Oddpodz powers creative professionals. We value creativity, freedom, great design, individuality, independence, curiosity, innovation, fun, humor, respect, risk taking and open expression. Most great innovations, ideas and important concepts are introduced as uncommon, unaccepted and likely odd. Odd is where it starts and odd is a very beautiful thing. Oddpodz is also the place for FREE and valuable business ideas and resources to grow and market your dream. http://community.icontact.com/p/oddpodz Tue, 7 Apr 09 11:07:51 EDT <table style="border-collapse:separate;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><a title="http://www.oddpodz.com" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/"><img style="padding-bottom:1px;" alt="" src="http://www.luckyninedesign.com/oddpodz/newsletterHeaderFBF.jpg" border="0" /></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" height="2"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2" height="183"> <p align="center"><a title="Campaign O by oddpodz.com" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/"><img style="margin:0px;" title="Campaign O" height="176" alt="Campaign O" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3362/3418797098_aab86aaf0a_o.jpg" width="600" border="0" /></a></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:10px;padding-left:10px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:17px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top"> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong>Attention:Oddpodz members  </strong></span></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong>Calling all creative, inspirational, recession recovery messages</strong></span></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>Our Optimism is Overflowing. Join us and submit your positive creative ideas to inspire all. </strong>OK, we all know our economy is not on its best game. We’ve seen the 77 million depressing news stories and the 99 trillion disturbing statistics. We feel sincere compassion to all affected by these challenges.<br />  <br /> But, <strong>we are Oddpodz. We are confident in our talents and creative brains. We don’t whine. We find solutions.</strong> We are filled with eternal optimism and our worlds operate in “I will be creative, control what I can and move forward” mode, not, &quot;I’m a victim. 'Oh crap. I'll just sit here, stress out, eat 7 Twinkies®, 2 pizzas and drink a lot of adult beverages.'”</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;">As a way to share this “can do” attitude with others, we thought it would be great fun and could help the folks that aren’t feeling the rebound surge yet, hosting a contest for best inspirational messages.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>First 50 entries get an Oddpodz t-shirt.<br /></strong>While there’s no big material prize, the first 50 entries get an Oddpodz shirt and all entries will get the satisfaction of knowing their positive message may put a smile on some one’s a face and inspire some discouraged souls to a find a better place.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>All entries get a standing ovation!</strong><br /><a title="Details about Campaign O" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/">Click here for details.<br /></a>We look forward to seeing your work!</div></td> <td style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:18px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top" width="160"> <p align="center"><a title="TalentZoo" href="http://oddpodz.talentzoo.com/index.php?action=do_search"><img style="margin:0px;" title="TalentZoo" height="349" alt="TalentZoo" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1391/3171882595_ed3c777dd9_o.jpg" width="130" border="0" /></a>  </p> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"><a title="orbitz" href="http://www.orbitz.com/App/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&cnt=OVI&WT.mc_id=o_aff25&WT.mc_ev=click&siteID=NWt2hAsF%2Aok-ztnPoi%2AiRr5A5PQU9GkIlA"><img style="margin:0px;" title="orbitz" height="108" alt="orbitz" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3197139287_ced503cf38_o.jpg" width="130" border="0" /></a></div> <div align="center"> <a title="Caffeine for the Creative Mind" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581808674?ie=UTF8&tag=oddpodz-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1581808674"> </a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.2;padding-top:15px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="middle" bgcolor="#6cb816" colspan="2" height="80"> <p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;">What is FREE Biz Findz. • <a style="color:rgb(51,51,51);" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/">www.oddpodz.com</a></span></strong><br /> FREE Biz Findz is a feature of Oddpodz. We are an idea engine(SM) that powers business people, entrepreneurs and creative professionals that want to advance their careers and grow their enterprises. </p> <p align="center"><strong>We will post new FREE findz every week in <a title="FREE Ideas section" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/latest/free-biz-findz.html">FREE IDEAS section</a>. </strong><br /> They will include a mix of:<br /> • 100% services, products, best Web sites, ebooks and other learning tools, along with <br /> • carefully selected high-value, low-cost offers that may have small fees associated with them. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">We will always clearly label what is 100% FREE and what offers may have a small cost associated with them like shipping. The Oddpodz team will investigate every single FREE biz find we post and we report on what we think. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">Have a suggestion for a FREE biz find you’ve experienced? Or do you or your business have something of value you can offer our community that’s FREE? Send us an email at <a href="mailto:info@oddpodz.com">info@oddpodz.com</a>. If we think it’s worthy and valuable we’ll add it to our blog. </p></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~4/DvyGrD5J7WA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~3/DvyGrD5J7WA/share-your-optimism-win-with-your-idea http://community.icontact.com/p/oddpodz/newsletters/oddpodz/posts/share-your-optimism-win-with-your-idea <table style="border-collapse:separate;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><img style="padding-bottom:1px;" alt="" src="http://www.luckyninedesign.com/oddpodz/newsletterHeaderFBF.