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Web Tools Radio
by Dave Jackson
If you are the person in charge of your website, and you want them to get more traffic, look great, grow your list, and convert more WITHOUT learning code. This podcast is for you. Any job is easy if you have the right tools.
Episodes
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From Frustration to Freedom: How Spectra Page Builder Simplified Website Creation
If you're a WordPress user, you know how crucial it is to find a reliable and powerful page builder that doesn't require a long-term commitment. Well, look no further! Spectra Page Builder is here to revolutionize your website-building experience. In this episode, we'll dive deep into the…
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Voomly - The Ultimate Video Marketing Tool
Enter Voomly Voomly is perfect for content creators, digital marketers, video marketing agencies, and Ecommerce and online store builders. You can turn your video into a funnel and grab email addresses from viewers, and segment them by creating what I call a "pick your own ending" feature. It...
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Distraction Free YouTube Videos With Killer Player
You are on a tight budget, so you use YouTube for your video. However, now your viewers are subjected to ads, recommendations, the title at the top, and the YouTube logo. Just when you want them to take action, they get distracted and go someplace else. This is where Killer Player comes into…
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Affordable Roadmaps with ProductLift
I discovered Product Lift on App Sumo and thought, "Yes, FINALLY an affordable roadmap." This is a great tool for harvesting feedback. You can get it from customers, teams, stakeholders, or in my case, a podcast audience. It makes it so easy to get feedback but also build roadmaps, publish...
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Switchy: Quit Guessing and Start KNOWING What is Working
If you're using bit.ly and sharing those publicly, you're not doing your brand any favors. Today I introduce you to Switchy. It makes it super easy to track your links (in and out) as well as makes QR codes, and Smart Pages (think Linktree) while enabling you to place pixels, and more. As I…
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Mailerlite the Best Email List for the Money and I've Used Them All.
There's no doubt about it, email marketing is still one of the most effective ways to reach your target audience. But if you're a solopreneur, you might be wondering how you can get started with email marketing without spending a lot of time or money. Enter MailerLite. This powerful email…
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Amazing Cutomer Reactions With Loom
Making your company stand out does not mean you need to write your customer's name in the sky. Sometimes it's just doing the little things that nobody else is doing. Mentioned in this episode: Loom School of Podcasting The Low Bar of Customer Service For my first job out of college, I was a…
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Headline Studio Pro
The title of your podcast episode or the title of your blog is "Grandma's China" important and should be seen as a HUGE opportunity to grow - and yet I see people write titles like this: Web Tools Radio - Episode FIVE. ARRRGGGHHH!!!! You are BLOWING it. Headline Studio Pro Makes It Easy Headline...
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And.co: A Great Alternative to Freshbooks
Today Dave shares a great alternative to Freshbooks, and Marcus has some great plugins to help you pimp out Elementor Sponsor: School of Podcasting Mentioned In This Show And.co - Manage Your Business Better And.co Animentor – Lottie & Bodymovin for Elementor...
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Weekly Web Tools is Now Web Tools Radio
Weekly Web Tools ran from 2007 to 2017, and after letting the show take a nap for three years, I'm itching to occasionally talk about some cool stuff on the internet. Well after letting the show take a nap for three years, I'm going to being it back on a more regular basis (still won't be…
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Send Fox Email Client Review
I've been using App Sumo (https:/supportthisshow.com/sendfox) This is a new system but is part of App Sumo (not just something they are promoting). The price as I record this is $49 for lifetime access up to 5000 subscribers. You can upgrade for $50 to get another 5000 subscribers. At the $150…
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The Final Episode - My Favorite Tools
My Favorite Tools From 10 Years (https://warfareplugins.com/?ref=122) - The best tool for sharing things. I love that I can specify the tweet text and the image for Facebook, Pinterest, etc. This is once I don't wince when the subscription payment comes through (http://podcastcoach.aweber.com/) ,...
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Wordfence Keeps Me Safe
Wordfence is a plugin that helps stop people from hacking your site. Today I read you all the different things that it blocks.
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Directory Tools and Advertisement Rotation Plugin
I was looking for a tool to make a directory of websites. To make a long story short, they are very hard to find. Almost all directories are created to help you find some address so it can be a local business directory or real estate, etc. I wanted something to list websites at Podcasting...
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Free Facebook Messenger App - Simple Note
Facebook Messenger WordPress Plugin Based on Facebook Messenger, this plugin runs like an instant messaging system. After setup, which is normally less than 2 mins, the blue badge of Facebook Messenger and the button Message Us on Facebook will appear on your pages. Your customers find it...
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Bomb Bomb Video Email Will Blow You Away
I've used Covideo in the past, but I had to go into my Gmail when I used it and change some settings that set off all sorts of security warnings. Their answer was to send it through their website. In the end, I ended up not using it and eventually unsubscribed. I tried creating videos in Camtasia...
