low cost & free applications
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Free & Low Cost Tech Applications
Andy Halko
Web. Marketing. Software.
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Introduction
Insivia is an interactive marketing firm.
Web.
Web Development
Online Video
Conversion Optimization
A/B Testing
Search Optimization
Flash Animation
Marketing.
Search Marketing
Social Media
E-Mail Marketing
Identity & Collateral
Print & Advertising
Environmental Design
Software.
Custom Web-Based Software Development
iPhone & Mobile Application Development
Usability Testing & Interface Design
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Google Analytics
Website Visitor Tracking
•Install today
•Use religiously
•Combine tools
•Improve Conversion
•Understand Your Audience
•Increase Traffic
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Google Analytics
Use regularly and learn
•Bounce Rates
•Visitor Sources
•Goals
•Profiling
•Visitor Key Phrases
•Content & Paths
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Google Website Optimizer
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Google Website Optimizer
Choosing what to test.
Landing Pages, Product Pages, Conversion Processes
How should we test?Well, it depends what you are looking to evaluate. But try to determine a goal for the test. Is it a color scheme, the message, the layout, the position of actions or navigation?
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Google Apps
Replacing standard applications, online, secure and available anywhere. Reliable, backed-up infrastructure.
– E-Mail– Calendaring– Documents & Spreadsheets– Slides– Blogging– Websites– and much more.
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Google Apps
Google Docs = Microsoft Office
–Word, Excel, PowerPoint equivalents + Forms–Easily shared or publishable single files or folders–Bulk upload existing Office files into Google Docs–Export into multiple formats–Track changes or work together–All in one place with easy sort, tagging and fully searchable
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Google Apps
Cool, Easy Web-based Interfaces
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PipeLineDeals.com
Simple, Web 2.0 CRM
Track all of your sales deals
Collaborate and share
Manage your pipeline
Powerful Reporting
Manage Contacts
Iphone & E-mail integration
$15 bucks a month per user
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Audacity
A free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. Available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and others.
– Manipulating audio for websites– Creating podcasts– Click and noise removal– Audio blogging– Transfering tapes and records to Computer– Recording presentations!
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Audacity
Making podcasts for customers or for in-house training is easy:
Record your audio with Audacity, export it as an MP3, and upload it to your website!
You can get fancier by publishing through Blogger.com or Podcasting.com.
Or create an RSS feed and put it on iTunes if you plan to update it often.
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Meebo
Instant messaging for everyone
Meebo lets you access your buddies on all the major networks (AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber) in a single buddylist.
Use your existing IM account, or get a free Meebo login to chat across all networks with a single id.
Video conference, transfer files, and more from your Web browser.
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Meebo
Place a widget right on your web page
Yeah, there's an app for that...
Strike up a conversation, answer questions, or just keep tabs on guests. Help desk?
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Meebo
“Notifier” puts all your IMs in your windows system tray
Firefox extension:all major IM networks built in. Sidebar with smart buddylist
“Repeater” allows IM access from restricted computers without resorting to dangerous third-party proxies
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GMail
Free Powerful E-Mail
Reliable
Conversation Based
Google Search
Extendable
Tons of Space
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ActiveCollab
Affordable, open-source project management
– Manage projects, time tracking, and invoicing in one application
– Allow your staff and your clients to work together
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ActiveCollab
- Allows for an unlimited number of projects and users
- Manage projects through setting up milestones,
checklists, and timelines
- Time-tracking and
invoicing
- File-sharing, storage,
and versioning
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Social Media
Free tools for many uses
- Promote
- Distribute
- Build Relationships
- Research
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MailChimp
Affordable E-Mail Marketing with Great Reporting
– Easy to create, test, and send marketing e-mails – Import and integrate contact lists from Excel or CRMs.– Create and test an email, step-by-step.– Get reports on opens, clicks, and campaign improvement– Afford it—many different subscription levels (including a
free one) or pay-per-mail– Have fun! Friendly interfaces.
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MailChimp
– Create your email with a wizard or on your own.– Choose your list—including segmentation support– Send your email safely with MailChimp authentication– Improve over time with measuring and reporting tools
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Skype
Download this user friendly voice and video communication tool.
– More than 100 million registered users. – Computer to computer calls for free– Low pricing for calls to land lines and cell phones– Simple, automatic ways to add contacts
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Skype
More than just voice communication.
– Transfer files of any size or type– Multi-person instant message conferences– Tracks all history– Video & voice calling– Interfaces with websites and other applications like
GoToMeeting
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Mint.com
A free way to manage your money.
– Investments– Checking– Savings– Credit Cards– Loans– Autos– Property
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Mint.com
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Social Media
Free tools for many uses
- Promote
- Distribute
- Build Relationships
- Research
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TweetDeck
Great Social Media Interface
- Multiple Twitter
Accounts
- Searches
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EventBrite
Easy and intuitive events & registration
– Upload custom logos
– Set ticket prices
– GOOGLE map
– Personalize link for the event
– Classify and tag your event
– Create nametags
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EventBrite
Multiple ways to publish events
- Embed in sites
- Custom URLs
- E-Mail Marketing
- Social Media
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WordPress
Free, extendable content management system
– Manage your website and blog with an easy editing tool
– Create multiple users and permission levels
– Extend with free plugins
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WordPress Plugins
Free ways to make WordPress more powerful
– All-in-One SEO Pack: Manage your meta data automatically or customize per page
– Google Analytics for WordPress: Integrate Google Analytics for better reporting especially for blogs
– Social Media Manager: tie in website info and updates with your Twitter, Facebook, and more
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WordPress Plugins
– Event Management: Let people register and pay for events
– Contact forms: Create any number of specialized contact forms on your site
– Multimedia uploads: Make it easy to add content like video to your site through the CMS
- Directories, Photo Galleries and tons more
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iPhone
iPhone AppsMany free apps for entertainment, productivity and
commerce.
– More than 30,000 free apps in the App Store. – Download from computer or direct to iPhone.– 2 billion apps downloaded to date.– Many free apps have in app purchases.
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Free iPhone Apps
Photoshop (Adobe)Simple photo manipulation and adjustments
– More than 100 million registered users. – Computer to computer calls for free– Low pricing for calls to land lines and cell phones– Simple, automatic ways to add contacts
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Free iPhone Apps
PandoraLearns what you like to listen to and creates a customset list of music for you to discover.
– Set by music style or artist.– Thumbs up / Thumbs down to teach Pandora what you
like.– Links to YouTube, iTunes, and share lists.
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Free iPhone Apps
ShazamListens to a song you hear and tells you what artist and song is playing
– Samples 30 seconds of a song.– Can tell you artist, song, album.– Can link to iTunes to buy song or watch in YouTube.
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Google Wave
Reinventing E-Mail
- E-Mail + Chat
- Gadgets
- Robots
- Integration
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