#045: A Peek Inside My Toolbox [Podcast]
In this episode, I give all of you a peek inside my toolbox. These are “tools” that I use virtually every day in my professional and personal life.
I am often asked about my tools. I hope that this episode gives you some insights and ideas about tools you might use to help with your own workflow. The podcast is a little long, but I didn’t want to leave anything out.
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I want to look at my tools in six different areas: Hardware, Startup Software, Blogging, Writing, Speaking, and Podcasting
Hardware
13″ MacBook Air
27″ Apple Thunderbolt Display
Fujitsu ScanSnap 1300 Scanner
HP OfficeJet Pro 8100
Big Jambox by Jawbone
Time Capsule
iPad Mini
iPhone 5
Startup Software
Startupizer
Alfred
iKey
Typinator
Crashplan
Stay
DropBox
PathFinder
SnagIt
Cobook
Messages
Apple Mail
Hootsuite
Evernote
Google Calendar
Google Chrome
Nozbe
Blogging
WordPress
BlueHost
Get Noticed! Theme
Feedburner
Disqus
MailChimp
Akismet
Google Analytics
ScribeSEO
VaultPress
iStockPhoto
Evernote
Writing
Byword
Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition
MarsEdit
Pages
Word
Scrivener
Fast, Effective Copywriting
How to Write Bestselling Fiction by Dean R. Koontz
On Writing by Stephen King
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Writing a Winning Book Proposal by Michael Hyatt
Speaking
Keynote
KeySpan Remote
OmniOutliner
Photoshop
Evernote
Launch Conference
SCORRE Conference
Podcasting
Cliff Ravenscraft, The Podcast Answerman
Adobe Audition
BluBrry PowerPress
BroadVoice
SpeakPipe
Ginger Schell (transcriptionist)
ID3 Editor
LibSyn
OmniOutliner
SoundByte
Timer Utility
Listener Questions
Chris Jeub asked, “In addition to a toolbox, do you have a toy box? In other words, are there programs you are experimenting with that you are not quite ready to add to your toolbox”
Christelle Donaldson asked, “How do you organize Evernote for blogging?”
Derek Olsen asked, “Do you do any kind of plit testing on your website?”
Erick Rheam asked, “Have you tried other note-taking apps besides Moleskine, like PenUltimate?”
Erik Fisher asked, “What do you do to make sure you spend enough time investigating an app without spending too much time?”
Peder Aadahl asked, “How do you keep your personal and work tasks separate?”
Rene Ferret asked, “What tools would you recommend to a beginning blogger who doesn’t have a lot of money to spend?”
Robert Kennedy III asked, “Do you use Evernote Business of just Evernote Premium?”
Spence Smith asked, “What do you use to write your posts offline and then post them afterwards?”
Special Announcements
I have a number of speaking engagements in the next few weeks. If you are interested in having me speak to your organization or at your event, you can find out more on my speaking page. I have a list of my most requested speaking topics, some video clips of me speaking in front of a live audience, numerous endorsements, and, of course, a calendar of all my upcoming engagements.
Platform University continues to thrive. This week we posted a new Member Makeover screencast evaluating Ryan Jenkins’ platform. Every month we post four new sessions. You can read about it and join here.
My next podcast will be on the topic of “How to Get More Twitter Followers Legitimately.” I currently get 800–1,000 a week. If you have a question on this subject, please leave me a voicemail message. This is a terrific way to cross-promote YOUR blog or website, because I will link to it, just like I did with the callers in this episode.
Episode Resources
In this episode I mentioned several additional resources, including:
Post: “10 WordPress Plugins for AB/Split Testing”
Screencast: “How to Launch a Self-Hosted WordPress Blog in 20 Minutes or Less”
Service: AWeber
Software: Fluid
Software: ScreenFlow
Software: SuperDuper
Software: Title Split Testing for WordPress
Show Transcript
You can download a complete, word-for-word transcript of this episode here, courtesy of Ginger Schell, a professional transcriptionist, who handles all my transcription needs.
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