Freshsales.io is a free CRM tool. For me I wanted a tool that was a simple place to store my contact, and track tasks and this will do it and send me email reminders when a task is due. It also has a mobile app. They have an extensive knowledgebase, but for me, I want a video tutorial that I can play on 2X to blow through the video manual and get to work. I know why companies don't do this. 1. English may be language number two for them. 2. They have to update the videos when they update the sof...
Sep 21, 2016•11 min
Full show notes at weeklywebtools.com/339
Sep 15, 2016•11 min
If you are looking for an “Add to Calendar” button or a “Subscribe to Calendar” button or an API for on the fly event creation or an Event Manager for your website or newsletters, then look no further. AddEvent offers an easy, convenient way to create event buttons. It's easy to use and install. So if you want people to add events (Webinars ) to their calendar via your web, or social media, this is a cool tool. The cost is $4.80 when purchased for a year. Check it out at addevent.com (http://www...
Sep 09, 2016•9 min
Today I found a plugin that stops your wordpress site from looking like Wordpress without changing and file structure, etc It's called Hide WP. and it's $23 Did you know you can get free stuff at Conde canyon every month? Check it out (https://codecanyon.net/?osr=tn&ref=jammindave) Support the show become a Patron
Sep 01, 2016•8 min
Today I'm talking about a membership platform called Thinkific. I heard about it via the Membership Guys who run the Membership academy (not to be confused by Marcus Couch Membership Coach ) . Here is my problem. I'm using Value Add On. I really like it. One of the reasons I purchased is was the price $37 a month. Their support is good. The bad news is you have to use JVZoo to accept paypal through them. JVZoo takes 5% in addition to the paypal fees. This is not surprising as Thinkific does the ...
Aug 25, 2016•12 min
This is a quick tool to help you make lead magnets. The trick is to wait for the pop up window that provides a one time fee pay model.
Aug 18, 2016•9 min
Today we have a tool that saves you time when making powerpoint slides. Here are the pros and cons: Saves you time as it makes it easy to find great looking graphics. Depending on how you have it setup, you may have disclaimers stating the images came from flickr. They require you to signup with a credit card -even for a free trial. You can then need to contact support to leave Support will then offer you a deal When you export your files to PowerPoint, they are formatted in what I can only call...
Aug 10, 2016•8 min
I just discovered Vidrack.com (http://www.Vidrack.com) this is a free tool that allows you to either Have a landing page where people can leave a video message. - Free Use their Wordpress plugin and have people leave messages on your site - $35/yr The video that you can then download is a .3gp format. The overall bit rate is 205 Kbps. The frame rate is 30 FPS. The bit depth is 8. The audio is 96 kbps mono. For those who want to nerd out on the specs: Complete name : C:\Users\David\Desktop\Darrel...
Aug 03, 2016•10 min
Today we have some tools I found to help drive people back to your site. Social Locker does just that, it locks content and the only way you can see it is to tweet, share, +, etc on social networks. This plugin costs $25 Show Down is a Hot/Not Rating kind of plugin used for content or pictures. It's a simple plugin that can have your audience helping your decide on your next logo, tag line, etc This WordPress plugin costs $23 The Photo Contest plugin does a similar thing to Show Down (it appears...
Jul 27, 2016•7 min
https://www.switcherstudio.com/ is an AMAZING software that allows you to create great live streaming or recording to Facebook, YouTube. It's $25/month
Jul 20, 2016•10 min
Leadly.com sounds like an interesting service. It integrates to let you know how many companies from your email list are visiting your website. The idea is you can uncover a need at the company and make some sales. Interesting. I went to their website. I read their frequently asked question. The one question I had and I'm sure it's frequently asked is "HOW MUCH IS IT?" There is no answer. Its free to sign up. No thanks. I hate companies that do this. Thanks for wasting my time.
Jun 29, 2016•8 min
If you've ever gone to those sites that have you pay $30 for a video intro based on some template that makes your intro look like everyone else's then you need to check out Vinci3D that allows you to make a unique logo for your videos in just few minutes. The prices starts at $47 a year.
Jun 23, 2016•7 min
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Jun 16, 2016•5 min
Most of my todo items come to me via email, and I've used Asana, and Evernote and both provide ways for you to send emails to those system. Once you memorize the items to put in the title it will automatically sort, stamp, etc your todo item. Cool? yes. Easy? Not so much. I've been able to forward the messages and make a big pile in my default folder and later I would have to sort them. Hard? No. Convenient? Not so much. Todoist is an an that pretty much works on anything. It syncs in the cloud,...
