Web Tools To Help Run Your Online Business

Great scheduling tool.

I thought Mozy was great for back-ups until I actually had to try to do a restore. Now I use Jungle Disk. It’s faster, multi-platform, and more stable.

Great list,could you let us know who designs your sites and what cms ,(content management system) you use?

Wow John you sure have a lot of web tools
I’m going to have to check some of these out!

I like Google Calander (works great with gmail)

I just started using timedriver, that’s pretty cool for scheduling appointments as well

Oops, it didn’t come through:
http://www.setster.com

Great list – I would also add:

http://www.passpack.com – Online password manager

http://www.domainsuperstar.com – Tools for finding domain names

http://www.backupalicious.com – Online automatic website backups

Disclaimer: I own the last two because I wanted what they provided and couldn’t find anything that could do what I wanted so decided to just make them

As far as phone call recording i just tried modcomet.com. It is free and instantly sent me the recording. It is pretty cool.

Mikogo and DimDim are other free screen sharing that are good.

Highrise (37 signals) for contact management.

I use Mindmeister daily… keeps me sane…

Thanks for the list

Awesome list of tools, thanks!

Very useful list.
I’ve made a list on my website that includes some of my favorites such as lastpass, download manager, and of course- wordpress.

I’m going to add some of yours to my list- I especially like your tracking tools.

Thanks for sharing! These are really helpful tools.

That’s a great list of resources – much appreciated.
Thanks for sharing!

John,

Thank you very much for putting that list of resources
together.

Ken

I like HiveMinder as a todo list alternative to RememberTheMilk.

Great stuff John – thank you. I’ve pretty much been a google apps man for the past couple of years but this has really opened my eyes.

Page now bookmarked

Martin

I use Nozbe.com, an online GTD program. If you’ve looked at it before, you should look again, because they’ve changed & streamlined the interface. It’s very faithful to the GTD system. There is a Nozbe iPhone GTD app as well. I’ve investigated the other GTD online apps you mentioned, & decided Nozbe was the best for me.

Jon,
Thanks for the tools, much appreciated and they will be put to good use.
Google docs rocks btw

It is a very ipressive list! You have been very busy. Thanks, I will have try some of them.

What a great list! I would like to add one that I use all the time…scriblink.com for recording white board presentations using camtasia.

Great list for everyone plus I will be able to add some to my Affiliate Marketing Mindmap resource center

Nice list of tools.

A few more:

RescueTime.com – keeps track of what you’re spending your time on

LeechBlock Firefox plugin – helps you focus by not allowing you to open a few sites during your “work” hours

The best twitter desktop client. Manage multiple accounts and search groups http://seesmic.com/

How about “Clocking It”. Helps you keep track of how you or your workers spend your time. AmazonS3 for somewhere to stream your online videos from. Kunaki for cd and mastering: no minimum order and drop ships.

John,
I’ve been a fan of you and your awesome blog for almost 2 years now.
What a great post (as always). Let me add 3 more:
– delicious for tagging and keeping all of your bookmarks
– sxipper – form filling and remembers all your passwords for different sites.
– dimdim.com for webinars. it’s actually free if you have up to 20 people at one time

In my mind, the 3 tools combined together: dropbox, delicious & sxipper make sure that your online business stays put no matter what. Even if they rob you of your laptop, or your hard-disk goes kaput – you will always be able to keep working your business.

here are a couple more

http://www.dabbleboard.com/account a great free whiteboard and drawing tool that you can either save, email or share online.

Also http://www.tokbox.com/ a free video conferencing website. you can create a video message and email it directly. ( i was going to type imediately, but I cannot spell it )

Both clockingit and the leech blocker are great finds. Thanks VERY much for the post.

I just installed activecollab but it is a bit unwieldy and has a learning curve.

I found this very intuitive.

The leechblcok plugin is another tool i love. lets hope i remember to switch it on? ( I must add it to may to do list:-) )

another great discovery thanks Gil

I am registered with dimdim. Been looking for something like this for a long time.. AND FREE .. thanks

Hey John!

Wow that one big list of resources! Thank you so much for sharing.

If you’re into Internet Marketing and using “Web 2.0″ sites, I highly recommend http://www.ping.fm – you make one post there and it sends it out to all of your social sites that you’re a member of – very nice time saver.

I’ve been thinking along similar lines as far as making a resource list – but I’m putting most of mine on a website for webmasters. You can check it out by clicking on my name above. I’m adding resources as I get time.

Thanks again for sharing your “List”!

-Mark

Wow! This is saved in my favorites. Very comprehensive list. Thanks for sharing.

@ Lloyd – You’re very welcome.
I was head over heels when I found out about dimdim (as I am always when I find great free stuff that works well) so I knew it had to be on this list.

-Gil

Hi John,

Great list! I love Audacity and Free Conference Call. Been using both of them for years.

Here is another article that reviews online testing tools. Website Magazine: http://bit.ly/32mqlQ
(full disclosure, I am affiliated with UserTesting.com, but this article covers a few of the tools).

Amanda

Jonas, what a nice jester!

I wish I had something to add, but it looks like you have it covered and then some.

Then thanks also needs to go out to the commenters above who also added to the list.

Thanks to everyone!!!
Ralph Justice

Thanks for sharing the list, if it were my own list i would definitely add Twitter, Comindwork and Skype ))

Once again John rocks it. Great list. Got a few nuggets in there.

