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ElizabethPW: The Continuing Adventures of Living My Truth: Top 5 Websites I Use in My Small Business

  • Shannon · 2 years ago
    I use a lot of google applications, including alerts and analytics.

    I also use google calendar for my appointments. My assistant and clients can set up their own appointments, and it syncs with my outlook and PDA.

    Plus...it's free.

    I also use a free wiki (PB wiki) as an online operations manual for my interns and staff, as well as smartsheet (paid $20 a month) for project management.


    Quick ? though: why use aweber & 1 shopping cart when the latter has the same services?
  • ElizabethPW · 2 years ago
    I use aweber because it is a better autoresponder. It has more sophisticated reporting and tracking, and an html editor inside the application. The sign up is easier because aweber will give you scripts to put on your websites, instead of having to write html every time you want to add a signup box to a new webpage. It's also compatible with wordpress plugins and a bunch of other applications, since aweber is one of the industry standards.

    Since it is only $20/month, the cost is not too much to make it prohibitive.
  • Bee · 2 years ago
    I use google alerts and analytics too and aweber for mailing lists/newsletters.
  • Michael Valiant · 2 years ago
    Hi Elizabeth,

    Thanks for the mention. I love hearing what people think about our system.

    Thought I would mention too that 1ShoppingCart implemented an HTML editor to the autoresponder and broadcasting sections a few weeks ago (we've had in other areas for a lot longer).

    If you ever find our software is missing something or needs something to help run your business more efficiently, please let us know! I can't guarantee we can implement everything of course, but we're always listening and evolve our software based heavily on the comments of our merchants!

    cheers!

    Michael Valiant
    http://blog.1shoppingcart.com
  • Meg H. · 2 years ago
    I just started using http://officezilla.com for contacts/calendar management. I'll definitely take a look at appointments plus.

    Thanks for the list!
  • Leslie · 2 years ago
    Thank you for the useful tips!
  • Deborah Robinson · 2 years ago
    Wow. You are very good at what you do and I think it's great that you are so willing to share what you've learned with others. I'm so impressed I'm going to subscribe to your feed and put on My Yahoo. I've been using computers for 20 years and I've been internet savvy since 1998. I discuss similar issues to yourself on my new blog and even I didn't know some of the information you have written about here. Well done and keep it up.
  • Laura · 2 years ago
    It's a very helpful list of sites. Thank-you!