There are also options to monitor keywords and trends related to your company, schedule tweets, get notified via email when you receive tweets, assign tweets to employees, archive tweets and do much more. One nice feature is click tracking that integrates nicely with bit.ly. Overall, an excellent tool for businesses for managing their reputation using Twitter.

Features:

• Twitter client for businesses.
• Completely web based and free to use.
• Manage multiple accounts with multiple users.
• See tweets of employees as conversations.
• Schedule and archive tweets.
• Track clicks using bit.ly.
• Post updates to multiple accounts simultaneously.

Check out CoTweet @ www.cotweet.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Yammer – A Twitter For Businesses and Enterprises
• Zapproved: Web based Decision Making Tool
• Zamabook: Web Based Appointment Scheduling Service
• wwwitter: See Twitter Discussions For Any Webpage
• Wordoid: Get Company Name Ideas

You can create a free account to track and organize this data, make business connections, check what your connections are tracking, share messages publicly or privately and set up watch lists of companies and people. Certainly an awesome site for professionals and for those who want to track the latest happenings in the corporate world (US only).

Features:

• Online database of companies and people.
• Neat user interface. Data organized clearly along with charts and graphs.
• Lots of information about executives you won’t find elsewhere.
• Create an account to track and organize specific data.

Check out Tracked @ www.tracked.com (via TechCrunch) (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Zapproved: Web based Decision Making Tool
• Zamabook: Web Based Appointment Scheduling Service
• Yammer – A Twitter For Businesses and Enterprises
• Wordoid: Get Company Name Ideas
• WidGenie: Easy Tools for Presenting Raw Data Visually

You can track leads, communication and conversations with customers & employees, manage contacts and tasks, build a list of suppliers, collaborate with your sales team and do much more. And if you wish to move to better CRM solution in future, it also lets you export your data from the tool.

Features

• Free online CRM solution for businesses.
• Track communications with customers, suppliers, leads and others.
• Manage and organize contacts.
• Collaborate with team members on a project.
• Build a list of suppliers and shareholders.
• Similar tool: HighRise.

Check out Timetonote @ www.timetonote.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Zapproved: Web based Decision Making Tool
• TaskBin : Online Task Management for Groups
• MediaWiki : No.1 Free Wiki Software
• HighRise
• Co-op: Stay Connected with Your Co-workers

The site has an extensive library of user added documents, organized by categories (Finance, Business, Presentations, Legal Forms & Agreements), popularity, tags and the time added. While most of the documents require payment some of the documents are given away for free.

The registration is required for both selling and buying documents. Gazhoo charges 30% fee on any document sold.

Features:

• Online marketplace marketplace for legal, financial, business and other professional document templates.
• Sell all sorts of document in any file format.
• Gazhoo charges 30% fee on the gross sales.
• Search, browse and buy documents uploaded by others.
• Make and receive payments via credit card or PayPal.
• All documents are organized in categories (legal, financial, business, professional… etc), popularity and the time added.
• The registration is required for both selling and buying documents.

Check out Gazhoo @ www.gazhoo.com

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• SampleWords: Free Business Document Templates & Forms
• LetterWiz: Free Sample Letter Templates
• Gazhoo: Find Legal and Business Documents
• Collection of Free Business Forms and Templates
• Tagito: Sell Documents and Digital Content Online

It also creates rich graphs and reports for a comprehensive analysis of your books. Other features include integration with the popular invoicing tool FreshBooks, advice on how to save tax, credit card and Paypal data import, and the ability to invite your bookkeeper to use the account.

Watch demo videos below to learn more:

Features:

• Free online bookkeeping for businesses.
• Currently for US customers only.
• Track income, expenses, profits and taxes.
• See reports and analyze performance.
• Import data from your credit card, FreshBooks and Paypal accounts.
• Similar tool: BionicBooks.

Check out Outright @ www.outright.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• InvoicePlace: Online Invoice Generator
• Invoice Journal : Free Invoicing Service
• CurdBee: Easy Billing & Invoicing Web Application
• BionicBooks: Free Online Accounting Tool for Small Businesses
• BillingBoss: Free Web Based Invoicing Site

Trademarkia can help new and existing businesses by searching through every trademark registered in the US since 1870 to see if they’re breaking any laws. There are several different search functions for all different kinds of trademarks such as brands, names and logos.