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" height="10"> </td></tr><tr><td style="padding-left:10px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:10px;width:420px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:17px;margin-right:10px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top"> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong>It’s your fix of FREE Biz Findz. Test drive these no-cost </strong></span><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong>online marketing tools.     </strong></span><br /><font color="#000000"><font color="#333333">But, first, we want to tell you about a dear friend of Oddpodz, Jill Griffin - The Loyalty Maker, who has a great new book out. Buy it on <strong>Tues. March 23, 2009</strong> from Amazon and receive <strong>15 FREE bonuses</strong> from other thought leaders.</font></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><font color="#000000"><font color="#333333">This very minute, one of your best customers is probably on Google,<br /> comparing you against the competition and  contemplating  a switch.   Will your brand pass muster and prevail or, instead, get kicked to the curb?</font></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><font color="#000000"><font color="#333333">Jill new loyalty book, Taming the Search-and-Switch Customer, prepares you to tackle this big, new loyalty threat.</font></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><font color="#000000"><font color="#333333">Taming the Search-and-Switch Customer:  Earning Customer Loyalty in a Compulsion-to-Compare World  addresses the relentless scrutiny unleashed  by Google and other search engines and offers up a hefty  war chest of fresh, new loyalty tools uniquely calibrated for retaining today¹s  search-prone buyer.  The book¹s many case studies, checklists, examples and templates make application a snap. </font></font><font color="#000000"><font color="#333333">Click <a title="Taming the Search and Switch Customer preview" href="http://www.loyaltysolutions.com/taming-the-search-and-switch-customer-preview/">HERE</a> for a two minute book preview<br /></font></font><font color="#000000"><font color="#333333"> </font></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><font color="#000000"><font color="#333333">Buy Jill¹s new book and collect your 15 bonuses.  Here¹s the three simple steps:</font></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><font color="#000000"><font color="#333333">Step #1:  Buy the book from Amazon.com (TODAY ONLY!) <a title="Click here to buy Taming the Search and Switch Customer by Jill Griffin" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470345047?ie=UTF8&tag=oddpodz-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0470345047">Click HERE</a>.<br /> Step #2:  Go to <a title="loyalty solutions web site" href="http://www.loyaltysolutions.com/newbookoffers">www.loyaltysolutions.com/newbookoffers</a><font color="#333333"> </font>and enter your order number.<br /> Step #3:  Enjoy access to all 15 bonuses!.   </font> <br /></font><strong> </strong></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>1) FREE Web site SEO evaluation <br /></strong><a href="http://www.Website.Grader.com">www.Website.Grader.com</a><br /> How search engine friendly is your site? Find out by taking this fast online site test.<br /> Website.Grader.com The grading system measures the marketing effectiveness of a website with tags, keywords and directory listing.<a title="website grader full article" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/seo/free-web-site-seo-evaluation.html">(Click here to read more)</a></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>2) Free Internet Marketing tools </strong><br /><a title="hubspot.com" href="http://www.hubspot.com/get-found-online-kit/?source=email-20090303">hubspot.com</a><br /> Our friends at hubspot offer lots of free tools. This one is a must have fro any one building a business on the net.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;">Get Found Online - The Internet has profoundly transformed the way people learn about and shop for products. Ten years ago, companies reached their customers through trade shows, print advertising, and other traditional marketing methods. Today, buyers start their purchasing experience by looking on the Internet, in search engines, the blogosphere and social media sites.  In order to remain competitive, businesses' websites need to be found online by the people already searching for the products and services that you sell. <a title="hubspot full article" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/internet-marketing/free-internet-marketing-tools.html">(Click here to read more)</a></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>3) FREE Social media marketing tools and resources<br /></strong><a title="www.socialmediadaily.com" href="http://www.SocialMediadaily.com">www.SocialMediadaily.com</a><br /> Michelle MacPhearson is Web 2.0 guru and she shares her step by how-to-do-it and gain from social media in her FREE down loadable Social Media Blue Print. The great thing about the book is it includes a check list and she updates it often. She also published a regular ezine with updated insight. <a href="http://www.oddpodz.com/all-free-biz-findz/free-social-media-marketing-tools.html">(Click here to read more)</a></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>4) FREE Web site building tools</strong><br /><a title="www.formspring.com" href="http://www.formspring.com/">http://www.formspring.com/</a><br /> Need a form for your Website? Here’s your resource. Formspring allows users to built hundreds of thousands of forms and receive millions of submissions. They