Cool Tools

Thought I’d share a few Cool Tools I’ve found around town… are your favorites here? There are a ton of amazing online tools… What ARE your favorites? Share them with us!

Markting Graphics Toolkit – http://bit.ly/eGP534 This is an amazing package of all kinds of web graphics, templates and so much more!! E-book covers, Buy Now buttons, Check marks, and tons of other icons needed for today’s websites and marketing materials! This is MY personal favorite! If this link does not work – please email me.

Color Picker: Multi-purpose color picker.

Color Cop (free) – www.colorcop.net
ColorPic (free) – http://www.iconico.com/colorpic

Photo Storage: Online photo editing and storage program.

PhotoBucket (free) – www.photobucket.com
Flickr (free) – http://www.flickr.com
ShutterFly (free) – http://www.shutterfly.com

File Storage: Online document storage and collaboration tool

Box.net (free) www.box.net
GoogleDocs (free) http://docs.google.com
(free) – http://www.filesanywhere.com
Dropbox – Cloud file storage – http://www.getdropbox.com/FilesAnywhere

PDF Converter: Create professional quality PDF files from almost any printable document.
(For simple, straight forward PDF conversion, you can save Microsoft Word, Publisher and Excel as a PDF. Save As)

CutePDF (free) – www.cutepdf.com
PrimoPDF (free) – http://www.primopdf.com/index.aspx
FreePDFconvert (free) – http://www.freepdfconvert.com

Stock Photos:

Microsoft Design Gallery Live (free) – Royalty-free stock photos and clip art. http://dgl.microsoft.com
Stock Vault (free) – Stock photo website. www.stockvault.net
iStockPhoto (not free, but really affordable) www.istockphoto.com

Article and Content Sites:

Amazines (free) – Article marketing/content site. www.amazines.com
EzineArticles (free) – Article marketing site. www.ezinearticles.com
ArticleGeek (free) – Article marketing/content site. http://www.articlegeek.com

URL Shorteners: Convert crazy long URLs into more sensible short ones;
especially useful in text-only emails.

TinyURL (free) –www.tineyurl.com
Bit.ly (free) http://bit.ly
Is.gd (free) http://is.gd/

Fun Stuff
Wordle.net – generate word clouds

Social Media / Web / Marketing Tools
Hootsuite.com - Manage Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and more all in one place
Roost.com - Manage Facebook and Twitter, create social media campaigns.
TwentyFeet.com - Aggregate all your stats in one place
PollDaddy.com – Create polls and surveys and add them to your social sites and Blog
Constant Contact.com – Low cost, effective email marketing
Aweber.com - Email marketing, autoresponders, and more
AudioBoo.fm – Record Facebook status updates via your iPhone or Droid
AudioAcrobat.com – The easiest way to create audio and video
Animoto.com – The easiest way to create video
BlueHost.com – WordPress recommended hosting company (its the one I use)
WordPress.com / WordPress.org - Highly optimized blogging platform – perfect for today’s motivated business owners
Commission Junction – Affiliate marketing
FanPageEngine – Create your own custom Facebook Landing Page
PageModo – Create your own custom Facebook Landing Page
Feedburner.com - Claim the RSS feed to your website/blog
Payloadz.com – Upload and sell your digital products
Slideshare.com – Share and access PowerPoint slides on all kinds of topic
Tweroid.com – Post when your Twitter followers are listening