I‘ve not posted to my blog in a few months now and each day I find a new tool to blog about but then I find the next day has come around and a days work is well underway.  I’m busy working on a few projects I’ll post more about soon but I wanted to tell you about this.

I just found this neat little tool and it’s certainly one to bookmark.  There are a few services (paid & unpaid) which  I use daily and sometimes I want to be able to check the status of those services to ensure a site or business is not being effected.

The one I found today is for Google.  If  you use any/many/all of Google’s services this is a must have in your bookmark folder.

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There’s always been hype about earning money through Google Adsense but there’s now a product that will automate the complete process for you.

It’s a simple tool you use by entering keywords into the software and then a website is built for you with the click of a button.

If before it was taking you ages to synch your iPhone with your Google calendar then this little addition to Google never ending supply of tools will help.

Google Calendar Sync

This little tool automaticaly syncs your Google calendar with your Outlook calendar which mean you can the sync your iPhone with Outllook and have all the same data available on your phone.

Now this little app allows you to adjust how many minutes the sync process happens, it’s small download and simple installation.

Go and try it out and you’ll never miss another birthday agian!

Whilst I’m playing around with Wordpress I thought it would be best to start learning more php code. After a couple of days of searching and reading how to manually install php and apache (for Windows) locally on my system I came across XAMPP a one click install program that does it all for you.

It’s like an out the box and ready to install package, run the .EXE file which will install APache, MySql and FileZilla if you want it, and it’s done!! That’s it!! No more reading, more time to code!!

Once you have XAMPP installed you navigate from your web browser to http://localhost/xampp/which shows the the main user interface with links to tools, scripts and tutorials.

GrandCentral are aiming to give you one number for all your phones, for life!

Whilst playing around with a Blogger site I had just started, I found Grand Central a phone company purchased by Google.

Anyway I tried to join but it appears the service is not yet available in the UK. but it look very neat and would certainly come in handy.

If anyone is currently using this in the US I would love to hear about it.

GrandCentral will offer visual voice mail and heaps of other features for managing calls.

Every now again I like to see how popular a keyword is.

Here’s the tools I use:

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/

http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/

Depending on your business model whether you develop products and flip businesses these keywords tools can help you find keywords around your niche.

Now that email has become part of everyday life you should be sending regular emails to your clients with promotions, news and especially offers.

Here’s a program that easily creates your own unlimited emailing lists for a small payment. By adding one line of code to your web site, people can join your mailing list.

To automate the email process on our site we use a program called Aweber.

Aweber has been one of my favorite web marketing tools making it easy for me to track where people join mailing list, test products and at the same time automate emails while I’m away from my desk.

The pricing at Aweber seems fair to me:

$19.95 paid monthly
$179.40 paid yearly.

They offer other payment option on their site. If you take the yearly option it works out about £92 depending on the exchange rateat the time.

Why pay to set up an email list?

Here are some reason why.

If you use simple 4 digit passwords then you are at risk.

4 digit passwords, all in lower case can take .046 seconds to hack.

Read more about how quick a hacker can hack your passwords at One Mans Blog.

After you have read that article you want to consider downloading RoboForms FREE Password Manager.

Read my RoboForm article to find out more about how RoboForm works.

Then may be change your passwords to 8 digits using all characters like this: j!B$3h7e

It’s common for people to use simple names, DOB, friends names, pets name, places they live etc. The information you store and access online can be personal, best to keep it that way.

Nowadays on the Internet you have to register on the sites you visit before you can post messages or view information.

With the Internet moving towards paid information it will not be long before you are a member of a few forums, social media sites or a subscription web site paying to receive information about your favorite niche.

If you find yourself having to write down or remember another password then this tool is for you. RoboForms allows you to remember 1 password, that’s right, 1 password to access all your passwords!

It’s easy to use, easy install, allows you to back up passwords, generate passwords and lots more.

One of the great things I love about RoboFrom is that I can back up and sync my passwords to Portable RoboForm on a USB stick or another computer.  I then have access to my passwords anywhere I go.

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RoboForm is free to use with up to 10 different passwords and you’ll soon see the benefits of buying the Pro version as you can have features like auto submit or one click to fll and submit username and passwords.