serve a variety of customers, from small businesses to Fortune 50 companies. <a title="Free Web hosting review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/web-dev-hosting/free-web-site-building-tools.html">(Click here to read more)</a></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>5) FREE Web site hosting</strong><br /><a title="www.000webhost.com" href="http://www.000webhost.com">http://www.000webhost.com</a><br /> If your Website is small with few graphics, this company offers a FREE hosting package <br /> There's a 2 meg file upload limit on the free account, so you would be really limited on images (or pdf files or flash). On a site note, I saw some reviews on a couple of sites that said they didn't pay their affiliate checks - or if they did, they were very slow to do so. <a title="Free Web site hosting review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/web-dev-hosting/free-web-site-building-tools.html">(Click here to read more)</a></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>6) FREE Web site feedback</strong><br /><a title="startupnation.com" href="http://www.startupnation.com">http://www.startupnation.com</a><br /> Start-up nation is a great site full of small business resources. One of the features I really like is you can post your Website in their Website feedback forum and the community provides you feedback. I’ve done this several times and got some sound insight in a fast and friendly manner. <a title="Website feedback review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/web-dev-hosting/free-web-site-building-tools.html">(Click here to read more)</a></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>Featured Oddpod<a title="creative acronym oddpodz profile" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/oddpodz-members-/creativeacronym-2.html"><img style="margin:0px;" title="creativeacronym" height="74" alt="creativeacronym" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3453/3364077952_ef4e92a088_t.jpg" width="100" align="right" border="0" /></a><br /></strong><a title="CreativeAcronym" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/oddpodz-members-/creativeacronym-2.html">CreativeAcronym</a> Design Studio is a small independent graphic design firm which offers professional creative services for print, ad, presentation, and websites. They specialize in the design of logos, ads for flyers and magazines, business stationery, brochures, catalogs, direct mailers, posters, book and CD/DVD covers, and trade-show displays. <a title="creativeacronym.com" href="http://www.creativeacronym.com">www.creativeacronym.com</a>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong><font color="#6cb816" size="3"> </font></strong></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong><font color="#6cb816" size="3">News</font></strong><br /> We are finding Free all over the place. At the <a title="soul cafe" href="http://www.soallmayeat.org/">Same Cafe</a> in Colorado, they lack a set menu as well as set prices. Daily selections are made using fresh, organic ingredients, and funded by the donations of patrons. Instead of a cash register, a donation box is available for one to pay what they felt their meal was worth, or to leave a little more and help out someone less fortunate. If a diner does not have sufficient money to leave, they are encouraged to exchange an hour of service. Our philosophy is that everyone, regardless of economic status, deserves the chance to eat healthy food while being treated with dignity.  The Same Cafe was featured on NBC Nightly News last week. <a title="Same Cafe" href="http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/09/1828721.aspx">Click here to read more.</a></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"> </span></strong></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">Sound off in our <a title="oddpodz forum" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/forum/2.html">forum</a></span></strong><br /> If you just starting receiving The Oddpodz Idea Engine, you may want to go to our FREE Ideas section to see past FREE Biz Findz you've missed. <a title="Oddpodz FREE Biz Findz by category" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/latest/free-biz-findz.html">Click here to view this section</a></div></td> <td style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:18px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top" width="160"> <p align="center"><strong><font size="2">   See what's new on the Oddpodz blog:</font></strong></p> <ol><li> <div align="left"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/961.html">Our community is growing and ready to help you</a></font><font size="2"><a href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/961.html"> </a> <li><a title="Social Networking Tips" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/960.html">Social Networking Tips</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1311.html">Who said interns have to be really young?</a> </li> <li><a title="Deceptive messaging as bad as Bernie Madoff" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1304.html">Deceptive messaging just as bad as Bernard Madoff.</a> </li> <li><a title="Working with interns. Good move or a waste of time?" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/158.html">Working with Interns. Good move or waste of time?