Want to have the best tool box for your business to make your life better, more efficient, and save money too?
Well I have compiled list of cool stuff that I use, fellow marketers have used, and are on other folks best of lists as well. I hope you enjoy and get great value from this resource.
Testing/Tracking
- Crazyegg.com – headmap click tracking
- Woopra – website analytics
- Statcounter – Not the most detailed analytics, but gives very important trend/keyword data easily. Great for affiliate websites.
- Google Website Optimizer – free split testing and multi-variate testing
- ClickTale – web analytics that takes a video of your users mouse/actions
- ClickDensity.com – similar to crazyegg.com…
- Site Yogi Free consolidated website statistics
Video/Audio/Picture
- Audacity – free audio editing
- Jing – free screen capture/sharing tool
- JW Player – best free flash player (the best flash player…period)
- Super – free video conversion tool (the best free video converter – converts from anything to anything) Download
- VSO Image Resizer – right click to resize/save images to a different format
- OnlineVideoToolkit – How to do video with a Flip camera
- LiveFaceOnWeb.com – Pay to have an actor create a video and “appear” on your site
- TubeMogul.com Free Video Distribution service (free alternative to traffic geyser)
- iStockPhoto free stock photos
- sxc.hu free stock photos
Outsourcing
- ReplaceMyself.com – How to outsource to the Philippines
- Elance – freelancers galore
- OnlineJobs.ph – Where to find Filipinos to hire
- BestJobs.ph – Where to find Filipinos to hire
- Guru, GetAFreelancer, odesk, RentACoder, ScriptLance – More freelance job sites
Screen Sharing/Collaboration
- Crossloop.com – screen sharing for tech support
- Logmein.com – free alternative to gotomypc.com
- Adobe Connect now – free (for 3 people) screen/mic/webcam sharing
Phone Calling/Recording
- FreeConferenceCall – a whole suite of phone services – conference lines, voice boxes, broadcasts…
- Pamela skype recording plugin
- PhoneTag.com – intercepts voicemail, transcribes it, and texts the voicemail to you (voice recognition to text)
- Google Voice – If you can get in…
- MagicJack.com – A usb device that gives you VOIP for dirt cheap. My partner, Dan, uses it exclusively at home.
- K7.net Free incoming voicemail and fax service
- AuctionAudio.net or AudioAcrobat.com – 3 way in phone conversations to record
Project Management
- Google Docs – duh
- Mindmeister.com – free mind mapping tool
- RememberTheMilk.com – free online todo list (the most full featured online todo list)
- ActiveCollab – great project management software
Graphic Design
- 99designs.com – People will compete to create a logo/design for your website (cheap graphic design work)contest for cheap graphic/design work
- DoMyDesignStuff.com – Great graphic designer
- DesignGuruRyan – Another great graphic designer
- Kuler.com free Adobe recommended color pairings and design templates
Part two coming soon
