multiple
programs at once. Simply select from several popular software programs, download a
single installer, and click to install them to your computer without babysitting the
installation.
OnlyWire - http://onlywire.com/
Auto-syndicate your online content and social status to the top social networking sites
with one click.
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OpenOffice.org - http://www.openoffice.org/
OpenOffice.org, commonly known as OOo or OpenOffice, is an open-source application
suite whose main components are for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations,
graphics, and databases. It is available for a number of different computer operating
systems, is distributed as free software and is written using its own GUI toolkit.
Otaku Software - http://www.otakusoftware.com
One click uploiads. Upload your website with a single click.
PASSPACK - http://passpack.com/en/home/
Password vault software. Passwords and other sensitive data are encrypted by the
browser before being sent to the server for storage and later retrieval.
PDF Escape - http://www.pdfescape.com/
PDFescape is a free of charge web-based PDF editor program written in JavaScript,
HTML, CSS and ASP. It features PDF editing, form filling, page arrangement, printing,
saving, , etc. PDFescape offers online storage of PDF documents for a limited time.
PDFescape can be used with all common browsers such Firefox, Internet Explorer, and
Safari and Opera.
PDF to Word - http://www.pdftoword.com/
PDFtoWord is a free software that allows you to convert pdf documents to word
documents. Anyone who has had to convert or edit an Adobe Acrobat document (also
known as a pdf file) knows that it is not an easy process. PDFToWord.com has solved
that problem. Simply go to the site, select the format that you need the pdf file converted
to and enter your email address. The work is done for you! Using PDF-to-Word
conversion technology, you can quickly and easily create editable DOC/RTF files,
making it a cinch to re-use PDF content in applications like Microsoft Word, Excel,
OpenOffice, and WordPerfect. Best of all, it’s entirely free!
Primo PDF - http://www.primopdf.com
Offers a free PDF creation tool. Convert to PDF from any application, create and secure
PDF files from Word, Excel, and hundreds of file types. PDF output with no ads or
watermarks.
Prisma Star - http://www.prismastar.com/
PrismaStar’s® patented product discovery technology, AnswerOil®, helps retailers and
manufacturers sell more products.
Runmy Process - http://runmyprocess.com/
With our workflow software, no knowledge of coding is needed for using cloud
computing services. It also offers easy SaaS integration features.
ScreenSteps Desktop - http://www.bluemangolearning.com/
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ScreenSteps makes creating software documentation simple, fast and fun. By
combining screen capture, imaged editing and document authoring into a single
application, ScreenSteps simplifies the documentation process.
Tamtamy - http://www.tamtamy.com/
TamTamy is a software solution to create and develop Enterprise Social Networks and
Communities. TamTamy offers a flexible and integrated set of services and social tools
to improve business functions, foster internal collaboration and innovation as well as
extend business relationships with stakeholders and customers.
Unisfair - http://www.unisfair.com/
Unisfair powers virtual events, trade shows, online job fairs, virtual business
environments, and recruiting events
Vonage - http://www.vonage.com/
Vonage is a publicly-held commercial voice over IP (VoIP) network and SIP company
that provides telephone service via a broadband connection.
WebEx PCnow - http://pcnow.webex.com/
WebEx is the #1 web conference provider in the world. WebEx PCNow gives you
access to your PC or Mac regardless of where you are. WebEx leads the way in web
conferencing
WebEx PC Now - http://pcnow.webex.com/
WebEx is the #1 web conference provider in the world. WebEx PCNow gives you
access to your PC or Mac regardless of where you are. WebEx leads the way in web
conferencing
Xobni - http://www.xobni.com/
www.Xobni.com is a clever add-on for Microsoft Outlook. It creates a panel in the right
hand side of your Outlook email window. This gives instant access to all kinds of useful,
context sensitive data including the contact information of each contact, frequency of
mailing, and a lot more.
Zooz Ajax - http://ajaxpresents.com/
ZoooS.com – Your Online Productivity Center. ZoooS develops and distributes thin
client software that runs on any standard web browser, regardless of the operating
system. The focus is on a business to business model with one of the products’ greatest
assets being its easy integration into other web sites.
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Stock Images
Big Stock - http://www.bigstockphoto.com/
BigStockPhoto provides designers with an alternative to high-priced stock photography,
in addition to providing photographers with a marketplace to sell their work. Why pay
$50-$100 for a stock photo when you can get it for about $1.50? They offer the highest
quality print and web resolution images – both photos and vector art – for virtually every
use. Additionally, their royalty-free licensing agreements cover usages that other so
called “royalty-free” agreements fail to offer – such as use within web design templates.
If you are a creator and seller of web design templates most services like Getty and
Photodisc, etc. limit your ability to resell your templates with their so called “royalty-free”
photos in them – but not at BigStockPhoto!
CITRIFY - http://www.citrify.com/
Free web-based photo editor. Citrify is a easy and fun way to enhance your personal
photos.
DreamsTime - http://www.dreamstime.com/
Stock photography community providing high quality stock photos and stock images.
Free photos added weekly. Users upload their own files and receive a percentage from
each sale.
Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/
Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in
the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately
show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a
cameraphone.
Gettyimages - http://www.gettyimages.com/
We offer high-quality, diverse and relevant stock photos, stock footage, stock music and
editorial images for creative professionals. Search today.
IStochphoto - http://www.istockphoto.com/
iStockphoto is the Internet’s original member-generated image and design community.
Find your inspiration on the world’s leading royalty-free stock destination. Search for
over 3 million photographs, vector illustrations, video footage and Flash files. Buy stock
or sell stock – or both.
Photobucket - http://photobucket.com/
Photobucket is the premier destination for uploading, downloading, sharing, linking and
finding photos, videos and graphics. Host all your images and videos for free, then
share them by email or on social sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.
