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YouTube Channel Graphics CREATOR Last we talk about some premade graphics, this week we have a tool that makes it super easy to create your own graphics. Its from the people who make the logo creator software (which is pretty cool). They've just expaneded it to be YouTube and yet you can even unshackle it and it becomes a non-specific graphic creator (pretty cool). It's $37. Here is a video: [leadplayer_vid id="5472359703B15"] For more information go to logocreator.com (http://jvz4.com/c/59893/132567) (aff link). Brute Protect Free Wordpress Theme This is a great tool that will reduce the amount of brute force attacks on your website. It was recently acquired by Automatic the people who make Wordpress. Its creating a database of people who are attacking other sites (and blocking). For more information go to www.bruteprotect.com (http://www.bruteprotect.com) New Theme at Weekly Web Tools I switched from Thesis to Genesis Framework (http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=346198&U=74276&M=28169&urllink=) .

Today I look at a package that is filled with great looking graphics for those of you on YouTube. Many times these packages are for the graphics in your videos, this one caught my eye as is also about the graphics for your channel as well. It's call the utube graphics Toolkit and the idea is there are over 900 graphics for you to use. It's not software. If you don't have any software there are tutorials that show you how to use these graphics with free software ware like Gimp (or if you have titles like PowerPoint, Camtasia and others). The price is $27.00 and like most products, they say that price won't last long (shocking). Check it out at www.utubegraphicstoolkit.com (http://weeklywebtools.com/utubegraphictoolkit) (aff)

We all know that visitors don't read, they skim a web page. Well, a WordPress Plugin like Call to Action Pro can help drive your visitor's eyes in a direction that YOU want. The cool thing is the plugin is all drag and drop, and it incorporates some pretty slick templates. You have access to the Google font library, and every you make is responsive. It can be subtle color changes or completely obnoxious zooming headlines. Check out the video below for more information. For more information go to (http://weeklywebtools.com/calltoactionpro)

p Time RobotAsk the Podcast Coach show where my co-host Jim Collison talks about an interview he did with the folks from Up Time Robot. This is a completely free tool that will check your website and let you know if it goes down. I believe I've used them in the past, and its awesome (and you can't beat the price). You can hear Jim's interview at theaverageguy.tv Hello Sign Need a legally binding signature, check out (http://www.hellosign.com) . I've not used this service yet as the person who needs the signature, but I was on a podcast and used it as an end user and it was sweet. It's also free for 3 signature a month.

Swayy helps you discover the most engaging content to share with your audience on social media based on their interests and engagement. We give you relevant #hashtags and @handles so you can share better. Analytics show you what content is the most effective for growing your community. - per their website. Today I share my initial 5 minutes and come up with a "Meh.' It did turn me on to some new blogs, and I found some interesting articles. For me it would be great if it integrated with bufferapp.com You can tie it into your twitter, facebook, and linked in profiles. If you're stuggling to find content, this might be a decent tool (bufferapp.com also provides suggestions which I find good). The pricing starts at free and then goes to $9, $9 and up. If I were sway I would have a 15 day trial using all the features that goes back to free if I don't subscribe. Check it out at www.swayy.co (http://www.swayy.co)

See www.weeklywebtools.com/264 (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/264) 888-563-3228 Today I talk about why I'm staying with nimble.com (a great tool for keeping up on all things social media). I also found out that the (http://codecanyon.net/item/visual-composer-page-builder-for-wordpress/242431?ref=jammindave) The other thing that I find annoying is everyone is offering multiple sliders. How about picking the best one and providing it for us instead of us having to dig through three different sliders to figure out which one is the best.

