Your Biz and Tech Questions | 008
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When I launched my first website (not a geocities site, but an actual website with my daveshrein.com domain) I spent hours and hours surfing the web looking for the best tools and tricks to help my site pop the way I thought it should.
Do you ever look at someone else’s website and wonder, “what is it they’re using to make that happen?” We become so focused on aesthetics and novelty functionality that often the most important part of our website goes unattended to – the actual content.
In this episode of #dactalk, Charissa Moore and I spend over an hour talking about the typical tech questions that entrepreneurs and platform builders encounter when they are constructing their ideal website as part of starting an online business.
We cover things such as typical mistakes made when working with new tech, what are the essentials a tech tool must have in order to be considered and what hardware and software we use and why.
We spend a lot of time talking about the best way to go about trying new tech offerings along with how to overcome a case of the non-techie.
If you have been held back from achieving your goals because of business technology issues, this episode will give you the encouragement and direction you need to finally make traction.
Show Notes
Hardware
- iMac 27″ Intel Core i7 – Amazon Affiliate Link
- MacBook Air (Charissa) – Amazon Affiliate Link
- iPad Mini – Amazon Affiliate Link
- iPhone 6 – Amazon Affilate Link
- Pink Beats (Charissa) – Amazon Affiliate Link
- Logitech c930e webcam – Amazon Affiliate Link
- Blue Yeti Microphone – Amazon Affiliate Link
- Samsung Chrome Book – Amazon Affiliate Link
Online Software
- Freshbooks (Great for non-financially minded entrepreneurs)
- Quickbooks (True accountant bookkeeping, according to my bookkeeper)
- Sendowl (Dave and Charissa use this for selling online products)
- SquareSpace (Charissa uses this for her website)
- Paywirl (Charissa uses this for payment installation)
- Google Apps/Google Drive
- Evernote
- 1Password – Mac, iOS, Android, Windows
Online Services
- MailChimp
- Buffer
- Edgar
- MediaLoot
- Mopho.to (Quality stock photography)
- Unsplash (Quality stock photography
- Death to the Stock Photo (Quality stock photography)
- Amazon Prime ( <–Affiliate Link)
Apps
- Expensify (Documenting your business receipts)
Thanks for sharing your tools. It certainly does take quite awhile to find all of the online services you need that are the best match for what you do. We’re happy Medialoot has been able to fit in there 🙂 Keep up the great work.