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Today I have two tools for GMAIL and they can save you some time and money. Canned Responses Do you have an email that you send over and over to different people. Now you can do that with Google Canned Responses.  Go to setting and then go to the labs tab and you will see where you can enable it. (Supporters have a video showing your how to set these up. Become a supporter today for as little as $2 a month (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/support) ) GMASS for Gmail  Send email campaigns from within GMAIL and get reports on how the campaign delivered. Technology in place to ensure you don't exceed GMAIL sending limits.  Built in follow tool allows you to get the most of your campaigns. Do a mail merge with Google Sheets . Check it out at www.weeklywebtools.com/gmass (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/gmass)

Today we have an easy way to create support and educational videos and some tools for finding the best hashtags Thanks to Mark Johanssen of podcastgeargroup.org for the tip on this. Tools mentioned today www.screemailer.com (http://www.screemailer.com) www.ritetag.com (http://www.ritetag.com) www.hashtagify.me 

Got a cool tool you use? SHARE IT 888-563-3228 Thanks to Daniel J Lewis of this video (http://www.themifyflow.com/) I'm Tired of Todd Gross Todd Gross is the new Nickleback. He was cool at first but over saturation is leading me to hate him. He seems to be THE GUY to promote every single marketing tools (and I understand, his job is to do voice over, and video work, but apparently he will promote anything - which I feel is bad for HIS brand). Today I play a clip from a video that is built on the backend of Facebook. Is sends automatic messages if you leave a comment. It even will switch up its messages if you leave two responses (cause people will never figure out that they are talking to a robot). My point is I know two companies now that have had tools that worked with Facebook (three if we count Soundcloud) and Facebook changes their backend on a regular basis and it breaks stuff. Support the Show Go to www.weeklywebtools.com/support and shop, donate, or become a Patron

Lead pages has now got into the email list game with DRIP its super powerful, comes with a clean drag and drop functionality (18 different triggers) so it so its kind of Convertkit on steroids. The weird thing is (apparently) you can't order month to month. There are no options on their website. You can only order annual packages. You can try it free for three weeks.  Easy Quiz Player - Make Lists Building Fun This is a great looking, powerful tool to create quizzes. These can be text, photos, videos, scales, and order questions. It looks great and professional. The best part if you can (with the pro plan) keep track of high scores and have tools to let the visitors brag about their score and invite their friends  Then you can later export the names and addresses. This could be a fund way to drive traffic and grow your list. I could see trying it for a month to see what happens Check it out at www.easyquizplayer.com Become a Weekly Web Tools Supporter Go to www.weeklywebtools.com/support and join for as low as $2 a month.  New Show on the Power of Podcasting Network: Alexa Cast If you've been thinking about getting an Amazon Echo or Dot you can talk to Alexa, check out the Alexcast at alexacast.com (http://www.alexacast.com/buyersguide) to help you get the most out of your Amazon Echo, Tap, or Dot.

Got a Tool? Call in 888-563-3228 Sometimes we come across a tool that makes you ask, "What's the catch?" This week is one of those. Sponsor: Golance.com Freelancers get paid as early as one day after job completion Employers see certifications, reviews and more to get the best candidates. Zero costs for joining, posting or applying for jobs. Get referral commissions Work. Hire. Live. goLance Around The World. (http://www.golance.com) Build Bundles of Amazon and Other Affiliates Products For me, I do the Best Podcasting Gear where I want to group products together. Now I can group items together, and provide a "buy all" button and put in my own personal description. You can then put this widget anywhere. here is an example I made in a few minutes. https://kit.com/podcastcoach/solo-podcaster (https://kit.com/podcastcoach/solo-podcaster) Start Podcasting Today  www.schoolofpodcasting.com/start

