What Software Can't You Do Without (Free or Paid)?

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Hi All

This software has saved me hundreds of hours. Probably like most people on this forum I watch loads of online video. I use this software to speed up my videos by up to 3X as fast, without losing quality of sound.

I can get through a 1 hour video in 20 minutes. It's not free but costs roughly $30 to view online flash videos and about $90 for the offline version. I don't want to put a link in here but if you go to enounce.com check it out.

It's especially good for those annoying sales videos without fast forward on them!

Anyone else have a must have tool or software they want to share?
#main internet marketing discussion forum #free #paid #software
  • aweber o getresponse
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  • there are a lot actually, AUTOMATION IS GOD :

    Market samurai
    SE Nuke
    SEO Linkvine
    Aweber
    Automate 6 (for small macros)
    The Best Spinner

    These are just a few that I own, I outsource a lot too
  • Aweber
    Amazon S3
    Dreamweaver
    Photoshop
    Camtasia
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    • IMHO, Market Samurai should be on every list on this thread.
      Just my $0.02.
  • Market Samurai!
    Aweber
    Dreamweaver
    GoodSync
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  • Dreamweaver CS3 - PHP
    Vertrigo - WAMP Environment (Windows Apache MySQL and PHP)
    Camtasia
    PhotoChop
    Windows7 - Yes i know ... But its so pretty
    ITunes for those long nights and must have podcasts
    HTC Sync to sync my phones
    IE - Test development / code
    Chrome - Test development / code
    Firefox - Test development / code
  • Winautomation
    Aweber
    Wordpress
    Firefox
  • If I had to choose just one that will be AWEBER
  • Photoshop Cs5
    Illustrator Cs5
    InDesign Cs5
    After Effects Cs5
    Flash Cs5

    and...maybe in future the next Senuke generation soft...
  • Scrivener -- Writing organization software
    Market Samurai -- Keyword research software
    Action Enforcer -- Productivity software
  • Banned
    Aweber and google search engine is best software for me.
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    • Top Software i can't live without are Word,Photoshop and Dreamweaver!
  • Camtasia/Camstudio
    Open Office
    Snag It/Screen Shoot It
    Aweber
    E-junkie

    Those are the basics, but I NEED those.
  • I'll say:

    1. Jing Pro (Camtasia's little brother)
    2. LastPass (or RoboForm as a paid option)
    3. Screencast (for video file hosting)
    4. Cpanel (makes site hosting/managing/editing so much easier than it used to be)

    John
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  • Please can i get the download link to those softwareS (full version)
    Especially market samurai. its fabulous piece of software
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  • I love Kompozer! It makes website designing super easy and it's free!
  • Looks like we all need our auto responders haha (money is in the list)
  • Programmer's Notepad 2
    Firefox (honourable mention to the Firebug plugin)
    WordPress
    FileZilla
    Photoshop
    Action Outline

    All in no particular order.
  • Its too hard for me to work if I don't have the following tools:

    1. Photoshop
    2. Dreamveaver
    3. Notepad ++
    4. Logo Maker
  • From free:
    Notepad++
    NiftyStats (see sig)
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    • Market Samurai
      PSPad
      WampServer
      PS5
      Camtasia
      And the BEST one - Mozilla Thunderbird (To manage my 39 mail accounts lol)
  • first, I know that this thread is about free or paid, but I feel obligated to link to this : http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...e-without.html (because no one else has)

    To answer your question...

    OpenOffice
    Notepad++
    FileZilla
    Market Samurai
    the Gimp
    Inkscape
    VLC

    I'm not counting online tools, browsers, or system untilites
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  • The following softwares helped me a enough to satisfy my requirements:

    RoboForm
    SEO Linkvine
    OpenOffice
    GIMP
    InkScape
    Filezilla
    Sony Vegas
    Wordpress
    Mozilla Firefox

    Also..are much more....I can make a big list and bore you with them.
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    • My MUST HAVES are:

      Market Samurai
      Firefox
      WPTwin (for anyone that uses Wordpress)
      Roboform
      CuteFTP Pro
      Skype

  • Mozilla Firefox
    Wordpress
    Market Samurai
    Gimp
  • Xsitepro
    Photoshop
    Tracking202
    roboform
    camtasia
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  • Critical Software for me is:

    FeedForAll RSS Software
    GroupMail
    DreamWeaver
    Camtasia
    TypePilot
    Macro Scheduler
  • Automation is key...as long as it produces quality results...no doubt!