Above you can see how I searched for ‘lion’ under the logo search function. I was given every logo registered since 1870 that depicts a lion in anyway. These ranged from modern services and company logos to old emblems dating back to the 19^th century that were used for local militias and organizations in the US.

You can also search for trademarks (both active and dead) registered by different companies and by their theme or subject matter.

This is a very useful resource for companies which could save them a lot of money by not employing people to do this research for them.

Check out Trademarkia @ www.tradmarkia.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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• FreePatentsOnline : Patent Search Engine
• Zillow
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The site presets data on a clean multi-tabbed interface with all your invoices nicely organized (past, due, outstanding, paid and draft). Other features like setting reminders, generating reports and sharing data are also provided.

See BillingBoss demo video below:

Features:

• Create, send and organize your invoices online.
• Easily keep track of past, due, outstanding, paid draft invoices.
• Lets you set email reminders.
• Generate reports, and easily share data with your accountant.
• The application is available in 14 different languages.
• Clean tabbed interface.
• Free and easy to use.
• Similar websites: CurdBee, Invoice Journal and InvoicePlace.

Check out BillingBoss @ www.billingboss.com

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• InvoicePlace: Online Invoice Generator
• Invoice Journal : Free Invoicing Service
• CurdBee: Easy Billing & Invoicing Web Application
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The names could contain the your choice of word in the position you specify while searching. It shows you if the corresponding .com or .net domains are available and how many times the name has appeared on the web. Search names in 4 languages and book domains directly through GoDaddy.com.

Features:

• Discover unique company name ideas.
• Search names in 4 languages – English, Spanish, French and Italian.
• Insert words of your choice in the names.
• Check if the corresponding domain name is available.
• Also check how many times the name appeared on the web.
• Similar websites: Dot-o-mator.

Check out Wordoid @ www.wordoid.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• PayItLink: Makes Paypal Payment Requests Easy
• Dot-o-mator: Discover Domains You Wouldn’t Have Thought About
• Blogtastique : Get Free Blog Consulting from PROs
• Zapproved: Web based Decision Making Tool
• Zamabook: Web Based Appointment Scheduling Service

Whether you are looking for a plumber, trainer or just a helper, this site suggests you people, along with their price quotes. It’s intelligent language processing technology is great in suggesting the right people and you can check their profile, the reviews they’ve got from other users and set an appointment when you want to get the work done. Simple, effective and free to use.

For more info watch following video:

Features

• Smart local business finder to easily locate the most suitable service provider.
• Compare providers based on their price quotes and the reviews they have received from others.
• Providers work on your schedule.
• Schedule the appointment online. No need for making calls.

Check out Redbeacon @ www.redbeacon.com (by Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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• Mashspots: Cool Local Business Locator on Google Maps
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The corresponding plans shown are from the premium segment (hence the free versions of Gmail, Hotmail etc aren’t included) and you can find lots of details about the email plans and compare them using the comparison table.

Features:

• Do a customized search of premium email plans and compare email providers.
• Search options include storage capacity, plan duration, POP access, IMAP or POP3 access, availability of phone support and more.
• Compare email plans from various hosting providers like Rackspace, GoDaddy etc.
• Get elaborate details like attachment limit, phone support, and contract price.

Check out Email Service Guide @ www.emailserviceguide.com (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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• LetterWiz: Free Sample Letter Templates
• Zuplo: Cool Stationary Backgrounds for Your Emails
• Zapproved: Web based Decision Making Tool
• Zamabook: Web Based Appointment Scheduling Service
• YouSendIt Outlook: Send Emails with Large Attachments from Outlook

Features:

• Dead simple business card generator.
• Generate as many cards as you like.
• Customize text font and alignment.
• Add custom logo to your card.
• Free and simple to use.
• Similar tools: BusinessCardStar, FreePDFCards and Deyey.

