Today we have a quick episode as I explain unroll.me. This tool examines your inbox and helps identify all those old email subscriptions that you signed up for (and continue to get emails that you never read). It’s quick, easy and fee.…

If you’ve ever used Google Hanougouts On Air, you know they are a great way to broadcast live for free. hey have some great tools like chat, screen sharing, etc. That’s the good news. When it comes to setting up, and launching a Google Hangout there are a lot of hurdles to jump over, and [...]…

Gumroad is a service that makes it super easy to sell digital and physical products, get great stats, and keep your links secure. You can even set up the system to let your audience choose the price. If you give away the product for free, there are no fees. Typical fees are 5% and .25 [...]…

Do you know the REAL secret to making money online? The KEY is in having your own email list… When you have a list, you can write a short email, send it to your list and watch as the sales start coming in. While most people understand the power of a list… Most are confused [...]…

Today I found a great solution for anyone who wants to offer something besides Paypal as a payment processor. I found out about Stripe. According to their website: “Stripe is a simple, developer-friendly way to accept payments online. We believe that enabling transactions on the web is a problem rooted in code, not finance, and [...]…

When it comes to business automation there are two tools that are going head to head. One is infusionsoft (some times called “consufionsoft”) and the other one that I hear about is Office AutoPilot. Both are $300. Both (I’m sure) require some time spent learning the system. With Office Autopilot there’s a money back guarantee [...]…

If you’re looking to start a website that is based around a store, shopify is something you should look at. You can try it for 14 days, and start as low as $14 to get things started. The next plan is $29, and can go up to $59 if you want to create coupons. If [...]…

I learned about this tool from the boys at Internet Business Mastery. Its a great tool that allows you to manage tasks, and get everyone on the same page. In the past, it seems most of these tools add another task which is “Learning how to manege the project management tool.” This is super intuitive, [...]…

Today we look at a free tool where you can setup a contest for people to promote your site. They get a point for entering themselves, but then are taken to another page where they can earn points for referring friends. You can use this tool for free, or go pro (where you get to [...]…

Today’s tool is a tool I purchased call Scarcity Samurai. It’s way cool. It’s way easy. It’s way powerful. Powerful Countdown Timer for WordPress You can set up a campaign for that will be a one time event, or maybe its a reoccurring event. Either way Scarcity Samurai can handle it. You have multiple options [...]…

Today I’m playing with Brain Shark a free tool that allows you to take your PowerPoint slides and put them on the internet. You can add audio via phone or use a microphone (I used an Audio Technica 2100 which is only $37 and plugs in via USB or with a mixer). This tool then [...]…

Today we look at a tool called Launch Rock that allows you to set up a FREE landing page. Then when people enter their email address to get updates when a product launches, they are taken to a second page where they can share your page. It tracks who is emailing, tweeting, liking, etc. You [...]…

WP Central Hub Manage Multiple Sites With No Monthly Fees We’ve spoken in the past about Manage WP, and CMS Commander, now there is a plugin (with no monthly fee) that you can install. It’s not quite as powerful as the previously mentioned sites (no backup management, cloning, etc). but if you are looking to [...]…

This is a really inexpensive plugin that is going to help your website get the results that you want. 1. Add scarcity and a sense of urgency with a countdown timer. 2. Help your website go viral with built in sharing buttons 3. Build a quick funnel that looks awesome. 4. Great stats to show [...]…

Survey Gizmo Takes Your Surveys to the Next Level We talked about surveys in the past. We’ve mentioned Survey Monkey and the wordpress plugin called “Surveys.” Today I found a great tool if you’re really looking to take customer service to a new level. If you are looking to create a dynamic survey that branches [...]…

Rhino Support is from the same team who created Wishlist products. I love their commitment to customer service, and now they have a tool that changes the game when it comes to providing great customer service. It is designed to work fast, be very powerful, and be simple (much of the work you do in [...]…

Manage Multiple WordPress Sites and Generate Great Content with CMS Commander I checked out CMS Commander that I heard mentioned onthe WordPress Plugins A To Z podcast and went over to check it out. I recently talked about Manage WP on the podcast and this is somewhat similar, but it does have a unique slant. [...]…

