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Small biz tools

By Becky McCray

Friends on Twitter frequently share tools they have found. I’m sharing some of those that small business people might use.

richhand is setting up SeeEyE2EyE as teleprompter for videos. Inexpensive and works great. http://tinyurl.com/2hoqoj Thanks Cali

springnet Amplifier – Undependent™ Distribution: THE ELEVATOR PITCH Amplifier provides a direct distribution p.. http://amplifier.com/

teli Online mind mapping. Pretty cool. Wish they had software I could download and host myself. http://www.mindmeister.com/

springnet WebSlides – Converting bookmarks to slideshows: someone had to copy our idea http://slides.diigo.com/

zemote http://tinyurl.com/2jb67y Google: Search MediaFire for Free Videos, Music, Comics, and Archives

springnet Best Video Conferencing Solution For PCs And Macs: SightSpeed – Robin Good’s Latest News: I have been p.. http://tinyurl.com/rcrcg

cc_chapman Chel set up one of these http://www.chipin.com/

springnet Twittercal — tweet your google calendar: http://Twittercal.com is a free service that connects your.. http://twittercal.com/

vaspers Very impressed with the speed, efficiency, usability of TechCrunch/Conduit custom toolbar. Vaspers Toolbar: http://Vaspers.OurToolbar.com

chrisbrogan Have you guys mindmapped with bubbl.us ? I just tried it and liked it: http://bubbl.us/

pacificIT Link: Cool bots for Twitter http://retweet.com/

chrisbrogan Staring at this for days: http://reactee.com/ (T-shirts with SMS codes)

vaspers Wayfaring is a map mashup builder for non-coders: http://www.wayfaring.com/

chrisbrogan Gmail and google reader users: install gears for offline use: http://gears.google.com

What great tools are you using in your small business? Share in the comments, or tell me on Twitter!

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Becky started Small Biz Survival in 2006 to share rural business and community building stories and ideas with other small town business people. She and her husband have a small cattle ranch and are lifelong entrepreneurs. Becky is an international speaker on small business and rural topics.
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September 28, 2007 Filed Under: tools Tagged With: review

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  1. Dave Delaney says

    September 28, 2007 at 7:22 pm

    I’m a huge fan of Jott.com. You can record yourself reminders on your cell phone. The messages get transcribed and an audio file is sent to your inbox.

    You can also post an audio message straight to Twitter using Jott. Plus, you can actually audio post to your blog too. Though, be careful with transcriptions…it’s not always 100%.

    Cheers,
    Dave

  2. Becky McCray says

    September 28, 2007 at 7:27 pm

    Great one, Dave! I’m set up with Jott, but haven’t gotten into the habit of using it yet. It could be hugely useful for small biz people.

  3. Omar says

    September 30, 2007 at 4:00 pm

    Here is another really good collaborative web-based mind mapping tool that might be worth looking at comapping.com.

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