Dropbox: Sync and Backup Your Files! Free!
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I just finished upgrading my computer from XP Home to XP Pro. Nice huh? Not really, because it wasn't something that I chose to do. Let's give a big had to people who write worms, huh? The system went from working fine to not even booting into safe mode in all of 30 minutes. To top it off, I couldn't even get remove the virus using Ubuntu Linux (which I normally can do), thanks to the hard drive being read only! To make a long story short, I ended up reinstalling the OS. It's just too bad for me that I didn't find out about Dropbox sooner.
Dropbox is a desktop application (Windows/Mac) that allows you to synchronize all of your important files between your different systems by simply dropping them into a folder. In addition, the free account will give you up to 2gb storage (you can get more storage space by upgrading to a paid account).
If I would have known about this before, I would have saved a lot of files that I didn't need to lose.
One other cool feature of Dropbox is that it has a public folder where you can add your files, right click and get a public URL for that file (great for sharing your data with other team members). Now that's a cool feature.
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SubmitterBot – Directory Submission Tool
Every blogger knows (or should know) that backlinks are a necessity in order to draw traffic to your site, and thereby make money. Most of us already know that getting your URL into directories is a good thing generally. The problem is that there are so many freakin' directories on the net and there's just not enough time in the day to get them all done manually.
Fortunately, there are several tools and sites out there that can help automate this process. For example, SubmitterBot is a semi-automatic submitter site that can help you quickly submit your URL to many different directories in a short amount of time. It sure beats trolling the Google swamps looking for directories, then figuring out how to get your URL listed. You just sign up (it's free), set up your URL, and start submitting it.
SubmitterBot makes it easy to submit your site to many directories. It's easy to use and navigate, which is great for beginner bloggers or people who aren't familiar with things that have many steps.
Go check it out!
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Is Squidoo a Viable Way to Make Money Online?
For those of you who have no idea what I have done, I decided to check into the Squidoo zoo and see what the buzz was all about. I know Squidoo has been around for a while now, but I'm slow. Really, my laptop is running Windows 98 (and it a Pentium 133), hence the attempts to make some extra dough.
My lens, How I Get Money to Burn, has been online for about 2 days. With only the 20 or so visitors, I have earned affiliates in a couple different programs (just a couple signing up for a few programs can make a difference). Of course, these programs aren't designed to make anyone rich (except their founders), but the fact is that a little money CAN be made with them. The trick? Don't focus on completing thousands of offers. Instead, get tons of affiliates and let them do the work for you. Lazy? Not really, because affiliate marketing, as I am learning, takes quite a bit of effort and critical thinking. But one way to give your marketing a kick in the pants is to start a Squidoo lens about whatever it is you are marketing. Naturally, people will find it, and eventually (if your page is motivational enough), you will start seeing some outclicks to your stuff.
Personally, I like the idea of being able to set up a free mini-site in a matter of minutes on a reliable host where you can make money, not only from what you are marketing to your viewers, but also through royalties based on what Squidoo earns via your lens.
Squidoo seems to be a very good way to help promote your affiliates and/or services, and is definitely a good tool to help boost your revenue.
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Arkayne – Similar Post Finding Plug-In Thingy
Arkayne is a tool that helps increase traffic to your blog by adding 'related article' links at the end of your posts.
From their own words:
What Is Arkayne
Ever find an awesome page and wish you could find more like it?
- So you turn to the archives... nothing.
- Then your favorite search engine or two.. nothing.
- Hair pulling and violent typing begins.. nothing.
- After a few precious minutes of filtering through garbage you move on with your day.
This is a feeling I hate having as I walk away from a good blog post. Which is why I created Arkayne, the sole purpose is to make sure you find another article as similar as possible to the one you just read. We all like to have good options. Now that you have a sense of accomplishment let your readers experience Arkayne in your blog...
Automatically link your pages with similar content via Arkayne! You provide the content, Arkayne links your page with users surfing similar topics. Try it, the results are awesome!
I have installed the plug-in on The Project, and so far it seems to be doing it's job. It is, however, still in beta, so in the future it may become something a bit more mainstream for driving traffic to your posts.
The verdict is still pending (since I just installed it yesterday) as to whether or not it drives significant traffic to this site.
Perhaps I should start watching my stats more closely.
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