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Pond5 - http://www.pond5.com/
Pond5.com is the world’s first open marketplace for stock video footage, and it’s a better
way for video professionals to buy or sell stock footage for use in productions. Video,
film and television producers anywhere in the world can find and buy instantly
downloadable, broadcast quality royalty-free footage for use in their productions. Video/
film creators and content owners around the world can offer their owned work for
licensing and use by others. And, like any vital marketplace, people are able to connect,
collaborate and share creative inspiration.
Snapfish - http://www2.snapfish.in/snapfishin/welcome
Snapfish is a web-based photo sharing and photo printing service currently owned by
Hewlett-Packard. Members can upload files for free, and are given unlimited photo
storage. However, members must place a paid order with Snapfish within a year or their
files are deleted.
SpinXpress - http://www.spinxpress.com/
SpinXpress is used by independent global media producers to create videos, music
compilations, and other collaborative media projects. This website is a compilation of
stock photos and video that producers can use. You can search for Creative Commons
License Media- this way you can produce your videos without having to deal with
copyright issues.
Stock.Xchng - http://www.sxc.hu/
www.Sxc.hu is a stock photo site with more than 350,000 images contributed by more
than 30,000 independent photographers. Many of these are print quality (300dpi).
There’s something for everyone here, even obscure niches!
Stockvault - http://www.stockvault.net/
Stockvault.net is a stock photo sharing website where photographers, designers and
students can share their photographs and images with each other. Stockvault’s sole
purpose is to collect and archive medium and high resolution photographs that
designers and students can share and use for personal and non-commercial designs.
For years Stockvault.net has catered it’s visitors with free imagery, “ready to use” web
layouts and logos; and helped those who don’t have the means to turn to the royalty
free agencies. They are in no way trying to compete with royalty free stock, but rather to
fulfill the need for “somewhat” free stock imagery.
Tradebit - http://www.tradebit.com/
Unmetered bandwidth / traffic to anybody, who wants to sell files online (with PayPal,
Google Checkout or clickbank). The place to sell your digital goods: MP3, Photo,
Shareware – any download!
Vivozoom - http://www.vivozoom.com/
Vivozoom has a simple but compelling tag line: “Commercial Images You Can Trust”.
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Are all stock image websites created equal? Apparently not. Vivozoom is the first to
guarantee that images licensed from them will not result in legal problems for you. On
top of that, they claim that their images are at least 40% cheaper than other big-name
stock image websites. Vivozoom is definitely worth a look!
Testing and Tracking
Are my Sites up? - http://www.aremysitesup.com/
SIMPLE Website monitoring. If your website goes down, shouldn’t YOU be the first to
know about it?
Attentio - http://attentio.com/
Attentio is a global company specialised in Social Media Monitoring. Attentio Brand
Dashboard is used to monitor, benchmark, and analyze mainstream media and social
media such as blogs in one web-based platform to provide comprehensive real-time
insight into consumer interests and attitudes and identify new market trends.
Attention Wizard - http://attentionwizard.com/
Attention Wizard is brought to you by the website conversion rate optimization
specialists at SiteTuners. SiteTuners was launched in 2002 to improve the technology
used for conversion optimization. Since then, the company has developed a
comprehensive portfolio of both consulting and conversion optimization testing tools and
services.
Attributor - http://attributor.com/
Attributor is the leading provider of digital content protection solutions for the publishing
industry. Attributor offers products that enable publishers to identify and verify copy
infringement, enforce authorized use, analyze market demand and montetize digital
content.
BrandsEye - http://www.brandseye.com/
BrandsEye, an Online Reputation Monitoring Tool keeps you informed about what’s
being said about your brand, and lets you mould your reputation online.
bubbl.us - https://bubbl.us/
Web-based collaboration and brainstorming service. Take notes and build mind-maps
online.
Clicktale - http://www.clicktale.com/
ClickTale takes the guess work out of website optimization, conversion analysis and
usability research. Knowing how visitors use your website will enable you better target
specific audiences, improve customer satisfaction and increase conversion.
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Clicktracks Pro - http://www.clicktracks.com/products/pro/index.php
ClickTracks Professional features robust analytics, ROI tracking, revenue conversion,
and marketing campaign performance, all merged into a professional, multi-user web
analytics package.
Contextured - http://www.contextured.com/
Meltwater Buzz is a global social media monitoring tool that enables comprehensive
tracking and analysis of user-generated content on the web.
CrazyEgg - http://www.crazyegg.com/
Create tests to figure out what people are doing on your website, including heatmaps,
top 15 referrers, what search terms, operating systems and browsers, and much more.
Cross Browser Testing - http://crossbrowsertesting.com/
Cross browser compatibility testing across browsers and operating systems. Automated
screenshots and Live browser testing of ajax, css & javascript.
Dingitsup - http://dingitsup.com/
Ding It’s Up is a free service that alerts you via text (SMS), twitter or email when a
website goes down or when it comes back up. We will never send you a text/email
unless it is to inform you about a website you requested information for – you can
unsubscribe at any time.
Distilled - http://reputation.distilled.co.uk/
At Distilled, we concentrate on one thing: helping your company get more business from
the web. We’ll bring more visitors to your site. We’ll help them find the information they
need. And we’ll keep you up to date with developments, to keep you one jump ahead of
your competitors
Garlik - http://www.garlik.com/
We are increasingly participating in activities online, leaving a trail of personal
information behind making us vulnerable to identity fraud.
Google Analytics - http://www.google.com/analytics/
Google Analytics is the enterprise-class web analytics solution that gives you rich
insights into your website traffic and marketing effectiveness. Powerful, flexible and
easy-to-use features now let you see and analyze your traffic data in an entirely new
way. With Google Analytics, you’re more prepared to write better-targeted ads,
strengthen your marketing initiatives and create higher converting websites.
