This document lists and describes 10 free tools that can enhance a business. It discusses Wordpress for blogging and website hosting, CalcMooLator for financial calculations, Neighborhood Facebook Pages for community information, Rockmelt for an integrated social media browser, Hootsuite for social media scheduling, custom Facebook tabs for distinguishing pages, Quackit for simple HTML coding, Postano for auto-populating visual social media feeds, Pinterest for visual content sharing, and Magic Plan for creating floor plans on iPhone.
2. 1. Wordpress
What is it?
Blog/website hosting with incredible (and very easy) site design
Automatic links for people to share to Facebook and Twitter
Built-in analytics so that you can track where people are coming
from and which articles are read the most
Why use it?
Great platform, easy to use
Blogging is a great way to reach your community/sphere of
influence!
3. 2. CalcMooLator
What is it?
Website (and app) that allows you to calculate various financial
categories
Why use it?
Excellent resource to calculate your clients’ finances to see
what different mortgages or rental payments would cost, as well
as calculating whether to rent or buy and other investment
opportunities
4. 2. CalcMooLator
What is it?
Website (and app) that allows you to calculate various financial
categories
Why use it?
Excellent resource to calculate your clients’ finances to see
what different mortgages or rental payments would cost, as well
as calculating whether to rent or buy and other investment
opportunities
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11. 3. Neighborhood Facebook Pages
What are they?
Facebook Fan Pages that you create as a resource for news
within a community
Why use them?
So that you can be the one-stop shop for community
information (school systems, home prices, etc.) within a small
area.
Never have your neighbors sell with someone else again!
As the page’s administrator,YOU are seen as the source of
knowledge!
12. 4. Rockmelt
What is it?
Social media-friendly browser that integrates Facebook, Twitter, and news feeds,
with your web browsing experience
Why use it?
All your feeds for Facebook, Twitter, and news stories can be accessed with tabs on
the side of your screen so that you don’t get lost in social media when you need to
be focused
An easy “share” button allows you to share stories you read while not navigating
away from the task at hand
Facebook chat at bottom of the browser so that you can chat when you need to,
while still being able to concentrate!
14. 5. Hootsuite
What is it?
Excellent organizational tool for social media that enables you to
share links and posts on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other
social networks
“Scheduling” feature that allows you to post-date social media
activity for future dates!
Works for Facebook Fan Pages as well! Add up to 5 accounts for
free!
16. 6. Custom Facebook Tabs
What are they?
The ability to make your OWN Facebook tab...don’t constrain
yourself to just “info” and “wall”!
Why use them?
Great for a landing page on your Facebook Fan Page
Distinguish your page from all the others!
18. 6. Custom Facebook Tabs
Go to the “search bar” at the top of your Facebook page
Type in “Static HTML: iFrame Tabs”
Go to the app’s page and click “add static HTML to a page”
Select the page to which you would like to add the tab
Click “add Static HTML: iFrame Tabs”
Customize tab by adding either text or HTML...content could be an embedded
picture from Flickr or video from YouTube...or your own content! Don’t know
how? Just wait!
19. 7. Quackit
What is it?
HTML code generator so that you don’t have to know how to
write it!
Why use it?
Who has time to learn how to write HTML coding?!
It allows you to type in any font or size! (There is no font-editing
in Facebook/web page design unless you have the right code)
20. 8. Postano
What is it?
A website that generates ONLY visual content (pictures and
videos) from your Facebook and Twitter feeds and creates a web
page for you to put on your website or Facebook page
Why use it?
Growing interest in visual content
Auto-populating once you set it up!
22. 9. Pinterest
What is it?
A new social media platform that only shows posts with visual content
Fully able to integrate with Facebook and web sites
Why use it?
Visual content is key in today’s market
New and not utilized to its full potential
24. 10. Magic Plan
What is it?
An incredible iPhone app that allows you to create your own
floor plans!
Why use it?
Full integration with social media
Tutorials included in the app to help you make the best floor
plans possible!