There have been plenty of times when I've said to a Twittere friend "Have you read any Jonathan Carroll books?" Of course, they've generally never heard of him so I offer to send them something so they can see if they like his writing. That's where it gets a little tricky. I could just go out and buy a copy of "Sleeping In Flames" and post it off but that takes time. I could use a file sharing site but, let's face it, that's a bit of a hassle. Twtebook is a PDF book share tool for Twitter that let's ... Read more
While Facebook users have begun to realize that there is great way of advertising through the social network the same isn't really the same with Twitter. Up till now, that is. Boxrockit is a very simple Twitter ecommerce tool that allows creative users to market, sell and track their digitally downloadable products on Twitter and schedule their advertising tweets to best effect. Boxrockit is a social commerce application that allows users to sell digital products on Twitter. It allows creatives and other digital nomads to sell eBooks, videos, digital art, photography, fonts, software and other downloadable products simply and ... Read more
When it comes to starting a business it’s hard enough to find the time to get all the ducks in line before it launches let alone after. Throughout all of this activity the one thing you must continue to do is spread the word and market, market, market! Read more
You won't be able to miss Juicer when you see it in the app store for free. It's the one with the huge luscious red strawberry on the front. With summer not so far away we'll all be racing down the mall pretty soon to get our delicious and refreshing juice mixes. With Juicer there aren't any more trips down the mall. This food and drink tool for your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or Android gives you a super new juicing recipe each day and let's you share photos and postings on your favorite social networking sites. Juicer, The ... Read more
Any app that helps introduce some organization to a business’s processes has to be a good thing and when it relates to customer service then all the better. Read more
If you are a regular Twitter user you'll know how difficult it is to actually follow and make a meaningful conversation sometimes. There is such a plethora of comments coming from everyone around the world that it would be nice to be able to isolate your friends and concentration them alone. Threadir is a Twitter tool that helps you keep track of your friends' conversations so you can actually have what seems like a one to one discourse. Twitter is an incredibly rich source of conversation material but few clients can actually manage conversations well. If you use Twitter ... Read more
Most businesses are guilty of telling customers the old chestnut “we value your feedback” but in a lot of cases this feedback just ends up in an in-box with no organization or prioritization attached to it. This pot-luck approach to getting voices heard doesn’t do much for the confidence of customers and even less for the reputation of the businesses concerned. Read more
It's easy enough to set up a competition or a vote on your Twitter account. it's not quite so easy to gather up and analyze your data and return tweets to judge the results. Interactwive is a contest and game tool for Twitter that gets you creating in seconds and analyzing the results as soon as they start to come in. If you want to run a competition or a vote on Twitter but Interactwive gets you set up to go in seconds. It’s your contest, and you can set it up how you want. Just input the specifications ... Read more
Qidiq is a ruthlessly efficient and seriously fast way of collecting feedback and information from all the groups whose opinions you value the most. In an interesting piece of response marketing they have developed a technique that makes it as much of an effort to delete or ignore an email as it is to answer a simple question. Hence, the response rates are much much higher. Qidiq is a simple mobile and email feedback tool for Android and iPhone that asks a group of people pertinent questions in real time. Respondents answer via email, a web interface, or an ... Read more
We all know the feeling of dread that often accompanies the days leading up to an annual performance review. Scrabbling around trying to remember just what you’ve achieved throughout the year and then worrying if the boss will have the same opinion as to the relevance of your successes. Read more