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Get 1,000 Business Cards for Free from 1800Postcards.com!

Andy Sowards — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:55:15 +0000

Why not refresh your image for the New Year…for free? 1800Postcards.com is offering you the opportunity to win 1000 business cards!

Who is 1800Postcards?

So why trust 1800Postcards.com with your design work? 1800Postcards.com is the retail branch of Circle Press, a high-end commercial printing firm with a roster of Fortune 100 clients that includes Dior, Tiffany, Disney, American Express, Broadway Shows and most of the world’s leading brands. These companies demand nothing but the best in quality. To be specific, a quality standard called ‘G7′, which is only granted to printing firms that meet a very strict set of best practices and production quality. These clients sit with pre-press, have color proofs printed for spot color matching, they come in when the job is printed to make color adjustments and watch it run on the press to see the final results, the whole nine yards. They also pay tens of thousands of dollars for this type of service level.

1800Postcards produces your print work in the same facilities, with the same press-men and production staff, and adheres to the same quality standards as high-end commercial jobs. The only difference is that your job is ?gang printed? or run together with other 1800Postcard clients, which is the secret of every online printing company and why they can be so cheap in pricing. However, 1800Postcards.com just brought it up to an almost unreasonable level of quality

But what if you don’t need postcards? Well they’re capable of more than just postcard printing. They offer brochures, business cards, flyers, posters, banners, stickers and pretty much any custom work your creative mind can imagine.

Bottom line, the print results are unbelievable… no one in the online printing space comes even close to this quality and attention to detail. You can see it yourself by requesting free samples @ 1800Postcards.com/freesamples.

The Giveaway – Rules

Winning the 1,000 Free Business Cards is easy… Just click on the Participate widget link below and leaving a brief comment on this post tell us why you should win.

We will accept entries until February 3. Winners will be announced February 4.

We will choose three lucky winners and give them each 1,000 business cards.

How To Win

Step 1) Participate by Clicking on This Link and Entering Your Info

Click here to Participate

Step 2) Leave Comment Telling Us Why You Should Win

It’s That Easy! Good luck everyone!

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20 Best Globally Renowned Online Time Tracking Software Tools

Jennifer Hill — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:06:50 +0000

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For any business house, time is money and the rapid and sturdy technological advancements have provided the users with ample number of options to creatively and effectively manage their time online. The present day has witnessed the rise in the availability of a number of time tracking software, however to ease out your search for the best solution, we provide you with a comprehensive list of top twenty most amazing online time tracking software.

1. Invoicera

It is amongst the most popular online time tracking solution available globally to different clients. Its sturdy support for multiple language and multiple currencies, is an extra added advantage to the users. The time tracking facilities are very easy and comforting to use and lets the users generate instant and customized reports and multiple invoices. The information provided by Invoicera regarding the progress of the project and related time tracking services is simply impeccable and highly relevant in the present day cut throat competitive world.

2. Freshbooks

Do not judge the Freshbooks with its looks. Though it may not provide the users with a beautiful user interface but it gives you strong and reliable options for comprehensively keeping a record of time spent on various activities and actually helps in saving a lot of time of the managers and employees working upon the project.

3. Dovico Timesheet Tracking Software

Dovico is a Canada based company which provides highly modernized and up to date time tracking services online at very competitive prices. The online time tracking services offered by Dovico Timesheet Tracking Software adequately handles multiple projects, gives you an option to conceptualize many reports simultaneously and generate automatic and correct invoices in a jiffy.

4. Harvest

If you get intimidated and bugged by unfriendly user interfaces, Harvest is the tailor made solutions for you. Harvest is robust online time tracking software which provides the users with amazing user interface and is the best available solution if there is a team working on the project. It provides the users with features like project estimates, report generation and etc and is both freely available and at premium rates.

5. Toggl

Toggl is an amazing online time tracking and invoicing software and the fact that makes it really unique is that you need not worry about the Internet connection while working with Toggl. Toggl effortlessly is operational in both online and offline modes.

6. TraxTime Time Tracking Software

TraxTime Tracking Software gives you abundant options to work on indefinite number of projects. In accordance to your requirements, you can append the memos to the time entries and generate customized project reports which can be sent to disks or printers or can be viewed on the screen itself. A little expensive version available for the managers lets them to share the project list, save time considerably and come up with instant reports for various users.