Jun 09, 2016•7 min
See weeklywebtools.com/326 (http://weeklywebtools.com/326)
Jun 01, 2016•10 min
I was emailing back and forth with Marcus Couch who is on the WP Plugins A to Z show. I heard him mention weeklywebtools.com/3 (http://weeklywebtools.com/325) 25 You edit everything from the front end, and much like most builders it is HIGHLY customizable. This also means that there are tons of little nooks and crannys that you need to check out so you can get the most out of the software. The video above is kind of long, but it does give you a complete guide to the software. I live the Divi the...
May 25, 2016•7 min
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May 19, 2016•6 min
Boomerang For Gmail http://www.boomeranggmail.com/ (http://www.boomeranggmail.com/) This tool allows you to schedule email to go later, as well as have it prompt you if a person has not responded to your email. You can also have Boomerang take a message out of your inox and put it back in later. It can help you: Remember to pay bills Schedule birthday/holiday notes when you have time to write them Make sure you follow up with a sales lead Communicate with people in different time zones Clear out...
May 12, 2016•10 min
Canva For Business This is a great tool, it allows you to add folders, add some branding to canva, set your default fonts and colors. My favorite is the abracadabra feature where you design one graphic and then order a twitter, facebook, tumblr, etc version and it just spits them out. All you have to do is drag and drop the elements into place and you're done. There is a video on this for patrons. Become a parton today YouTube Audience Retention Report Go directly to the Audience retention repor...
May 02, 2016•8 min
see weeklywebtools.com/321 EZ Popups (http://jvz2.com/c/59893/209064)
Apr 13, 2016•10 min
Alternativeto.net (http://Alternativeto.net) This is a cool site. If you find a tool you like, but maybe you don't like the price. You type in the name of the website or app, and it spits out an alternative to. For example, I just cancelled my lead pages account. I just wasn't using it enough to warrant the $40 a month . It brought up a bunch of landing page alternatives such as Landini, Front Meter (which looks really cool), http://unbounce.com/ Unroll.me Not sure where I found this, but I’ve b...
Apr 05, 2016•7 min
Email Spike This too allows you to put a video into your email that can play (this would be an mp4, and have a backup animated gif so if the browser doesn't display in the browser). You can also create a slideshow that you create write there in the software. You can also make a YouTube gif. This is a 10 second gif inside the email. You can also create a countdown timer that shows in your email. You pick the style of the timer, the end date, the font size, font style, and copy and paste some code...
Mar 29, 2016•7 min
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Mar 21, 2016•8 min
I was at WordCamp Dayton last weekend and these two tools kept coming up. The interesting thing is with SEMRush, it might be easier to say what it DOESN'T do than what it does. In a nutshell, you can spy on our competitors, and figure out what keywords they are using, how much they are spending, and what keywords would be a good fit for you The only thing missing from the feature list is a free pair of knives. The price starts at $69 a month and they offer a 7-day guarantee so if you're not sure...
Mar 08, 2016•8 min
Easy WP Local Host (http://jvz3.com/c/59893/202416) AD respark Ad Respark (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/adrespark) is a Flexible tool for making Facebook Ads. Their video shows you just click a few buttons and it switches it to a banner, or pinterest, etc. I did not have the same experience. I had to do some tweaking as an image for Facebook won't fit on a pinterest icon (in some cases). I don't beleive they purposely mislead you, but it's not quite as simple as their videos show. It is a nice ...
Feb 23, 2016•10 min
We all know you can click on the fears in the bottom right hand corner of a youtube video and choose to play it faster. This is not an option with videos served on the Wisita platform. So here is the hack around it Use Chrome and go to the page that has the video Right click on the video and choose HD only. Use the keystroke CTRL+SHIFT+J to bring up chrome's java tools Go CTRL+F to bring up the find tool and type "embed" there will be quite a few you typically want the one in the iframe. Click o...
Feb 18, 2016•8 min
I've been seeing a new tool pop up on more and more sites. This lead me to thinking, "What are they using to do this?" When I was using YNAB.com the owner let me know the software had been updated. When I was using Audiometric.io I was told that the system would be down by maintenance. So when I found this tool, and found out that you can start using it for $4 if you have less than 500 contacts in the database - it seems like a complete no brainer. You can take it for a spin for free for 30 days...
Feb 07, 2016•12 min
Today we have two tools that allow you to crate great images. Crazy Kala CrazyKala is a cool web based editor that is similar to Canva.com This is a different business model as there is an up front fee and that's it. With Canva it is free, but you pay for images you use ($1.00 each). It is $27 and expect to be upsold when you sign up. For more information check out crazykala.com (http://weeklywebtools.com/crazykala) Check out CrazyKala in Video (http://intelliplayer.com/watch/837221tu5) Foto Pre...
Feb 01, 2016•11 min
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Jan 25, 2016•13 min
See weeklywebtools.com/311 (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/311)
Jan 18, 2016•10 min