Check out Business Card Generator @ www.degraeve.com/business-cards

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• FreePDFCards: Create Printable Business Cards Online
• Deyey : Create Stylish Business Cards
• BusinessCardStar: Online Business Card Designer
• Jigsaw
• HighRise

Every document is available either in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or Adobe PDF format and includes detailed description about its design and purpose. In addition to that the websites features popular Word and Excel template files on the sidebar for easy access.

The various sample documents found under each section are as follows:

• Human Resources: includes common employee documents, personnel forms, human resources forms and spreadsheets that can be useful in organizing personnel in a professional office or business settings.
• Accounting: includes common accounting and financial documents, expense sheets, credit forms and spreadsheets that can be useful in a professional office or business settings.
• General Business: includes documents and spreadsheets that are helpful for organizing personal business functions such as bills, home budgets, personal banking, anti-fraud and personal income tax.
• Sales-Marketing: includes printable business documents designed to help manage sales and marketing tasks within a business organization.

Below, you can see a couple of sample documents that can be found on the website.

Sample Appraisal Form

Sample Travel Itinerary form

Features:

• Download printable sample free document templates, calendar and invitation cards.
• All sample documents are categorized as per type of document and usage.
• Easily access popular and featured Word and Excel files on the sidebar.
• Sample documents on the site are available either in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or in Adobe PDF file formats.
• Similar sites: JDSupra, DocShare and DocStoc.

Check out SampleWords @ www.samplewords.com (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut )

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• Collection of Free Business Forms and Templates
• DocStoc: Free Online Document Templates
• Zoho : Feature-rich Web-based Office Software
• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• Peepel: Online Word and Spreadsheet

Projects are circles that you can drag around on the dashboard. Circles can be created in a snap. Start adding tasks to individual project by clicking on the circle. In the project view you may also time the tasks by dragging them on the calendar dates. Quick and intuitive.

Each and every data on the interface can be moved around and rearranged in anyway you like it. Original, intuitive and definitely a new way to manage tasks. All of this clearly illustrated in the demo video below.

Features:

• Online organizer and project manager.
• Quickly use drag and drop mind map interface to create projects.
• Add tasks, move them and rearrange them.
• Associate tasks with the calendar dates easily.
• Free and simple to use.

Check out TheBigPicture @ www.thebigpic.org (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Features

• Track conferences around the world.
• Get elaborate details about the conference.
• Get the venue, location on a map and accommodation information.
• Check conferences in various categories.
• Buy tickets, save it to your Google calendar or email it to a friend.

Check out Conference Calendar @ www.conferencecalendar.com (via Daily Blog Tips) (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• BigContacts
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• Yugma: Make Conference Calls & Collaborate With Others Online
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The application provides free and paid accounts, free account includes most of the features except that you can’t have any additional personnel, and ads will be shown.

Features:

• Online appointment scheduler.
• Appointments can be booked anytime and from any computer having internet.
• Enables your clients  to schedule appointments with you.
• Keep a track of clients with client database.
• Quick scheduler, business dashboard and more.
• Similar tool: AcuityScheduling.

Check out Zamabook @ www.zamabook.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• TimeBridge : Automated Meeting Scheduler
• Meet-O-Matic : Meeting Scheduling at its Simplest
• AcuityScheduling : Online Appointment Scheduling Software
• ZocDoc: Dentist Search + Appointments
• Zapproved: Web based Decision Making Tool

You can also contribute to the site by uploading the forms. So if you a got a free business form or a template that is not available on the site yet then share it with others by uploading it.

Features:

• Download free business forms and templates.
• Search and browse templates by categories.
• Check out most popular and newly added forms.
• Contribute by uploading your templates.
• Free and doesn’t require any registration.
• Similar websites: DocStoc and som other in earlier published article about websites offering free document templates.

Check out FreeBusinessFormsAndTemplates @www.freebusinessformsandtemplates.com

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• DocStoc: Free Online Document Templates
• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• Peepel: Online Word and Spreadsheet
• Zoho : Feature-rich Web-based Office Software

Once you have created an account the control panel will assist you in creating and assigning things. You can start new projects, add your employees, set roles and drag and drop items onto your calendar.