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We've heard it over and over that the money is in the list. Today we have a tool that enables people to get on your list by texting a word to a number. Another tool allows you to do full on SMS marketing. Join By Text - Well Named This product does one thing, and it does it well. You can provide a keyword and a number and when people text to it, they are instantly sent a message asking for their email address. When they send it, they are subscribed to your email list. It works with all the typical players (Aweber, Mail Chimp). the cost is $19 a month. For more information go to joinbytext.com (http://weeklywebtools.com/joinbytext) Call Loop callloop.com (http://weeklywebtools.com/callloop)

Today I take a quick peak at optinmonster. This is a very versatile tool to help you grow your email liste. See the video at www.weeklywebtools.com/260 It seems everywhere I go see an optin monster box popping up at me. I wanted to get a good look. I was amazed at all the options that are available. you have an INSANE amount of control on how your optin forms appear. You can customize it down to the category, post, category and more. You can even set it to only show up on the SECOND time a person visits your site (As well as the expected configuration options as to how many times it shows up and how frequnetly it shows up). The feature that everyone seems to be raving about is the Exit Intent feature. This means that when you go to click on the X to close a tab, the option box appears. This is really cool. There are even cool effects you can use to have the optin come flying in with all sorts of eye catching flare. The one thing I liked about this plugin is there is a large amount of customization that you can put together, but I never had to reach for documentation (not for the record I'm familiar with wordpress plugin installations). The only thing that threw me for a loop was I had to allow aweber and optin monster talk to each other. So when I was told that (it mentions it in the configuration area) they had a direct link to explain how. This was an aweber thing, and not an optin monster thing. The cool thing was it took me next to know time to install, and create my first optin. You then get stats on how many times it was viewed, and how many signs up you get. You can have an unlimited number of forms, and the with canvas option, you have some very powerful tools to create some stunning looking optin forms. We all know what the optin forms look like, but what does the back end look like? Here is a quick video to help you. http://youtu.be/ilm5aQNz49M If your interested in optin skin, check out (http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=632212&u=74276&m=49337&urllink=&afftrack=)

You can sue these sites without having to set up a membership site you can create and sell courses and get paid Udemy.com (http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Ee5nlwqyAws&offerid=323058.81&type=3&subid=0) Skillfeed.com (https://www.skillfeed.com/teach#!/sign_up/202128)

I went to a conference and saw a presentation from someone at LeadPages. It was really good without being a giant commercial for LeadPages. At the end of the presentation, I asked the rep if he had 4,000 email lists if you are giving away all these ebooks and other incentives for people's email address. Then the lights came on. (http://link.leadpages.net/aff_c?offer_id=6&aff_id=7619&file_id=47) You can have your list in Aweber (or whatever provider) and LeadPages delivers the incentive, and then adds them to your main list. This way you can have a ton of pages with different incentives, and still noly have one central list (or as many lists as you want). Originally I thought emailing my list after I gave away all these incentives was going to be a nightmare, but after some time with the rep I now see the advantage of LeadPages. Pricing starts at $37. I chose the $67, and there is a $99 package (all per month) if you want to be a super user.Check it out at wwwweeklywebtools.com/leadpages

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We have talked about Contest blitz in the past which is a great tool for growing your email list, today we look at Raffle Plus which is a $19 plugin that allows you to create a prize and allow people to enter via facebook like, G+, twitter, blog comment, or email subscription. You can assign points to each action. When a contestant goes to the contest page they will see their totals. It's an interesting tool, but its hard to get a grasp on as the developer doesn't even have a description tat properly explains what it does (I learned by looking at the screen shots). There is no video explanation, etc. So for developers, there is a lesson to be learned here. I don't think I would buy this just because it looks like ti was designed by some guy in his basement - because it probably is. Where a system like Contest Blitz has a bit more pizzazz, and professionalism. I know Raffle Plus has more features (it will randomly pick or winner oyou can manually do it) but I would be more inclined to go with Contest Blitz. Check out If you are using chrome check it out. It's free. (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/momentum/laookkfknpbbblfpciffpaejjkokdgca) Note to change the clock format, just double click it.