Google Code-Page Speed - http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/
Page Speed is an open-source project started at Google to help developers optimize
their web pages by applying web performance best practices.
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HeySpread - http://heyspread.com/
HeySpread is the first professional, robust and scalable Video Distributing and Tracking
Web Service. It allows companies to mass-distribute, to promote and track their video
assets over the Web, easily, quickly and efficiently.
Ikarma - http://ikarma.com/
Based in Jupiter, Florida, iKarma Inc. specializes in providing reputation and customer
feedback systems for businesses and professionals. iKarma’s mission is to help create
prosperity, commerce and eudaemonia by forging greater trust and openness in
business transactions. iKarma Inc. is a public company that trades under the symbol
IKMA.
Iopus - http://iopus.com
Download security and internet monitoring software, password recovery, and Internet
power tools. Offers a series of consumer guide pages for useful information.
Logaholic - http://www.logaholic.com/
Logaholic is a web analytics solution you can use to monitor your web stats and site
performance. It is geared towards helping you to improve your web site’s Conversion
Rate and ROI.
Monitter - http://www.monitter.com/
Monitter is a real time twitter search tool that enables you to monitor a set of keywords
on twitter. It also allows you to narrow the search to a particular geographic location,
allowing you to find out what’s going onin a particular part of the world.
Nielsen Online - http://www.nielsen-online.com
Netratings measures more than 90% of global internet activity and provides insights and
internet data about audiences, advertising, video, and consumer behavior.
Optimost - http://www.optimost.com/
Optimost enables your organization to maximize conversion rates on your website
based on the real-time behavior of actual customers. Using advanced online testing
techniques coupled with industry-leading technology, Optimost provides your company
with a simple solution for testing virtually limitless permutations of copy, offers, layouts,
and any other factors, resulting in dramatic increases in conversion rates and online
sales.
PearBudget - https://pearbudget.com/
Start an easy, simple budget for free. PearBudget is the simplest budgeting and
expense tracking tool on the internet. Create a spending plan, track your expenses,
control your finances.
Pipes - http://pipes.yahoo.com
Pipes is a powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content
from around the web.
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Radian6 - http://www.radian6.com/
Social media monitoring and analysis solution which comprises of web dashboard for
monitoring, queries, and real time analysis for PR and advertising professionals.
RivalMap - http://www.rivalmap.com/
RivalMap is web-based software that gives companies of all sizes an internal hub for
tracking and sharing market, competitor, or customer-related information.
saucelabs - http://saucelabs.com/
Save QA time and money by automating cross browser testing with Sauce Labs’ hosted
Selenium.
SEO Book - http://www.seobook.com/
Search is the most powerful marketing medium ever created because it is demand
driven. We don’t see that changing anytime soon, and SEO Book helps clients leverage
search to grow their businesses to their full potential.
SM2 - http://sm2.techrigy.com
A software solution designed specifically for PR and marketing agencies to monitor and
measure social media.
SpeedTest - http://speedtest.net/
Test your Internet connection bandwidth to locations around the world with this
interactive broadband speed test
StatCounter - http://www.statcounter.com/
StatCounter A free and reliable web tracker, hit counter and real-time detailed web stats.
The Search Monitor - http://www.thesearchmonitor.com/
Competitor Monitor: Measure market share, track ad copy changes, learn the best day
parts, get alerted about special offers, uncover new competitors. Trademark Monitor:
Catch trademark abuse on paid search, track brand buzz web wide.
trackur - http://www.trackur.com/
Offers white-labeled social media monitoring tools. Get your free monitoring account
today!
TubeMogul - http://www.tubemogul.com/
Track online video viewership trends and statistics on video sites like YouTube and get
rich metrics from your own video player with TubeMogul.
UsetrackthiS - http://www.usetrackthis.com/
Track Your Packages Over Email, Text message, iPhone or Twitter No more refreshing
pages. No more wondering if packages have arrived yet. With TrackThis, we’ll send you
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near instant updates via Email, SMS messaging, RSS feeds, iPhone push notifications
or Twitter. We track UPS, Fedex, USPS, DHL and several other carriers.
Vertster - http://www.vertster.com/
Conversion rate marketing tool. Measure and simultaneously test your internet
marketing effectiveness.
Viralheat - http://viralheat.com/
Viralheat is a social media monitoring and analytics platform that delivers real-time data
on over several different video, microblogging platforms and millions of websites. Our
goal is to make data simple and understandable to empower consumers and
professionals to navigate the complex world of social media.
WebPageTest - http://www.webpagetest.org/
Run a free website speed test from around the globe using real browsers at consumer
connection speeds with detailed optimization recommendations.
Webtrends - http://www.webtrends.com/
Webtrends provides web analytics and other software solutions related to marketing
intelligence. The company was founded in 1993 and now serves more than 10,000
large and small firms.
Youcalc - http://www.youcalc.com/
Youcalc lets you mash data from any data source, crunch it, and publish it as an
interactive chart widget – zero coding required, youcalc – smart widgets that bring data
streams to life.
Travel
AirFare Watch Dog - http://www.airfarewatchdog.com/
“AirFareWatchDog is an airfare alert and comparison site that includes fares on *all*
airlines. The difference in this site from some others is that this site employs actual
people to search fares. The AirFareWatchDog team of fare experts tells you about
“”hidden”" fare reductions and alert you to $0 “”blooper”" fares and other air fare
bargains that you might otherwise miss. And they also provide straight talk about finding
low air fares on the Web. The site also contains route maps for all major airlines so you
can research your options before you ever search fares. The next time you have a trip
to plan, check out www.airfarewatchdog.com- you may end up with more shopping
money for souveniers!
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cFares - http://www.cfares.com/
Find cheap tickets on the web at cFares. Features a travel search engine to locate
discount air fares, car rentals, and hotel rooms.