Onyaka automatically generates rosters for staff members based on their skills and availability. Moreover, it is all online which means that you can access it from anywhere at anytime.

Features:

• Online staff scheduling tool.
• Simple drag and drop interface.
• Automatically generates rosters for staff members based on skills and availability.
• Free, nothing to install or download.
• For additonal details and demo check out their screencasts.
• Similar websites: FindMyShift and RotaBoard.

Check out Onyaka @ apps.onyaka.com (via Lifehacker) [by Srikanth from FirefoxNinjas]

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• WhosOff : The Online Staff Holiday Planner
• WhichDateWorks: Online Event Scheduler
• RotaBoard: Online Schedule Maker
• Meet-O-Matic : Meeting Scheduling at its Simplest
• FindMyShift: Web based Staff Scheduling Tool

You start by entering your current balance and then updating your future financial events. PocketSmith will put them on your forecast calendar, show you the forecast graphs and even create a simple cash flow statement for you. You can also enter your actual transactions or import them from a CSV file to compare actual vs. forecast transactions. PocketSmith also breaks down your income and expenses for the whole year so you can better analyze your finances.

Main Features:

• Forecast cash flow without dealing with any spreadsheets.
• See how much money you would have any given day.
• Compare your actual vs. budget transactions.
• See graphical comparisons of your income and expenditure.
• Set financial goals and track your progress.
• Produce easy to follow cash-flow statements.
• Integrate your PocketSmith calendar with iCal, Google Calendar or Outlook.

Check out PocketSmith @ www.pocketsmith.com (by Tehseen Baweja from RechargeYourMind.com)

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• Thrive: Organize Your Budget & Plan Ahead
• Texthog: Track Budget & Expenses via SMS, Email & Twitter
• SpendingDiary: Track Daily Expenses Online
• Rudder: Manage And Keep Track Of Your Finances Online
• BudgetPulse: Online Personal Budget Management Tool

The application offers free and paid accounts. Free account includes all features with one week forward and backward scheduling limit.

See FindMyShift in action in the video below:

Features:

• Web based staff scheduler.
• Simple on-screen editing.
• Drag and drop entries with your mouse.
• Text message your staff within the schedule.
• Nothing to install or download.
• Track your day-to-day costs with built-in reports.
• Free account includes all  features with one week forward and backward scheduling limit.
• Try demo account here.
• Similar websites: WhosOff and RotaBoard.

Check out FindMyShift @ www.findmyshift.com (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut)

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• Onyaka: Free Online Staff Scheduler
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When your clients receive the message and click the link they will be presented with the page showing you payment related details, this page will then auto redirect them to PayPal where they can log in and pay the money.

Using this app you can avoid logging in to your PayPal account when you want to send a payment request. It’s also very convenient for your clients to pay you this way.

Features:

• Easy way to request payment via paypal.
• Request as many payments as you like.
• Free, no registration needed.
• Watch the demo video here.

Check out PayItLink @ www.payitlink.com

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Watch the video below to see BusinessCardStar in action:

Features:

• Design business card online.
• Lots of different templates to choose from.
• Customize text, font, size and background colors.
• Print created cards using your printer or order cards online.
• Similar websites : FreePDFCards and Deyey.

Check out BussinessCardStar @ www.businesscardstar.com (via LifeHackrer)

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• FreePDFCards: Create Printable Business Cards Online
• Deyey : Create Stylish Business Cards
• Business Card Generator: Make Business Cards For Free
• Autofill PDF Labels: Printable PDF Label Templates Free
• Autofill PDF Labels: Print Labels and Business Cards Online

Browse video lectures by business categories (e.g. Finance, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Sales & Negotiation), view recent and most popular videos, search videos by keywords and leave comments. Videos are pulled from YouTube and uploaded by site members. Sign up to upload your own videos.

Features:

• Free educational mba video lectures online.
• Lists video lectures from prominent business leaders and thinkers like Milton Friedman, Carly Fiorina, Guy Kawasaki etc.
• Browse lectures by category (e.g. Finance, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Sales & Negotiation), search videos by keywords, view recent and most popular videos.
• Free resource. Sign up to upload videos.
• Similar website: AcademicEarth.

