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The real reason Google penalizes for duplicate content.

Jason — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:54:12 +0000

Every SEO and web-marketing professional knows that duplicate, or copied, content will result in severe penalties to your pagerank and your search positioning. We’ve learned from Google that this is a simply a function of quality control and that multiple instances of the same article convolutes and dilutes the internet’s content. Well, this is true… without a doubt. But Google certainly has alterior motives behind this.

SEO Firms become successful by studying Google’s results on particular searches. They learn techniques that “seem” to be affective. Some firms spend enormous amounts of time and money analyzing results and the page factors that produce top position results. This is a daunting task because

A: Google doesn’t update ranks or positions immediately, and

B: It’s a trial-and-error approach with each change made to the page content.

Unless you have a way to directly compare apples to apples, the research and discoveries made can’t be definitive and hover just above an “educated guess.”

Let’s assume for a moment that we were able to take two identical pages and place them on separate domains each with the same pagerank. We would be able to make small changes to one of the pages and definitively determine what’s successful and what hurts the pages’ rank and positioning.

We would also be able to take two identical pages and place them on domains with very different ranking to determine just how important and influential the domain itself is. For example, we place an article on a domain that is less than 1 year old with a very low rank. We then take the same article and place it on a domain that has been around for 10 years or more and has a great PR. We would likely see a difference in SEO with identical articles on different ranking domains. Furthermore, we would be able to measure importance of domain rank, age, etc.

In summary, the duplicate content penalty Google has implemented serves an extremely important function outside of quality control. It blocks people from figuring out Google’s secret sauce… the algorhythm.

100 Deal Sites – Get a local deal or an online deal quickly

Jason — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:56:03 +0000

If you’re like me, you’re always looking for a deal. Here’s a few sites to help –

1: Bargain-Notify.me

Bargain-Notify.me

Bargain-Notify.me – Hundreds of new bargains every day.

2: BuyDeals.in

BuyDeals.in

BuyDeals.in – Local Deal Aggregator

3: Campus Dibs

Campus Dibs

Campus Dibs – New York University

4: CheapTweet

CheapTweet

CheapTweet – Twitter Deals, Coupons, Bargains, Sales and Discounts

5: Chipped In

Chipped In

Chipped In – Local Golf Discounts

6: Coupious

Coupious

Coupious – Mobile Coupons

7: CoupRecoup

CoupRecoup

CoupRecoup – Your marketplace for local deals

8: DealBurnr

DealBurnr

DealBurnr – An online bargain shopping community

9: Dealery

Dealery

Dealery – Daily Deals

10: Deal Fan

Deal Fan

Deal Fan – All the best deals

11: DeaLoco

DeaLoco

DeaLoco – It Pays to Be Crazy

12: Deals.Woot

Deals.Woot

Deals.Woot – One Community, Every Deal

13: Yahoo! Deals

Yahoo! Deals

Yahoo! Deals – Find Great Deals, Bargain Prices and Sales

14: DealWaiter.com

DealWaiter.com

DealWaiter.com – Find Great Deals Without Looking

15: GroupTabs

GroupTabs

GroupTabs – Check In For Deals

16: PipelineDeals

PipelineDeals

PipelineDeals – The Sales Tool to Manage Your Deals

17: postabon

postabon

postabon – Shop. Save. Share.

18: pungle

pungle

pungle – The only bookmark you need for shopping online.

19: Restaurant Coupons

Restaurant Coupons

Restaurant Coupons – Restaurant deals near you

20: Scoutmob

Scoutmob

Scoutmob – Mobile deals for the local curious

21: StoreCrowd

StoreCrowd

StoreCrowd – Coupon & Deal sharing made simple

22: Super Cheap Coupon

Super Cheap Coupon

Super Cheap Coupon – Super Cheap Coupon – Coupon For All

23: TownHog

TownHog

TownHog – Connects fantastic deals to people and their friends!

24: twtQpon

twtQpon

twtQpon – Create twitter coupons for your business.

