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Exciting News! Introducing Michelle Shaeffer (@MichelleShaeffr) My Newest Guest Blogger

November 12, 2010 by sophiezo Leave a Comment

20 Cool Tools for Online Entrepreneurs

Freemind for Mindmapping

Mind mapping is a great way to brainstorm and organize your thoughts.  I use this program to plan out the steps needed to reach a goal, keep track of how to do specific things, or plan out content.

If you need help with this one Bob the Teacher has a great course.

WordPress for Building Websites

You didn’t expect anything else, right?  Of course!  This is the easiest way I’ve found to get a professional looking website up quick.  There are thousands of free templates, a very nice selection of affordable premium ones, and too many plugins to count to give the system extra features.

Stupeflix and FlixTime for Videos

I’ve been having a blast with video lately and these are the two sites I’ve been using to create video slide shows with background music.  For video of me, I use iMovie and the web cam built into my MacBook.

Jing and Screencast for How-To Videos

Another type of video I create a lot for clients is a “how to” where I record my screen as I walk through a specific task.  For this I use Jing Pro to record and Screencast to share.

Mozy for Computer Backup

For many of us, a computer crash would send us into total crisis mode.  I avoid that worry by using Mozy for constant backup on my PC.  It runs in the background and every few hours it grabs any new files I’ve modified and saves them to the Mozy servers (which are super encrypted for privacy).  There’s also a free version that gives you a couple GIG to store your most important files.

CoolText to Create Quick Buttons

Sometimes you don’t need to load Photoshop to make a quick button.  CoolText works nicely and it’s free.

SurveyMonkey to Create Easy Surveys

Free and premium versions.  Easy to use and lots of different question styles to choose from.   They host the survey on their website so all you have to do is give out the link.

HootSuite for Tweeting

Can’t say enough about this site – it rocks.  Makes it much easier to tweet and stay on top of my twitter accounts as well as pre-scheduling tweets.

Keep reading and get the next 10 cool tools here -> 
http://michelleshaeffer.com/cool-tools-for-online-entreprenuers-roundup-part-2/2010/11/02/

Michelle Shaeffer has been a work at home mom for more than 10 years and loves to share the tips and strategies she’s learned to help other small and home based business owners balance, manage, and market their businesses.

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We’ve been working with Sophie Zollmann for almost half a year now, building an online lifelong learning platform and community from the ground up (because in-person classes became impossible in light of the corona virus). Sophie has guided every technical aspect of this enterprise including the construction of landing-pages and websites, the management of mailing lists and revenue funnels, setting up Zoom meetings, etc., allowing us to focus exclusively on content production and marketing. This platform is now off the ground and succeeding beyond our wildest hopes.

We couldn’t have built it without Sophie’s support, which has always been prompt and timely, and her guidance, as she’s always pointed us to the most efficient and economical solutions to whatever technical issue we’ve faced. In the heat of the moment, I’m sure we’ve not always been easy to work with, but Sophie has also been generous and understanding to a fault. In sum, her support has been flawless and absolutely essential to the success of our online enterprise. We will be relying on her services again as we ramp up for our next phase of growth.

David Peritz
Founding Director
Minerva Academy of Lifelong Learning


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