Check out MBAvid @ www.mbavid.com

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• University Of The People: Tuition-Free Online University
• TrackClass: Track & Organize Your School Work
• The Plagiarism Checker: Check Papers For Plagiarism
• RotaBoard: Online Schedule Maker
• Plagium: Online Plagiarism Tracker

Features:

• Simple business card generator.
• Create as many cards as you like.
• Upload your logo and customize text size.
• Easy and free.
• Similar tools: Deyey.

Check out FreePdfCards @ www.freepdfcards.com (via matteodini.com)

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• BusinessCardStar: Online Business Card Designer
• Business Card Generator: Make Business Cards For Free
• Autofill PDF Labels: Printable PDF Label Templates Free
• Autofill PDF Labels: Print Labels and Business Cards Online

It also shows a man standing at the location and you can click on it to get the exact address of the place. You may also drag him around the map to repeat the process and get updated search results. Other features include ability to email an address easily and a local business locator app for iPhone users.

Features

• Easily search local business listings for any city without knowing the exact address.
• Free to use.
• Based on Google Maps API.
• Embed on your website using the widget.
• iPhone app available.

Check out Mashspots @ www.mashspots.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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• Offeretti: Local Business Discounts Search Engine
• Google Ride Finder: Find Taxi, Limousine or Shuttle in the Area
• Wayfaring: Create & Share Custom Maps Online
• TellMe : Free Local Directory Assisstance
• Schmap: Free City Guides on your PC and Mobile

BionicBooks also has a user community where they can share tips, ask questions and find people in the same situation.

Features

• Free free online accounting for small businesses and startups.
• Secure and ideal for startups and small businesses.
• Nice user interface with tabs.
• All aspects of online accounting software are explained non-technically.
• Lets you keep track of  VAT and  multilevel sales taxes.
• Allows you to maintain your accounts with an up to date balance sheet and profit and loss statements.

Check out BionicBooks @ www.bionicbooks.com (Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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The site has variety of templates for almost any occasion. You can search for letters or browse them by categories such as business, love, educational, career and personal.

You do not have to be registered to search and use the letters. However if you want to save your own modified version of the letter online or want to request a letter to be written for you then you need to register first.

In addition to letter templates LetterWiz offers some letter writing tips and makes it easy to find and add famous quotes to your letters.

Features:

• Search and get free templates for letters.
• Browse letters by category: Business, love, educational, career and personal.
• Search for famous quotes to use them in your letters.
• Check out letter writing tips.
• Signup is optional (but offers additional features).

Check out Letterwiz @ www.letterwhiz.com [Updated: the Letterwiz website is no longer offering sample letter templates so instead go to www.4hb.com/letters/index.html]

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• SampleWords: Free Business Document Templates & Forms
• Gazhoo: Sell & Buy Useful Documents Online
• Collection of Free Business Forms and Templates
• MiddlePost: Sign and Manage Documents Online
• iPaper@Scribd : Document Email Attachments Made Simple

The user interface is neat and carries the look of a professional tool with a workstream on the left and the agenda on the sidebar. This could be a good communication tool for co-workers, a new way to interact during the office hours.

Check out Co-op @ www.coopapp.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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• MediaWiki : No.1 Free Wiki Software

Yammer basically is a micro-blogging service like Twitter, the difference being that it is for businesses and enterprises where co-workers could use it among themselves to communicate what they are working on. You can send direct messages and replies and it also provides for desktop clients and clients for Blackberries as well.

Features

• Publish status updates, ideas, news, links, and questions without cluttering up inboxes.
• Subscribe to the people and topics that are relevant to you.
• Reply to status updates and have discussions.
• See what people are actually working on and talking about.
• Search archived messages as a knowledge-base.
• Find people in the directory to contact them or learn more about them.

Check out Yammer @ www.yammer.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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• Utterz: Post Voice Messages to your Blog, Twitter, … from Phone
• Twuffer : Schedule Your Twitter Tweets
• twitTangle: Organize Twitter Friends by Priority and Type
• TweetRush: Check Twitter Usage and Stats
• TweetManager: Automate Your Twitter Account

The homepage of patents.com displays a search bar which gives you 4 search options – simple search, advanced search, expert search and bulk search. It also displays some recently claimed patents and the most popular search topics.