25: 8coupons

8coupons

8coupons – The best deals near me

26: AloDeals

AloDeals

AloDeals – Search 200.000 coupons and deals

27: bTreated

bTreated

bTreated – Exclusive Access to Last Minute Spa & Salon Deals

28: BunchBite

BunchBite

BunchBite – Save up to 85 % on your next meal, while helping people

29: Buxr

Buxr

Buxr – Shop and Save, Share and Earn

30: CardPool

CardPool

CardPool – Sell, Buy, Swap Gift Cards

31: CarlSays

CarlSays

CarlSays – Check-in. Get Deals.

32: CellarThief

CellarThief

CellarThief – Great Wines! Stellar Prices! Wine Deals!

33: CheapToday

CheapToday

CheapToday – Daily deals found by Shopping Experts

34: ChompOn

ChompOn

ChompOn – Share deals. Save big.

35: City My Way

City My Way

City My Way – My City My Way

36: Costwalk.com

Costwalk.com

Costwalk.com – Before you shop, Costwalk.

37: CouponTweet

CouponTweet

CouponTweet – Best deals and discounts on Twitter

38: Cupoco

Cupoco

Cupoco – Mobile coupons in your town

39: DealHamper

DealHamper

DealHamper – A new way to look at daily local deals

40: Dealosaurs

Dealosaurs

Dealosaurs – All Today’s Deals in One Location

41: DealPair

DealPair

DealPair – Pairing Customers with Local Deals!

42: DealQUE

DealQUE

DealQUE – The social shopping revolution starts here

43: Deals For Deeds

Deals For Deeds

Deals For Deeds – Reinvesting in the community, one deal at a time!

44: DealShouter

DealShouter

DealShouter – Deals to shout about

45: Discount’d

Discount’d

Discount’d – Deals, Offers & Coupons from the Worlds top stores

46: Discounts Ahoy

Discounts Ahoy

Discounts Ahoy – Discounts Be Comin’ Matey!

47: equipster

equipster

equipster – Never pay full price for outdoor gear again

48: FashionStake

FashionStake

FashionStake – Democratize Fashion

49: FilterPlay

FilterPlay

FilterPlay – Explore all your options

50: FoundTown

FoundTown

FoundTown – Find Local Business

51: FreeShipping.org

FreeShipping.org

FreeShipping.org – Never pay for shipping again!

52: iDealyzer

iDealyzer

iDealyzer – Track Daily Deals in seconds instead of minutes.

53: GiveawayNow

GiveawayNow

GiveawayNow – Win cool stuff by using Twitter – use Twitter to advertise for free

54: Golf MENA

Golf MENA

Golf MENA – The Golf Social Network that Givesâ„¢

55: GrabSomeDeals

GrabSomeDeals

GrabSomeDeals – Frist social deals website for Windows software

56: Groupon

Groupon

Groupon – Collective Buying Power

57: Groupon Groupie

Groupon Groupie

Groupon Groupie – Easily find national and online Groupon deals

58: GruuBy.Com

GruuBy.Com

GruuBy.Com – Group Buying Made Easy!

59: Judy’s Book

Judy’s Book

Judy’s Book – What’s on sale near you

60: Lifesta

Lifesta

Lifesta – Buy. Sell. Live Daily Deals

61: Mertado Social Deals

Mertado Social Deals

Mertado Social Deals – You Save More When Everyone Buys

62: Missy Flowers

Missy Flowers

Missy Flowers – Send Flowers Online – Quickly!

63: Mpire

Mpire

Mpire – Everything you need to find the best deals online

64: Mycouponcodes.com

Mycouponcodes.com

Mycouponcodes.com – Never pay full price again

65: Oopon

Oopon

Oopon – Fun, Easy, Quick Way To Find Free Coupons

66: PackLate

PackLate

PackLate – Sweet deals on vacation rentals

67: Pikaba

Pikaba

Pikaba – Social Shopping: all you have to do is ask…

68: Pre-Coupon

Pre-Coupon

Pre-Coupon – Discount Coupons

69: PriceFad

PriceFad

PriceFad – The Price Trend Company

70: PriceMe

PriceMe

PriceMe – Smarter Shopping

71: PricesBolo.com

PricesBolo.com

PricesBolo.com – Click, Compare, Choose

72: RetailMeNot

RetailMeNot

RetailMeNot – The greatest source of coupon codes

73: RollbackSale

RollbackSale

RollbackSale – Create your Deal and Set your Price

74: SideStep

SideStep

SideStep – The traveler’s search engine

75: Smash Deals

Smash Deals

Smash Deals – For the latest online coupon codes and deals.