</a> </li> <li><a title="10 reasons Free is a viable biz strategy" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1303.html">10 more reasons FREE is a viable biz strategy</a> <br />   <p> <a title="Buy Taming the Search and Switch Customer by Jill Griffin" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470345047?ie=UTF8&tag=oddpodz-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0470345047"><img title="" height="160" alt="" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/415AElGDltL._SL160_.jpg" width="107" border="0" /></a></p> <div align="center"><a title="Taming the Search and Switch Customer" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470345047?ie=UTF8&tag=oddpodz-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0470345047"> </a></div> <div align="center"><a title="Taming the Search and Switch Customer" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470345047?ie=UTF8&tag=oddpodz-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0470345047">Click here to purchase   Taming the Search and Switch Customer</a></div> <p>   </p> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div></li></font></div></li></ol><p align="right"><a title="TalentZoo" href="http://oddpodz.talentzoo.com/index.php?action=do_search"><img style="margin:0px;" title="TalentZoo" height="349" alt="TalentZoo" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1391/3171882595_ed3c777dd9_o.jpg" width="130" border="0" /></a></p> <div align="center">  </div> <p align="right"><a title="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" href="http://www.morrilltech.com/resources/free-site-seo-analysis.html?a_aid=Oddpodz&a_bid=8d3860bb"><img style="margin:0px;" title="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" height="125" alt="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1166/3172847650_74a9e66426_o.gif" width="125" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="right"><a title="orbitz" href="http://www.orbitz.com/App/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&cnt=OVI&WT.mc_id=o_aff25&WT.mc_ev=click&siteID=NWt2hAsF%2Aok-ztnPoi%2AiRr5A5PQU9GkIlA"><img style="margin:0px;" title="orbitz" height="108" alt="orbitz" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3197139287_ced503cf38_o.jpg" width="130" border="0" /></a></p> <div align="center"> </div> <p align="right"><a title="Taming the Search and Switch Customer" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470345047?ie=UTF8&tag=oddpodz-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0470345047"> <p align="center"> </p></a></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.2;padding-top:15px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="middle" bgcolor="#6cb816" colspan="2" height="80"> <p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;">What is FREE Biz Findz. • <a style="color:rgb(51,51,51);" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/">www.oddpodz.com</a></span></strong><br /> FREE Biz Findz is a feature of Oddpodz. We are an idea engine(SM) that powers business people, entrepreneurs and creative professionals that want to advance their careers and grow their enterprises. </p> <p align="center"><strong>We will post new FREE findz every week in <a title="FREE Ideas section" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/latest/free-biz-findz.html">FREE IDEAS section</a>. </strong><br /> They will include a mix of:<br /> • 100% services, products, best Web sites, ebooks and other learning tools, along with <br /> • carefully selected high-value, low-cost offers that may have small fees associated with them. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">We will always clearly label what is 100% FREE and what offers may have a small cost associated with them like shipping. The Oddpodz team will investigate every single FREE biz find we post and we report on what we think. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">Have a suggestion for a FREE biz find you’ve experienced? Or do you or your business have something of value you can offer our community that’s FREE? Send us an email at <a href="mailto:info@oddpodz.com">info@oddpodz.com</a>. If we think it’s worthy and valuable we’ll add it to our blog. </p></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~4/klOSjh8I85Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~3/klOSjh8I85Q/march-17-2009 http://community.icontact.com/p/oddpodz/newsletters/oddpodz/posts/march-17-2009 <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><img style="padding-bottom:1px;" alt="" src="http://www.luckyninedesign.com/oddpodz/newsletterHeaderFBF.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" height="10"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="600" colspan="2" height="214"><img style="margin:0px;" title="free conferencing tools" height="204" alt="free conferencing tools" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3545/3326245158_9bd2d2e295_o.jpg" width="600" border="0" /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2" height="10"> </td></tr><tr><td style="padding-left:10px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:10px;width:420px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:17px;margin-right:10px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top"> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong>In addition to your FREE conference tools, please note the following 2 changes at Oddpodz to better serve you:</strong></span><br />   <br /><strong>1) Free Biz Findz listings is moving to its own section.<br /></strong>Digging through the blog to get to the FREE, good stuff was a hassle. We appreciate your feedback and have moved all the FREE Biz Findz to The Free Ideas section. There you will find the categories and you’ll be able to access them easily.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>2) Free Biz Findz email blast will be bi-monthly.<br /></strong>We want to help you grow your business, not jam up your email box with too much to read. Starting next week, we will be sending out or Idea Engine ezine twice a month. You will find at least one category, recent blog posts and any other news we think is worthy of your attention.<br />  <br /><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong>It’s your fix of FREE Biz Findz from your friends at Oddpodz. This week, we've got </strong></span><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong>4 FREE conferencing tools to get your team hooked up.     </strong></span><br /><font color="#000000"><font color="#333333">The internet is, of course, one of our most powerful communication tools. Everyday, people are innovating new ways to connect and sync our lives via the web.  Not so many years ago, many of us were first introduced to the internet through a thing called email.  Today, the Internet offers many ways to connect--not only through traditional text methods, but through voice and video as well.  