You can search through different terms and keywords and get the patents in text view or image view along with the translations. To enable the image view you’d need to install the Adobe Acrobat plugin for your browser. There is also further information available about patents including descriptions and references.

Check out Patents.com @ www.patents.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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How it works ?

For example, you need to take a business decision and you’d like to consult your co-workers and friends about it.

1. You create a proposal in your zapproved account describing the decision.
2. You then send requests to your co-workers and friends which appear to them as HTML emails.
3. They can accept or deny the proposal with a single click.
4. Get a complete record of who has accepted, denied or not responded to a proposal.
5. The proposals are also archived in your zapproved accounts for future reference.

Check out Zapproved@www.zapproved.com via ReadWriteWeb ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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How does it work?

1. Move the red arrow on the right hand side to correct time period.
2. See item’s copyright status and whether you need a permission on the left.

Features:

• Lookup copyright status for works published in the US.
• Click on asterisks [*] to get further explanation on the item’s copyright.
• No registration needed.

PDtool @ www.librarycopyright.net/digitalslider

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We have already profiled a patent search tool earlier, it’s called FreePatentsOnline. However Google Patents is a lot better. It’s a lot more than just a patent search tool, and is more like a massive patent information database. On each patent page you can see:

(1) Patent summary: All important details summarizing the patent. These includes dates of interest, associated parties and classifications.

(2) Patent Claims: Lists the specific claims made by the patent.

(3) Drawings and Pictures: Thumbnail shots of pictures found in the the patent.

(4) Option to search within that specific patent.

(5) Citations: List of patents that are cited by the patent.

(6) References: List of patents that reference the given patent.

Furthermore, you can read the full patent contents online or download and save it to your PC as PDF document. And another really useful fetaure is the advanced patent search. Using this search option you can find almost any patent you need by applying a whole bunch of filters.

Check out Google Patents @ www.google.com/patents

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You can either let them do it for you or simply request free assistance in case you don’t trust them. Basically, they can do the hard work letting you focus on producing content. So if you ever wanted to start your own Wordpress blog but felt a bit intimidated by the tech side of it then Blogtastique is for you.

Free features include complete Wordpress installation and database setup, Plugin and theme recommendation and installation, and more. You simply need tell them your domain name, provide them with restricted access details and they will do the rest.

(1) Wordpress and Database Setup : Yes, these guys can do this for you for FREE. I am not aware of any other web service that does this. You only need to give them the FTP and MySQL user details.

(2) Plugins and Themes : They can recommend the right plugins and themes and install them for you. You can either give them your own list or let them find something for you.

(3) Blogging Tips : Blogtastique folks also give you a quick summary outlining how you should present your articles, how to get maximum exposure and when to publish the articles, fix design inconsistencies, over-complicated styling code, inappropriate fonts etc.

In case you’re wondering how Blogtastique makes money, they also offer premium services. For a monthly they can keep you updated about Wordpress developments, do wordpress upgrades, design a custom theme for your blog, send you weekly updates, performance reports, deal with spam, moderate your comments and lots more.

Update:

Blogtastique is still offers services above , however the focus has changed. It is  now supplying people with a free domains, hosting, and guidance to market their blog. Basically all you to do is commit to post (around 10 posts per month) and some ethical stuff like no racism and so on, and Blogtastique will do the rest. Out of all the revenue the blog makes you get 40% to start with, and the better you  do the more you get, up to 80, even 90%.
The goal is to help those who want to make some money online but don’t have the funds to start. Hosting and domains are cheap enough, but a lot of people from India for example might not be able to spare around $110 a year, or they might be young or whatever.

Go and check out Blogtastique @ www.blogtastique.com

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Over the last year the site has become very popular and currently hosts hundreds of smaller social networking sites focused around different interests.

But the best part about Ning is that you can map your network to your own domain name. This requires some additional work but you don’t have to be a tech guru to do that.

