Productivity Zone

Glen takes a look at When I Work, a service that simplifies staff scheduling and saves you time and headaches.

Kimba treats us to Rocketium, a video creation and editing tool well-fitted to use on social media. As a bonus, she also dives into Yala, a bot for use on Slack and other platforms.

Glen shares his secret source for business-grade ringtones you won't be embarrassed to use. He also offers up browser extensions to take advantage of Amazon Smile. Kimba lets us in on the new stuff Facebook is rolling out, like job postings.

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In the Social part of our podcast, Kimba takes a solid look at where Twitter fits in these days in the social universe.

Robocalls suck. It's gotten to the point that we don't answer the phone at all unless we absolutely know who is on the other end. Is there any solution to this scourge? Actually, there are a couple, and Glen lets you in on how easy it is to banish robocalls from your daily life. Kimba reminds us that many of our clients (and maybe even some of us) overlook the basics of that social media standard - Facebook.

Save your sanity and automate follow up emails with your clients. Need to get information or documents from them to keep your project moving? Do I even have to point out how automating billing reminders will save your sanity? Join Glen as he explains two services that can manage those emails for you.

Kimba teases us with two online graphic editor programs. One lets you design photo-meme images for your posts, the other excels at creating infographics.

Lose/loose. Affect/effect. Lie/lay. And of course, there/they’re/their. Do I need a comma or not? Glen lets you in on a tool both he and Kimba use to fix pesky typos and grammar errors. Kimba’s world is in upheaval – she may have found a replacement for Buffer. See how it measures up. Rate us on [...]

Kimba helps you with your quest to find the best tool to manage social media for your business. Glen revisits SumoMe and the changes in services and pricing since their rebranding as Sumo. Bottom line: all their apps are available for free, albeit with limits not found on their paid plan.

Kimba brings us six social media tips for effective social media headlines to attract your readers. Glen takes a look at HelpScout and the many features they offer (even on the free tier), allowing even a one-person company to easily (and affordably) have a business helpdesk.

What the heck is a VPN, and what is it good for? It's a Virtual Private Network; a private, encrypted connection over public internet. You can use it to keep strangers from eavesdropping on what you're doing online, like paying bills, connecting to your bank, checking your email, etc. It's all Glen this time as he reviews VPN apps Cloak, Hotspot Shield and VyperVPN.

Hate updating your website? What if you could add new content to your site every time you made a Facebook post? Check out Ekko. Grum schedules your posts to Instagram. Iconosphere gives you analytics about your Instagram account. Mashfeed lets you browse or curate collections from hashtags or feeds.