Comments on: 5 Tools that I’m Happy to Pay for as a Blogger

By: Arul

Arul — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:38:14 +0000

I did not know about the tools for blogging until i logged into problogger site. I am getting informations regarding blogs through this site. Its been interesting to know new things..

awesome…..

By: Windows Vista Help

Windows Vista Help — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:01:23 +0000

Great article, but Skype is the best option for me.

By: SEO Genius

SEO Genius — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:17:29 +0000

I have been contemplating buying Aweber for a while now, and you have almost pushed me in to buying it, might go and have a look at some pricing :)

I just pay for my domain at the moment,

By: Chris (Amateur Traveler)

Chris (Amateur Traveler) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:55:57 +0000

I uses Skype constantly for all my interviews.

I would add CallRecorder (on Mac) to record Skype calls with one track for me and another for my guest.

I also have switched to Skitch from ImageWell as I like some things it does better and it is free.

I use ecto, but I am not convinced someone won’t make something better this year as I am not completely satisfied with it. Sometimes I find it gets a bit glitchy.

By: dokrothomas

dokrothomas — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:35:45 +0000

Mac?
…
you mean the golden arches??

ROTFL…..

By: Andos

Andos — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:14:51 +0000

lol, I’m just a newbie. I only need a webhosting + cheap domain :)

By: Elizabeth Potts Weinstein

Elizabeth Potts Weinstein — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:21:14 +0000

Thanks for the ImageWell recommendation – it was exactly what I needed.

~ Elizabeth

By: Joi

Joi — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:15:57 +0000

Photoshop is poetry.

I’m also more than thrilled that I… scratch that…. more than thrilled that my husband paid for the Thesis theme (http://diythemes.com/thesis/). The designer, Chris Pearson, is, in my opinion, the absolute best. His SEO knowledge, his attention to detail, his style, his perfectionism, and his professionalism set him apart – and, frankly, must make it difficult to be humble.

He honestly cares about the people who purchase his theme and works a lot harder than he has to – answering questions, giving tutorials, coming up with new additions, etc.

My self help blog is my “baby,” I’ve only changed the theme 3 times since having it, and each time they have been Chirs Pearson themes. It’s a matter of trust.

Bonus Points? He has a kicky sense of humor that makes me giggle.

By: Toxane

Toxane — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:26:08 +0000

I’ with Eric. Hosting and domain…also…so far.

;-)

By: Ben Helps

Ben Helps — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:54:21 +0000

@WizardGold: I’d suggest a little caution in using Flock, based on my own experience.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great browser and I used to use it, until I tried Firefox 3. FF3 is just so much quicker and less crash prone than Flock. Given they’re built from the same base, I may switch back to Flock once it starts using the FF3 code base, but until then, I’m happy to do without a browser that crashes multiple times per day and takes up to 400MB memory.

So far even under duress (a dozen or so tabs including Flash and Java heavy pages) FF3 only occasionally crashes (once every few days), renders pages heaps quicker and never seems to use more than about 100MB RAM, no matter how much you push it.

Just my 2c.

By: Make Money Talks

Make Money Talks — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:27:35 +0000

Most money i spend on wireless access, mostly i use free app.

By: Wizardgold

Wizardgold — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:05:58 +0000

I think the best tools for blogging has to include the Web Browser FLOCK

Why pay for for a program like Ecto or MarsEdit to post to your blogs when there is a tool that works the same built into Flock.

I know I am highly delighted with the tool. Once I have the various blogs set up all I have to do is write the post and choose which one I want to post to.

Just love it.

The next tool I would have is for those of us bloggers that are podcasters also. Well it is more of a service than a tool. But it is inexpensive and is a super insurance in terms of knowing that you will never get caught by a massive bandwidth bill. This could happen if all of a sudden your podcast gets popular and thousands turn up to download your latest podcast.

By: Larry D

Larry D — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:05:45 +0000

What about feedblitz or feedburner for email delivery?

By: Bryn

Bryn — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:47:28 +0000

Only one of those tools I’ve used is Skype which was when it first came out but I haven’t used it since, maybe I’ll check it out again and get back into it.

By: Cory Goodwin

Cory Goodwin — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:38:56 +0000

Quote: I’ve only picked out five tools that I pay for – but of course there are many other services … paying writers …

Do you have any tips or articles on how to find, judge, evaluate, and negotiate wiht freelance writers?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:17:26 +0000

I find SkypeOut totally UNRELIABLE for business calls since the calls are dropped too often. There’s nothing worse on a business call with a potential client than to have the person on the other end suddenly not hearing you, shouting “Are you there? Are you there?” With Skype you run the risk of appearing unprofessional.

By: Scott Fox, Author of Internet Riches

Scott Fox, Author of Internet Riches — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:11:09 +0000

How about Feedburner or Feedblitz? These free tools allow your RSS feed to be sent to be people automatically as email.

The #1 mistake I see web site owners (of any type, including bloggers) make is not using email to communicate with their customers. These free tools automate your publishing so you can touch your customers more often but without any more work.

As we talk about all the time on my E-Commerce Success blog (http://www.ScottFoxBlog.com), there is a much larger audience outside of the blogosphere than in it…

Why not give as many avenues as possible to people who want to hear what you have to say?

Scott Fox

By: Syed Balkhi

Syed Balkhi — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:47:13 +0000

thanks for the suggestion on the email service. I am going to sign up with it when I am ready to put out my news letter. Right now I am working on a new design for my blog.

By: Sangesh

Sangesh — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:25:43 +0000

Gee man… I think I’ve fallen behind regarding technologies. I just had idea about skype only. But regarding image editing I always rely on photoshop. It’s the best in business.

By: MJ Ray

MJ Ray — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:19:18 +0000

@Ben Helps: Yes, there are SIP-to-landline services offering similar things to SkypeOut. I own my telco, so my landline is usually cheaper and I don’t use SIP-to-landline much, but I do have accounts with two of the providers listed on http://www.voipinfo.org/wiki/view/VOIP+Service+Providers that I sometimes use. (Page currently looks spammed by IPage Telecom, so don’t go with them, please.)

Hope that helps!