There is a temptation to think that once you've developed your startup that most of the work is done. Sadly, of course, that's not true if you want to get the best out of all your earlier hard work. AwareLab was designed by startup professionals and guides you through a check list of PR and marketing tasks to launch your campaign to take your pet project to its prelaunch at optimum level. AwareLabs is a PR task list assembled to help guide startups through the initial phases of launching a campaign. Most startups don't know how to make the ... Read more
While meetings are meant to be the lifeblood of the business they are quite often wasted opportunities. Leads are not followed up on, they can be disorganized and there has to be an awful lot of note taking. MeetingKing is a project management, productivity and collaboration application that manages to simplify all these elements allowing you to concentrate on the things that are really important. Putting everyone in the know and brainstorming to move your business in the right direction - forwards. MeetingKing is a new web-based meeting workflow and information tool to help keep meetings short and effective ... Read more
We rely on our memory so much, don't we? But between our work life and our leisure time there are just so many things to remember yet we admonish ourselves when we forget a birthday or forget to pay a bill on time and incur a penalty fee. So why put yourself through it when there are productivity tools like ReminderGuru available to remember for you. But this one doesn't just remember - it will send you an email or an SMS to remind you to buy that present for your Auntie Doris or pay that Amex bill on time. ... Read more
Doozy is an iOS productivity application for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch that has just been seriously updated to include more features. It's basic function is to transform your tasks into neat looking interactive icons that show you all the things you need to do in your day-to-day life to make a busy life more manageable and controllable. Think of it as a mobile online version of a chalkboard or whiteboard where you can see all your tasks neatly laid out ready for you to act. Doozy, which is a play on the words 'do' and 'see,' recently received ... Read more
"Better get a lawyer, son" - that's how the song goes, isn't it? Well, it's easy enough to get a lawyer alright but not so easy to get the RIGHT lawyer for you. One with the right knowledge and expertise on the case you have for them not to mention one that suits your budget. RFPattorney is a legal marketplace application that's similar to other legal apps like the recently reviewed Quigal. By utilizing the power of the Internet and social media it provides a new of connecting practicing lawyers with potential clients making it a win-win situation for all ... Read more
It is said that many businesses spend up to 80% of their time collecting and analyzing data and creating reports. While this is an admirable trait as it's essential to know what your customers want and how well your business is running, 80% is a ridiculous amount of time to spend on it when that time could be used making business decisions rather than overanalyzing them. Cyfe is a web-based business and analytical set of tools that helps you bring all your business metrics into one single location. What impact can an 80% loss in performance have on your ... Read more
Let's not fool ourselves here - we all forget things from time to time. Dont worry, it's not necessarily the onset of Alzheimer's. The fact is, we fill up our lives with so much information that it would be virtually impossible to remember everything. If you watch sporting coaches you will notice that they always have a notepad or a clipboard in their hand because even the smallest piece of information could be vital. Well, I'm not suggesting you rush out and buy a clipboard but there is a more modern way to keep up with the multitude of information ... Read more
Now here is a timely app for the beginning of a new year. Ideal Me Lite is a free productivity and self-help app for iPhone and iPod Touch that helps you lay down some positive affirmations of resolutions you would like to keep over the coming year. By laying out your goals and specifying your potential achievements IdealMe helps to keep them in your head and helps you to become the person that you always wanted to be. Read more
The are times during the day when you might need a little reminder as to something you need to remember or get done. When you are at home it's not so bad as you can be certain that your partner or mother will chime in at regular intervals as to whether you have done this or that yet. Mind Jogger is that little reminder that can give you positive affirmations by sending random nudges during the day. It might be to remember to take a medication or just to sit up straight at work to prevent your bad back flaring ... Read more
It's got to the point now that everybody in business has a business card and they pretty well all look exactly the same. There have been attempts to radically alter the shape and design by creating 3D triangular business cards and all sorts of other shapes but they are really only gimmicks. Now that we have moved into the digital world with mobiles and apps ruling the roost it might be time to move onto a design more suited to those mediums. App2Card is a new advertising app for mobiles and tablets that creates impressive and unique business cards for ... Read more