Today we have an interview live from the New Media Expo floor with the folks at Raventools, and we talk about a free tool to put youtube videos on your website and have them looking great,. Dyn.com Sponsor Get Faster Internet by Using Dyn for DNS Visit Dyn.com/podcast30  fill out the contact form or start [...]…

In today’s show we look at a tool to help you earn income from your website. I learned about it at the New Media Expo. It’s called Cemmerce. Here is that their website has to say: “Cemmerce content monetization tools offer the highest accuracy and relevant sales information available to content creators today.The free solution [...]…

Today we get to hear me interview James from Managewp.com which is a great website for anyone who is managing multiple WordPress installations. This does more than just provide access to ALL of your WordPress installtions, it can run security checks (to make sure you have no malware), it can schedule backups (to Amazon S3, [...]…

If you are on a small budget you may not be able to handle the fees associated with services like GoToWebinar. You may also not need that many seats for your meetings. This is where Meeting Burner can come into play. I’ve used other free services and they tend to litter your meeting with a [...]…

Today I talk about unbounce which some might view as an alternative to Opitmizepress or Premise from the people at copyblogger.com, but when you look at the price – there is no comparison form what I see (its way over priced). Plans start at $49 a month. Then they go to $99 a month. If [...]…

I found a new tool if you’re looking to create basic wordpress theme from Scratch. It’s call Lubith, and you can create a basic WordPress Theme from scratch without knowing a bit of code.  It has a super easy interface. You simply grab an object and click and drag on one handle to move, and [...]…

If you are tired of all the noise in your twitter feed you might look into Manage Flitter. This tool does more than mass unfollows. Their PowerPost feature allows you to see the best time to post Tweets based on your account. They offer an analytics system to let your track your results. Their unfollow [...]…

Clarity.fm is an interesting website where you can list yourself as an expert as well as find experts. The best thing is you can pay them by the minute. So if you need a quick answer this might be the tool for you. When I went over to check out the site you have to [...]…

Artisteer 4 Adds New Features Artisteer is a new tool that we’ve talked about before. You can use this tool to make custom WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, themes without learning a new piece of code. It was cool before, and now they’ve added the following features: HTML 5 and CSS3 support Responsive web design allow you [...]…

Someone has taken a page from the Woo Commerce page. This is you create a free plugin that you allows you to sell digital products on your website, and then only charge for “extensions” (which you may, or if you’re using Paypal probably not need). An example would be if you want to use Amazon [...]…

Today I talk about using my new Square credit card swiper (very cool) a great customizable, responsive wordpress theme for $35. We have two tools for affiliate marketers, and I say thanks to all of our fans on Stitcher. Please note this is not me on video. BannerZon You can stretch the length of your [...]…

If you’re looking to boost your affiliate sales, bannerzon is a premium (inexpensive) WordPress plugin. This plugin helps you create banners that fit your website as you can create any size banner including: 300 x 250, 336 x 280, 250 x 250, 120 x 600, 160 x 600, 468 x 60, 728 x 90, 200 [...]…

For the next 3 days (midnight, October 10th), we’re giving away our wicked-cool, “Sneaky Affiliate” plugin – the Unlimited-site license – a $37 value – for FREE! What is so “sneaky about this plugin and what does it do? Sneaky Affiliate plugin allows you to create an exit popup. You know one of those, “Are [...]…

I was thrilled to see on the stitcher website that Weekly Web Tools we are #92 (and double woo-hoo as my other podcast about podcasting is #91). Thanks to all my Stitcher people who have been giving me the thumbs up. If you’re new to Stitcher, its a great way to consume podcasts on your [...]…

I want to thank Kyle of Artistsync.org (again) for sending in a great tool. I hesitate to talk about this tool as I’ve only been using it for a few days but I see how EASY this is going to make my life, and you can’t beat the price – IT’S FREE. What is it? [...]…