    For me it's:

    WP
    MKT SAM
    Camtasia
    Awebber
    Firefox
    and my own
  • Photoshop Elements
    Camtasia Recorder/Studio
    Fireworks
    NoteTab Light
    AnyVideoConverter
    VLC Media Player
    CopyTrans Manager
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    • Banned
      From my (idiosyncratic) perspective as a technophobic incompetent, these threads are "all the same" in that they rapidly fill up with lists of software almost none of which I've ever seen and much of which I've never even heard of.

      I do find Firefox and Aweber very useful, and if I didn't have them available I'd need substitutes/replacements for them, I freely acknowledge.

      But it's really lucky for people like me that "ability to use software" is so terribly low on the list of attributes that correlate with developing and running a successful internet marketing business.
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  • Codeigniter
    DataMapper DMZ
    jQuery
    WAMPServer

    ...which is my current favourite combo for rapid PHP web application development.

    Cheers,

    Neil
  • You dont HAVE to be able to use software to run a successful online/internet business but it certainly can help. Many of the tasks we do "free hand" are so much easier and faster when you apply a good piece of software...
  • Hey Alexa

    While I agree with you somewhat, I'd say that most successful marketers have technical skills, whether that be HTML, Wordpress or whatever.

    From my own experience of working with over 6,500 marketers, those that can't grasp the technical basics struggle to get off the ground.

    Cheers,

    Neil
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    • Banned
      I hear you, Neil. People like me have to have "coping mechanisms" and be flexible, to develop non-technical ways of doing things. And perhaps be more willing to outsource than other people are (which I also don't like because I lose some control that way ).

      HTML is "too distant" a prospect for me, and I can definitely (easily) live without understanding or touching it. Sometimes by paying something. I'm having another go (on the quiet - albeit a little less quiet now!) with Wordpress, to be honest. Not because I think I really need it, but because it really would be a "personal triumph" for me to be able to use it.

      An autoresponder was the one I couldn't avoid. No way round that, really, one way or another. I assume even self-hosted ones have a learning-curve?

      Thanks, Rikki. I haven't heard of it. I know what NotePad is. I can use Microsoft Works adequately, and Word just about.

      I don't know which one I have.

      It opens and plays automatically when I need it to, whatever it is. It's whatever one came with Windows XP.
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  • Roboform
    Wordpress

    Thanks,

    Joel
  • Can't live without many iPhone apps such as:

    GoDaddy- a quick search to see if a domain is available
    eBay- for swiping bids at the last minute and checking sales
    Yelp, Facebook, and Twitter- to manage client marketing
    Chase Bank

    Other software I use on a daily bases is
    Squaredup.com- I can accept credit cards and credit card authorizations with my iPhone and a dongle instead of invoicing.

    Keyword Ninja- dynamite keyword analysis software
    SugarCRM- so I always know how my contractors and clients are interacting and when

    Quickbooks may be next on my list.
  • One more for Market Samuray
  • Firefox
    MS Windows

    I think that's it. A lot of the other stuff I use is on someone else's servers (websites etc.) so they're not "software"
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    • MS Word
      MS Excel
      Photoshop
      Dreamweaver
      Market Samurai
      Filezilla
      Roboform
      And of course, Firefox
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  • Get Clicky
    Roboform
    Easy Web Video
    EZ Article Link
    Scribefire WP plugin
  • Firefox
    Market Samurai
    The Best Spinner
    Flashget
    RSS Submit
    Wondershare DVD Slideshow standard

    to name a few

    Anup
  • It would've been the follwoung:

    -PHOTOSHOP
    -OPEN OFFICE
    -SENUKE
    -SCRAPEBOX
    -MARKET SAMURAI
    -TRAFFIC TRAVIS

  • Firefox
    Open Office
    Google Docs
    True box shot
    Adobe Audition
    Adobe Photoshop
    Notes
    Cool timer (save me a lot of time)
    Tunnler
    Flow Chart Maker
    Camtasia
    Filezilla
    Sony Vega
    Aftereffects
    Market Samurai
    Quicktime
    Replay Converter
    Well there are a ton of online applications so I wont go there.
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    • Umm.. how about grey matter :rolleyes:

      Seriously though, a nifty tool is the free Domain Name Analyzer
      It does sort of only one thing, and it may take a while, and it has this old-school interface, but I always keep it around. Give it a try. It is simple, free and accurate.
  • Fireworks
    NoteTab Light
    AnyVideoConverter
    VLC Media Player
    Adobe Photoshop
  • Market Samurai
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    • As a software junkie, I've got so many programs it's not funny. But it IS fun! Oh, how I choose favorites?