76: Snoopf

Snoopf

Snoopf – Restaurant coupons and discounts.

77: Spaciety

Spaciety

Spaciety – Spa Deals: Book Salons & Spas in Chicago at Discounted Prices

78: Spotli

Spotli

Spotli – Browse and Shop

79: SuperHero Deals

SuperHero Deals

SuperHero Deals – Free online coupon codes and discounts

80: SwarmShopr

SwarmShopr

SwarmShopr – Stop Shopping, Start Swarming

81: SwoopThat

SwoopThat

SwoopThat – Compare local and online prices

82: SwoopUp

SwoopUp

SwoopUp – It’s ok to save

83: Tenka

Tenka

Tenka – Find amazing deals around your city and share them with friends.

84: The Dealmap

The Dealmap

The Dealmap – Your city. On sale.

85: TicketPredator

TicketPredator

TicketPredator – Hunt for the best ticket prices

86: Top town deals

Top town deals

Top town deals – half price of less…..guaranteed

87: Trezr

Trezr

Trezr – Find and share the best sale & discounted items

88: Tweet Me Savings

Tweet Me Savings

Tweet Me Savings – Popular discounts on Twitter

89: Twitsavings

Twitsavings

Twitsavings – Tweet deals from around the world

90: Urban Spoils

Urban Spoils

Urban Spoils – All the Best Daily Deals in San Francisco

91: Vanity Rocks

Vanity Rocks

Vanity Rocks – Vanity Rocks Network is a real-time deal marketplace for beauty, health and wellness services.

92: Voyij

Voyij

Voyij – The best sales and offers from your city!

93: SellFire

SellFire

SellFire – One Daily Deal For Internet Marketers (Sorta…)

94: Wishabi

Wishabi

Wishabi – Canadian Social Shopping, Prices & Deals

95: Wooqer

Wooqer

Wooqer – Wooq before you shop

96: Woot

Woot

Woot – One Day, One Deal

97: Woya

Woya

Woya – We Analyze, You Save!

98: Yipit

Yipit

Yipit – All the Best Daily Deals, Coupons & Discounts

99: ZingSale

ZingSale

ZingSale – Get Notified When Your Favorite Products Go On Sale

100: zozi

zozi

zozi – Deals on vibrant things to do locally and abroad

101: Zygella

Zygella

Zygella – Deals engine

Google Advanced Operators – for GMail

Jason — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:30:01 +0000

Gmail Advanced Operators

Advanced operators are great. You can get extremely creative with the operators and use them to offload some serious work. I use advanced operators with Google alerts to get exactly the news/data I’m looking for…

Using Advanced operators for GMail has been a lifesaver… here’s a table with operators.