We've got four FREE ways you can use the internet to communicate and conference with your clients, customers, colleagues, or family.   </font> <br /></font><strong> </strong></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>1) FREE Conference Calls - Free Telephone Conferencing <br /></strong><a title="freeconferencecall.com" href="http://www.freeconferencecall.com">www.freeconferencecall.com<br /></a>Free Conference Call is great when you need to reach out to a large group or audience.  The site provides a phone number that you and up to 96 others can call into for free.  You are the organizer and a phone number is reserved for you on the day and time you request.  There are no charges for this service, although long distance charges may apply.  Conferences can last for up to 6 hours, and you can even record it with no additional charges.  Then, you are free to download distribute the recording.  No catches, no surprises, not even ads during the call.<a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/conference-tools/index.php">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><br /><strong>2) FREE Group Calling, Group Voicemail -  Foonz </strong><br /><a title="foonz.com" href="http://www.foonz.com">foonz.com</a><br /> Foonz is a more casual site for setting up a group call.  It’s for when you need to get in touch with a lot of people at once, but don’t want to send 15 emails.  You sign up for a free account, type in your contacts’ phone numbers, and Foonz will text or IM them, inviting them to the call.  They call the “Foonz Number” and everyone is connected.  Foonz incorporates some great features like the ability to assign and remember groups and group voice messaging. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/conference-tools/index.php">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><strong><font size="1"> </font></strong></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>3) FREE Web Conferencing, Online Meeting Spaces - Yugma <br /></strong><a title="yugma.com" href="http://www.Yugma.com/">yugma.com<br /></a>The strange name is a Sanskrit word meaning “togetherness”.  Yugma allows you to virtually host meetings online.  You might host a webinar, give a product demonstration, connect with your remote team, run a virtual club meeting, or just collaborate with others.  With a free account, you can invite up to 20 attendees, where you can share your desktop and IM with one another.  It's simple enough to use, allowing for spontaneous collaboration.  There are no time limits and no restrictions to how many sessions you can have per month. When you sign up for a free account, Yugma also gives you a free 15-day trial of their Pro service, with additional features and functions such as shared file space.  <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/conference-tools/index.php">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><strong> </strong></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>4) Free Online Video Conferencing - Oovoo <br /></strong><a title="oovoo.com" href="http://www.oovoo.com">Oovoo.com</a>  <br /> First, we communicated via text online, and then over the phone online.  Oovoo takes the next step with video chat.  With Oovoo, you can even host a conference--a free account allows a video conference with up to 2 others simultaneously.  Or you can just go one on one.  Other free features include a customizable &quot;call me&quot; button which you can integrate into your blog, email, or social network account, allowing clients or customers to call you via video.  Oovoo also has a page recommending webcams and headsets you might purchase to enhance your experience. A pro-account allows for up to 6 people and starts at $10 a month, with some additional functionality. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/conference-tools/index.php">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a>   </div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>Featured Oddpod<a title="riofilms oddpodz profile" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/view-edit-profile/riofilms.html"><img style="margin:0px;" title="riofilms" height="65" alt="riofilms" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3327301292_230e5692a2_t.jpg" width="100" align="right" border="0" /></a><br /></strong><a title="Restaurants by rio" href="http://www.restaurantsbyrio.com/">Restaurantsbyrio.com</a>, who goes by <a title="Riofilms Oddpodz profile" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/view-edit-profile/riofilms.html">riofilms</a> on Oddpodz creates photo that will make your mouth water.  In their own words, &quot;Filmmaker and photographer Alan De Herrera has always been fascinated with the technical and creative process of creating amazing images. His vast array of work over the years is impressive. Whether it's shooting wildlife underwater on a remote island, working with kids on a humanitarian project in South America, or photographing all walks of life, Alan approaches each and every project with passion, a solid plan, creative improvisation and boundless imagination. His extensive portfolio of photography work can be seen on Rio Photography's main web site: <a href="http://www.photosbyrio.com">www.photosbyrio.com</a>.