      Here's a quick few...

      Photoscape
      Word
      Onenote
      Adobe Acrobat
      Q3Dcover
      Irfanview
      jZip
      Fences
      Proform Rapid eLearning Studio
      Wildform Flair
      Camtasia
      Mixcraft
      Screenshot Captor

      etc., etc., etc.
  • Market Samurai and also a DarkRoom clone for undistracted writing.
    I'm in Linux so I use PyRoom and it has been fantastic for getting focused writing done.
  • Aweber
    Photoshop
    Firefox
    Filezilla
    Wordpress
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    • AIMP for music and internet radio
      Core ftp lite
      audacity
      text formatter plus
      notepadd++
      Jing pro
  • Skype
    MSN messenger
    IBP
    Cuterank
    UAW
    notepad
    dreamweaver
    photoshop
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    • Here are the software/programs and services I cannot do without.

      #1 Photoshop
      #2 Skype
      #3 Notepad ++
      #4 Market Samurai
      #4 Box.net (service, soon to be replaced with AmazonS3 Cloud Front)
      #5 DigiVendorPRO
      #6 BB Flashback Express 2 Recorder & Player
      #7 Pandora.com (need music when I work)
      #8 Firebug
      #9 Imnica (eventually)
  • I'd like to add Article Marketing Robot.

    I think it's the only article marketing tool that is at a once-off cost.

    Things like SEOLinkVine and Unique Article Wizard are monthly costs and I believe they do the same thing (just with different directories)
  • market sumari, as I am the bum of all bum marketers. LOL.

    Keywords are important to any niche, any business. Most the newbie marketers out there do not realise this.
  • I can't go without the web based software such as Google AdWords Keyword Sugesstion Tool and most of all...sites that use web based software such as NeedAnArticle, Fiverr, and Freelancer. Simply because I have found that when it comes writing about certain topics in different niches and staying focused on the main point of my content that I really, really SUCK! So without the web based software sites like these run on, I would be complete hopeless.
  • Wordpress
    FireFox
    Linux (Ubuntu, but any will do)
    Open Office
    WP Robot
  • SEO Spyglass
    NoDoFollow (Firefox plugin)
    FireBug
  • Notepad
    Aweber
    Photoshop
    Firefox
  • Windows...

    ;c)

    -g
  • Paint and Firefox.
  • For all of you who love Stats, Here's a list of the favourites that had more than one person recommend them. Why a list like this? (Hint: you could create training videos, how to ebooks as giveaways, recommend them to your list with affiliate links etc )

    Weird that the top 5 are all paid for apart from firefox. Obviously some serious marketers here on the warrior forum!



    8. (6 Votes)



    12. (2 votes)
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  • Gunna have to say Camtasia.

    Camtasia and email autoresponders have been my big winners this year. I.e. bring in the most amount of sales. Video is still working quite well and I do not expect that to change over the next several years.

    So chalk up another for me for camtasia.
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    • It's tough not to notice all of the love for Market Samurai on here. I'm new to the IM world, is it really a big advantage over using the free google keyword tool? Can anyone enlighten me on the major differences or is it just more accurate?

      Thanks!!
  • There is only 1 piece of software I can't do without. FIREFOX!!! As a multi-OS user, I enjoy being able to use the same browser and the same add-ons on any computer I use. Honestly, the only other software I currently use for my marketing strategies is OpenOffice due to it's ability to create PDF files without downloading anything extra. Of course, I sometimes find myself using GoogleDocs or MS-Word when I don't have OpenOffice available. (Rarely)
  • Gmail (I manage over 100 email addresses in my single gmail account).
  • I am a little interested why you would want to speed through an hour's video in 20 minutes, don't you lose the gist of the video?
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    • Funnily enough you don't. What it does is forces you to concentrate more, and also if someone is a slow speaker, or they have a long story (think video sales letter with no fast forward controls) you can quickly get through all the rubbish. I'm generally quite amazed at how much you can learn - I usually don't go up to 3X though unless they're a very slow speaker. I usually stick to about 2X.

      One thing it's not good for though is Youtube videos as I've found they have very bad streaming.
  • hit me up if you're a tracking202 expert or at least knows how to mess with it.
  • Firefox
    Opera
    Snagit
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  • firefox
    getresponse
  • Google Analytics
    iMovie
    Market Samurai
    Camtasia
  • i got one free eboook to share with you all... check it with my threads..
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