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Looking for Christmas and Holiday Graphics?

I got tired of looking so I purchased a pack of 150 megs of holiday graphics. You get everything from Jesus, Churches, to Christmas ornaments, lights, reindeer, etc. It’s only 27 bucks.

Instant Slide Up

I can’t decide if I like this tool or not. On one hand it really gets your attention, and on the other hand it takes up alot of space at the bottom of the screen (although it doesn’t stop the visitor from seeing anything). You can use it to promote your email list, or specials going on with your products. It’s $67 bucks, and I could see this making a definite boost to your site.

What is Squidoo?

It’s a website that gets HUGE amounts of traffic. The idea is you get traffic from Google to your squidoo website, and then link to your website. So the Google love flows from squidoo to your website. I went to learn about it, but I didn’t want the learning curve. I found a cheap ebook called Squido Profits for 7 bucks. If you want someone to build your lens there is a service that will do it for $249

FaceBook – Are You The Caboose?

Much like Squidoo, I signed up for Facebook many moons ago and did nothing with it. I’m ready now with some time off in the future to get into the game. There is a $47 ebook that will help you get the most out of facebook, and use their advertising system to make some income.

WordPress Cloning Tool

The Wall Street journal has now started publishing using WordPress. It’s a very powerful, and easy tool to use. You could set up a wordpress site template and then when a customer wants a site, just clone it and tweak it to suit their needs. That would take about 90 minutes in the past, but not any more I found a Wordress Cloning tool that will copy everything from the original installation into a new installation. This is a HUGE time save. While it carries a price tag of $97, the time it saves will more than pay for it.

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In a previous episode we talked about using “Meeting Software” to allow the customer to see you create their website. ( http://www.weeklywebtools.com/2007/09/01/build-the-website-while-the-client-watches/ )

Dimdim.com Reviewed

I found a free tool that allows you to do this. It’s a www.dimdim.com

Dim Dim is interesting. I allows you to share your desktop, white board, and presentations. It is open source and it takes no time to sign up (it runs on their server).

Here is what I liked:
You don’t need a conference call. If your visitors have a microphone you can communicate on the site.
It’s Free.
The visitor doesn’t have to install any software
No monthly fee

Here is what I didn’t like:
While you can schedule meetings in advance, there is no registration tool for attendees to sign up. I used eventbrite.com and then took the email addresses and invite the attendees as the meeting was started.

I understand that a box comes up and asks for permission for the flash (of the system) to use your microphone. The box is somewhat confusing to the “not so technical” person.

On the free version only three participants can have a microphone. You can have 20 participants, but only three can have a microphone. As a leader, you can “pass” the microphone around the room. You can add/delete the ability to use audio, chat, or to kick people out. There is even a “Waiting room” if you want to see who is attending before you allow them into the meeting.

Now I spent about 10 minutes getting to know dimdim.com, and I guess some of this is “operator error” they do have resources to allow you to learn how to use it. At one point “something” change my audio input from “line” to “Mic” (and I plug into my line in, so I was troubleshooting why I couldn’t be heard).

My summary is its an ok device if you the presenter and the attendee is fairly technical. I will be keeping my eye on it. You can get more people in the room by purchasing a level up for $99 a year.

Get your visitors to stick around a little longer

I found an interesting website about how people read a website
http://www.poynterextra.org/eyetrack2004/articlepages.htm

Get Your Customers To Speak Your Language

I found a free web tool that you can send your customer to and say “Use your mouse and and find the color you like, and then tell me the number at the top.” This is better than trying to find a “Sorta blue” color for your customer.

www.colorpicker.com