&quot;</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong><font color="#6cb816" size="3">News</font></strong><br /> They're just giving stuff away! Have you heard about the FREE store in New York City? It's located on Nassau Street in the financial district and will be open until March 22nd. Inventory includes bags, hats, t-shirts, kitchen cutlery and movie posters. There was even a tiny Eiffel Tower and artificial flowers and more. &quot;If you see something that you want and you feel like you really need it we say you're free to take it,&quot; store employee Athena Robles said. To read more, <a title="FREE store story" href="http://wcbstv.com/localbusiness/the.free.store.2.946340.html">click here</a>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"> </span></strong></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">Sound off in our <a title="oddpodz forum" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/forum/2.html">forum</a></span></strong><br /> If you just starting receiving The Oddpodz Idea Engine, you may want to go to our FREE Ideas section to see past FREE Biz Findz you've missed. <a title="Oddpodz FREE Biz Findz by category" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/latest/free-biz-findz.html">Click here to view this section</a></div></td> <td style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:18px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top" width="160"> <p align="center"><a title="TalentZoo" href="http://oddpodz.talentzoo.com/index.php?action=do_search"><img style="margin:0px;" title="TalentZoo" height="349" alt="TalentZoo" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1391/3171882595_ed3c777dd9_o.jpg" width="130" border="0" /></a></p> <div align="center">  </div> <p align="center"><a title="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" href="http://www.morrilltech.com/resources/free-site-seo-analysis.html?a_aid=Oddpodz&a_bid=8d3860bb"><img style="margin:0px;" title="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" height="125" alt="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1166/3172847650_74a9e66426_o.gif" width="125" border="0" /></a> </p> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"><a title="orbitz" href="http://www.orbitz.com/App/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&cnt=OVI&WT.mc_id=o_aff25&WT.mc_ev=click&siteID=NWt2hAsF%2Aok-ztnPoi%2AiRr5A5PQU9GkIlA"><img style="margin:0px;" title="orbitz" height="108" alt="orbitz" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3197139287_ced503cf38_o.jpg" width="130" border="0" /></a></div> <div align="center"> </div> <p align="center"><a title="Caffeine for the Creative Mind" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581808674?ie=UTF8&tag=oddpodz-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1581808674"><img style="margin:0px;" title="Caffeine for the Creative Mind by Stefan Mumaw and Wendy Lee Oldfield" height="170" alt="Caffeine for the Creative Mind by Stefan Mumaw and Wendy Lee Oldfield" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3631/3287442217_d6b5f30722_o.jpg" width="125" border="0" /><div align="center">Click here to purchase   Caffeine for the Creative Mind</div></a></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.2;padding-top:15px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="middle" bgcolor="#6cb816" colspan="2" height="80"> <p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;">What is FREE Biz Findz. • <a style="color:rgb(51,51,51);" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/">www.oddpodz.com</a></span></strong><br /> FREE Biz Findz is a feature of Oddpodz. We are an idea engine(SM) that powers business people, entrepreneurs and creative professionals that want to advance their careers and grow their enterprises. </p> <p align="center"><strong>We will post new FREE findz every week in <a title="FREE Ideas section" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/latest/free-biz-findz.html">FREE IDEAS section</a>. </strong><br /> They will include a mix of:<br /> • 100% services, products, best Web sites, ebooks and other learning tools, along with <br /> • carefully selected high-value, low-cost offers that may have small fees associated with them. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">We will always clearly label what is 100% FREE and what offers may have a small cost associated with them like shipping. The Oddpodz team will investigate every single FREE biz find we post and we report on what we think. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">Have a suggestion for a FREE biz find you’ve experienced? Or do you or your business have something of value you can offer our community that’s FREE? Send us an email at <a href="mailto:info@oddpodz.com">info@oddpodz.com</a>. If we think it’s worthy and valuable we’ll add it to our blog. </p></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~4/A91hFY5JScw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~3/A91hFY5JScw/save-time-try-these-free-and-effective-meeting-tools http://community.icontact.com/p/oddpodz/newsletters/oddpodz/posts/save-time-try-these-free-and-effective-meeting-tools <table style="border-collapse:separate;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><img style="padding-bottom:1px;" alt="" src="http://www.luckyninedesign.com/oddpodz/newsletterHeaderFBF.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" height="2"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2" height="183"><img height="183" alt="" src="http://www.brandingdiva.com/images/financial_tools.jpg" width="600" border="0" /></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:10px;padding-left:10px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:17px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top" width="440"> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"> <span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><b>Sloppy finance practices can kill a business. Smart finance tools can find new profits. </b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><b>What’s it going to be for you?</b></span><br /><br /> I love creativity. Record keeping and finances to me are in the same category as rats and roaches. Yuck. But I’ve also set a standard of living that requires more than just love and creativity to keep it all going, especially my current world. I run two companies and must maximize my time and resources. The only way I can do it is with efficient, easy help and resources.<br />  </div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong>It’s your fix of FREE Biz Findz from your friends at Oddpodz. This week, we've got </strong></span><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong>6 FREE finance tools to help you succeed. </strong></span><br /><br /><strong>1) FREE time tracking and invoice software <br /></strong><a title="getharvest.com" href="http://www.getharvest.com">getharvest.com<br /></a>I’ve used a lot of time tracking methods in my life including ink scribbles on my hand and some very complex computer programs. This software is the easiest, most flexible I’ve ever used. And you can try it for FREE for 30 days, no software to download and no credit card required. Beyond that they enhanced package options for different degrees of needs and team sizes.