Free and paid services I use
As a follow up to the WordPress plugins post and my 10 tools for web traffic research I wanted to share some services that I use, and pay for.
Disclaimer: where possible I use affiliate links
Hostgator – This is where I host Marketing.fm and refer anyone looking for great shared hosting.
GetDropBox – the easiest to use backup and synchronize file tool across multiple computers. If you are not backing up your work, it is only a matter of time before you learn the hard way.
Digsby – Best multi IM client for Windows. I use AIM, Gchat, and Yahoo chat on a regular basis and Digsby makes it all possible with one multi tabbed client.
Feedburner – best way to track and get analytics for your RSS feed.
TwitterCounter – shows follows and and easy link back to your Twitter profile.
Google Docs – great and easy way to take notes and share documents online.
SiteMeter and Google Analytics – I use both of these services for analytics as they both provide important stats I checkout often. I know that GA is now real time, but I rely on Site Meter for quick and easy referral links to my site(s)
Amazon Web Services – S3 and EC2 – the static storage and elastic cloud solutions from Amazon are somewhat new to me, but I have been working on a project that will be deployed on AWS to avoid some of the headaches of traditional shared hosting.
Google Reader – best platform for consuming RSS feeds. You can see how I use Google Reader here.
What am I missing?
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