Great list. There are a lot of good items on there. We used crazyegg but have since traded up for clickheat, an open source alternative you can install on your own servers. Also take a look at Intervals for project management.

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@Jim Stemen

Who designs my sites? 99designs.com, domydesignstuff.com, and my GUYS.
What CMS do I use? Wordpress for most stuff. I also use a proprietary one we’ve developed over the years.

John

Hi John,

This is an awesome list. Thank you for sharing! I was introduced to you by Alex Syseof through a link on his site. I am glad I have found you. I now have you in my Google Reader so I can visit every time you update. Plus I have shared a link to this post from my website to share with my own readers.

Great to meet you! See you back here soon!

Kind Regards

Jacinta
(An Aussie mum trying to create a business online while her 2 year old sleeps! )

If you would like a tool to manage your small business activities and Projects, you can use this web aplication:

http://www.Gtdagenda.com

You can use it to manage and prioritize your Goals (for business but also in other areas of your life), Projects and Tasks. It has a Checklists section, for the routines and repetitive activities that any business has to do. Also, it features a Schedules section and a Calendar, for scheduling you time and activities.

Some features from GTD are also present, like Contexts and Next Actions.

And it’s available on the mobile phone too, so you can access it from anywhere.

John –

Great list.

I note you included the *.ph websites … are those open again to USA employers?

@Danno – OnlineJobs.ph is open to USA employers.
BestJobs.ph is only available as a member of ReplaceMyself.com.

An obvious tool that is not on the list is Skype, and the latest version comes with a screen sharing tool, and works great for video calling http://www.skype.com

Yeah, great list, and here is another awesome tool: http://www.animoto.com – its free and makes it easy to create short professional looking dynamic presentations/commercials with photos and video.

Add to the list, this is the cool niche domain finder using adwords, http://domainsbyvolume.com

Small Business owners are largely forgotten. Thats why I only focus on them. I have experience several members of my family file bankruptcy due to small business failures. I also I suffered through 2 destroyed businesses due to failure however, in my failings I have learned some of the secrets to success. (Who can say they know it all?)

onlineuniversalwork

Voipstunt for all your phone calls. Dial most of the major countries in the world and talk for as long as you wish for 5 euro cents total

Thank-you John,

That is a really great list of everything right there in front of us.

Thought I would add these, I'm in no way associated with these sites just thought people might like to know a couple of helpdesks to choose from they can use.

http://kuler.adobe.com – paid service
http://www.zendesk.com/ – This is free looks really good
http://www.h2desk.com/ – This one is paid but also looks good

I would check out Zen Desk first as its free, great start anyway if your just kicking off and want to save money

Great List. May I add Carbonite for online backups (and restores)and FreeMind mindmapping tool. Both help me keep sane as well.
Not sure I saw Aweber for email Autoresponder and Broadcast. A must in my book

Dave

The best software we've come across has to behttp://www.freeagentcentral.com – does all your accounts AND invoicing. We're not in any way linked to the product, but have recommended it to our own freelance site visitors on many occasions. It is mainly a UK-based product however.

I could not live without Roboform for keeping track of my passwords!

Dianne

Thanks again Jonas, this is really a big list

I've really enjoyed usinghttp://www.box.net for file sharing and collaboration. I'm beta testinghttp://www.siteplanb.com right now which is an online web/mysql backup and restoration service. Both excellent services and a strong recommendation!

Great List John. Bookmarked for sure. This will get a lot of use from me.

I'm seeking the best resource (book, website or other) for learning how to use Wordpress and the best blogging guide for a beginner. Thanks to you and your followers for any help.

For project management, I think you should add Wrike to the list – For me it's so much more flexible and better.

It's not free, but for Mac-oriented mind mapping, I really like MyThoughts.

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I am using Interspire e-mail program as to aweber. Do not have to pay monthly fees, ALL data is on my hosted server, I can do with the data what I want.

Question – what do you use to set-up a training session, and then have to record screen as well – other than camtasia?

Use Jing Deon. Easier and FREE.

GREAT resource, John, thank you! In addition, I'd like to add 5pm (http://5pmweb.com) for project management, and Clicky (http://getclicky.com) as a robust alternative to Woopra for site analytics.

How can anyone survive without RoboForm, http://www.roboform.com/dist/affs/AiRoboForm-rf64...

I think I have more than 800 usernames/passwords in my account and I couldn't exist without this marvelous program. Thanks, great tips today!

~ Tom

What a fantastic list. it reminded me of ones i have been meaning to try as well as some new tools. Wonderful.

OMG! this is a lovely site, fabulously wonderful things. I could even say on a par with chocolate!

I use optincrusher on all my websites (I also created it . http://optincrusher.com/

Awesome list, thanks!!!!

Hi John

Thanks for that list looks fairly comprehensive. I am sure I can use loads of these tools in my IM business. Thanks Again

Nick

PS You said you have a mastermind group? Can anyone join or do you have to be invited?

another add on is DoubleGlance.com A FREE desktop screen sharing. Nothing to download.

Peter

John you freaking rock. A few of these tools have just made a huge difference to me. An of course getting Phillipine employees has rocked too.

I have just one recommendation. I LIVE on mind mapping software. I even use if for project management for employees. I used to use MindJet till I had every computer in a house burn so now I mostly use web apps. I tried MindMeister for 6 months. Then I went to Mindomo. And I have to say that Mindomo is actually better then MindMeister. Just my 2 cents worth. I use Mindomo to manage all of my employees too.