If you are doing any kind of affiliate marketing through amazon, you have got to check out this plugin. It's called Fresh Bundle Master (http://jvz5.com/c/59893/105821)

Mobile Responsive 13 templates and make your own Redirects to a new page. You can use cookies or ip address so they never see that page again. Page expiration page - Put countdown on other sites. MORE INFORMATION (http://jvz1.com/c/59893/105802)

Today I share a conversation that I had on the Ask the Podcast Coach show with Jim Collison from the Avergae Guy.tv (http://www.theaverageguy.tv) Where I had told him about Buffer, and now he is playing with Social Bro. It's a cool tool that gives you crazy insights into your twitter followers, and it also has a powerful search tool for finding your target audience. I really liked who easy it is to see when the best times to tweet, and it also shows some great insights who the fake followers are, and which of your followers have unsubscribed. The best part is many of these reports are free. If you want to go the premium route it's only $.13.95 a month (no long term agreements and you can try it for 15 days). The free account is free forever. You can check it out at Social Bro.com (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/socialbro)

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I've talked about video tools in the past like Lead Player and viewbix, but today I found a tool that I'm not sure how it snuck under the radar as it has everything you need in one place. It's called supervideopro.com (https://www.warriorplus.com/w/a/ymm8b)

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The Slightly tardy episode of the School of Podcasting is out talking about Editing

I heard about this tool from Michael Hyatt. It's pretty cool, its called Similarweb.com I could write a giant blog post about it, but in the end it would take last time to just go use it. You learn all sort of great insights into your website (that in theory you can get from analytics), but you can't get analytics about your competition - and you can enter their URL and find out all sorts of cool stuff about them. You can see if what people are paying on their site, where there traffic is coming from. You can see how their traffic got there and much, much more... It also shows you the top websites (which you can choose different categories). http://youtu.be/8xdfjALcn5I (http://youtu.be/8xdfjALcn5I)

Everyone and their brother is promoting this tool, and there is a reason for it. This seems very, very cool (I bought it today, but I haven't used it yet). It works on both PC or Mac, and it's super cheap. It's called Video Maker FC. Here is what you get: 240 Animated video slide templates (you can customize these). 20 Royalty Free Tracks 1 Year of Support and updates Completely edit the background It takes some of the best-looking examples that you've seen in other videos and rolls them into one. Check this out. Check out Videomakerfx.com Here we go

There are some tools I spotlight on this show that I just have to buy and MySpeed is one of them. I can't believe how much I'm using it. What does it do? It speeds up flash videos or html videos (or audio). It also slows them down if you need to take notes. It works on just about anything (it doesn't work on Quick Time videos, but for me, it works on YouTube which is all I needed).Check out this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD_Y8SrGQAw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD_Y8SrGQAw) If you're interested it's only $29 ($99 if you get the version that works offline). I can't believe how much time this is going to save me. Do the podcast a favor and use my affiliate link www.weeklywebtools.com/myspeed (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/myspeed) and I'll earn a quick commission.

Today we talk about Twitonomy.com an interesting tool that gives you great insights into your twitter account, your followers, people you are following, as well as any search item or hashtag. You can export all of this into Excel or a PDF. (http://weeklywebtools.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/twitonomy.jpg) Get detailed and visual analytics on anyone's tweets, retweets, replies, mentions, hashtags... Browse, search, filter and get insights on the people you follow and those who follow you Backup/export tweets, retweets, mentions and reports to Excel & PDF in just one click Twi Monitor your interactions with other Twitter users: mentions, retweets, favorites... Get and export Search Analytics on any keywords, #hashtags, URL or @users Get insights on and download any user's retweeted & favorited tweets Browse, search, filter, sort and batch add/remove people to your lists Monitor tweets from your favorite users, lists and keyword searches Get actionable insights on your followers with Followers Report Find out easily those you follow but don't follow you back Download your followers and following lists to Excel Get the list of the followers you don't follow back Track clicks on the links in your tweets Track your follower growth over time And much more... (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/audible) Today's show is brought to you by Audible.com where I am currently listening to Face the Music a Life Exposed by Paul Stanley (the lead singer of Kiss). It is amazing. I found out that Paul grew up missing a right ear, and that side of his head was deaf. It is AMAZING, and filled with amazing stories.