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eClincher Social Media Management Like No Other
Today we look at a cool tool that is a combination between tweetdeck, and meet edgar (or social jukebox). It is super versatile. See video at www.weeklywebtools.com/352 www.weeklywebtools.com/eclincher
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Script Engage Automated Sales Copy Writing Tool - I Got Hacked
Maybe you are a creative person, and you came up with a great product. The bad news is you're not a sales person, and you need some help with your marketing. Script Engage can help with this. Here is how it works. You enter your target audience (the avatar) and fill out a survey about your…
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Gmass and Canned Responses Put GMAIL on Steroids
Today I have two tools for GMAIL and they can save you some time and money. Canned Responses Do you have an email that you send over and over to different people. Now you can do that with Google Canned Responses. Go to setting and then go to the labs tab and you will see where you can enable it....
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Screenmailer - Easy Support Videos
Today we have an easy way to create support and educational videos and some tools for finding the best hashtags Thanks to Mark Johanssen of podcastgeargroup.org for the tip on this. Tools mentioned today www.screemailer.com (http://www.screemailer.com) www.ritetag.com (http://www.ritetag.com)...
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Themifyflow a Powerful Free Wordpress Theme - Facebook Options
Got a cool tool you use? SHARE IT 888-563-3228 Thanks to Daniel J Lewis of this video (http://www.themifyflow.com/) I'm Tired of Todd Gross Todd Gross is the new Nickleback. He was cool at first but over saturation is leading me to hate him. He seems to be THE GUY to promote every single…
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Lead Pages is Now in the Email Game
Lead pages has now got into the email list game with DRIP its super powerful, comes with a clean drag and drop functionality (18 different triggers) so it so its kind of Convertkit on steroids. The weird thing is (apparently) you can't order month to month. There are no options on their website....
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Bundle Affiliate Products with Kit.com
Got a Tool? Call in 888-563-3228 Sometimes we come across a tool that makes you ask, "What's the catch?" This week is one of those. Sponsor: Golance.com Freelancers get paid as early as one day after job completion Employers see certifications, reviews and more to get the best candidates. Zero...
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Add Mobile Apps To Your Portfolio with Mobimatic
Call in your Web Tool 888-563-3228 This episode is sponsored by Golance Work. Hire. Live. goLance Around The World. www.weeklywebtools.com/golance (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/golance) If you are a web designer and have been thinking about adding mobile apps as a service to your customers, then...
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Acuity Scheduling Is the Best Scheduling Tool For Consultants - Freshchat
I've used Schedule Once. I switched to (http://weeklywebtools.com/acuity) . If you are a person that books their time, this is HANDS DOWN, as in no contest the best scheduling tool. Here is why. I can create multiple types of appointments (if I want to go there each with their own time…
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Xmas Widget For Wordpress
Check out the Demonstration of the Xmas Widget Call in your favorite web tool at 888-563-3228 Support the show at www.weeklywebtools.com/support
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Hotjar Analytics - My Top Tweet
Call in your Tools 888-563-3228 Hotjar Hotjar.com is one of the jaw droppign tools I've found in a while. If you want to know what is going on with your website, this takes ALL the guesswork out of it. You have heat maps, Recordings of your visitors (like I said, no guesswork) as well as suveys…
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Activity Log - Scribendi
Call in your web tools at 888-563-3228 Full show notes at weeklywebtools.com/342 (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/342)
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Zapier and ManageWP - Automation and Time Savings
Dave explains how Zapier seems more "business oriented" see Zapier and ManageWP - Automation and Time Savings Both IFTTT and Zapier have free versions. Dave uses Zapier To add customers from Appointlet to his Freshbooks Adds new students from Thinkific to Nimble Then adds a task to Nimble to…
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Freshsales.io Review
Freshsales.io is a free CRM tool. For me I wanted a tool that was a simple place to store my contact, and track tasks and this will do it and send me email reminders when a task is due. It also has a mobile app. They have an extensive knowledgebase, but for me, I want a video tutorial that I can...
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Easy Shortcode Creator - Powerful Tables Via wpDataTables
Full show notes at weeklywebtools.com/339
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Add Event Buttons to Your Website - Short codes?