CouchSurfing - http://www.couchsurfing.org/
CouchSurfing offers profile listing, discussion groups and a place to arrange free
accommodations around the world.
Escape Artist - http://www.escapeartist.com/
Interested in second passports, starting your own country, Swiss banking, and all the
other things I wouldn’t dare print in this book? This site is a fantastic resource. When
our President starts WWIII, you’ll want to have an escape plan. Drop me a note from
the Caymans or jail, whichever comes first.
Fly Europe - http://www.1800flyeurope.com/
1-800-Fly-Europe has the cheapest tickets to Europe. Make us our one stop shop
for flights, hotels, car rentals & more!
Gas Buddy - http://www.gasbuddy.com/
GasBuddy offers an online method for website visitors to post and view recent retail
gasoline prices. This is an extremely valuable site for anyone who has to drive a lot. The
site shows the entire range of gas prices for your area. It also allows you to search for a
particular station and compare those prices. There is a spot at the bottom of the page
where viewers are asked to enter in the prices from their area, and as an incentive are
entered in a drawing for a $250 gift card. Check out the site today- www.GasBuddy.com
and start your savings!
Geo Page - http://www.geopage.com/solutions
GeoPage is a location-based platform company that builds interactive web and mobile
applications. Through a suite of innovative geo-web application services, GeoPage
provides a one-stop hosted geolocation platform solution used by travel, hospitality,
local news, real estate, and retail customers to build, manage, and measure rich and
dynamic location-based experiences for the web and mobile.
Global Freeloaders - http://www.globalfreeloaders.com/
GlobalFreeloaders.com is an online community, bringing people together to offer you
free accommodation all over the world. Save money and make new friends whilst
seeing the world from a local’s perspective!
Grid Skipper - http://gridskipper.com/
The urban travel guide. Weblog about major cities around the world.
Home Away - http://www.homeaway.com/
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Find vacation rentals worldwide, including Florida vacation rentals, Hawaii vacation
rentals and villa rentals in Europe. Rent direct from owners and save with HomeAway.
Hostels.Com - http://www.hostels.com/
Includes a worldwide hostel database, a guide to budget travel, the backpacker news
wire, and message boards.
Hotel Chatter - http://www.hotelchatter.com/
Collaborative web publication for travelers who research and purchase hotel
reservations online.
Inter Home - http://www.interhome.com/
Interhome offers more than 40,000 vacation homes in all popular destinations within
Europe and the US. As an affiliate member of Interhome you will always profit in a
simple manner.
Kayak - http://www.kayak.com/
Kayak is a travel search engine. Which means they search hundreds of travel sites from
all over the world, provide the information to you in an easy-to-use display and send you
directly to the source to make your purchase. They help you find the perfect flight, hotel,
cruise, or rental car. Once you make your choice, they link to the travel sites to make
your purchase. Kayak allows you to choose which site to purchase from — through an
online travel agency or consolidator such as Orbitz or Airfare.com. Kayak’s search
engine can find all kinds of travel products — from flights and hotels to rental cars and
cruises.
My Family Travels - http://www.myfamilytravels.com/
A wealth of family vacation ideas with honest reviews of all-inclusive resorts, kid-friendly
hotels, new destinations, cruises, travel and baby gear, health and safety tips.
Orbitz - http://www.orbitz.com/
Book cheap airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, vacations and travel deals on
Orbitz. Get our cheapest airfare and hotel deals or a cash refund with Orbitz Price
Assurance.
Outside Online - http://www.outsideonline.com/
Outside magazine, America’s leading active-lifestyle and adventure-travel magazine
dedicated to covering the people, activities, gear, art, and politics of the world outside.
Priceline - http://www.priceline.com/
Priceline.com is a company that operates a commercial website that helps users obtain
discount rates for travel-related items such as airline tickets and hotel stays. The
company is not a direct supplier of these services; instead it facilitates the provision of
travel services by its suppliers to its customers.
RentVillas.Com - http://www.rentvillas.com/
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Rentvillas.com provides villa rentals and unique accommodations for authentic
European experiences.
RyanAir - http://www.ryanair.com/en
Cheap flights to Europe! Get the latest deals on airfare from UK and over 150 European
destinations. Ryanair is Europe’s largest low-cost carrier, the 2nd-largest airline in
Europe in terms of passenger numbers and the largest in the world in terms of
international passenger numbers.
Side Step - http://www.sidestep.com/
“Compare airfares with Sidestep, the traveler’s search engine, and check out special
flight offers for the best deals on airfare. Find cheap airfares, discount hotels, car rentals
and cruise deals to popular travel destinations worldwide.”
The Hospitality Club - http://www.hospitalityclub.org/
The Hospitality Club is an organization that brings together travelers and locals.
Members can find lodging or tours, send messages, and post comments about their
experiences.
Thorn Tree Travel Forum - http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/
Thorn Tree travel forum – exchange travel information, advice, hints and tips. Get help,
get connected, get inspired, have your say.
Transitions Abroad - http://www.transitionsabroad.com/
Publishers of magazines and books about traveling, living, working, and studying
abroad. Includes a plethora of information to help plan your experience abroad.
Triplt - http://www.tripit.com/
TripIt allows you to compile all of your travel plans and documents in one central
location. It’s super easy to use. All you need to do to get started is forward your hotel,
flight, car rental etc booking confirmations to [email protected] – you’ll be setup with a
free account and they’ll email you back with the login details. I’ve found it very useful
because if I forget to take some documents, I can access the entire itinerary online, on
one page, and print out the details as required. It’s also useful to give to friends and
family so they can follow where you’re at on a long trip.