One the great things about this time is there are a ton of people creating great looking, extremely flexible, feature rich wordpress themes. Today I stumbled across Atomlux from less than $40 (http://weeklywebtools.com/atomlabs) . The theme is not only flexible, but has a ton of training to go with it. Here is an example of one of their videos on making a call to action. http://youtu.be/ucq1dBEaNbs (http://youtu.be/ucq1dBEaNbs) Check out Atomlabs Website (http://weeklywebtools.com/atomlabs) Full Feature List Fully Responsive + Has Custom Mobile Design Elegant and Beautiful Design - Designed for easy user interface, elegant and beautiful design as well as professional and modern. Can be Used for Any Type of Website SEO Optimized: all content have been structured for SEO, we use semantical HTML & CSS code which allows search engines to easily index the content. Unlimited Color Options Beautiful Gallery with lightbox popup feature Custom Post Types Custom Page Types Advanced Typography options: font size, font color, font family. Filterable Portfolio (One page Ajax column), 2, 3 and 4 columns. Translatable Icon Menu Option - Easily and quickly add icon on Wordpress menus, no coding skill needed. Tabbed Content Feature Toggle/Collapse Feature Optin-Form option Tons of Useful Shortcodes Drag & Drop Layout Editor Custom Templates - Facebook iframe page, blank template, portfolio template, blog template. Retina Ready Logo Option Favicon Option Hundreds of Google Fonts with live preview Google Maps Un-Moved Background Image for The Boxed Layout - You can use both pattern background or cover background image. Color Insights - You'll find color insights inside theme setting. No more confused choosing the best color for your site. Header Image & Background Color Option Build-in Contact Form Stunning Pricing Table - Unlimited color options, built with CSS3 and HTML5. 3 Awesome Homepage Sliders - Big image slider with several of transition variations, sequence slider and featured posts slider. Testimonial Slider Automatic Update - You'll see an update notification on WP admin dashboard when we release new version, simply just 1-click to update without losing all saved settings. Star Rating Google Rich Snippet Unlimited-Level Dropdown Menus Sleek Admin Panel Auto Generated Thumbnails Automatic Pagination Social Sharing Ready - Position is adjustable (floating left, right, top, bottom). Social Profile Icons Support All Major Modern Browsers XML Demo Content & Dummy Theme Settings for blazing fast setup Boxed and Wide Layout variations Threaded Comments Built with HTML5 and CSS3 Footer Bar Layout Option 600+ Icons - A lot of icons included. Use them and create awesome pages. Support with Latest Wordpress. Complete set of instructional training videos and text. Get all future updates with added features FREE for lifetime. Dedicated support team - We provide you private support and community forum. We care about your site as much as you and will help in anyway possible.

Today we talk about PaywithaTweet.com an interesting idea that I could get to work (see video below) and we start a discussion on leaving aweber manage your email list(s) using Wordpress abd Raoid Mailer plugin. Pay With a Tweet This is an interesting idea. It seems simple to use, except when I tweeted it, I got an error message and never got my download. http://youtu.be/t8RedefjnDY Rapid Mailer - Gain Complete Control of Your Mailing List Click Here for More Information (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/rapidmailer)

Live Chat Plugin (http://codecanyon.net/item/wordpress-live-chat-plugin/3952877?ref=jammindave) If you are looking for a live chat system without the monthly fee, then you might be interested in the Wordpress Plugin call (creatively enough) Wordpress Live Chat. Install on your own WordPress and start to use it Very clean code Cute skin (fully customizable) Create your own operators Chat logs, of course ;) More than one operators can reply the same user’s question Visitors can fill out contact form when all operators are offline Notification emails when visitor logs in chat (added in 1.4) It's $15 (one time fee) (http://codecanyon.net/item/wordpress-live-chat-plugin/3952877?ref=jammindave) . Request & Feedback Plugin This plugin is made from the same people who make the Live Chat plugin (so you have some of the same features). Install on your own WordPress and start to use it Cute skin (fully customizable) You may customize the display of the Feedback. You may either make them visible in your entire website or just the location of your choice. You may create feedback categories for more than one product/service. The added feedback may be voted or commented on by the visitors. The most voted feedback will be listed on top. You may add status labels such as “New, Started, Planned, Completed, Declined” Without having to use any code you may adjust: Your feedback box size, color Widget, size, color You may locate the feedback button/window by using the, “top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right” options. You may adjust the left/right margins by the Offset option. You can purchase it for $14 (http://codecanyon.net/item/wordpress-request-feedback-plugin-/5818668?ref=jammindave) Update on Survey 2 Sale I talked about Survey 2 Sale www.weeklywebtools.com/surveysale (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/surveysale) (affiliate link)