Viewbix Custom Video Skins Now that you have this great video, you might want to make it easy for your viewers to click and buy (or sign up for an email list). With viewbix you can: Add custom branding to your videos Add apps (like email forms) and calls to actions to your videos View [...]…

We all know that videos boost sales. We can do the old Powerpoint with Camtasia trick, but if you’re looking to stand out in the crowd that is not going to do it. You want something that looks like you went outside of the box to make a video. When you look into having a [...]…

When I first heard about Lead Player it was impressive that you could put a subscription form into your video. You could also put a “buy now” call to action button within your video. I was very tempted to purchase this player even though I already own Easy Video Player. I went over to the [...]…

Marketing Samurai is doing something they have never done. They are selling their SEO tool 50% off. You get a 50% HALF PRICE Discount off the retail price of Market Samurai. Given that the retail price of Market Samurai is $149, users who take advantage of this deal will be getting the full version of [...]…

I just came across a German website clickmap.ch (you can choose English at the bottom of the screen). For $20 a month (for one website) you install a small amount of code and this service will deliver a A Click Map showing you where people are clicking A heat map showing you the activity around [...]…

The boys at copyblogger have released a new version of their Scribe WordPress plugin. This tool started out as a keyword research tool, and it has graduated with each version into so much more. Packages start as $17 a month. HitTail Examples I didn’t realize this when I first spoke about HitTail in the podcast [...]…

Bring My Blog Visitors Back Plugin This plugin allows you to add things to your RSS feed, so if your feed gets scraped and put on another website you can still have items like: Related Posts Your Social Media Links Display the Number of Comments Show a Custom header Section for Your Website Display Custom [...]…

Directory Press Easy, Customizable, Directory Script for WordPress Directorypress has come a long way since the last time I used this. It’s a great tool that turns your WordPress install into a directory. Your listings can be added for free by your community, or you can charge to people to add their listing, and you [...]…

I’ve talked about tools that will create videos of your visitors as they visit your site. The WP Clicks plugin is a great plugin, and there are no monthly fees. The only issue is you only get to watch what the visitor is doing. You have to guess what they are thinking. I found and [...]…

When I first heard the word “Automated Webinar” and realized that this meant people were signing up for a webinar only to watch a prerecorded presentation. I thought, “Well that’s just wrong.” It seemed dishonest. Then I thought about the webinars I have held for my membership sites. I get a few people signing up, [...]…

SysAid Free Help Desk Software Some people are now using Help Desk Software to handle contact submissions (even if there is no official “help desk”). These can be useful to make sure that none of your customers fall through the cracks. I was on a site the other day that was using SysAid. This is [...]…

If you are tired of having all of your emails vanish off the first page of gmail, then I’ve got the solution for you. If you would love to have a reminder every day of what’s on your plate, then I’ve got the tool for you. If you’d like to have a to do list [...]…

I did a quick video on Covideo a few weeks ago when I started my free trial. It really is amazing. It is a video email system that allows you to not only send video from the web (or use their desktop application), it allows you to know when that video has been watched, by [...]…

Standard theme is a great, sleek WordPress theme used by people like Michael Hyatt. They have come out with a new version and here are the goodies: Mobile ready! The responsive layout adapts to screens of all sizes. Strong author branding opportunities are pervasive. Preview of how your post will look in Google, live as [...]…

While there are free services like Google Voice that allow you to put in a number and when someone calls your Google voice you can send the call to your cell, home, company phone. The person who called is going to hear how Google voice is trying to locate the caller. An inexpensive way to [...]…

I don’t know about you, but when I get ideas they come in bunches. When I log into twitter I feel bad for those who subscribe to me as I will tweet my face off for 30 minutes and then disappear for days. Well I found a free tool that will help you with that, [...]…

 I had a situation come up where I wasn’t going to make a deadline for a client. I had to go to work the next day, and all the software I needed was on my home computer. I didn’t feel like ordering GoToMyPC (I’ve used it in the past and…

When I was in college I worked at a Drive in restauarant. I was a car hop. We were all teenagers and college students. Every day someone called easking if they worked, or they drove in on their day off to write down their schedule. We weren’t the br…