Operator	Definition	Example(s)
from:	Used to specify the sender	Example - from:amy Meaning – Messages from Amy
to:	Used to specify a recipient	Example - to:david Meaning – All messages that were sent to David (by you or someone else)
subject:	Search for words in the subject line	Example - subject:dinner Meaning – Messages that have the word “dinner” in the subject
OR	Search for messages matching term A or term B* *OR must be in all caps	Example - from:amy OR from:david Meaning – Messages from Amy or from David
- (hyphen)	Used to exclude messages from your search	Example - dinner -movie Meaning – Messages that contain the word “dinner” but do not contain the word “movie”
label:	Search for messages by label* *There isn’t a search operator for unlabeled messages	Example - from:amy label:friends Meaning – Messages from Amy that have the label “friends” Example - from:david label:my-family Meaning – Messages from David that have the label “My Family”
has:attachment	Search for messages with an attachment	Example - from:david has:attachment Meaning – Messages from David that have an attachment
list:	Search for messages on mailing lists	Example - list:info@example.com Meaning – Messages with the words info@example.com in the headers, sent to or from this list
filename:	Search for an attachment by name or type	Example - filename:physicshomework.txt Meaning - Messages with an attachment named “physicshomework.txt” Example - label:work filename:pdf Meaning - Messages labeled “work” that also have a PDF file as an attachment
” “ (quotes)	Used to search for an exact phrase* *Capitalization isn’t taken into consideration	Example - “i’m feeling lucky” Meaning - Messages containing the phrase “i’m feeling lucky” or “I’m feeling lucky” Example - subject:”dinner and a movie” Meaning - Messages containing the phrase “dinner and a movie” in the subject
( )	Used to group words Used to specify terms that shouldn’t be excluded	Example - from:amy(dinner OR movie) Meaning - Messages from Amy that contain either the word “dinner” or the word “movie” Example - subject:(dinner movie) Meaning - Messages in which the subject contains both the word “dinner” and the word “movie”
in:anywhere	Search for messages anywhere in Gmail* Messages in Spam* and Trash are excluded from searches by default	Example - in:anywhere movie Meaning - Messages in All Mail, Spam, and Trash that contain the word “movie”
in:inbox in:trash in:spam	Search for messages in Inbox, Trash, or Spam	Example - in:trash from:amy Meaning - Messages from Amy that are in Trash
is:starred is:unread is:read	Search for messages that are starred, unread or read	Example - is:read is:starred from:David Meaning - Messages from David that have been read and are marked with a star
cc: bcc:	Used to specify recipients in the cc: orbcc: fields* *Search on bcc: cannot retrieve messages on which you were blind carbon copied	Example - cc:david Meaning - Messages that were cc-ed to David
after: before:	Search for messages sent during a certain period of time* *Dates must be in yyyy/mm/dd format.	Example - after:2004/04/16 before:2004/04/18 Meaning - Messages sent between April 16, 2004 and April 18, 2004.* *More precisely: Messages sent after 12:00 AM (or 00:00) April 16, 2004 and before April 18, 2004.
is:chat	Search for chat messages	Example - is:chat monkey Meaning - Any chat message including the word “monkey”.
deliveredto:	Search for messages within a particular email address in the Delivered-To line of the message header	Example - deliveredto:username@gmail.com Meaning - Any message with username@gmail.com in the Delivered-To: field of the message header (which can help you find messages forwarded from another account or ones sent to an alias).

Best Client and Project Management Tool Available

Jason — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:38:41 +0000

First and foremost – This post was not paid for by CPO or anyone affiliated with CPO. This is my true testimonial to a great company.

I’ve been a huge fan of Creative Pro Office for quite a while… They have recently a new version of CPO, which is awesome. I purchased the source code quite some time ago and recently received the beta version of the latest and greatest version. This has taken client and project management to a whole new level! HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

Additional to a great platform, the guys at CPO are EXTREMELY helpful. I had some issues, but Jeff was quick to respond… on multiple occasions.

If nothing else, definitely check out their technology… you’ll love it.

CreativeProOffice

89 Tools and Resources for Web Design

Jason — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:38:50 +0000

ajaxload.info
Ajaxload – Ajax loading gif generator

asoboo.com
The network for creative, internationally-minded people

befunky.com
BeFunky is all about expressing and representing yourself by turning images and videos into cartoons.

bigartmob.com
Join art lovers throughout the UK in the Channel 4 Big Art Project. A gallery of UK public art photographed on camera phone. Help create the most comprehensive map of public art in Britain by sending pics from your mobile phone to bigart@bigmartmob.com. Create your own online art gallery, including Big Art Map, and blog from the streets via your mobile phone.

blogperfume.com
Blog Perfume – - Perfume WordPress Blogs with Themes, Plugins and Blogging Resources

brusheezy.com
Photoshop Brushes – Brusheezy is the a HUGE collection of Photoshop Brushes and Photoshop Patterns to download, or upload your own!

bubblesnaps.com
Bubblesnaps. Create your own Bubblesnap today! Easily add animated speech bubbles to your photos and e-mail them to your friends as ecards!

calendarsquick.comprintablesindex.html
Printable Calendar Templates – CalendarsQuick.com

carbonmade.com
Carbonmade helps you build and manage an online portfolio website. Use Carbonmade to show off your design, illustration, art, or any other type of creative work.

clickbooq.com
clickbooq is an easy-to-use website creation, management, and hosting solution developed exclusively for professional photographers and visual artists.