7. Tick

The advantage of using Tick is just like its name it represents correctness, timeliness and is concise. Tick is the preferred choice of those entrepreneurs and businessman who cannot waste time understanding the functionalities and details and just want to start conserving the time and performing the tasks with the very first click.

8. TimeWriter Time Tracking Software

TimeWriter Time Tracking Software in its most basic form is a weekly grid and enables the users to have a look at the hourly entries of the week in a single glance. It allows the users to enter their working hours easily and create thorough reports in no time. In addition to that, it supports various formats while exporting the data.

9. Paymo

If you are looking out for swift and easy ways to keep a track of the time being spent and produce thorough reports of the same, Paymo is the best available solution for you.

10. BillQuick

BillQuick was formed in the year 1995 and since then have provided health time tracking and invoicing software to more than 240,000 users. It has been a favorite of various sectors like accounting, lawyers, IT consultants, engineers and other business forms round the globe. It can be integrated well with the Microsoft Outlook and QuickBook Pro.

11. Invotrak

Invotrak is an intuitive online time tracking and invoicing software which aimed at considerably reducing your time spent on various work related to the projects. If you are looking for a solution to speed up the working processes of time tracking, report generation and invoicing, the solution you are looking for lies with Invotrak.

12. Klok

Klok is operational through the Adobe Air Programming Language and provides with great features to monitor the time being spent on various projects and provides you with simple and agile solutions to record the time being spent on various business endeavors.

13. Freckle

The unique selling preposition of Freckle is the various features it comes packed in with. Freckle software comes with vivid colors, smart icons, and a clean and bright layout. Such features, in addition to providing you with great support and functionality, cheer you up on a dull and boring day.

14. Bill4time

Bill4time is capable enough to work for companies ranging from one to one thousand users. It provides 128 bit data encryption and backups in the offline mode and thus the users need not be concerned about loading updates and other hardware related technical issues

15. yaTimer

Just like its name, yaTimer provides the users with the very fundamental options of tracking time and generating invoices. It is a basic time tracking model and does not work through online. Instead it has to be downloaded.

16. Replicon

Replicon is the world leader when it comes to online time tracking and invoicing software. Its global clientele boasts of the likes of World Vision, Barnes and Noble and Ferrari. It user interface provided by Replicon is highly intuitive and thus optimizes the results of the efforts of the managers and executives working upon the project.

17. Cyber-Matrix.com

Cyber matrix provides you with an easy way to administer the time being spent on a particular work or project. On the official website of the cyber matrix, you will be able to find a varying list of products which are aimed at letting you keep the business activities under control you may choose the best available option for your specific enterprise.

18. SpudCity

If you value time as money, you must consider SpudCity. It is a swift online time tracking software and enables you to start savings from the very first introduction session itself.

19. Responsive time logger

Responsive time logger lets you perform very many business functions, comfortable under the one roof and thus is a preferred solution for the multi tasking enterprises.

20. Easy Time tracking

This is the solution for those who are looking alternate their time tracking software you start using a new one. It is feature rich, flexible and simple to use.

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10 Awesome Premium Business Card Designs

Andy Sowards — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:01:04 +0000

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So I try to keep you guys up to date with some great design resources around the net – and recently I ran up on a pretty cool design site that has a lot of resource roundups – If you are ever in the middle of a project and need some good inspiration when it comes to what kind of design resources are out there, or what would be best for your project – then I suggest you go over to our friends at CreativeStore.Co for the latest design resources.

Here is just a preview of what they have to offer

40 Most Impressive Business Card Designs

Hello There Business Card – Creation Kit

Modern business card template

Translucent Photographer Business Card

Color Prism Corporate Business Card

Scratch Business Card

Blue Ocean – Business Card Template

Colorful Clouds Business Card

Generic Business Card – Portrait & Landscape

Blog Me Business Card

Pattern Business Card

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Tuesday Mobile App Review: MoneySupermarket Free Car Insurance App – Just 3 Taps To Renew Insurance!