Today we talk about consuming the show and another time scheduling tool. Then we get into the instasuite of products that I discovered after purchasing instatheme. Betty Scheduling Tool trybetty.com is a free scheduling tool that works inside your email. I looked at it, but for me personally the biggest hurdle of scheduling on a global scale can be a nightmare when it comes to time zones. I was using calend.ly and it messed them up. I tried timetrade.com and others. Betty makes me manually choose what time zone my guest is in. In some cases I have no idea, and that won't work for me. The other alternative is to let your guest figure it out. No thanks Schedule Once is My New Solution Currently I've settled on scheduleonce.com (http://www.scheduleonce.com) which smacks people in the head when they schedule appointments with me and asks for the time zone. It then emails then 24 hours, and hour and if I want 10 minutes before the meeting and it follows up with them after the meeting. Instatheme I purchased instatheme as it looks very flexible and it has a drag and drop feature that makes building pages a snap. It appears to have just the right amount of flexibility, without going too far to where you are overwhelmed by all of the options. I will be talking more about this as I get some hands on time with it. InstaMember When I bought instamember (tp://weeklywebtools.com/instamember) site, they list all these great features like Built-in affiliate program integrates with goto webinar.com multiple products, subscriptions, etc. Works with multiple payment types, and autoresponders Works with affiliate networks like clickbank It didn't appear to have a drip feature. I emailed their support (once I found it), and got a quick answer. They do have a drip function. When I asked if you get a "10,000 foot overview" of your content and when it would be released, they sent a screenshot showing you did indeed. Cool. If you're new to dripping, this is where you create a bunch of content and then let it release over time. This helps your membership site retention levels stay high. Very cool. While there are a few features that Digital Access Pass has (like a dime sale, and stripe integration) I can now see where instamember (tp://weeklywebtools.com/instamember) is something everyone should consider if you're looking to create a membership site. At $47 (that includes a "lite" version of instatheme) you might want to check it out. Instabuilder Instabuilder is a plugin that allows you to do, well, just about everything. Yes, you can make cool marketing pages with video, bullet points, it has great tools like a countdown timer, the ability to integrate with twitter and facebook, and a whole lot more. The best part it is also around $47 Please note links in the post include affiliate links.

Every now and then doing this show costs me money. Why? Because I come across a product so powerful and unique that I just have to purchase it. Today's show (episode 239) is one of those shows. I came Across Survey (http://weeklywebtools.com/surveysale) 2 Sale (affiliate link) and I was like WOW!. I contacted the developer and he was nice enough to come on the show and explain it. I have this implemented at www.schoolofpodcasting.com if you want to check it out. The Idea You build a survey for your visitors. The more questions they answer, the larger the coupon they earn. Why It Works As you start to answer questions, you realize that the more you answer you more you save. Then when you run out of questions, you receive your coupon. As you have earned this coupon, you feel like you should use it. Thus conversions are going through the roof. If that wasn't enough, when you get the coupon you also receive a count down timer showing how long the coupon will last. This splash of scarcity is the icing on the cake to get people to buy your product. Watch How Easy It Is see www.weeklywebtools.com/239 for videos For more information go to survey2sale.com (http://weeklywebtools.com/surveysale)