Features:

• Create social networking website in minutes.
• Browse current networks by tags.
• Check out most popular networks
• Join networks you like.
• Put your social network under your own domain name ($4.95/month).

Go to Ning @ www.ning.com

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Features:

• Search for corporate profiles by Company Name, Ticker Symbol or Keyword.
• See Top 100 companies by market cap, fiscal year sales, operating margin, three year sales etc.
• Check out company “extensions” and security identifiers for different countries.
• Search through industry researches and studies.
• Extensive industry studies and reports available by subscription.

Check out CorporateInformation @ www.corporateinformation.com

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You will be able to monitor responses as they arrive on a custom monitoring page with a table (see below).

Once everyone has replied, Meet-O-Matic will lookup the best dates and list them, from best to worst.

Additional Features

• Plan and schedule as many meetings as you want.
• No restrictions on the number of attendees.
• Custom page to monitor responses as they happen.
• VIP person : When selected Meet-O-Matic makes sure that meeting takes place on one of the dates selected by a VIP user.
• Attendees are able to come back and edit their choices later.
• Receive email when every one is finished
• No registration required.

Check out Meet-O-Matic @ www.meetomatic.com

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Whether it’s a solo writer writing a book or a 100 people team working on a massive assignment, MediaWiki can handle it. It’s simple to install, very easy to learn, and absolutely free.

Some Features

• Collaborate with as many people as you want.
• Extendable: Install extensions for additional functionalities (add calendar, integrate chat, add backup /restore functionalities, clipboard, etc.). Hundreds of extensions available.
• Fullly configurable: change look and skin, restrict certain pages, add categories, enable / disable file uploading, and lots more.
• Support: Well documented. So if you want to add something to your wiki but have no clue how it can be done just search for it on MediaWiki.org

Used by over 50 popular online websites (incl. Wikipedia). Check out the full list here.

• Note: Several webhosts include a preconfigured MediaWiki with the hosting package. Contact your host for details.

[Video] Wikis in Plain English

Get MediaWiki @ www.mediawiki.org

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Feature List

Card Maker:

• Design, store and print professional business cards.
• Add custom background and logo templates, stylish text and fonts, import own images (jpg, png, gif) etc.
• Save and print ready cards in high-resolution formats.
• Adobe Flash Player 8 or higher version required.
• See video demo.

Along with the access to card maker, Deyey also gives a file storage box. Highlights include:

• Get 100 Mb of free web storage space for files and created business cards.
• Upload and store any type of file i.e. document, image, video, etc.
• Share created cards and other files with others.
• Embed cards onto your website, blog or online profile.
• Manage and organize cards and stored files using tags and folders.
• Video demo.

Check out Deyey @ [ www.deyey.com ]

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ScrubIt Features

• No need to worry about domain mispellings, ScrubIt fixes them automatically.
• Block porn and other malicious websites.
• Block websites by category: gambling, adult, shopping, dating, etc. (Registration required)
• If you find a malicious website that isn’t blocked you can report it to ScrubIt team and get it blocked.
• Need more details? Check out ScrubIt FAQ page here.

“Recent research shows that pornography is the plague of the new millennium. Children as young as 10 years old who use the internet are regularly assaulted with graphic images, giving them a distorted view of human sexuality. Other studies show that surfing pornographic sites at work is one of the biggest time-wasters in business today. What’s the solution? Scrub the internet squeaky clean by using ScrubIT as your DNS server.”

Check out ScrubIT @ www.scrubit.com

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How It Works?

• 1. Setup a meeting, indicate possible time slots and enter partisipants’ email IDs.
• 2. Timebridge emails a meeting invitation to all selected participants.
• 3. Attendees visit the meeting page and share their preferences.
• 4. TimeBridge reviews all responses and finds the best meeting time.
• 5. This time is automatically confirmed and the meeting is set.

Extra Features

• Share your availability with partners, customers, and colleagues from different companies.
• Connect and synchronize Timebridge with your Outlook or Google Calendar.
• Get email alerts if a meeting time cannot be confirmed or someone did not reply.
• Include a free conference call with any meeting.

[Video] TimeBridge solves the scheduling headache!

Check out TimeBridge @ www.timebridge.com

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