Call in your Web Tool 888-563-3228 This episode is sponsored by Golance Work. Hire. Live. goLance Around The World. www.weeklywebtools.com/golance (http://www.weeklywebtools.com/golance) If you are a web designer and have been thinking about adding mobile apps as a service to your customers, then today we have a tool for your. Mobimatic Make Mobile Apps in Minutes You can build apps for iOs and Android and Web Apps. Build apps with a drag and drop interface and  point and click. Easily build apps for restaurants, stores, bars, Coaches, gyms, Marketers, Media Organizations, Schools Governments and Churches. Build and unlimited number of apps Add unlimited pages Contests Coupons Add your QR code, Your website blog Your Podcast Get analytics on the app and audio updates. Each app has its own unique dashboard. To make it super-easy to find and manage, each app you build and sell will have it’s own unique admin panel, enabling you to keep an eye on your overall operations with just one glance From this back office, you can easily edit and update apps, send push notifications and in-app messages, manage coupons and special offers, track your user base and easily view sales and app owners can have a personal at a glance view from this dashboard.  You can give your users access to this dashboard and charge them for the privilege… Or why not offer an extra service and manage it all for them…and charge them a monthly fee! (For hardly any extra work on your part!) Weekly Webinar Coaching Training Library of tutorials The entire back office is fully White Label*… meaning our name and logo will not be anywhere. Your customers will never know we exist. Leaving you looking the ultimate business professional that you are.  24/7 support and a 30 Day guarantee Check out this video (http://intelliplayer.com/watch/726fau6ff) (http://jvz2.com/c/59893/241756) Divi 3.0 Allows You To Edit From the Front of Your WordPress Website I've been a big Divi fan, but the latest version of the popular theme allows you to edit your site from the front end, so no more switching back and forth check out this video

I've used Schedule Once. I switched to (http://weeklywebtools.com/acuity) . If you are a person that books their time, this is HANDS DOWN, as in no contest the best scheduling tool. Here is why. I can create multiple types of appointments (if I want to go there each with their own time constraints) It syncs with any calendar out there (both ways) I can customize my schedule page, and it embeds in everything (they even have a Wordpress plugin) I can create coupons and/or products to upsell. I can have a separate link for each appointment type. For me I have one link for consulting (which involves fees) and another for interviews (which are free) It integrates with a ton of stuff. For me, it creates a client, and an invoice in Freshbooks. It accepts a stripe and paypal (I'm using both). The best part is all of this is $10 a month. If I go $20 a month I get reminder emails and text message If you go to the $36/month they take off the " “Powered by Acuity” on scheduling page. In three words. I love it. There is also a free plan, and a free trial. Check it out at acuityscheduling.com (http://weeklywebtools.com/acuity) Freshchat Simple Light Chat System I've been using tawk.io for a while as my chat system. It works. shows me what people are looking at, and I can load it on multiple websites. It also acts as an app on my computer. Recently the people who created Fresh desk ( a ticketing and support system I love) released Fresh chat. This is super simple, light and fluffy. You can edit the text and appearance of your chat box, specify what information you need before you join the chat. With freshchat they say "With contextual information available in Freshchat, you can make a decision to manually or automatically, and send targeted messages to the people who you think are interested in your product." Right now it's free, and while I like the interface and tools, I didn't see anything that inspired me to move off my current system, but I need to kick the tires a little harder to make sure I'm not missing anything. Check it out at freshchat.io (http://freshchat.io)

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Call in your Tools 888-563-3228 Hotjar Hotjar.com is one of the jaw droppign tools I've found in a while. If you want to know what is going on with your website, this takes ALL the guesswork out of it. You have heat maps, Recordings of your visitors (like I said, no guesswork) as well as suveys and polls.  The best part is you can try it out for free. Check it out at www.hotjar.com (http://www.hotjar.com) My Top Tweet Want to know what got the most tweets? Mytoptweets.com goes over the last 3200 tweets and gives you the results. Want to know what the top tweets of your competitor is? Yep, you can see that too. Check it out at www.mytoptweets.com (http://www.mytoptweets.com) 15% off Dedicated Wordpress Hosting Check out my new Godaddy Reseller account at www.coolerwebsites.com and use the coupon code weekly5 to get an additional 5% off our already low prices (plus a free domain with web hosting purchase) Thanks To Our Patrons Thanks to all of our patrons at weeklywebtools.com/support become patron and support the show and get access to additional tools

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