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The Slightly tardy episode of the School of Podcasting is out talking about Editing

I heard about this tool from Michael Hyatt. It's pretty cool, its called Similarweb.com  I could write a giant blog post about it, but in the end it would take last time to just go use it. You learn all sort of great insights into your website (that in theory you can get from analytics), but you can't get analytics about your competition - and you can enter their URL and find out all sorts of cool stuff about them. You can see if what people are paying on their site, where there traffic is coming from. You can see how their traffic got there and much, much more... It also shows you the top websites (which you can choose different categories).  http://youtu.be/8xdfjALcn5I (http://youtu.be/8xdfjALcn5I)

Everyone and their brother is promoting this tool, and there is a reason for it. This seems very, very cool (I bought it today, but I haven't used it yet). It works on both PC or Mac, and it's super cheap. It's called Video Maker FC.  Here is what you get: 240 Animated video slide templates (you can customize these). 20 Royalty Free Tracks 1 Year of Support and updates Completely edit the background It takes some of the best-looking examples that you've seen in other videos and rolls them into one. Check this out. Check out Videomakerfx.com Here we go

There are some tools I spotlight on this show that I just have to buy and MySpeed is one of them. I can't believe how much I'm using it. What does it do? It speeds up flash videos or html videos (or audio). It also slows them down if you need to take notes. It works on just about anything (it doesn't work on Quick Time videos, but for me, it works on YouTube which is all I needed).Check out this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD_Y8SrGQAw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD_Y8SrGQAw) If you're interested it's only $29 ($99 if you get the version that works offline). I can't believe how much time this is going to save me. Do the podcast a favor and use my affiliate link www.weeklywebtools.com/myspeed (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/myspeed) and I'll earn a quick commission.

Today we talk about Twitonomy.com an interesting tool that gives you great insights into your twitter account, your followers, people you are following, as well as any search item or hashtag. You can export all of this into Excel or a PDF. (http://weeklywebtools.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/twitonomy.jpg) Get detailed and visual analytics on anyone's tweets, retweets, replies, mentions, hashtags... Browse, search, filter and get insights on the people you follow and those who follow you Backup/export tweets, retweets, mentions and reports to Excel & PDF in just one click Twi Monitor your interactions with other Twitter users: mentions, retweets, favorites... Get and export Search Analytics on any keywords, #hashtags, URL or @users Get insights on and download any user's retweeted & favorited tweets Browse, search, filter, sort and batch add/remove people to your lists Monitor tweets from your favorite users, lists and keyword searches Get actionable insights on your followe

One the great things about this time is there are a ton of people creating great looking, extremely flexible, feature rich wordpress themes. Today I stumbled across Atomlux from   less than $40 (http://weeklywebtools.com/atomlabs) .  The theme is not only flexible, but has a ton of training to go with it. Here is an example of one of their videos on making a call to action.  http://youtu.be/ucq1dBEaNbs (http://youtu.be/ucq1dBEaNbs) Check out  Atomlabs Website (http://weeklywebtools.com/atomlabs) Full Feature List Fully Responsive + Has Custom Mobile Design Elegant and Beautiful Design - Designed for easy user interface, elegant and beautiful design as well as professional and modern. Can be Used for Any Type of Website SEO Optimized: all content have been structured for SEO, we use semantical HTML & CSS code which allows search engines to easily index the content. Unlimited Color Options Beautiful Gallery with lightbox popup feature Custom Post Types Custom Page Types Advanced

Today we talk about PaywithaTweet.com an interesting idea that I could get to work (see video below) and we start a discussion on leaving aweber manage your email list(s) using Wordpress abd Raoid Mailer plugin. Pay With a Tweet This is an interesting idea. It seems simple to use, except when I tweeted it, I got an error message and never got my download. http://youtu.be/t8RedefjnDY Rapid Mailer - Gain Complete Control of Your Mailing List Click Here for More Information  (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/rapidmailer)

Live Chat Plugin (http://codecanyon.net/item/wordpress-live-chat-plugin/3952877?ref=jammindave) If you are looking for a live chat system without the monthly fee, then you might be interested in the Wordpress Plugin call (creatively enough) Wordpress Live Chat. Install on your own WordPress and start to use it Very clean code Cute skin (fully customizable) Create your own operators Chat logs, of course ;) More than one operators can reply the same user’s question Visitors can fill out contact form when all operators are offline Notification emails when visitor logs in chat (added in 1.4) It's $15 (one time fee) (http://codecanyon.net/item/wordpress-live-chat-plugin/3952877?ref=jammindave) . Request & Feedback Plugin This plugin is made from the same people who make the Live Chat plugin (so you have some of the same features). Install on your own WordPress and start to use it Cute skin (fully customizable) You may customize the display of the Feedback. You may either make

