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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.

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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