code.google.comapischart
Developer’s Guide – Google Chart API – Google Code

colorblender.com
Free online tool for color palette design and matching

colorjack.com
ColorJack is an online Color Scheme Generator used by Graphic Designers, Interior Decorators, and many other people from around the world. Currently available in 13 languages.

colourlovers.com
Find design inspiration with thousands of palettes and color schemes to fall in love with. Influence color trends by rating, commenting and sharing.

colourmod.com
ColourMod provides a free DHTML Color Picker as well as widgets for Apple Dashboard and Konfabulator on Apple and Windows

comiqs.com
Comiqs | Create & Share your Comic Stories

commandshift3.com
Vote on your favorite sites, see the best-designed sites in various categories, and submit and vote for the top website designs. It’s awesome.

conceptshare.com
ConceptShare: Online Design Collaboration Made Easy

csstextwrap.com
The CSS Text Wrapper allows you to generate HTML and CSS to wrap text on your website into any shape.

csstypeset.com
CSS Type Set is a hands-on typography tool allowing designers and developers to interactively test and learn how to style their web content.

curbly.com
Post pictures of your pad, share design ideas, and get expert advice.

designerpages.com
Designer Pages is a free social application for finding products in architecture and design. All the products are posted by suppliers’ themselves.

designfloat.com
Design Float is a social media site dedicated to the design industry.

designgrabs.com
Design Grabs: The Social Design Gallery

designmyroom.com
Explore interior design, decorating and home improvement ideas. Share, rate, vote, become a design star! Find home design inspiration from top interior designers.

deviantart.com
Art – community of artists and those devoted to art. Digital art, skin art, themes, wallpaper art, traditional art, photography, poetry / prose. Art prints.

deyey.com
Name Card Design, Printing and Sharing

dezignus.com
Free vector graphics, silhouettes and vector icons, graphic design and best designers. Download illustrations of sexy girls, styles, shapes & brushes for PS CS3, backgrounds, textures.

dhtmlgoodies.com
Click here for DHTMLgoodies.com, a site with DHTML and Ajax scripts, demos and tutorials.

dripbook.com
Dripbook is an online community of artists painters, photographers, designers, stylists, animators, illustrators, printmakers, architects creativity displayed with images portfolios allow artists share art Dripbook survey of the visual arts world

dynamicdrive.com
Click here for Dynamicdrive.com, a comprehensive DHTML site featuring DHTML scripts, tutorials, and more.

famfamfam.com
famfamfam is the personal website of Mark James

favicon.cc
create favicons online

flashface.ctapt.de
It provides a palette of facial objects: eyes, jaw, hair, etc. For each, you pick the one you like, then place and size it appropriately. I thought the Flash-based interface was pretty clever. You can even save your creation.

flip.com
Make flipbooks, online scrapbooks. Upload your photos, videos & music to customize. Share with Facebook friends, embed on Myspace or Xanga!

formsite.com
FormSite is a hosted forms service that enables non-technical users create online forms using only a web browser. There is nothing to download or install.

freshbadge.com
Quickly create very trendy, eye-candy, and very web 2.0 badges for your site, blog or scrapbook.

genfavicon.com
Generator Favicon. A favicon (short for favorites icon), are litle icons associated with a particular website or webpage, shown next to the sites name in the URL bar of most browsers. The most common sizes for favicons are: 16×16, 32×32, 48×48, 64×64, 128×128. Browse to the files location on your computer to select the image and press Upload Image button to generate a favicon for your site

genopal.comonline.php
Create amazing color schemes

gogofrog.com
Gogofrog – Imagine building a unique 3D web site within just a few minutes… and best of all it’s absolutely FREE.

goo3d.com
Full 3D for Adobe Flash in one click

humblevoice.com
Awww yeah. You found Humble Voice.

iconbuffet.com
Tons of icons for your site or desktop

iconfinder.net
Icon search engine. Search trough 30.000 great icons in good quality. All in PNG-format with alpha-channel. Perfect choice for webdesigners.

iconspedia.com
Download free png icons & Icon Packs | IconsPedia

inserit.com
Create amazing dynamic pages without programming

issuu.com
Issuu – You Publish

javascriptkit.com
Your comprehensive JavaScript, DHTML, CSS, and Ajax stop

kuler.adobe.com
kuler from Adobe Labs. Quickly create harmonious color themes online. Explore, create and share color themes.

