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Found a website where I can backup and store my local files for safekeeping. I have tons and tons of personal files which include, pictures, family videos, mp3’s, tax documents, etc.. it was becoming a pain to back them up on DVD’s and even external hard drives. The biggest problems I was dealing with was cataloging the files and accessing them when I needed to. Having them on other types of media prevented me from getting to them quickly because I had to go find the right one and look thru it to find what I needed. Now, with BT, I upload them to their website and can access them ANYTIME and from ANY PC.
With this service, my files are protected, I can run Automatic Backups and Share my files with ease.
The other cool thing about this Digital Vault service, is that I can access my files for work in progress projects from any computer. I dont have to carry thumb drives or CD’s. All of my files are on their site for me to download and work on them from anywhere. This comes in really handy with pictures. I can share them at a moments notice and show them to people from any PC.

Check them out at BT digital vault service

Tags: DigitalVault, Online file backup

In designing and developing webpages, I am often asked to incorporate email marketing tools within the sites I build.   Well, I found a site that offer these types of tools& features and even more….

iContact is the best option out there for anyone who wants to send out email newsletters. They have great inbox deliverability, an extremely easy to use interface, great prices that start at $9.95 per month, lots of templates, and also include surveying, autoresponder, and blogging capability from the same application at no additional charge.

The application available allow small businesses, non-profits organizations, and associations to easily communicate online with their customers, prospects, and members.

They have an easy to use interface and over 300 professionally-designed email templates. The application allows you to track the opens and clickthroughs on your emails, add a sign-up form to your web site, segment your list, and manage your subscribers.  They will even take care of managing bounces and unsubscribes for you. In addition, they also take care of making sure your message gets to the inbox of your recipients through their ISP relations, feedback loops, and whitelist status. If you are currently running into deliverability issues with your existing newsletter sending method, iContact will be very helpful and ensure inbox delivery of your messages.  I cant begin to tell you the horror stories I have heard about developers doing things like this on their own from scratch.  The last thing you want to have happen is to get black-listed by your ISP for spamming.

This is definitely the tool that will make your life easier and make you look like a champ in the eyes of your clients.

More and more I am asked to create sites that accommodate shopping cart technology and ecommerce software.  I have gotten tired of creating these features from scratch and incorporating them into what I build.  So, after some searching, I was able to find a company that offer hosted chopping cart software.  This means all I have to do is integrate their technology into the sites that I create.  This makes my job easier and faster, which means I can collect faster.  The tools provided by this hosted shopping cart software vendor are intuitive yet powerful.  They allow for a multiplicity of options and are feature rich.  They offer great customer support and are able to answer any and all questions you may have and they provide the total solution.

Some of the other things they offer are:

1. TECH SUPPORT AND CUSTOMER SERVICE
2. SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZED STRUCTURE
3. EASY SOLUTIONS
4. AFFORDABLE SHOPPING CART SOLUTIONS
5. CUSTOMIZABLE DESIGNS

Im just glad I found them and I now use them regularly.

I design and develop websites on the side. Often times I am asked to either build or incorporate ecommerce software into the websites. This use to be a pain. Not any more though!!!

I have found a turn-key solution provider that allows you to build and integrate shopping cart technology easily and seamlessly into any site you are building. Their solutions are web based which means you will not have to install anything on your servers. They offer fully customizable designs, with thousands of features that are easy to use. They even offer a 10 day free trial. With their shopping cart software, you can be able to accept credit cards on line and start selling online immediately.

Some of the features they provide are:

• Inventory Control
• Featured Products
• 50 Editable themes
• Integrated Store Search
• Multi Currency Support
• CVC Security Code Support
• Automatic shipping confirmation by e-mail
• Spider friendly URLs
• Traffic reports
• Recent visitor activity report

These are just some of the features…. Trust me….this will be very easy to install…and quick!!!!