Mint.com

Mint is a modern, powerful, easy and secure Web–based solution for online financial management. And it’s free. You register anonymously using any valid email address, and then add the log–in information for the online bank, credit union, credit card and investment accounts you want to consolidate in Mint.

Mint connects to more than 5,000 US financial institutions. Your account information is updated daily. Mint automatically categorizes all your purchases, showing you how much you spend on gas, groceries, parking, rent, restaurants, DVD rentals and more, with amazing precision. An advanced alerting system highlights any unusual activity, low balances, unwanted fees and charges, and upcoming bills so you’re in constant contact with your money—effortlessly.

And, I know what you are saying. What about security and privacy? Well, Mint is very secure. I could bore with all the jargon and details, but you can find all of that HERE. There’s also a video on their site from the CEO of mint.com explaining the entire service. And of course, you can check it all out at www.mint.com

Yahoo! Widgets

Widgets? what are widgets? Well, Yahoo! Widgets are small, specific applications that you can run on your Windows or Mac OS desktop.

A Widget can do almost anything from displaying a weather forecast to playing a game. Widgets generally sit on your desktop and don’t look like applications as we’re used to seeing them in a standard window. Instead, Widgets tend to look like small pictures or animations. They have hundreds of tools from NHL team Schedule widgets to eBay search widgets. Two of my favorite widgets are Calendar (You can find it HERE) and Day Planner (find it HERE). Calendar is really cool because it keeps me from haveing to always ask somebody, ” Hey what’s today’s date?”. It sits right on my desktop and is really small. Now Day Planner is like the ultimate for keeping appointments. You can link it to your Yahoo calendar or even your Outlook Calendar. Again, it’s always on your desktop, so you always have visiability of it. By the way, it also keeps track of your to do lists. Anyway, check out this great tool at http://widgets.yahoo.com

Jott.com

jottJott.com is a really cool service for those business people that are always on the go. What Jott does is simple…

Jott makes sure you stay on top of everything. With a simple phone call to 866-JOTT-123, you can capture notes, set reminders and calendar appointments, and interact with your favorite web sites and services…all with your voice!

Simply call Jott and tell them where you want your message to go. They capture your voice, turn it into text, and send it to the destination you chose.

It’s llike having your own personal assistant that you can give important information to and have them remind you of it. Check out their website and sign up for this FREE service at www.jott.com

Are You Ready to Make the Money You Deserve? - Can You Handle the Challenge?

moneyAre you up to the challenge? Can you handle the big time and play with the big boys? Well it is a challenge that will separate you from the rest of the tire kickers and complainers out there. Are you ready for some excitement some adjustment of attitude? If you can answer the previous questions yes then read on. It is widely known that a great way to get people excited and motivated is to give them a challenge it lets you know what kind of person they are a fighter or a flier. A challenge is one of the absolute best ways to get someone’s attention. Why do you think that sports and battles and wars have been going on since the beginning of time? We as people have always been competing, and always will be. So here are a few ways to get people to join you in your business to be able to make the money you want and deserve.

If you are still looking for ways to get people to listen to you and join you in your business, you might want to try a different strategy. Try, instead of selling and telling people all about how great your business is and products are, try to challenge them. Instead of making them feel inferior to your business plan and compensation plan, get them to feel a sense of competition and challenge to join them.

People work in opposite ways a lot of the time. They are more attracted to rejection than open acceptance. So try to make people feel like they are a selected few that are up to the challenge of making allot of money and working with your team. It just may be all the strategy that you need in getting an increase in sales and business developers.

About the Author: Erik Jacobson is an Entrepreneur that teaches the power of using technology to promote Earth Friendly Business. His website teaches normal everyday people with little experience how to start a Green Business from home; save the Environment and make money at the same time. http://www.thegreenattraction.com

Find Your Niche - It’s Easier Than You Think By Danuel Rebecca

Rule number one when starting any business is to find a Niche market, right? Wrong, you don’t need to invent the next gadget craze to make it in the business world. All you need to do is identify a service or product that already exists and make it better. You don’t even need to look far for proof of this concept, just look at:

Google was not the first search engine on the block, instead they took an existing product and improved it, they continue to do this with Google Docs, maps and more.

  • Donald Trump was not the first property developer, instead he used his construction skills acquired while growing up and applied his own flare.
  • Steve Jobs at Apple didn’t invent the first MP3 player, they took an existing product and made it better.

There are many examples of this (more…)