litmusapp.com
Painlessly test your email and web site designs

luxa.org
Photoshop tutorials and advanced effects for graphic designers

maxtango.com
All about ecards

mimoa.eu
Mimoa has dedicated itself to bring Modern Architecture closer to YOU. Your Modern Architecture, assembled, compiled and completed, synoptic, swift and always up-to-date. Architecture to be added, searched, visited and re-viewed, MY Modern Architecture: MIMOA.

modernagenda.com
Your guide to Modern World

mycoolbutton.com
You can create a web 2.0 button in only 4 steps. You can paint your button with preloaded web 2.0 icons or upload your personal icon and customize the font of the text inserted. Enjoy with php, gd2 and Photoshop base button and jquery ajax powered. Hosting/housing windows and linux domain with php/mysql/gd2.

pagii.com
Pagii-Social publishing network

polyvore.com
Create outfits using real products saved from any online store. Share your style with your friends or browse thousands of looks by color or brand.

postalz.com
Send postcards online

premiumnewstheme.com
Premium News Theme

professionalontheweb.com
Professional On The Web is a directory of web professional profile, projects and portfolio; tagged by their Know-How.

pushuppulldown.com
Push Up Pull Down

quickribbon.com
QuickRibbon website ribbon generator, free Web2.0 widget

redbubble.com
RedBubble is an online art gallery and creative community that makes it easy to buy and sell art as high-quality framed prints, greeting cards, posters, designer T-Shirts and more.

redesignme.org
Your reaction to bad design

roundedcornr.com
This online tool generates HTML/CSS code and images to decorate your Web site with rounded corners and gradient.

scalenine.com
Scale Nine : Graphical theme and skin goodness for Flex and AIR.

scenecaster.com
Create or transform 3d scenes

scratch.mit.edu
Snap together blocks to create stories, games, and animations and share your creations on the web

sketchplanet.com
Sketchplanet is an online user-driven sketching community.

sproutbuilder.com
Sprout is the quick and easy to build sophisticated multimedia content, indluding mini-sites, widgets, mashups, and more

supermarkethq.com
Supermarket – Great design. Straight from designers.

synthasite.com
A unique website building experience for everyone that wants to publish content onto the web!

tartanmaker.com
Generate seamless tartan patterns!

templatr.cc
Layout builder

terraims.comdmapicons
mapicon Factory allows you to generate map icons and markers for use in Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, and other map-mashup applications.

text2png.com
Easy Text to PNG conversion

toondoo.com
ToonDoo – The online cartoon, comic strip creator. Create your own cartoon, comic strips, publish, share and discuss!

typetester.maratz.com
The Typetester is an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen. Its’ primary role is to make web designer’s life easier.

vastpark.com
VastPark – Grow your own Virtual World, online game or Real time 3D visualization.

vecteezy.com
Vecteezy is an index of Free Vector Graphics available for download by some of the best designers around the world.

vectormagic.stanford.edu
Vector Magic – precision auto-tracing online

vflyer.com
Marketing Platform for online sellers

voki.com
Create a character, make it talk, take it anywhere

web20badges.com
Web20Badges is a set of free and very cool Web 2.0 Badges.

wix.com
Wix.com – Make your own stunning Flash websites and Flash web content for Free. Design free Flash MySpace layouts and publish Free MySpace comments with Wix.

xhtmlchallenge.com
Home. websites comparison on validation and code markup to vote best coded sites

yeeoh.net
View is a web design showcase, providing the members with the power to decide which sites are showcased and which sites are not. We believe this concept gives the visitors and especially the registered members much more control over the content they would expect to see on a web design showcase.

zingfu.com
ZingFu – 3000 years of photo sharing

10 Great Proposal Tools to help manage your money

Jason — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:03:03 +0000

1: Web Design Proposal Template & Quoting System | QuoteRobot

Web Design Proposal Template & Quoting System | QuoteRobot

http://quoterobot.com

Use our web design proposal template app to create great quotes and multi-page proposals in moments.

web design proposal template, web design proposal sample, timeline, budget, milestones, payments, clients, sample design quote, sample proposal

2: Design Proposal Software | Web Design Proposal Software | Bidsketch

Design Proposal Software | Web Design Proposal Software | Bidsketch

http://www.bidsketch.com

3: TinderBox

TinderBox

http://www.gettinderbox.com

4: NM Quote – web based quote software

NM Quote – web based quote software

http://www.nmquote.com

NM Quote is the flexible web based quotation software that lets your team efficiently produce, amend, send and track complex quotations and estimates.

