The Desktop Tutor

Mind mapping is commonly used by people who are “brainstorming” ideas for things like websites, books they are writing, or just to get the creative juices flowing when working on a project.

In this video I will go over how to use bubbl.us and create mind maps, or flowcharts.
You can access this program by going to http://bubbl.us/

Do you have a picture on your computer that you want to send in an email, post on your blog or website, turn into an avatar or print but its HUGE.  Use this online tool to make it smaller.

Go here:
http://www.shrinkpictures.com/

Upload Image

Pick Size of new image
Your Image is smaller!!!

TaDaa!

Twitter users and others continue to put out new Twitter Tools at an amazing pace.  Today I read about a couple of new ones announced that you may or may not have heard of.

The first is TweedleDM which you can find at http://tweedledm.com/ .  TweedleDM is a Twitter aggregator that allows you to search  direct messages in your twitter account with keywords, username, or whatever you like.  It pulls direct messages from twitter and allows you to search them.  The first time you use the application it is a bit slow because it has to download and organize your direct messages but have patience, if you have a lot of direct messages this is a great way to search.

When you get to TweedleDM.com first log into your twitter account on that page then type your first search.. You can search sent, received or all direct messages in your account.

The second Twitter Tool is called TwitWall which you can find at http://twitwall.com/ This is a great little application developed by Michael E. Carluen back in 2008… funny I just heard of it, but it is great for those people who have trouble fitting their posts into 140 characters.

TwitWall allows you to embed video, podcast, pictures… all kinds of interesting information in your Twitter account.  I haven’t had much time to play with it yet, but you can see a really good example at http://twitwall.com/view/?who=mecarluen

Have fun with this one Just playing around

That’s right, you too can split test like the ‘guru’ marketers.  Really, its not hard at all.

What is split testing:

Split testing is a very common tactic that is used to optimize pages and test for better conversions.  In essence you have a control copy of something like a lead generation page as well as a “test” page that usually has one thing changed on it.  A very common split test would be to do a headline.

Where can I get split testing done For Free:

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TweetChat is a wonderful tool for gathering groups of people into one room to chat about a topic… But if your group is large or very active it can slow to a crawl making the interface frustrating at best.

One option is to use TweetDeck to sort and filter the posts and keep you in the conversation.