Today I had the pleasure to speak for the Altamonte Springs Woamtec Chapter and what lovely ladies! Their energy and enthusiam was contagious. Thank you for having me!
I shared with them my ”fab five”…my five favorite FREE online tools. As a busy power mom, I use these tools on a daily basis. I believe technology should make our lives easier not harder! If a technology tool doesn’t save me time and/or money it is off the list! Enjoy my list and I hope they make your life easier as well!
Secret #1 — Roboform.com
Roboform is a desktop application that manages all of your online passwords. If you are like me, you have a Post-It Note® with a bunch of passwords on it or perhaps a secret excel spreadsheet documenting your entire “life” online. Without that very important piece of paper you can’t even get into your bank account to check the balance!
Why don’t companies use a uniform user name and password set-up? It would be so simple if we could use the same password everywhere! The chances of that happening are few and far between, so instead, use Roboform.com to store all of your passwords under one master mac-daddy password. With Roboform, everytime you go to a site that requires a log-in, Roboform fills in the username and password for you and even clicks submit! Nice! You sign in once a day to Roboform.com with your master password and the rest of the day it does the work for you. Store up to 10 passwords for free and unlimited for $34.95 (one-time). Awesome tool!
Secret #2 — Google.com/Analytics
Is your Web site working for you or against you? How do you know? Install Google Analytics for FREE! Google Analytics is a Web site tracking application that tracks all your traffic (not just the Google traffic). It compiles the information into an online account which you can sign into 24/7/365 (and you can remember your sign-in information if you use Roboform.com). Google Analytics reports on the number of visitors, average visit length, number of pages viewed and the traffic sources. You can even set up an automated report on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule delivered right to your inbox. Get serious about your Web site performance with a great FREE tool in Google Analytics.
Secret #3 — DrPic.com
DrPic.com is the easiest photo editing tool I’ve found and it’s FREE! Having trouble getting your Facebook profile photo uploaded? Does it keep rejecting your photo because of file size or does it keep cropping off your chin? You need to resize your photo. With DrPic.com you can upload any photo and edit it for physical size and file size. You can crop it, sharpen, brighten and much more! The site is easy to use and has very simple big buttons that are self-explanatory. You will love this site and finally your profile photo will look as good as the pro’s.
Secret #4 — YouSendIt.com
Are you one of those people who tries to email several digital photos at a time and wonder why the email never goes through? Fess up! Most email programs limit the file size of attachments and those emails rarely go through (even though they look like they go out). The next time you need to email photos or video files try YouSendIt.com. With YouSendIt.com, upload your file(s) and fill out the email information. YouSendIt.com sends your recipient an email with a link that allows them to download the file. You can set a time limit on the availability of the file and you receive a email confirmation when the recipient successfully downloads the file.
Secret #5 — Ping.fm
Are you tired of trying to update all your social networking sites? It takes all morning! Who has time for all that! Simply update Ping.fm and it will update all of your social networking accounts. Nice! Where have you been all my life? It feeds 40 other sites so it is very likely whatever sites you are using is in their network already.
What are your favorite FREE online web marketing tools? Please write in and tell us what you use everyday to make your life easier. Remember my mantra, save a click, save your sanity!
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