Vegas – Promotions.com - http://www.vegas-promotions.com/
“We all know that the best deals are on the hotel websites. But who has the time to look
at all the different websites to find the best prices? Explore the discounts at Vegas
Promotions and discover the incredible savings and security available to you when
booking directly with Las Vegas hotels. Remember, The odds may be stacked against
us at the tables, but these hotel discounts will definitely decrease the house edge! This
site allows you to search by date, by hotel name, or by price. Go to www.VegasPromotions.com; spend less on your room, have more money to play!
Virtual Tourist - http://www.virtualtourist.com/
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The single largest source of unbiased, user-generated travel content in the world. More
than 775,000 members contribute tips and warnings for more than 25,000 locations. Each location is covered in 13 separate categories, like Things to Do, Local Customs,
Shopping, and Tourist Traps. This is one-stop shopping for most mini-retirements.
Written Road - http://www.writtenroad.com/
Written Road provides resources for writers, travel writing job leads and tips on how to
land a gig.
URL Shortener
Bitly - https://bitly.com/
Bitly helps you collect, organize, shorten and share links. We are currently reinventing
how people discover and share content on the web.
BudURL - http://budurl.com/
Statistical link tracking for social networks and beyond. Shrink. Track. Grow.
Notlong.com - http://notlong.com/
Make a long URL notlong so it fits easily in emails without wrapping.
SnipURL - http://snipurl.com/site/index
Take the ugly long URLs all over the web and snip them into a snipurl that is short,
snippy, secure, memorable, and easy to share.
Sqworl - http://sqworl.com/
Sqworl makes it easy to organize and share multiple links with just one url. Easy and
clean visual bookmarking.
Thnlnk - http://thnlnk.com/
ThnLnk is not your everyday URL shorterner. ThnLnk creates semantic URLs by
allowing the user to describe the link and by preserving the domain name and adding a
time stamp. Compare it to TinyURL and others. It’s better.
Tinysong - http://tinysong.com/
Create music links that make it easy to share music for free with your friends.
TinyURL - http://tinyurl.com/
TinyURL is a URL shortening service, a web service that provides short aliases for
redirection of long URLs.
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Twitterlights - http://www.twitterlights.com/
TwitterLights is here so you can quickly and easily browse through the most popular and
most viewed Twitter profiles and posts. Stay updated, connected, and informed with
TwitterLights.
Video Sites
5min - http://www.5min.com/
5min is a place to find short video solutions for practical questions and a place for
people to share their knowledge. The idea behind 5min is very simple: any solution can
be visually explained in no more than 5 minutes. Their goal is to create the first
communal Life Videopedia allowing users from all over the globe to contribute their
knowledge by sharing visual guides in areas such as arts, business, fashion, sports,
health, tech, food, and much more. 5min’s basic philosophy is that everybody is an
expert in something and has something to teach others, so they created a place to
gather that collective knowledge onto one platform.
Academic Earth - http://academicearth.org/
Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth
access to a world-class education. As more and higher quality educational content
becomes available online for free, we ask ourselves, what are the real barriers to
achieving a world class education? At Academic Earth, they are working to identify
these barriers and find innovative ways to use technology to increase the ease of
learning. They are building a user-friendly educational ecosystem that will give internet
users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video
courses and lectures from the world’s leading scholars. Their goal is to bring the best
content together in one place and create an environment in which that content is
remarkably easy to use and where user contributions make existing content increasingly
valuable.
Adhysteria - http://www.adhysteria.com/video/index.php
Adhysteria.com is community-focused website offering hi definition video classifieds,
video auctions, photo classifieds ,events calendars, classified ad posting, and forums
for visitors seeking information about specific interests
Altus - http://www.altus365.com/
Altus’ enterprise video, brings you end-to-end video management software which will
enable you to not just capture, but also share and search rich media content right down
to the spoken word. With Altus vSearch, content can be accessed, located and re-used
on-demand anywhere.
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BOFunk - http://www.bofunk.com/
Funny Videos, Funny Video Clips, Funny Pictures, Funny Stuff and more updated daily!
ClipBlast - http://www.clipblast.com/
ClipBlast is a place to find online video from multiple websites including YouTube,
CNET and many more. There are so many video sites on the web, how can you search
them all at once? ClipBlast enables you to do just that. ClipBlast gives you the ability to
search multiple video websites for content. ClipBlast also offers a way to customize your
access to the video you want and build your personal video library. From the obvious to
the obscure, you can find anything you want to see. Everything from instructional to
entertaining, this is the most comprehensive web video tool available.
Crackle - http://www.crackle.com/
Crackle is a video site where you can view movies, TV shows and complete series free
online. Crackle is a multi-platform next-generation video entertainment network that
distributes digital content including original short form series and full-length traditional
programming from Sony Pictures’ vast library of television series and feature films. The
content is all on demand, and all free. The shows can be viewed in HD- all streaming
over the web. Check them out today- www.Crackle.com
Ehow - http://www.ehow.com/videos.html
eHow.com is an online community dedicated to providing the how-to for everything from
complex projects to how to complete day to day tasks. www.eHow.com provide the
ability to research, share, and discuss instructional solutions. Their library has more
than 600,000 articles and 160,000 high-quality videos. These have been written and
produced by experts, and also, by people just like you – people who’ve figured out how
to complete a variety of tasks. These range from the simple to the complex, very large
projects to small relatively simple things. This is a great resource for anyone, the simple,
easy to understand, and step by step instructions make any project seem less daunting.
Take the time to search www.eHow.com before your next project and take the stress out
of your day.
EZS3 - http://www.ezs3.com/
eZs3 is a media service for independent producers who have their own Amazon S3
account and want to spend more time deploying their video & audio and less time
programming.
Free Video Lectures - http://www.freevideolectures.com/
FreeVideoLectures is a place to find video lectures on many topics delivered by some of
the best professors around. FreeVideoLectures offers lectures on a variety of topicseverything from business lectures to nanotechnology. Their lessons on entrepreneurship
feature lessons to be learned from Google. As you can see the topics and content are
as highly rated as the professors who deliver them. Take a look today at
www.freevideolectures.com and see what you can learn!