If you are looking for an “Add to Calendar” button or a “Subscribe to Calendar” button or an API for on the fly event creation or an Event Manager for your website or newsletters, then look no further. AddEvent offers an easy, convenient way to create event buttons. It's easy to use and install.…
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Hide Your Wordpress Info and Free Stuff
Today I found a plugin that stops your wordpress site from looking like Wordpress without changing and file structure, etc It's called Hide WP. and it's $23 Did you know you can get free stuff at Conde canyon every month? Check it out (https://codecanyon.net/?osr=tn&ref=jammindave) Support the…
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Thinkific Membership Site and Teaching Platform
Today I'm talking about a membership platform called Thinkific. I heard about it via the Membership Guys who run the Membership academy (not to be confused by Marcus Couch Membership Coach ) . Here is my problem. I'm using Value Add On. I really like it. One of the reasons I purchased is was the...
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Designrr.io Review
This is a quick tool to help you make lead magnets. The trick is to wait for the pop up window that provides a one time fee pay model.
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Slidebot.io
Today we have a tool that saves you time when making powerpoint slides. Here are the pros and cons: Saves you time as it makes it easy to find great looking graphics. Depending on how you have it setup, you may have disclaimers stating the images came from flickr. They require you to signup with…
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Vidrack Free Video Testimonials - How to Build an Annoying Website
I just discovered Vidrack.com (http://www.Vidrack.com) this is a free tool that allows you to either Have a landing page where people can leave a video message. - Free Use their Wordpress plugin and have people leave messages on your site - $35/yr The video that you can then download is a .3gp...
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More Tweets, More Traffic: Show Down, Social Locker, Contest Blitz
Today we have some tools I found to help drive people back to your site. Social Locker does just that, it locks content and the only way you can see it is to tweet, share, +, etc on social networks. This plugin costs $25 Show Down is a Hot/Not Rating kind of plugin used for content or pictures....
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Switcher Studio Made My Jaw Drop
https://www.switcherstudio.com/ is an AMAZING software that allows you to create great live streaming or recording to Facebook, YouTube. It's $25/month
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Leadly Lets You Know What Companies are Visiting Your Site
Leadly.com sounds like an interesting service. It integrates to let you know how many companies from your email list are visiting your website. The idea is you can uncover a need at the company and make some sales. Interesting. I went to their website. I read their frequently asked question. The...
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Vinci3D Make Your Own Video Intros
If you've ever gone to those sites that have you pay $30 for a video intro based on some template that makes your intro look like everyone else's then you need to check out Vinci3D that allows you to make a unique logo for your videos in just few minutes. The prices starts at $47 a year.
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Chrome Extensions for Web Designers
What Font Colorzilla Grammarly Boomerang The Landing Page Checklist Search by Image Alexa Traffic Rank The Great Suspender Become a supporter at www.weeklywebtools.com/support Call in your favorite tool at 888-563-3228
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Todoist - A Powerful and Super Easy to Use Todo List Tool
Most of my todo items come to me via email, and I've used Asana, and Evernote and both provide ways for you to send emails to those system. Once you memorize the items to put in the title it will automatically sort, stamp, etc your todo item. Cool? yes. Easy? Not so much. I've been able to…
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Webinar JEO - Webinar Jam has Some Competition
See weeklywebtools.com/326 (http://weeklywebtools.com/326)
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Is Cornerstone the King the Page Builders?
I was emailing back and forth with Marcus Couch who is on the WP Plugins A to Z show. I heard him mention weeklywebtools.com/3 (http://weeklywebtools.com/325) 25 You edit everything from the front end, and much like most builders it is HIGHLY customizable. This also means that there are tons of...
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Google AMP
weeklywebtools.com/324
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Boomerang Puts Gmail on Steroids - Follow.net Snooping Tool
Boomerang For Gmail http://www.boomeranggmail.com/ (http://www.boomeranggmail.com/) This tool allows you to schedule email to go later, as well as have it prompt you if a person has not responded to your email. You can also have Boomerang take a message out of your inox and put it back in later.…
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Canva For Business - YouTube Audience Retention Report
Canva For Business This is a great tool, it allows you to add folders, add some branding to canva, set your default fonts and colors. My favorite is the abracadabra feature where you design one graphic and then order a twitter, facebook, tumblr, etc version and it just spits them out. All you…
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EZ Popups
see weeklywebtools.com/321 EZ Popups (http://jvz2.com/c/59893/209064)
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Clean Up Your Inbox - Find An Alternative to Anything
Alternativeto.net (http://Alternativeto.net) This is a cool site. If you find a tool you like, but maybe you don't like the price. You type in the name of the website or app, and it spits out an alternative to. For example, I just cancelled my lead pages account. I just wasn't using it enough to...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
If you are the person in charge of your website, and you want them to get more traffic, look great, grow your list, and convert more WITHOUT learning code. This podcast is for you. Any job is easy if you have the right tools.
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Web Tools Radio currently has 136 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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If you are the person in charge of your website, and you want them to get more traffic, look great, grow your list, and convert more WITHOUT learning code. This podcast is for you. Any job is easy if you have the right tools.
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