Today I point out a very cool task management system that not only makes handling all of your project a breeze, but it integrates with sites like Evernote, Dropbox, and Google Calendar. Here is where things get cool. You can have multiple tasks added by sending ONE email to a special email address assigned to your account. All you do is separate the tasks with a period. So it might be .bring home milk .text wife a loving message .call you mother and all those three items would be turned into separate tasks. Nozbe can be used by anyone - you'll see only the features you'll need. Nothing more. Simple, uncluttered to-do list if you need it to be. And free up to 5 projects! If you need more, it's only $8 and up. [leadplayer_vid id="53155B05D4472"] Patreon.com The Never Ending Kickstarter Patreon is a cool way to boost crowd funding. You can get paid on a monthly basis, or you can get paid when you release content. There are people making some pretty decent cash. You can specify different rewards for different donation amounts. These can be serious or comical. I was amazed at some of the amounts that people are pulling in. They take 8% of the donation and you get paid via paypal (I'm not sure if you have to pay paypal fees). My only complaint, is they force you to go to the patreon website. http://youtu.be/wH-IDF809fQ Here is my video for patreon http://youtu.be/qHwvdpfuO_Y Here is my Patreon website (http://www.patreon.com/podcastcoach)

Simply Measured is a cool website that has free reports to help you determine where your traffic is coming from. this video helps you understand (not sure why the audio is out of sync, its like a bad Godzilla movie). Check it out at www.simplymeasured.com (http://www.simplymeasured.com)

Full notes at www.weeklywebtools.com/236 (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/236)

I just discovered Freshdesk. This is a SUPER EASY support system. It offers SO MUCH. I was looking for a basic FAQ program found this system that not only does FAQ, but it provides live chat, forums, satisfaction surveys and much much more. I looked into it. I saw they had a free version and I had it setup in less than 10 minutes. I love that they have mobile apps to help you stay in touch. Right now they have an android app, and a soon to be iOs app (they do have an html5 version). Prices are not based on the amount of users, but on what services you need. If you are a solopreneur you could get by with the free version. I love that if someone mentions you or direct messages you, you can pull that into a system and determine if you'd like it to be a ticket or not. - very cool. Likewise you can set up an app so your private support is on your facebook page. It integrates with EVERYTHING so now you can not only track tickets but tie it in with your billing system (I LOVE THIS FEATURE). The beauty of the system is it is hyper rich in features but they have a tone of documentation and videos to make sure you don't get stuck. Check it out at www.weeklywebtools.com/freshdesk For more information go to freshdesk.com

Monkey is a standalone web based app where you can simply login to your account and create countdown(s) inside your account without downloading or installing anything. Once your countdown is saved you are given a code to copy and paste into your pages. Your subscription includes all future updates/upgrades and because this is a hosted service you'll never have to do any kind of updates or re-installs yourself (our goal is to ensure you never even notice them) They do have some very cool features. Such as: Just choose how many days / hours / minutes and your countdown will start counting down for each new visitor that arrives on your page. Smart cookie code means the correct time left will be shown to returning visitors. They call this evergreen so you don't have to worry about the calendar. You can make date and time countdown timers. Set your expiration to an exact date/hour/minute. What happens when time runs out? You have three options: #1 Do nothing (the timer simply stops) #2 Hide (the timer is hidden from the page) and #3 Instant redirect (send visitors to any URL on autopilot) - You can also edit/change a live countdown in your dashboard and the changes will be instantly reflected on your page (no need to edit the page) This is not a wordpress plugin, although it will work on any website. You can login to your account, configure the look of your timer, configure when and how it will countdown and copy and paste some code. If you are looking for just a basic Wordpress countdown plug check out countdown widget Digital Access Pass and Dime Sales I started a new membership site using Digital Access Pass. I had never used it, but I noticed they have a Dime Sale feature. This means you set a starting and ending price and then the price will go up based on a number of sales, the length of time, etc. It's pretty cool. I set up my Logical Losers Accountability Club to be $1.00 and the price goes up 25 cents every time someone buys a membership. I did the math and if my top price is $20, by the time I get enough members to make it to $20 I will be making over $800 a month. With this in mind, you may like Dime Sales. I did find a cool tool if you're interested in having a dime sale, but you're not needing a membership site (by the way you can now pay for Digital Access Pass on a monthly subscription). Easy Dime Sale Plugin If you want to sell 6 0r 600 units, no problem because EDS has it covered. Just set it to whatever you want. This is a Wordpress plugin, and right now it's only $9.99. It does one thing, and it does it well. it looks pretty cool. It's only $9.99 t easydimesalepro.com

Today we look at a great tool for selling products with an alternative to paypal. Check it out at weeklywebtools.com/232