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Google Videos - http://video.google.com/
Search millions of videos from across the web. How Cast - http://www.howcast.com/
HowCast From How to Write a Resume to How to Jump-Start Your Car, Howcast
provides the answer to any how-to question. From the obvious to the specialized,
anything you might need is available. There is an entire library of how to videos to
search thru. Howcast engages consumers to watch and share free, useful how-to
videos. Information is offered in many different categories including but not limited to the
arts, business, fashion, sports, health, tech, and food. Most videos are produced inhouse at Howcast Studios, but Howcast also guides up and coming film producers with
scripts and generous incentives. Whoever you are- a person needing information, or a
producer looking for your big break- Howcast has it all.
Hulu - http://www.hulu.com/
Hulu is an online video service that offers hit TV shows, movies and clips. Are you tired
of being told when and where you have to see your favorite shows? Are you looking for
a better way to see them on demand? Hulu’s mission is to help people find and enjoy
the world’s premium video content when, where and how they want it. Hulu brings
together a large selection of videos from nearly 170 leading companies. Users can
choose from more than 1500 current primetime TV hits, movies and more. Setting up an
account is easy, but you don’t even need to set one up to begin viewing. Watching your
favorite shows has never been easier!
iViewTube - http://www.iviewtube.com/
“iViewTube.com is a user friendly video and audio music site with a rapidly growing
community
that offers the best videos and mp3 music files to listen, watch and share.
Join Now and start uploading your favorite clips and songs to share with the world. “
Livecage - http://livecage.com/
Livecage is social networking website that allows video conferencing; broadcasting live
video and audio content; posting video and audio on demand, pictures.
LiveVideo - http://www.livevideo.com/
LiveVideo broadcast yourself live, watch, chat, interact, connect and share videos with
people all over the world.
MediaMobz - http://mediamobz.com/
MediaMobz is a leader in managed video production. Our global network of producers
and our collaborative Screening Room(TM) make it possible to produce your video
anywhere – affordably and on time.
MetaCafe - http://www.metacafe.com/
Metacafe is a community based video sharing web site, that specializes in short-form
original entertainment, where users upload, view and share video clips.
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MySpace Videos - http://www.myspace.com/videos
Find and get the latest photos, videos and more.
Nabbr - http://nabbr.com/
Nabbr is The Gen Y Online Video Network with exclusive video distribution on 400+
social networking “resource sites” 12-34 year olds use to customize their social network
profile pages with apps, widgets, backgrounds, etc.
Screencast - http://screencast.com/
Screencast.com is a TechSmith solution for business and academic professionals
looking to manage and share videos, images, documents, or anything else online. Free
online storage and sharing with Screencast.com. 2 GB of storage and 2 GB of
bandwidth per month for free.
Screencast-o-matic - http://screencast-o-matic.com/
Screencast-O-Matic is the original online screen recorder for one-click recording from
your browser on Windows, Mac, or Linux with no install for FREE!
SeesMic - https://seesmic.com/
Join the video conversation on Seesmic, a video message board. Watch videos and
then post video responses.
Spike - http://www.spike.com/
Watch full episodes and exclusive show highlights on SPIKE.com!
The Secret Strategies Behind Many “Viral” Videos - http://techcrunch.com/
2007/11/22/the-secret-strategies-behind-many-viral-videos/
I will share some of the techniques I use to do my job: to get at least 100,000 people to
watch my clients’ “viral” videos.
Viddler - http://www.viddler.com/
Viddler is a fresh, creative web application that allows you to upload, enhance, and
share digital video easily and quickly inside your web browser. Why another video
sharing site? This can be a fantastic form of free marketing for your business. The
startup is free, there are no space limitations and you can customize the player. It can
link back to your site,and you will have the capabilities to post comments throughout
your videos. There is also the capability to track viewership and ad sharing with the
business membership. So whatever your business, more customers are always
welcome. Drive them to your site with videos posted on Viddler!
Yahoo! Video - http://video.yahoo.com/
Offers features to upload, share, rate and watch videos.
Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/
YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created
videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others
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across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and
advertisers large and small.
Video Tools
Animoto - http://animoto.com/
Animoto is a web application that, with the click of a button, produces videos using
images and music that a user selects. Using their patent-pending Artificial Intelligence
developed to think like an actual editor & director, the resulting video has the emotional
impact of a movie trailer and the visual energy of a music video.
Article2Video - http://www.article2video.com/
“Create tens of videos in a few minutes from your articles on auto-pilot with this cuttingedge World’s First Article to video converter!”
Esnips - http://www.esnips.com/
Social music, video, and photo and sharing site where people can upload media, share
it with friends, and access it remotely.
Kewego - http://www.kewego.com/en/
Kewego is a video platform provider website. Leading-edge video solutions for Internet,
Intranet, mobile and screen networks.
Magnify.net - http://magnify.net/
Site that lets users find, filter, upload, and share videos from across the Web and create
a branded video channel that they control.
ooVoo - http://www.oovoo.com/home.aspx
Free high quality video chat and video conferencing from ooVoo. Talk live face-to-face
with up to 6 people at once.Calls can be recorded in real-time and six-way video
chatting is supported. ooVoo provides real-time comments and warnings about
performance and usage, and has a connection speed display that gives an indication of
latency.
Pamela for Skype - http://www.pamela.biz/en/
A versatile and easy to use Skype audio and video recording software.
Pixorial - http://www.pixorial.com/#home
Pixorial a free video sharing service making it easy to send, upload, edit, organize and
share your videos – from anywhere, to anywhere.
