*TwitCleaner: Got 1,000 Twitter Followers? Awesome. However, a good chunk of those Followers are useless, MIA, or not relevant to your profession. TwitCleaner is a free tool that weeds out the "junk" out of your Twitter Followers leaving you will current and viable Followers. http://thetwitcleaner.com/
*Google Alerts:One of the keys to success is to research and monitor everything! Alerts is a great service to track when a keyword is mentioned online. Set them up for your name and your business. You can also set it up for industry words to track news and updates in your field. You want to know when someone mentions your company so you can respond accordingly and this service delivers that notice right to your inbox. Make sure you pick targeted keyword so you don't get flooded with useless alerts.
* Skype:Don’t rack up the minutes on your phone. Use Skype to speak with clients and business partners. You will find out that you will be on the phone a lot in the early days trying to make deals with just about everyone in the universe. Balance it out so you don’t actually have to pay more for your phone by using a service like Skype as often you can…especially if its for regular calls with a business partner. There are packages you can pay for but that depends on your individual calling needs
MailChimp: Building an email list is still important for any business. Remember you own your email list, you don’t own your twitter followers or Facebook fans. MailChimp has a great platform and makes creating and analyzing campaigns really easy. However the best part is it is free up to 500 subscribers to your list. So when your just starting out it is perfect to test out all the features of an email marketing campaign without actually paying for anything.
Even as you upgrade the prices are very reasonable and comparable to most other services.
What on-line tools, apps, programs do YOU use make your life easier?
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