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June 20, 2009

Spy: Repeating History

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Spy Review

What does this tool do: Provides cross platform, up to the second updates on news from various social media.

Cost: Free

Who Needs It: Do you monitor the news?

Info Page: http://spy.appspot.com/find/%23iran?latest=25

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June 19, 2009

Wowzio: Widget Heaven

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Wowzio Review 

What does this tool do:   Provides free and useful widgets for your blog.

Cost: Free

Who Needs It:  Got a blog? You can use Wowzio.

Info Page:  http://www.wowzio.com/docs/faq

Comments:  

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May 7, 2009

spellr.us: Your Mom, Without the Baggage

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spellr.us Review 

What does this tool do:  Corrects your site’s spelling. 

Cost: Free

Who Needs It:  You, Doofus. (Dufus? Doofuss? Dummy?)

Info Page:   http://spellr.us/

Comments:  

Too easy to explain. Checks your site’s spelling and is meciless when it comes to correcting you. (HT Len Charnoff at www.timesavingtutorials.com)

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March 24, 2009

Market Samurai: Oh My

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Market Samurai Review 

What does this tool do: Keeps you from wasting time by entering a too-competitive market.

Cost: It doesn’t matter what it is this week. Buy it.

Who Needs It:  E-commerce Marketers

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March 1, 2009

Cligs: Count Your Clicks

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Cligs Review

What does this tool do: Shortens your long URLs (like TinyUrl), but also keeps track of how many click-throughs you receive via that link. That is the huge benefit of Cligs.

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February 10, 2009

PowerDirector 7: Not Your Father’s Edit System

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PowerDirector 7 Review

What does this tool do: Gives you the power to edit and post video to your webblog.

Cost: As low as $52.00 with an online coupon

Who Needs It: Do you want to use video, one of the most powerful marketing tools on the internet?

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October 31, 2008

SUMo: Software Updater

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SUMo Review 

What does this tool do: Identifies outdated software on your computer and provides links to upgrade.  

Cost: Free

Who Needs It:  Do you use many different software applications?

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October 23, 2008

Pollcode: Whaddaya Think?

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Pollcode Review 

What does this tool do:  Provides an easy freebie polling form your Weblog guests.

Cost: No cost

Who Needs It: Too valuable to ignore as a blog tool.

Info Page:   http://pollcode.com/

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October 19, 2008

Dabbleboard: 1,2,3 Draw!

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Dabbleboard Review 

What does this tool do: Fills a significant need for an intuitive computer drawing application.

Cost: Free

Who Needs It: Ever try to draw a diagram with a typical computer paint program?  What a joke it has been until now.  Dabbleboard now makes it incredibly easy.

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October 11, 2008

CoolRGB: Logo Generator

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Cool RGB Review 

What does this tool do:  Will help you create a logo, header or buttons for your site with a minimum of effort and no expense.

Cost: Free

Who Needs It: Those with minimal artistic ability and no time to learn Photoshop.

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October 7, 2008

Wordoff: Scrub Your HTML

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Wordoff Review 

What does this tool do:  Cleans up your messy HTML code.

Cost: Free

Who Needs It: Any blogger who skipped HTML coding classes.

Info Page:   http://wordoff.org/

Comments: 

Oh this is nice. Coding mistakes cause slower loading times, on-page visual screwups, and other structural problems that are difficult to trace. If you have a blog and are concerned about your HTML coding abilities (you should be), put them to the test by using this very simple, very easy tool.  

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October 3, 2008

Dropbox: EZ Sync

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Dropbox Review

What does this tool do: Auto syncs files and docs on all your computers via your internet connection.

Cost: Free

Who Needs It: Oh my. If you have more than one computer, you need this.

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July 25, 2008

MapLoco: Where You Be?

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MapLoco Review 

What does this tool do: Displays a location map of your daily site visitors. 

Cost: Free

Who Needs It: Those bloggers who have broad distribution of site visitors and can benefit by the image confirmation…and those who like a cool tool.

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June 15, 2008

Bradicon: Make an Icon of Yourself

 

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Bradicon Review 

What does this tool do:  Uploads any image (JPG,PNG,BMP,GIF), then converts it into a small icon that you can download and use on your website.

Cost: Free

Who Needs It: Web masters, bloggers.

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June 9, 2008

Camtasia Studio: Web Screen Recording… Primo

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Camtasia Studio Review 

What does this tool do: Gives any moderately experienced computer user the opportunity to record screencast video tutorials from the desktop. 

Cost: Free Trial / $299

Who Needs It: Anyone who aspires to teach web based processes using screencasts with a mixture of media: audio, video, PowerPoint. There is no more recognized industry standard than Camtasia Studio.

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