Client Tools
I make my full breadth of business and technical experience available to you. I have been a technology enthusiast for 20 years and a professional Web Developer and Entrepreneur for 10 years, recently growing a software development company to a staff of 13. I have a lot of experience setting up and supporting small businesses.
Here are some of the tools and services I can help you customize and effectively use to help you save time and money and keep you focused on fulfilling your purpose:
| Wordpress The leading open-source blogging platform, and for a good reason. Truly excellent software. My website is built on it. www.wordpress.org |
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| HostMonster Reliable, inexpensive, professional web hosting. www.hostmonster.com |
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| PayPal The quickest and easiest way to get up and accepting payments or donations. www.paypal.com |
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| Eventbrite Simple to use and inexpensive event registration service. www.eventbrite.com |
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| Google Apps Email, calendar, tasks, documents, collaboration… it is enterprise software for free. Exceptional suite of services. www.google.com/apps |
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| Google Analytics Free, excellent, simple, website traffic statistics. www.google.com/analytics |
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| iContact Inexpensive and dead simple email marketing and newsletter service. www.icontact.com |
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| Mobile Integration Having your task, email and calendar on the go is a godsend, and a little tricky to get working. |
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| Skype For only $2.95/mo you get unlimited free calls to Canada and the US. Add a Logitech Clearchat wireless headset and you’re set. www.skype.com |
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| Dropbox Seamless, free, automatic online backup and synchronization with other computers. www.getdropbox.com |
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| Twitter Love it or hate it, Twitter is growing faster than Facebook, and for good reasons. 3 hours at a networking event will allow you to meet a dozen people once. 3 hours on Twitter will allow you to make connections with dozens of people, and reconnect with them several times over the coming months sharing valuable bits of information. Not a replacement for face-to-face meetings; an additional channel that lets you get to those ‘7 touches’ much faster. www.twitter.com |
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| Toodledo Task management made simple, portable, powerful and free. www.toodledo.com |
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| Panda Cloud computing is being utilized more and more. Panda Security uses the power of the cloud to provide free antivirus. www.cloudantivirus.com |
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| Jing Project Nearly perfect free tool for taking video of whatever is on your screen, while recording your voice over top if you like. Simple to use, free to share videos online, or pay $15 for high quality videos you can upload to YouTube. www.jingproject.com |
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| Yak Get your cell phone bill down to the minimum with Yak cell. www.yak.com |
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| KeePass Absolute best tool for storing your hundreds of usernames and passwords, PIN numbers, serial numbers and any other private info you can’t keep in your head. www.keepass.info |
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| Dual Monitors It doesn’t double your productivity, but pretty close. I can help you get setup with any type of computer and network configuration you need. |
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| Cloudmark Not free, but the most effective spam filter there is. www.cloudmark.com |
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| YouSendIt Quick, free site for sending files up to 100MB via email www.yousendit.com |
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| Gantter Free and easy online GANTT chart tool. Very simple and quick to use, and you can save your GANTT charts locally. www.gantter.com |
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| Mindjet The best mind mapping software there is. Excellent for brainstorming. $350.00 to buy. Free 30-day trial. www.mindjet.com |
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| Mind Meister Free online mind mapping software. Quite easy to use, simple, and you can share your mind maps with others. www.mindmeister.com |
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| Jott Online service for quickly transcribing voice to text. Just speak what you want into your phone and they take care of the rest. Emails, text messages, todos, notes and more. www.jott.com |
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