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September 30th, 2006

5 Great Small Business Resources

This is the Biz Tech Links entry for 10/6/06 -

Another awesome way to sell digital blog content - TidWit

Another low-cost, robust backup solution - Carbonite.

A fantastic compilation of marketing tools at - Mike’s Marketing Tools

Need up-to-the-minute customized PR and News information on specific topics, companies, and people? Check […]

September 29th, 2006

2 Ways to Access Files from your Cellphone

Ever get caught needing a file while on the road, and all you have is a cell phone? Unless you have a secretary to call so that she (he?) can read it to you - these 2 services/applications will be very handy. Both are very similar and work in the same general way from what […]

September 28th, 2006

Cheap eCommerce Shopping Carts

Neville’s Financial Blog does a comparison of several ecommerce shopping carts that are free or cheap. Included are osCommerce, Zen Cart, X-Cart.

Also look at these related articles from VerusNova:
Online Store Made Easy with ChainReaction
The 60-Minute Shopping Cart

Or you could go with an online store that has shopping carts as a built-in service — […]

September 26th, 2006

300 Free Excel Utilities

If you are a power Excel user like I am, then you will find the utilities in ASAP Utilities extremely useful. In fact, many of these you will get so used to having, that you wonder why Excel doesn’t have them built-in. I can’t use Excel without this add-on. Installing ASAP is easy; it will […]

September 25th, 2006

PhoneGnome Combines VoIP and Landline features

Want to have the next generation features of VoIP without giving up your landline or current phone number? Take a look at PhoneGnome. This $120 gadget attaches to both your broadband network and your phone line to combine the best of both worlds. It can let you call any SIP based phone (e.e,g Gizmo) and […]

September 22nd, 2006

Biz Tech Links for Sep 22

BizAutomation
Web based CRM & BPA for Outlook & Exchange

Slash/Links
SlashLinks is a tool for automatically mirroring links from the popular social-bookmarking service del.icio.us to your personal or institutional website.

Voo2Do
advanced task and priority management for busy, ambitious individuals

RoboForm2Go
Using a USB thumbdrive, take your passwords wherever you go — safely
Technorati Tags: CRM, Outlook, Exchange, del.icio.us, Voo2Do, USB

September 21st, 2006

2 More Ways to Sell Intangible Goods

The VerusNova post “13 Ways to Sell Intangible Goods” gave some great sites that are focused on selling items such as ebooks, software, music, art, and other items that can be sold without the need for good old FedEx or UPS.

Well, I’ve found two more sites that might be of interest.

The first is for […]

September 20th, 2006

How to make a million dollars

Here are some articles about making it big online:

MSN Money: How to make a million online
Make That Million Dollar Pitch
How To Parlay Any Online Business Into A Million Dollars
How to Earn Money Writing for BlogIt OK, maybe not a million on this last one, but I thought it might be of interest to […]

September 19th, 2006

Tracking Time is Easier with Journyx

Journyx Timesheet is an enterprise or small business timesheet and expense management solution. You can easily manage employee timesheets and expenses for project control, customer invoicing, and payroll automation with Journyx Timesheet. Any company that bills for services, performs project-oriented work, or tracks time for professional workforce (including 1099 and sub-contractors) can benefit from Journyx […]

September 18th, 2006

Edit Images Online with PXN8

PXN8 is an online image editor with a Web 2.0 user interface. You probably have these features in one of the many available software packages for editing digital photos, but now you can perform all of these functions online. After you are done you can click on the ‘Upload to Flickr‘ feature.

Some of the […]

September 15th, 2006

8 Free Resources for Small Business

Here are this week’s Biz Tech Links:

A great resource from SEO Book: 101 Ways to Build Link Popularity

Free eBook from Jennifer Laycock: “A Real Life Guide to Starting an Online Business“

Also see the Business Owner’s Toolkit from CCH.

Good Article from Small Biz 101: Tips for Increasing Sales

ShieldsUp Security Test for your PC

Convert an RSS Feed […]

September 14th, 2006

3 More Ways to Can Spam

Tired of receiving Spam just because you used your email to receive information online? Want to give out a contact email for a short period of time, or use a different address for for each newsgroup? There are several ways to “protect” your main email address and give out addresses that are disposable. Yahoo has […]

September 13th, 2006

4 Easy Ways to Track Your Packages

Do you receive a lot of deliveries from suppliers? Want to make sure your customer got his order?
The VerusNova post about 411sms.com (Don’t Pay for 411) showed how you can use your cell phone to get the whereabouts of your packages.

If you are on the web, however, you can head over to one […]

September 12th, 2006

Stealth Surfing

I don’t think the Beach Boys ever had a song about anonymous surfing USA, but with all the news articles lately about ISPs and providers giving out information on their subscribers activities and search requests, who is to say that tomorrow your company’s information won’t be posted as well? Do you want everyone knowing who […]

September 11th, 2006

Need a Good Password?

Check out (what else) Good Password to generate a strong secure password.
It lets you select any size (6-20 characters) and whether to include special characters or not.
Here are some I generated:

wp3D4t7C
6Enucef5jN
PyFm63KqYTw5

OK - if you’re like me and can’t remember this stuff, try the Easy to Remember Password version. You provide a phrase and […]

September 8th, 2006

Anyone can Manage a Small Network

Do you have between 1 and 8 Microsoft PCs that need to share resources - but you have no idea how to get them to network together? If you’d rather not learn how to be a network administrator (or don’t have cash to hire one) - then take a look at Network Magic.

Network Magic […]

September 7th, 2006

3 Great Ways to Find the Next Big Thing

Trends, Buzz, Zeitgeist, you know the terms….

If you are like me, you peruse Digg, Slashdot, and man other sites each week — as well as have about 100 RSS feeds to read, trying to find which topics or products everyone is reading about. Sometimes it’s hard to see the big picture. If you’re business relies […]

September 7th, 2006

Don’t Pay for 411

411sms lets you get 411 listings, Movie listings, Directions, and many more services for FREE on your cell phone, simply by text messages. Why pay ($1.25 or more) to talk to an operator when you can get 411 info for free. No registration or setup needed.

Here is just some of the information you can receive […]

September 6th, 2006

VerusNova Makes Top-10

Recently, a site I have had in my blogroll for a while — 60 Second Ideas — listed their 2nd quarter selections for the ‘Top 10 Small Business Blogs‘. I am happy to note that VerusNova was selected amongst some other very well known blogs and heavy-hitters (like ProBlogger). Thank you!
Also — Congratulations […]

September 6th, 2006

25 Wireless Security Tools

If you think that wireless security is not that important - you need to reconsider your priorities.
For example, do you change the default passwords on your wireless equipment? If not, See how easy it is to get the default logins and passwords to most networking equipment.

Want more quick tips for securing your wireless […]