5: Â Create, Deliver, & Analyze Web-Based Sales Proposals

Â Create, Deliver, & Analyze Web-Based Sales Proposals

http://www.proposable.com

Proposable enables you to build powerful online sales proposals in minutes, then analyze them in Realtime!

6: ProposalPad.com – Proposal software | proposal templates | FREE Proposal system

ProposalPad.com – Proposal software | proposal templates | FREE Proposal system

http://www.proposalpad.com

7: ProposalWare

ProposalWare

http://www.proposalware.com

8: Design Proposal Software | Web Design Proposal Software | Bidsketch

Design Proposal Software | Web Design Proposal Software | Bidsketch

http://www.sixcentral.com

9:

http://www.yourmilton.com

Client Featured in New York Times

Jason — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:46:48 +0000

New York Times – http://ow.ly/2h1bN

Sound Sleep Sound Mind

Dr. Barry Krakow – Author of Sound Sleep Sound Mind
and “Turning Nightmares Into Dreams” was featured in the New York Times Today. Congrats.

Also, be sure to pick up his book from Amazon here: Sound Sleep Sound Mind

New York Times – http://ow.ly/2h1bN

Cool Concept for a Start Page

Jason — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:23:08 +0000

This is pretty cool concept… http://www.piggyspage.com/

Piggy’s Page
www.piggyspage.com
Welcome to Piggy’s Page, the amazingly simple home page that lets you use the numeric keypad to access your favorites.

Rates Advertising Agency Albuquerque – Unethical and Dishonest companies in Albuquerque

Jason — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:34:25 +0000

UPDATED: RATES ADVERTISING is now operating as getfoundnm.com.

Ironically enough, they are using the intellectual property of Daynger, LLC . additionally they have copied content from a competitors site and have posted it on their new site.

This is hysterical… How can they call themselves an SEO company…. But use duplicate content… ???

Finding a good team to partner with can be difficult. Ive recently ended a year-long relationship with the R.A.T.E.S Advertising Agency in Albuquerque (Rates) for complete dishonesty and unethical behavior. Initially, the goal was to use them as a sales/marketing division of my company. We called this collaboration Socks Media.

Without getting too far into detail, RATES is a 2-man show. A man and his girlfriend who work out of their house. They buy lavish cars, suits, jewelry and go on expensive vacations. They only do this to give themselves an appearance of being bigger and better than they truly are. But the reality is, they have no problem taking advantage of their clients and partners… Burning all bridges along the way. Rates is an advertising company – Radio and Television Expert Solutions. But the services they provide are amateur at best and lack any sort of expertise or professionalism.

Donavan Lopez dlopez@ratesllc.com and Carolyn Bregman cbregman@ratesllc.com of Albuquerque, New Mexico have a reputation of snake oil sales tactics. They both think theyre much smarter than they truly are… and give into the temptations of greed. In reality, neither of them have any education. Heres a short list of the dishonest things they have done:

Charged triple the cost of office supplies and business cards to their own partners – pocketing the difference.
They billed and collected thousands of dollars from clients, then neglected to pay me for services rendered. When addressed, they allegedly made a mistake.
They lied to clients constantly to get money out of them.
After the separation, they continued to bill and collect for services they were not capable of rendering. They lied to clients, collected money not owed to them and then denied it.
They tried to sell partners products and services as theyre own… Then lied about it.

I caught Donavan and Carolyn red-handed. I have audio files and email that incriminate RATES left and right. They acted surprised and confused… of course. Im currently in the process of recovering over $100k in stolen intellectual property and over $10,000 in outstanding cash owed.

Who says that??
Donavan Lopez (), Creative Director: The only thing wrong with a stolen idea is… not using it. – and hes the creative director.