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Qik - http://qik.com/
Qik is a mobile live video streaming and two-way video conferencing application that
allows users to stream live video from their cell phones to the internet. Qik enables
users to record and upload video directly from supported cell phones.
Sf Video - http://www.sfvideo.com/
Offers duplicate and package video, audio, CD, and DVD replication projects.12.
SitePal - http://www.sitepal.com/
SitePal is an easy-to-use and affordable speaking avatar solution that enables small
businesses to enhance their web presence and improve business results with virtual
speaking characters. With its ability to engage site visitors and reinforce a call to action,
SitePal has been proven to increase site traffic, conversions, loyalty and sales.
TubeMogul - http://www.tubemogul.com/
www.TubeMogul.com enables you to distribue your videos on various video sharing
sites like Viddler, YouTube, Metacafe, Blip.tv and many more – for free!
Web Design and Development
Affiliate Theme - http://www.affiliatetheme.net/
Build a wide variety of dynamic, high converting affiliate marketing websites using a
single theme – Affiliate Theme.
Bg Patterns - http://bgpatterns.com/
Web based tiled backgrounds designer, create any pattern your site needs just for few
minutes. Adjustable size, pictures, colors, texture and transparency.
Bigcartel - http://bigcartel.com/
Big Cartel is a simple shopping cart for clothing and tee designers, bands, record labels,
jewelry makers, crafters, and other artists.
Business Catalyst - http://businesscatalyst.com/
Business Catalyst is an easy-to-use hosted CMS with all the tools you need to build and
deploy anything from static brochure websites to eCommerce stores. And it’s built for
web designers like you.
ColorSchemeDesigner - www.ColorSchemeDesigner.com
ColorSchemeDesigner is an easy to use and effective utility to design color schemes for
use in web sites.
Cssround - http://cssround.com/
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Tool that makes cool rounded design with 2 methods. A lot of css options are
customizable.
Curl - http://curl.com/
Offers a content language, a platform for interactive applications, and a unified
development environment.
Digital Web - http://www.digital-web.com/
Digital Web Magazine is an online magazine intended for professional web designers,
web developers and information architects. The magazine consists primarily of work
contributed by web authors, as well as by others who occasionally delve into the web
realm. We put emphasis on and provide recognition for contributed work.
Doodle Kit - http://doodlekit.com/
Perfect for small business websites. Doodlekit features user-friendly tools with no web
design experience required, including blog, photo uploads, forums, eCommerce, form
makers, and more.
Edicy - http://www.edicy.com/
Edicy was created in order to provide businesses and individuals a straightforward
service that they could use to create professionally designed websites quickly without
any technical knowledge. Edicy is so easy to use you can build a site for your business
or organization and have it live on the internet in a matter of minutes. All the tools are
available online with no additional software required, just pick one of our beautifully
made designs, enter your text, add your images and then publish your site to your own
custom web address, it’s that simple.
Gogofrog - http://www.gogofrog.com/
Gogofrog – Imagine building a unique 3D web site within just a few minutes… and best
of all it’s absolutely FREE.
Google Code - http://code.google.com/
Google’s official developer site. Featuring APIs, developer tools and technical
resources.
Google Code – Closure Tools - http://code.google.com/closure/
The Closure tools help developers to build rich web applications with JavaScript that is
both powerful and efficient.
Google Code-Google Web ToolKit - http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/
Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a development toolkit for building and optimizing complex
browser-based applications. Its goal is to enable productive development of highperformance web applications without the developer having to be an expert in browser
quirks, XMLHttpRequest, and JavaScript.
Google Sites - http://sites.google.com
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Google Sites is a free and easy way to create and share webpages.
Groupie Guide - http://groupieguide.com
The free and effortless way to organize and promote your group. Create your free group
website in 15 seconds. GroupieGuide is absolutely free to use, completely ad-free, and
is currently establishing a freemium revenue model.
Homestead - http://www.homestead.com/
Allows companies or individuals to create web sites online.
Indigloo - http://indigloo.com/
Indigloo website builder helps anyone to create,design and publish website on his own
in 3 minutes.
Iompi - http://iompi.com/
Iompi lets you quickly make your own website on your own computer where publish
your shopping cart website and sell.
Izzywebsite - http://www.izzywebsite.com/
IzzyWebsite is the best tool to work with ready-made web templates. There is over 8000
web templates you can choose from! IzzyWebsite is the easiest way to work with web
templates!
Jigsy - http://jigsy.com/
Jigsy offers the easiest way to build a website with no code and no hassle.
Jimdo - http://www.jimdo.com
Create a free website with Jimdo’s website builder! With 500 MB storage, you can drag
and drop to make a website, upload over 12,500 pictures, & use our beautiful layouts or
make your own. Make your own website for free: no previous knowledge required.
Let’sEat - http://www.letseat.at/
Free restaurant website templates and hosting. Sign up for a free website today!
Macrocasa - http://www.macrocasa.com/
Macrocasa is a web-based software: let you manage your business in the best and
simplest way ever. With a mobile device is like carrying your office in the palm of your
hand!
Momentville - http://www.momentville.com/
Create a personal wedding website. It’s Free! Share details, photos, and videos. Send
invites and collect RSVPs. Your wedding website will never expire!
MyMe - http://my-me.com/
MyMe is a web based service aiming to provide an exciting and fun way for web users
to create a visual identity for their blog, MSN, Yahoo, Flickr, Skype and Xanga profile
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and many more. MyMe allows users to create a personal identity to personalize a web
profile.
Noahs Classifieds.org - http://www.noahsclassifieds.org/
Noah’s Classifieds Ads Software with Paypal, Joomla, WordPress and Authorize.Net
NOAH has helped thousands of customers, businesses and web developers transact
online through our simple classified ads listing software. Noah’s is E-commerce enabled
Outsystems - http://www.outsystems.com/
OutSystems offers a complete Application Development and Management solution to
develop, deploy, manage and change enterprise web applications.
