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The opportunity for the business professional to increase productivity and revenue through the onslaught of  new computer applications can be daunting.  Below is part-1 of a series of listings of free apps for the business professional to use quickly with time-tested results.

Evernote

Similar to Microsoft’s One Note, Evernote is software application that allows users to capture information of various types, including text notes, mobile phone snapshots, printed and handwritten text within images, web clips, and digital ink. All data added to Evernote are run through a series of recognizers that make any text within the various note formats searchable.  Watch Video Here.

Demandbase

Demandbase is a leading provider of B2B customer acquisition solutions that enable sales and marketing professionals to better identify, reach, and convert new business. Delivered on demand through software as a service, Demandbase solutions combine the ability to identify Web site visitors from target businesses with an integrated database of high-quality, validated business contacts and a new breed of B2B Web analytics to improve marketing and sales performance. In use at more than 1,000 companies, Demandbase helps generate more sales opportunities and drive new business. Watch this quick demo.

Xobni

Outlook Add-on that helps organize and see your emails like no other app.  Even Bill Gates loves this app.
Watch the demo of Xobni here.

Windows Live Sync

A free-to-use application by Microsoft that is designed to allow files and folders between two or more computers be in sync with each other on Windows (XP and later) and Mac OS X based computers.

Delicious Bookmarking

Wish you had your bookmarks on whatever computer you were on?  Enter Delicious.  this online bookmarking service allows you to share your bookmarks or keep them to yourself.  No more writing down web addresses.

Logmein

Remote access and desktop control over any or all your PC’s

iDrive

2 gigs of free back up on multiple computers.  Back up your important files from work, and retrieve them anywhere.

TweetDeck

Still confused about Twitter.  No worry, TweetDeck places Twitter on a user-friendly app that lets you see the big picture of what is happening with all those tweets.

Ken Konecki Uncategorized business, desktop, review

Times are tough!

Good thing God created marketing. Check out this article from PC Magizine by Kathy Yakal on how to market for free or really,really cheap…and get great results.

Too good to sound true? Read 17 Cheap or Free Marketing Ideas

Ken Konecki marketing business, economy, email marketing, review

Let’s face it. Making a newsletter can be difficult.

I recently discovered a little gem called MailChimp. It is a complete email marketing solution that is easy to learn, fun to interact with, and best of all has great price options. For the average small business, it appears that $10 dollars a month would suffice most needs. However, there are many options to adjust for varying degrees of clients and marketing campaigns.

MailChimp is also easy on the eyes. The site was designed to be friendly, fun, and unintimidating. Underneath the beautiful and playful layout it is a high functional software program that gives subscribers fantastic reporting, spam filters, HTML template integration, tracking and reporting, and Google Analytics.

As with any new application, it does take a little time to fully understand the many dynamics of MailChimp. (Even though they advertise you can send a newsletter in 15 minutes) That being said, I have been fully satisfied with MailChimp thus far, and I am optimistically hoping to use this service for many years to come.

Mailchimp is totally free for lists below 100 subscribers, so give it a try.

Ken Konecki Uncategorized email marketing, mail chimp, review