Carolyn Bregman (), Consumer Marketing Strategist – I have no problem over-charging people. Ill find creative ways to justify charging more money for less stuff, then Ill hold em to it.

Intuition is key. And your wifes intuition – listen to it.

18 Sites to help you create your logo

Jason — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:07:35 +0000

Here’s a list of websites that’ll help you create your logo. First impressions are the most important.

99designs

Designer Marketplace for Logo Designs and More

Need something designed? 99designs connects clients needing design work such as logo designs, business cards or web sites to a thriving community of 24,108 talented designers.

Logo Tournament

Get the logo that you really want by choosing from 50-200+ custom designs

Contest holders fill out a logo questionnaire and prepay the prize through their credit card, bank account, or Paypal.

Once the contest is live, designers will then submit their logo concepts over the coming days. Contest Holders will rank the concepts as well as provide feedback as of…

The Design Inspiration

The best logos, illustrations, websites, photos & patterns

A group of designers who are seeking various design inspiration every day. In order to make every designer’s life easier, we decided to feature the best logos, illustrations, websites, photos and patterns all in one place on The Design Inspiration.

The Design Inspiration is daily u…

Logo Instant

Download Free Web 2.0 Logo Designs

You can use all the logo design as inspirations, using it on your website or your project or even using them for your clients.

LogoSauce

Oozing with logo goodness

Logo design, inspiration and information.

Showcase your logos on logosauce. it’s completely free.

To free logos from the hidden depths of the designers hard-drive. To expose logos great and small to the world for comment and adoration. To inspire great and fantastic logo design. T…

IncSpring

The World is BIG. Let it Brand You.

IncSpring Officially Launched August 4, 2008!

IncSpring was founded in 2008 to provide an open marketplace for high quality, corporate brands. As the first portal for buying and selling complete brands, IncSpring is a way for entrepreneurs and small businesses to reach the best graphi…

Guerra Creativa

A global community for design services

Guerra Creativa is a global community for design services. It provides a playful platform where start-ups and small businesses can crowdsource their logos, web designs, stationary, business cards, flash and 3D. Enjoy exploring the battlefield of Guerra Creativa and launch a contest easi…

LogoMyWay

Logo Designers – Start A Logo Design Contest

Get custom logo designs for your business in hours. Start a logo design contest.

LogoPond

LogoPond – Identity Inspiration

LogoPond has thousands of logos to inspire your creativity

BrandBucket

Brandable domain names for sale

BrandBucket create pre-packaged brands, including the logo and a dot com domain name, for great new products and services to adopt. It is a resource for those starting a new business and needing a brand and those looking to just rebrand an existing product.

Twitlogo

The Twitter Logo Generator

Make your own Twitter logo with Twitlogo. Generate and design your own simple Twitter logo and save it to your computer. Perfect for Twitter apps, mashups, and more!

BrandDoozie

Marketing Materials in Minutes

The Web Tool for Do It Yourself Marketing.

BrandDoozie is the web application that creates marketing materials in minutes.
Get your logo, business cards, brochures, direct mail, flyers and more!

Create your own marketing materials without having to buy software or learn any grap…

Online Logo Maker

Design your own logo!

Online Logo Maker provides an intuitive logo development tool, making possible for anyone create their own logos. Just drag and drop the itens, choose the right colors and voila! No cost, no registration, no catches!

Trademarkia

Automates and simplifies the trademark process

Trademarkia is the largest, most accurate, and most complete free search engine for U.S. federally registered trademarks on the Internet. We provide up to the minute contextual information about the current use of interesting business names, slogans, and logos through pictures, commer…

Doodle Source

Googles logos do matter

Doodle Source gathers all Google logos worldwide the second they are changed and keeps an archive. You can also sort them by country, title or date.

Strong pros of Doodle Source:

- Faster than http://www.google.com/logos/
- You can follow doodles very easily with out worldwide RSS, c…

Logobay

Convert, manage and send logos online

Secure, online, free. With client access. All formats and variants centrally archived but ready to hand. Made for graphic designers and advertising agencies. Because logo CDs are so 20th century.

Supalogo

Create nice logo online

This generator will create logo with a lot of options.