Andy Sowards — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:36:53 +0000

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So I am all about making things (and life) easier and more efficient. So I found something I want to share with you guys! If you are like me then you really dislike thinking about hunting for services, to add to your bills, and then remembering when and where you need to pay those bills – especially car insurance – but now at least with this Car insurance App – getting the best insurance, and paying for it, has never been easier.

MoneySupermarket Car Insurance App – What is it?

It is a free Car Insurance app for your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch that lets you renew your insurance in just 3 taps! Not only is it simple, it has a pleasing design so you aren’t looking at something ugly during those 3 taps. It boasts some impressive accolades such as:

The first FREE car insurance App in the UK
Compare over 100 car insurance providers
Save an average of £374.93
Save your details to the App
Click to call the insurer

How Does It Work?

If you’re tired of hunting the internet (as I have been) to find the best deal on your car insurance, the new MoneySupermarket.com Car Insurance App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch could be the solution you’ve been looking for.

MoneySupermarket Car Insurance is the first free app for UK consumers which lets users easily find and compare car insurance on their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Using the app you can compare hundreds of quotes from a massive range of UK car insurance companies and then purchase your car insurance straight from your phone, and all this in just a few minutes.

You can also “click to call” if you’d rather speak to someone about your car insurance quote, particularly useful if you want to discuss payment options or would like to tailor your quote more specifically. That feature really comes in handy.

How Do I Get It?

To download a free copy of the app all you need to do is click here or search for “MoneySupermarket Car Insurance” in the iTunes store on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

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How to find the right website hosting service based on daily page views w/ easy HostUCan Relevancy Tool

Andy Sowards — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:19:39 +0000

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So I found this awesome tool – and I have actually been looking for something similar to this for quite a while. It has often been hard to find information on “What hosting is right for you” when it comes to pageviews, which is what most people with a website use to rate their overall traffic (and think that correlates pretty well to how powerful the server they need to get is). In the beginning when you buy your first hosting package, its usually a shot in the dark, but when you have a site for a while and know what kind of traffic to expect – it is still hard to find out which hosting package (company, service, etc.) will be your next logical step when your current plan is outgrown. Well not anymore – this tool really makes that a lot easier (and you don’t have to scour the web hosting forums late at night to find these answers, if you don’t want to)

This tool is by a company called HostUCan.

Who is HostUCan?

HostUCan is a next generation web hosting search and review platform. It provides a powerful context-based search engine in order to help people find the best hosting option based on their web hosting needs. HostUCan is also a place for webmasters to share their hosting experience and to seek information from other experts.

How to Check Hosting Relevancy Before Buying

Ok so here is how this thing works.

HostUCan’s Host Relevancy Check is designed to help people find out if a web hosting solution is compatible with their website. During analysis, the tool will aggregate customer reviews, product uptime data, and editor reviews to generate a score indicating how appropriate the hosting plan is for the parameters inputted.

To get started

Step 1) Go to the relevancy check tool -> http://www.hostucan.com/hosting-relevant

Step 2) Enter in a Web Hosting Company to check (like we did in the below image, we are using “GreenGeeks” as an example here) and press Enter or click on the Search button

Step 3) Here you can select the host’s “Relevancy Check” option – as seen in the below image – click on that

Step 4) From there, you can enter in your details, and get your result! (as seen below) Simply enter in your site platform (if applicable) and then your daily page views (In this example we entered in Drupal and 0 – 301 daily page views)

Step 5) Review Results!!

As you can see, we get an instant result! This let’s you know very quickly, if that drupal hosting would be a good fit for what you have (or expect) from your site’s platform and traffic, it also provides some other stats, such as any relevant GreenGeeks Review posts from customers – and even some coupons if they have them! Pretty neat eh?

I wish this was around when I was looking for hosting a few years ago – would have saved me some headaches.

Step 6) Let’s see what happens if we change the page views – to a higher amount. let’s say 600 – 1000

As you can see you get a different outcome – we have outgrown that plan with those numbers! Notice that it says that the plan is not recommended, that is awesome, but what is even awesomer – is that it suggests something else that would probably work based on customer reviews!

I hope you checkout the tool if your in need of some new hosting – and hopefully it will save you some (alot) of time!

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