Web Tools Radio

I've used Aweber (http://podcastcoach.aweber.com/) makes you pay for people who have unsubscribed (but you've never removed - according toe convertkit.com's site). Until recently, you could not add a list to aweber without doing a double opt-in. In some cases (without using the list automation) you could easily have the same person on multiple lists and be paying for them. For me, I've been paing $15 a month ($180/yr) so it did what I wanted it to do - send email, and convert an RSS feed to an email. 

I've wanted to start doing more strategies to build my list. I purchased Lead Pages, and purchased Optin Monster, and when I saw videos on Aweber (http://podcastcoach.aweber.com/) , part lead pages, part optin monster. The price seems a bit hit at $29 a month for 1000 subscribers (you can send 10X the number of subscribers). But then, if you're paying for unsubscribers it may be cheaper. 

The cool thing is you can EASILY create segments of your list and just send (or exclude) them. I like this idea, especially for those list that I want to do more than send out a follow up email. Check out these videos from Convertkit (http://mbsy.co/cQZRN) .

Videos at www.weeklywebtools.com/300 (http://www.weeklywebtools.com)

Boost Sales with Better Copy

Ray Edwards is a master copywriter, and right now he is kicking of a course (that I have taken, it's awesome) and you can get a ton of content for free as he unveils his course. Go to www.weeklywebtools.com/rayedward

Real 3D Flip Book

link to a video (http://intelliplayer.com/watch/643ecti9i)

Bookly Wordpress Booking System

Over the years I've used many booking systems. I currently use Appointlet. It's fine. It's simple, and it does what I wants. However, when I saw the The plugin is $46 (http://codecanyon.net/item/bookly-responsive-wordpress-appointment-booking-and-scheduling-plugin/7226091?ref=jammindave) .

Here is a video  (http://intelliplayer.com/watch/9876cti9g)

LearnDash WordPress LMS

This LMS is for the person who is not only interested in having a member ship site, but in making sure that they actually learn the subject. There are certifications, there are quizes, and all sort of things you can add on to the system. They have features like custom forums per class, but it appears you need to install BBPress for that (and I can never get bbpress to look anything but awful). It starts at $99 and you can find more information here. (http://www.learndash.com)

In the past we've mentioned tools like Long Tail Pro, and Marketing Samurai, but there is a new tool on the scene called P1 Tartgeting App (http://jvz6.com/c/59893/181427) . It's a pretty cool keyword app. It does the following:

You type in one word and it looks up tons of keywords

You can then look at the competition around such words

You can check domains that are available

You can sort by profitability

You can filter out the keywords that are less profitable

The pricing starts at $29 (up to $99), and once you sign up there will be an upsell for a content app, and (BUT WAIT THERE's MORE) there will be one last upsell for a targeting app. 

WATCH VIDEO (http://intelliplayer.com/watch/4c989tif9)

I was using Polldaddy to do polls. Its very robust, but if you use the free version you can't export the results. When I found FSQM Pro, it seemed to do everything that poll daddy did, AND it let your export your results. The plugin is pretty easy to use, I made a form, it looks great, and it has tons of options. When I went to export, I could export the questions - not the results. This is handy in the event you made a survey on one website and you wanted to duplicate it on another, but not what I was looking for. For $29 I expected more. Here is a video. It's a great plugin, but for me I think an additional $10 for the exporting option is too much. Their support has me jumping through hoops to get their attention.

There is plenty of documentation and videos.

Here is a link to a video (http://intelliplayer.com/watch/24531tg9u)

A new episode

(http://weeklywebtools.com/canvakala) is a new plugin that allows you to do serious editing to your images without leaving wordpress. You can add effects like those in instagram, add text, brighten, sharpen, etc. There are even layers like in Photoshop. There are hundreds of images to pick from (you are pulling from sites that have legal images).  As I record this episode its $17 with a promise of the price going up (to what I'm not sure - you know the old internet marketing thing).

They do have a link to support which goes to a ticketing system, so without craeting a ticket, they have at least taken a step towards being legit. The plugin looks really cool. Here is the video demo (http://weeklywebtools.com/canvakala) .

Check it out at www.weeklywebtools.com/294

Thanks to Steve Stewart for this tip. Today we have a cool free chat tool with a very impressive feature set. There seems to be more catch...

Monitor website visitors in real time

Answer chats from your Mobile Device

Proactively engage visitors with Triggers

Customize your Visitor Widget to suit your site

Localize greetings and messages in your Language

Respond quickly with Predefined Shortcuts

Integrate with Wordpress, Joomla, Magento, etc..

Check it out at www.tawk.to

I hear about this plugin on my friend  Social Warfare plugin (http://weeklywebtools.com/socialwarfare)  unique in a few ways.

(http://weeklywebtools.com/socialwarfare) It only focuses on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. (but really, do you use others?)

You can dictate what image is shared on FaceBook

You can completel control what is tweeted out including hastags, mentions, etc

The retweet button looks awesome (pull quote)

Customize the description and picture of Pinterest.

The price is $24/yr for one website. 

I have not purchased this plugin yet, but probably will be in the future. 

Also, I recently moved Weekly Web Tools to BlueHost just to try them out. I'll keep you posted.

For more information visit 

Social Warfare  (http://weeklywebtools.com/socialwarfare)

Monarch is a great tool for spreading your message on the Internet via social media. This is from the people at elegant themes. The more I look into the products of this company the more impressed I am with everything they create. You can choose everything about how the social buttons look, how they line up, what triggers them, it's got an amazing set of options that allow you to be super creative. It also (if you want) will display your followers and your likes, stats, etc.

Behind in the dashboard you can go in and see all of your stats in one place. The best thing of all is its designed to be super responsive, and super fast.

To purchase the plugin, it's $69 a year, and you get 80+ themes and plugins along with it. This is a great business plan and it working for Elegant Themes as the continue to peruse and create awesome plugins and themes as the business is paying for developers and support staff. Here is a video just showing one aspect of the Monarch plugin.

Check out more at  Elegant Themes (http://www.elegantthemes.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=4473)