Tools of the Trade

  • Tools for the Trade: Hashable helps users build and track relationships

    Today, we have a lot of relationships to manage. You may have 1,000-plus friends on Facebook or a couple thousand followers on Twitter. Now maybe you’re just way more popular than I am and are used to managing so many relationships, but for me it’s not an easy task. Thankfully, creative entrepreneurs are trying to…

  • Tools for the Trade: Domainr is the simple search for domain names

    Often the tools that are simple and easy are the ones that make my life better. I’m not always concerned with the amount of features or the stellar design, but instead a clean, easy-to-use application that does the job. Domainr fits that bill. Domainr is a fast search tool that, as they put it, “helps…

  • Tools for the Trade: Flowtown finds online presence of contacts

    Whoever told you that email is dead is wrong. Email addresses are still where the gold (or money, unless you’re Scrooge McDuck) lies. Thanks to tools like Flowtown, you can now use all those emails you’ve been collecting and turn them into real marketing power. Flowtown is a social media marketing tool that takes your…

  • Tools for the Trade: About.me & Flavors.me

    With the proliferation of social networks and online profiles it’s hard to organize your online identity. Every site wants you to use their site as your home base and it’s hard to know what links to share and place on your profile. Well, it’s time to take control of your identity thanks to sites like…

  • Tools for the Trade: Prezi is an eye-catching, PowerPoint alternative

    When giving a presentation, lecture, or keynote the last thing you want to be is boring, or even just mediocre. Instead, you want to be the presentation everyone remembers, the presentation that causes people to take notes and come find you after you’re done. Thankfully, we have Prezi so we can deliver the second kind…

  • Tools for the Trade: Jing simplifies capturing & sharing your screen

    They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. Video must be worth at least 10,000 words. If you’re like me you’ll choose pictures and videos as your medium of choice over words any day. Thankfully, we have tools like Jing. Jing, a project from…

  • Tools for the Trade: Six essential tools for first-time bloggers

    Once you decide to take the plunge and start blogging there are a lot of things to do.It’s hard enough to consistently write new posts and stay dedicated to producing content as well as monitor the analytics of that content. Google Analytics – It’s free, it’s easy, and it’s literally the best. You must install…

  • Tools for the Trade: Dropbox backs up, syncs, eases file sharing

    If you’re like me, you’ve been away from your computer before and not had that document or video you needed for a project or were going to share with a colleague. To avoid this frustrating situation I started using Dropbox a year ago and have never turned back. Dropbox is a cross-platform cloud-based storage application…

  • Tools for the Trade: TubeMogul distributes your video to multiple sites

      In today’s landscape of the world wide web, simply creating and uploading content is not enough to be seen or heard. After I finish a new video blog I have a feeling of accomplishment and pride, but then I have to find a way to get the content on the right channels and pray…

  • Tools for the Trade: Screenr captures instant screencasts

    Have you ever wanted to be the smooth-talking voice narrating a screencast of the latest web application or social network? Well, now thanks to Screenr you get the chance. Screenr is a web-based recording application that allows you to record instant screencasts on your computer and then share with your followers on Twitter. The tool…