<a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1258.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><br /><strong>1.5)</strong> <strong>FREE distance communication and collaboration software                       </strong>And they have another cool software called Co-op, that allows work groups to coordinate projects and communicate at a distance completely free. I’ll be featuring this in a future FREE Biz Findz dedicated to collaboration resources. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1258.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><br /><b>2) FREE business expense tracking tool</b><br /><a title="xpenser.com" href="http://www.xpenser.com">Xpenser</a> is a free business expense tracking tool that allows you to record expenses from any device - Email, SMS, Voice (call and say your expense), IM, Twitter, iPhone, or blackberry your expenses and have them automatically recorded and managed on Xpenser.com . Xpenser supports mileage tracking, automated currency conversion, budgets and balances, automated file-to-report, and a variety of other features. The base Xpenser offering is and will remain free, and we will be offering Premium (paid) accounts with extra features in 2009. Users who sign up before Premium accounts go live receive a discount. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1251.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><b><font size="1"> </font></b></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><b>3) FREE Fast calculators - What did that meeting really cost?<br /></b>Get Your FREE Meeting cost analysis<br /><a title="payscale.com" href="http://www.payscale.com">payscale.com<br /></a>Are your meetings worth every penny? Find out with the new Meeting Miser. Just enter the attendees and start the timer. This handy gadget knows that time is money and will calculate exactly how much you’re spending … or wasting. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1258.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><b> </b></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><b>4) FREE Fast calculators - What are you really worth?<br /></b>Get Your FREE Salary and Benefits Report from <a title="payscale benefits report" href="http://www.payscale.com/mypayscalev3.aspx">payscale.com</a>.<br /> Find out what you’re worth in less than five minutes. Just tell us a little bit about your current job and work history and see if you’re being paid fairly. The survey is anonymous and the resulting salary and benefits report is absolutely free. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1258.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br />  </div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><b>5) A FREE copy of Understanding Your Financials <br /></b>Get this FREE e-booklet called “Keeping Score” on the bottom line your small business financial reports and more. Just shoot fellow businesswomen and entrepreneur Ruth King and it’s yours. rking[at]ontheribbon[dot]com  <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1258.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><b><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"> </span></b></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>6) What your business worth? Here’s the tool to find out. <br /></strong><a title="BizEquity.com" href="http://www.BizEquity.com">BizEquity.com<br /></a>According to a recent survey, almost 66% of all business owners do not know how to quantify or calculate the value of their own businesses. BizEquity makes this knowledge readily accessible, drawing on our database of more than 11 million businesses to create an estimated business valuation for your own venture during the key phases of its life cycle: from raising capital to succession planning. The result is a better understanding of your business and how it stacks up to competitors down the street or across the country.  <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1258.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br />  <b><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"> </span></b></div> <div><b><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">Sound off in our <a title="oddpodz forum" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/forum/2.html">forum</a></span></b><br /> If you just starting receiving The Oddpodz Idea Engine, you may want to go to our blog and take a look at the FREE categories you missed. They’re indexed by subject under *FREE Biz Findz. </div></td> <td style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:18px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top" width="160"> <p align="center"><a title="TalentZoo" href="http://oddpodz.talentzoo.com/index.php?action=do_search"><img style="margin:0px;" title="TalentZoo" height="349" alt="TalentZoo" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1391/3171882595_ed3c777dd9_o.jpg" width="130" border="0" /></a></p> <div align="center">  </div> <p align="center"><a title="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" href="http://www.morrilltech.com/resources/free-site-seo-analysis.html?a_aid=Oddpodz&a_bid=8d3860bb"><img style="margin:0px;" title="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" height="125" alt="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1166/3172847650_74a9e66426_o.gif" width="125" border="0" /></a> </p> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"><a title="orbitz" href="http://www.orbitz.com/App/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&cnt=OVI&WT.mc_id=o_aff25&WT.mc_ev=click&siteID=NWt2hAsF%2Aok-ztnPoi%2AiRr5A5PQU9GkIlA"><img style="margin:0px;" title="orbitz" height="108" alt="orbitz" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3197139287_ced503cf38_o.jpg" width="130" border="0" /></a></div> <div