Here is a list of the most useful tools I use for business. I have separated them into two categories: software and hardware. These tools are priceless! I can’t imagine working effectively without every single one of them.

This video is packed full of really useful information about social media marketing. Whether you are a newbie to the social media arena or a veteran in the game, you will learn something from Giovanni’s presentation.

If you are addicted to bookmarking, the Shareaholic plug-in is a quality tool. I have been using it for a few months now. It’s easy to use and hasn’t caused a single browser error.

In 2008, Shareholic won the Grand Prize in Mozilla Foundation’s Extend Firefox contest.

If you want to know how to get on page one of Google, read this article.  I am not going to go into the nitty-gritty details; I don’t need to because I am going the reveal the big picture!
For starters, you need to understand keywords and how they affect your rank in the search engines.  [...]

For starters, you might be wondering, “What is TweetDeck?”  It’s a new tool for managing your Twitter account(s).  I started using it a few weeks ago and it has really made managing my social media presence a lot easier.  It allows me to manage all the information I gain from my followers, and then leverage [...]

Simply put, a Gravatar is an image that follows you from blogs forums and more. When you comment on blogs, your image will display next to your comment.

His website has a ton of totally free articles and videos. I am struggling to find words to describe Jim’s strategy and methodology. He is a student and teacher of enduring great companies — how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become great companies.

The progression and accuracy of his [...]

UPDATE: WE ARE NO LONGER USING INTENSEDEBATE.  WE HAVE MOVED TO THE DISQUS COMMENTS.  TO LEARN MORE, READ WE MIGRATED FROM INTENSEDEBATE TO DISQUS FOR BLOG COMMENTS.
Do you want to enhance and encourage conversations on your blog or website? That is exactly what IntenseDebate can do for you.
It took me about 3 minutes to [...]

Direct response marketers who understand and utilize the blogosphere are cashing a steady stream of healthy sized checks that are pretty much classified as passive residual revenue. Why aren’t you?

A step toward optimizing the revenue you derive from your existing client base and sales funnel is utilizing an online blog.
The union of direct marketing [...]

Being a fan of the Google Ideal, I am looking forward to the day that my computer does not have a hard drive.
[There is a security risk to storing your entire life online, but it’s minimal. At the end of the day, if someone is hell-bent of hacking your life and stealing all your [...]

Have you ever used a bookmark? In the days when the books I purchased had a piece of string attached to them, I used it to mark the page after I stopped reading. With the passage of time I found myself using the little inserts commonly know, to my generation, as bookmarks.
How things [...]

With a Creative Commons license, you keep your copyright but allow people to copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit — and only on the conditions you specify here. They offer six main types of licenses for you to use. Creative Commons makes it easy for you and your readers [...]