Simpletelecommute.com
November 7, 2012 by The Anywhere Office · Leave a Comment
Nicole Boivin wrote to tell us about simpletelcommute.com: a brand new, telecommute, virtual jobs, work at home and contractor job search engine that features job listings from 40+ major sites and smaller as well. I paid a quick visit and took the engine for a test spin. It seemed to work great and return a healthy number of search results from what appeared to be some of the top trusted legitimate work from home opportunity sites. There also appeared to be a clear organization structure to the categories of jobs to narrow down your search.
I’ll be sure to spend some more time on this site.
http://www.simpletelecommute.
If anyone takes a closer look or follows up on any leads through this site I would really like to hear your feedback. Please leave a comment below.
OnlineColleges.org :: Database of Top Accredited Online Colleges
January 31, 2011 by Jason Montero · 4 Comments
Online Colleges and Degree Programs
I was recently made aware of OnlineColleges.org by one of the sites co-creators, Chase Gugenheim. This site represents a remarkable amount of research into online and distance education resources and they are organized intelligently and intuitively.
I wish this site had existed when I was working as an Academic Adviser. This database of 343 accredited online colleges and universities is a comprehensive and unbiased resource for students, educators, or anyone looking for a flexible option to further their education.
Take a look and see if you can find a program that fits your needs – and if you do, I recommend you follow an excellent piece of advice from Online Colleges: ‘If you are interested in enrolling in an online college, request information from at least 4 schools that have a degree you wish to pursue; there are differences between each school’s program that are best explained by the schools themselves.’
Online Colleges :: 300+ Top Accredited Online Colleges.
The 7 Best FREE Places to Submit your Website for Improved Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
July 10, 2009 by Jason Montero · 16 Comments
About once a month follow the links below and submit the URLs for your Websites. Manually submitting your site to the major search engines will cause your site to be re-indexed so that new text and information will be recognized and cataloged. Although most major search engines have ‘robots’ or ‘spiders’ that roam the web cataloging sites, the frequency with which they visit your site is based on many factors: how established it is, how often it is updated, how many pertinent incoming links you have, etc…
It is significant to note that there are many search utilities on the web that are ‘powered’ by one of the major search engines, and are therefore essentially extensions of those engines. This means if you are registered with the main engine, you will likely also be included in the additional directories it is powering.
To learn more than you ever wanted to know about Search Engine Optimization and Search Marketing consult Search Engine Marketing 101 by the good people at Search Engine Watch.
The 7 best FREE Places to Submit your Website for Increased Traffic
1. Google (also powers AOL Search & Netscape Search) – The King of Search Engines, the 600 Lbs. Gorilla, Google has the largest market share of U.S. based web searches at 67% of all searches as of April 2008. Google’s stated mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Google is now widely recognized as the world’s largest search engine — an easy-to-use free service that usually returns relevant results in a fraction of a second.
Free Submit: http://www.google.com/addurl/
2. Yahoo! Search (also powers AltaVista & Alltheweb) – The #2 seed with a market share of 20%. The stated goal of Yahoo! Search is to discover and index all of the content available on the web to provide the best possible search experience to users. The Yahoo! Search index, which contains several billion web pages, is more than 99% populated through the free crawl process.
Free Submit: http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit
Tokbox – A great free tool for video conferencing and video email
May 30, 2009 by Phil Montero · 42 Comments
Whether you are collaborating with team members across distance or want to stay in touch with family and friends there are times when a phone call or an email just isn’t enough. You long for face time. Traveling or bringing everyone together isn’t always an option – so why not consider using video?
Recently I was traveling to Boston for a week to meet with some clients. The hardest part of the trip was being away from my wife and 2 year old son Spencer. We decided to make things more bearable we would have a video chat at least once a day using Skype. I also decided to send them frequent video emails using a great service called Tokbox.
Tokbox is a free service that allows you to send up to 10 minute video emails and have video conferencing with up to 20 people. Both of these are very impressive as most other video email programs allow for only a minute or two and most video chat programs only support one-to-one conversations.
To see a sample of Tokbox in action view this short video I recorded using their service:
TokBox – Free Video Chat and Video Messaging
I haven’t tried their video conferencing services much as I currently use Skype for real time video chats but I will be testing it further in the coming weeks - especially the multi-person video conferencing. I’ll follow up with another blog post to let you know my thoughts and share some of the other video conferencing services I have found. Read more
IRS Tax Extension Application
April 2, 2009 by Jason Montero · 10 Comments
IRS Tax Extension Application.
I hate to feed anyone’s procrastination habit, because sometimes i get it bad (did someone say boomshine?), but the link above will take you to an IRS approved provider website that will file an income tax deadline extension for you FREE of charge if you do it before April 20th. The vast majority of extension requests are accepted and they postpone your tax filing deadline for 6 months, until October 15th.
Taxextension.com is basically an automated, online way to file a Form 4868. As far as i’m concerned, the ability to efile tax forms goes firmly in the ‘computers make my life better category’. The jury is still out on Boomshine…
Congress gets its own YouTube Channels
January 28, 2009 by Phil Montero · Leave a Comment
I guess you can teach an old Congress new tricks! In a desire to emulate Barack Obama’s success in using the iternet to raise funds and build an army of volunteers online – Congress is launching official YouTube channels where members of the House and Senate can create and control videos of floor speeches, hearings or ribbon-cuttings. (See the welcome video message below)
Whether you voted for Barack Obama or not – one thing everyone can agree on is his campaign had a very effective strategy for using the Internet to raise awareness and build community.
One of the refreshing things about his strategy for modern politics is the transparency and grass roots approach he believes in. Using a mix of offline and online media and extensive use of videos on YouTube Obama released a constant flow of information about what he was doing, how he was doing it, and where they were spending the money they raised. He connected with his supporters and the public was given the ability to respond, share their opinions, and get involved.
According to a recent NY Times article – Campaigns in a Web 2.0 World:
Not since 1960, when John F. Kennedy won in part because of the increasingly popular medium of television, has changing technology had such an impact on the political campaigns and the organizations covering them. For many viewers, the 2008 election has become a kind of hybrid in which the dividing line between online and off, broadcast and cable, pop culture and civic culture, has been all but obliterated.
I applaud Congress for taking these bold but necessary steps. This new direction which involves a using a combination of video sharing and social media, will provide a level of access and transparency never before seen in government. This will make it much easier to follow what is going on in Washington and for people to voice their opinion about it.
Save time and automate your web searches with Google Alerts
December 12, 2008 by Phil Montero · 3 Comments
If you’re like me you probably spend a good deal of time on the web searching for information. It might be industry news, mentions of yourself or business in the press, news stories for your blog or newsletter, or how to get ink stains out of your rug. Let’s face it the web, for most people, has become the first place we go to look for news and information.
What if I told you that you could have the equivalent of a team of researchers keeping their eye on the web for you and finding all of the latest information on all of the searches you need to do – and they would email this valuable data to you either weekly or daily right to your inbox – all for free? Interested?
Well I’m going to let you in on one of the most useful automation tools I’ve discovered – Google Alerts. Google has expanded way beyond their normal basic search function. They offer a staggering array of software, services, and online tools. One often overlooked gem is Google Alerts – which is a service they offer that notifies you by email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic. Read more