Today we talk about consuming the show and another time scheduling tool. Then we get into the instasuite of products that I discovered after purchasing instatheme. Betty Scheduling Tool trybetty.com is a free scheduling tool that works inside your email. I looked at it, but for me personally the biggest hurdle of scheduling on a global scale can be a nightmare when it comes to time zones. I was using calend.ly and it messed them up. I tried timetrade.com and others. Betty makes me manually choose what time zone my guest is in. In some cases I have no idea, and that won't work for me. The other alternative is to let your guest figure it out. No thanks Schedule Once is My New Solution Currently I've settled on scheduleonce.com (http://www.scheduleonce.com) which smacks people in the head when they schedule appointments with me and asks for the time zone. It then emails then 24 hours, and hour and if I want 10 minutes before the meeting and it follows up with them after the meeting. Instatheme I

Every now and then doing this show costs me money. Why? Because I come across a product so powerful and unique that I just have to purchase it. Today's show (episode 239) is one of those shows. I came Across Survey (http://weeklywebtools.com/surveysale) 2 Sale (affiliate link) and I was like WOW!. I contacted the developer and he was nice enough to come on the show and explain it. I have this implemented at www.schoolofpodcasting.com if you want to check it out. The Idea You build a survey for your visitors. The more questions they answer, the larger the coupon they earn. Why It Works As you start to answer questions, you realize that the more you answer you more you save. Then when you run out of questions, you receive your coupon. As you have earned this coupon, you feel like you should use it. Thus conversions are going through the roof. If that wasn't enough, when you get the coupon you also receive a count down timer showing how long the coupon will last. This splash of scarcity is the icin

Today I point out a very cool task management system that not only makes handling all of your project a breeze, but it integrates with sites like Evernote, Dropbox, and Google Calendar. Here is where things get cool. You can have multiple tasks added by sending ONE email to a special email address assigned to your account. All you do is separate the tasks with a period. So it might be .bring home milk .text wife a loving message .call you mother and all those three items would be turned into separate tasks. Nozbe can be used by anyone - you'll see only the features you'll need. Nothing more. Simple, uncluttered to-do list if you need it to be. And free up to 5 projects! If you need more, it's only $8 and up. [leadplayer_vid id="53155B05D4472"] Patreon.com The Never Ending Kickstarter  Patreon is a cool way to boost crowd funding. You can get paid on a monthly basis, or you can get paid when you release content. There are people making some pretty decent cash. You can specif

Simply Measured is a cool website that has free reports to help you determine where your traffic is coming from. this video helps you understand (not sure why the audio is out of sync, its like a bad Godzilla movie). Check it out at www.simplymeasured.com (http://www.simplymeasured.com)

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I just discovered Freshdesk. This is a SUPER EASY support system. It offers SO MUCH. I was looking for a basic FAQ program found this system that not only does FAQ, but it provides live chat, forums, satisfaction surveys and much much more. I looked into it. I saw they had a free version and I had it setup in less than 10 minutes. I love that they have mobile apps to help you stay in touch. Right now they have an android app, and a soon to be iOs app (they do have an html5 version). Prices are not based on the amount of users, but on what services you need. If you are a solopreneur you could get by with the free version. I love that if someone mentions you or direct messages you, you can pull that into a system and determine if you'd like it to be a ticket or not. - very cool. Likewise you can set up an app so your private  support is on your facebook page. It integrates with EVERYTHING so now you can not only track tickets but tie it in with your billing system (I LOVE THIS FEATURE). The beauty o

Monkey is a standalone web based app where you can simply login to your account and create countdown(s) inside your account without downloading or installing anything. Once your countdown is saved you are given a code to copy and paste into your pages.  Your subscription includes all future updates/upgrades and because this is a hosted service you'll never have to do any kind of updates or re-installs yourself (our goal is to ensure you never even notice them) They do have some very cool features. Such as: Just choose how many days / hours / minutes and your countdown will start counting down for each new visitor that arrives on your page. Smart cookie code means the correct time left will be shown to returning visitors. They call this evergreen so you don't have to worry about the calendar. You can make date and time countdown timers.  Set your expiration to an exact date/hour/minute. What happens when time runs out? You have three options: #1 Do nothing (the timer simply stops) #2 Hide (

Today we look at a great tool for selling products with an alternative to paypal. Check it out at weeklywebtools.com/232