The Round-Up Volume 1, Issue 9: Yee hah! It's Digital Round-Up Time Again! - Cory Treffiletti - MediaBizBlogger.com

We wanted to kick off this week39s Digital Influentials Round Up with a quote We searched high and low to find the right inspirational quote that would embody what we do each and every week and we found a simple one that seemed to hit the spot quotEvery artist was first an amateurquot Ralph Waldo EmersonIt may not seem immediately relevant but it inspired us as we examined these new and innovative companies and ideas throughout the week Every company emerges from an idea and ideas come from the unlikeliest of places If you have an idea for a company product or service you should pursue it Don39t let a lack of experience or a fear of the unknown cloud your judgment and inhibit your excitement Everyone starts from the same place and it39s the assertive person that has the initiative to learn and grow beyond the amateur into an experienced seasoned veteran Noone will do it for you Be afraid to make mistakes To be a success you have to make your own luck With that let39s see some of the innovative ideas that other people have been working onAre you tired of trying to create forms for your business Do you need to create employment applications Customer satisfaction surveys Event registrations Lead generation forms There are many ways to do it and many of them cost at least a little bit of money They39re free at WUFOO httpwufoocom We discovered WuFoo in the development of an event registration form and we were sold immediately It39s simple fast and like I mentioned already free That39s my favorite price and I39m guessing it39s yours as wellWhile creating an event registration form for a client Jim Nichols one of my business partners realized that we need to do a better job of tracking our time allocations to various clients There are a number of really expensive time tracking solutions and they39re always difficult to implement The biggest hurdle with time tracking systems is in remembering to log your information correctly throughout the day That39s where TOGGL httpwwwtogglcom comes in Toggl provides a handy free desktop application or widget if you prefer that term which is convenient and easy to use Just enter time as you bounce from client to client and learn how your day is being spent It can be an invaluable tool for a growing business Thanks to Jim for finding itPeter Figueredo suggested another great site to us this week Peter suggested we check out GENI httpwwwgenicom He must have known how important family is to us Geni is a great tool for managing your family history Your family is a social network and one that can be the most fun to track Keep a log on who marries whom and how everyone is related A few weeks back we featured MUXTAPE httpmuxtapecom as a cool place to listen to music It appears there are a few other really cool places to check out in a similar vein We discovered FAVTAPE httpfavtapecom and MIXWIT wwwmixwitcom and love how they provide a place for you to create a collage of music pictures and just about anything you want I love outlets for creativity and these are the types of places that can suck you in for hoursIf you like Twitter httptwittercom and you have a really short attention span for new information you39ll love BLIPPR httpwwwblipprcom It39s a Twitterlike site that allows you to share reviews of music movies books games and just about anything else in the shortformat of Twitter This type of review is probably all you really need to know if a band is good or their albums are worth listening to so sign up and check it outAnd last but not least if you use lots of charts in presentation then you will probably like GRAPHJAM httpgraphjamcom I39m pretty sure it39s meant as a joke but that doesn39t mean you can39t work them into a presentation somewhere right This might be my favorite httpgraphjamcom20080616songchartmemesfingersusedinangerThanks again for reading and telling others about Digital Influentials Please spread the word to your colleagues and let us know of any cool new sites or products in your various travelsSee you in 2 weeksCory Treffiletti ampamp The Digital InfluentialshttpwwwdigitalinfluentialscomFind us on Facebook at The Digital Influentials

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