What does this tool do:  Makes podcasting as easy as picking up your phone. 

Cost: Free

Who Needs It:  Anyone with a weblog who has wanted to start podcasting or simply add audio snippets to their site, but has been intimidated by the technical cobwebs.

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What does this tool do: Inexpensively brings a live chat support window to your commercial weblogs. 

Cost: $13 per month

Who Needs It: Anyone who administers a blog with moderate traffic and would like an additional tool to answer visitor questions via a chat window.

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What does this tool do: A deceptively simple image posting interface to display photos on your web site or blog

Cost: Free

Who Needs It: Anyone with a website or weblog.

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What does this tool do? Incorporates the WordPress blogging platform with a pre-tested package of marketing plugins so new business-bloggers can hit the ground running.

Cost: $295 plus annual license fee for upgrades

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What does this tool do?  Monitors your web site 24/7 and tattles on your host if the site ever goes down.

Cost: Free

Who Needs It: Anybody with a web site or blog.

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