I’ve seen some cool tools in my time, but if you use affiliate links (or are thinking of using affiliate links) this will make you life so much easier.
Now you have to sign up for each offer. – this is done automatically
If a company changes their links, you don’t have to update your site any more. It’s done automatically.
No more ugly URLS that make people suspicious. Your link looks “normal” and is only changed when its clicked upon (giving you the commission for the sale).
There are tools to set up your own store, from multiple vendors.
What’s the catch? They are going to take 25% of the commission, and you need to have a minimum of $50 to get paid (via paypal, or directly deposited into your checking account).
For me, I can’t get a Google affiliate program as you need an adsense account for that and I get turned down every time. This may be a way to “back into” a google affiliate program. Check out the video below to see the details.
Lead Developer Andy Peatling has announced that BuddyPress 1.2, the latest version of the WordPress social networking add-on, is now available.
The release is notable because it works with standard WordPress installs. Previously, it would only work with WordPress MU.
This means that bloggers and podcasters using WordPress can now have a self-hosted solution for creating social neworks, instead of relying on third-party sites like Ning.
New in BuddyPress 1.2:
Standard WordPress Support
Simplified installation
Improved activity streams.
Features of BuddyPress include:
Global, personal and group activity streams
Fully editable profile fields allow you to define the fields users can fill in to describe themselves
Powerful public, private or hidden groups
“Friending”
Private messaging will allow your users to talk to each other directly, and in private.
Full powered discussion forums
Each of your users can start their own full powered WordPress blog.
Easily extendable with plugins
BuddyPress promises to let you get up and running with your own social network in 6 minutes.
That’s a stretch – but, even if it takes you several days to configure it to meet your needs, BuddyPress an unprecedented level of power to WordPress bloggers and podcasters.
I recently scheduled a meeting with someone who sent me to www.tungle.com It was cool. I got to pick what time worked for my schedule, and it then integrated it with my google calendar. Very cool.
I decided to sign up for a free account. Here I can go in and set the times when I’m available for meetings. If I want to schedule a meeting with someone, instead of sending email back and forth saying “that won’t work for me,” they can go to my dedicated page at tungle.com When they choose a time, it automatically reminds them of the meeting, and puts it on my calendar. This calendar then syncs with my google calendar (and other calendar types are available).
Here again, I’m not sure how you turn “Free” into a business plan, but who cares. It works and makes my life easier.
There are all sorts of ways to share your schedule on your websites, facebook, twitter, etc. There is even an iphone app.