Pattern Tap - http://patterntap.com/
A collection of interface design solutions from all over the web, where users can mark
patterns they like, and learn from other’s design solutions.
Php Fox - http://www.phpfox.com/
PhpFox is a Social Networking PHP script that is easy to install and packed with
features and modules such as profile, blogs, forums, groups etc. The community portal
allows you to easily manage your site directly from the admin panel and the product is
non-encrypted – giving you the option to customize your site’s design and all the
features to the fullest. Start your own social network today!
Piczo - http://www.piczo.com
In this photo website builder and community, users can add items such as images, text
content, videos, glitters, shout-outs, and profile pages.
Pixie - http://www.getpixie.co.uk/
Pixie is a free, open source web application that will help you quickly create your own
website. Many people refer to this type of software as a content management system
(cms), we prefer to call it a small, simple, website maker. Download and try Pixie here.
Post282 - http://www.post282.com
Post282 is a place where you can create and run your own private community websites
for chatting with friends, sharing images and movies, posting links to cool stuff you find
on the web, and a whole bunch of other stuff!
Privacy Policy/ TOS Generator - http://www.bennadel.com/coldfusion/privacypolicygenerator.htm
Create your privacy policty and terms of service (TOS) document by simply entering
your company name and state of business.
PsycHo - http://psyc.horm.org
The Free weblog template generator by Aideen. Here, you can generate your blog’s
template without any require to HTML knowledge; even in Farsi language!
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Roxer - http://www.roxer.com/
Roxer is an easy-to-use, free online tool that lets anyone create beautiful web pages
without programming.
SiteKreator - http://sitekreator.com
SiteKreator is a website builder that allows anyone to instantly design, build and publish
elegant, fully-branded, and interactive business websites.
Snipt.com - http://snipt.org/
Easily share and embed source code. Snipt lets you share source code in any of
dozens of programming languages, formats it, and then generates a short URL you can
share or embed.
Squarespace - http://www.squarespace.com/
Since its inception, Squarespace has blossomed into a product that powers tens of
thousands of sophisticated websites for businesses, bloggers, and professionals
worldwide. Squarespace has been mentioned in both the Wall Street Journal and
BusinessWeek, as well as on countless other blogs and news sites.
Templatemonster.com - http://www.templatemonster.com/
Premium website templates, flash templates, web templates and other web design
products for immediate download at Template Monster – world renowned website
templates provider.
Terapad.com - http://www.terapad.com/
Create a free website, fast and easy! Complete website builder for personal or business
websites with free hosting.
Text to PNG - http://text2png.com/
Text2PNG.com provide webmasters with the ability to convert their website headlines
and navigations to PNG images automatically. The process is very simple and
automated, it works by adding a small JavaScript file and selecting which tags to
replace. The purpose of this script is to ease editing graphical headlines and
navigations.
Themeforest - http://themeforest.net/
Buy Website Templates and WordPress Themes from ThemeForest – the largest
marketplace of its kind for Site Templates and CMS Themes.
themespress - http://themespress.com/
ThemesPress is a service that allows you to automatically convert your HTML and CSS
based design into a WordPress blog theme, allowing you to take full control of the look
of your blog without having to know or bother with PHP. Get your design powered by
WordPress in minutes!
Web.com - http://www.web.com
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Web.com Website Design and Online Marketing. Create your own website and get a
FREE domain name. Build sites with email, hosting, and secure ecommerce features,
plus small business tools like call tracking and online scorecards.
WebScriptlab - http://webscriptlab.com/
Web script lab can help you translate your ideas into script, provide ajax loading gif
generator, ajax web, ajax application and ajax script.
Website Ribbon - http://www.websiteribbon.com/
Free advertising banner web design tool to make on websites a corner diagonal banner
ad containing a message and optional link.
Weebly - http://www.getweebly.com/
Weeblyis a nifty online website creator that helps you create a free website and blog.
Choose from dozens of professional design templates or create your own. You can add
videos, pictures, and anything you fancy by simply clicking and dragging. They’ll host
your site for free and you’ll never have to worry about the hassle of advisements
showing up on your site.
Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/
Wikis are simple web pages that groups, friends, and families can edit together. Starting
your wiki at Wikispaces is fast, free, and easy.
Wirenode - http://wirenode.com/
Create rich mobile pages and mobile websites with minimal effort. Include images,
mobilize your blog from RSS an do much more.
Wix.com - http://www.wix.com/
Online application for creating and publishing Web content. Create websites and
embeddable flash objects with audio, video, images, and text, then publish anywhere on
the Web.
Wordpress - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/
The Google Analytics for WordPress plugin allows you to track your blog easily and with
lots of metadata.
Wordpress- Google XML Sitemaps - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/googlesitemap-generator/
This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines to better
index your blog.
Yola - http://www.yola.com/
Allows anyone to build their own great looking website, with free hosting provided. It has
an easy to use interface with no downloads required
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Work Resources
Dave’s ESL Café - http://www.eslcafe.com/
The meeting place for ESL/EFL teachers and students from around the world. Features
lessons, job board, teaching ideas, vocabulary lists, quizzes, teacher forums, and more.
I-resign.com - http://www.i-resign.com/
I-resign.com – The No.1 place for jobs and career advice. Features advice on resigning,
careers advice, CV articles, a discussion board and a job search provided by totaljobs.
Iwork with fools - http://www.iworkwithfools.com/
iWorkWithFools allows you to read or anonymously share work-related stories about the
foolish coworkers and bosses we all deal with daily.
Working Overseas - http://www.workingoverseas.com/
The BIG Guide to Living and Working Overseas by Jean-Marc Hachey, the world’s best
international career guide for college students & young professionals.
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