With the rise of social media and social networking sites, it has become of utmost importance to get out there and participate in order to be known and heard. Reading blogs and online sites can boost your knowledge in terms of what’s out there, but sometimes traditional methods of gaining knowledge can be very valuable as well. I subscribe to a lot of magazines besides reading blogs and articles online which has cerainly helped me gather knowledge and information regarding new services and sites. I subscribe to a magazine called ” website magazine ” which has been a very valuable source of information for me in every aspect of my online life.

I recently got my hands on the November issue and it had a list of social sites which inspired me to compile them here in this post from the magazine and some from my favorites folder. So here it is, an exhaustive list of social sites for you to try your hands on and network and promote every aspect of your online life while meeting new people. And who said the list always has to be in increments of 10? We will end this one on 56. Enjoy! [Read more →]

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You may have noticed most all media, technology, even household tasks are represented in “lists”. Top ten, bottom 10, best 50 or “to do”…lists.

ListBums is a community driven online multimedia platform where people can share information that combines text, photos and videos in an easy to read list format. Taking YouTube to the next level, ListBum users mix information on topics of interest, current events or breaking news stories and illustrate their points with embedded videos and pictures from all over the web. The user experience is both engaging and entertaining as lists are posted, shared, rated, added to and commented on by other ListBummers.

ListBum multimedia lists can be embedded onto your blog, website or favorite social networking site. Without redirecting viewers to listbums.com, readers can view content, add list items and rate lists directly from third party websites. [Read more →]

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ProductWiki resembles Wikipedia in the sense it offers exact same service but for product reviews. On this site, each user can review products and add their own reviews or edit reviews submitted by other users.

So, in a nutshell this site allows you to look at products that are reviewed by consumers, like us so you can get unbiased opinion and facts from other users. Also the reviews are divided into categories which makes it much easier to find a particular review on. Each product has a brief description which is followed by user edited pros and cons.

I found this site to be very informative as reviews come out from general users and not through sponsored results, which most of the time are biased. Think about it, if somebody wants to put an ad on my blog, I would be somewhat biased towards their products as they are paying for their ad to run on my blog. I loved this site and will be visiting regularly to see what people have to say about products that I am interested in, what about you?

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I bet everybody has noticed while purchasing online there is a little box that says ” enter promo code ” or ” coupon “. I never use these boxes as I never have coupons or codes to get those massive discounts ( yes, they might only be 5% but better than paying the full price , a penny saved is a penny earned ).

There are a lot of sites that give out coupons but I found this one to be pretty easy and reliable. RetailMeNot, a webservice that provides coupon codes for your online purchases is a great service. You can find coupons for products based on a category ( Electronics, Home Supplies ) or simply type in the name of the site that you want discount code for. When you enter your search using tags you will also see thumbnails of all the sites that have promo code for you giving you a preview of what the site looks like.

A great service for all needing to save a little money. I for sure am going to use this service and if you like to save a little money you should use it as well. I am smiling, this is going to save me some money as both me and wife are huge internet shoppers.

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Yes, you can certainly buy ready to go websites at ebay but I am here to let you know about a service that exclusively deals with selling websites.

WebsiteBroker, a service that lists websites for sale by individuals is a great resource for people who want a good website but have limited knowledge of HTML or other programming languages. You can find hundreds of fully developed websites and I can assure you that you will find something that will match your interest.

Websites listed through this service ( most of them ) are high quality and built using programming languages with maximum functionality ( not the free drag and drop and here you go kinds ). Also some of these websites are already established on the web and already have traffic flowing to them.

With this service owning a social networking site, a custom blog, an e-commerce site that are highly advanced,functional and appealing might be just couple clicks away.

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For every business there is a need to create flowcharts, organizational maps, etc. at some point in time. To do this we mostly end of buying software or installing them on our hard drives which takes up that valuable space we have been saving for other things.

The solution is here. DrawAnywhere is a web based, cross browser mind mapping software that allows us to design, create and share flowcharts and other diagram needs without installing any software.

Click on the picture to see what the interface looks like. You can use this service to draw flowcharts, organizational charts, print diagrams and save them in different formats or as a PDF file and share and collaborate your files with others. Great web application.

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