align="center"> </div> <p align="center"><a title="How to Castrate a Bull" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470345233?ie=UTF8&tag=oddpodz-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0470345233"><img style="margin:0px;" title="How to Castrate a Bull by Dave Hitz" height="177" alt="How to Castrate a Bull by Dave Hitz" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3383/3272490533_b1d4ebba11_o.jpg" width="125" border="0" /><div align="center">Click here to purchase   How  to Castrate a Bull</div></a></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.2;padding-top:15px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="middle" bgcolor="#6cb816" colspan="2" height="80"> <p align="center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;">What is FREE Biz Findz. • <a style="color:rgb(51,51,51);" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/">www.oddpodz.com</a></span></b><br /> FREE Biz Findz is a feature of Oddpodz. We are an idea engine(SM) that powers business people, entrepreneurs and creative professionals that want to advance their careers and grow their enterprises. </p> <p align="center"><b>We will post new FREE findz every week in our blog. </b><br /> They will include a mix of:<br /> • 100% services, products, best Web sites, ebooks and other learning tools, along with <br /> • carefully selected high-value, low-cost offers that may have small fees associated with them. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">We will always clearly label what is 100% FREE and what offers may have a small cost associated with them like shipping. The Oddpodz team will investigate every single FREE biz find we post and we report on what we think. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">Have a suggestion for a FREE biz find you’ve experienced? Or do you or your business have something of value you can offer our community that’s FREE? Send us an email at <a href="mailto:info@oddpodz.com">info@oddpodz.com</a>. If we think it’s worthy and valuable we’ll add it to our blog. </p></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~4/wM_GxlOaL6Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~3/wM_GxlOaL6Y/time-is-money-5-tools-to-give-you-more-of-both http://community.icontact.com/p/oddpodz/newsletters/oddpodz/posts/time-is-money-5-tools-to-give-you-more-of-both <table style="border-collapse:separate;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><img style="padding-bottom:1px;" alt="" src="http://www.luckyninedesign.com/oddpodz/newsletterHeaderFBF.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" height="2"> </td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:10px;padding-left:10px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:17px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top"> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong><img style="margin:0px;" title="public speaking, speakers, business experts, free business tools" height="297" alt="public speaking, speakers, business experts, free business tools" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/3245547247_02597d6957_o.jpg" width="390" /></strong></span></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong>Get ready to step up to the mic and knock 'em dead.</strong></span><br /> I’ve been speaking professionally for nearly 10 years. I’ve been very fortunate to have made a great living as a speaker and I've had some awesome professional experiences along the way, too. People always ask me, &quot;how’d did you do that?&quot; Were there certain tools and resources that helped? Yes there were and I'm going to share them with you now. </div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">It’s your fix of FREE Biz Findz from your friends at Oddpodz. This week, we've got </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">5 FREE (and one low- cost) speaker tools to help you succeed. </span></strong><br /><br /><strong>1) The best speaking ezine out there and it’s FREE</strong><br /><a title="speakernetnews.com" href="http://www.speakernetnews.com">Speakernetnews</a> Is speaking in your future? Here’s a must have resource.<br /> They cover:<br />     *Tips on subjects like sales & marketing, travel, tech, resources, saving money,<br />     *PR, conducting better presentations, and other key speaking business topics <br />     *Requests for information and advice<br />     *Want ads (equipment and other items for sale)<br /> Even if taking the big stage is not in your cards, this newsletter serves up great personal development, presentation and communication content. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1251.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><br /><strong>2) FREE Leads for speaking gigs</strong><br /><a title="www.speakerleadsandtips.com" href="http://www.SpeakerLeadsAndTips.com">Speakerleadsandtips.net</a> This e-newsletter is designed as a leads and business development tool for speakers, trainers, consultants, and coaches. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1251.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><br /><strong>3) FREE 15 minutes of wisdom by a smart speaking coach & story telling guru</strong><br /> His blog is FREE and always packed with great material on speaking with your stories. <a title="DougStevenson.com" href="http://dougstevenson.com">Doug Stevenson</a> and his <a title="DynamiteSpeech.com" href="http://dynamitespeech.com">Dynamitespeech.com</a> will tell you that the secret sauce in most of the best, knock your socks off speeches is the element of story. Doug Stevenson is the master of this craft. These two tools provide sound insight for the pros and the beginners. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1251.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><strong><font size="1"> </font></strong></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>4) FREE digital Speaker Magazine<br /></strong><a title="NSASpeakerMagazine.com" href="http://www.nsaspeaker-magazine.org/nsaspeaker/200812">Speaker Magazine</a> is published by the <a title="nsaspeaker.org" href="http://www.nsaspeaker.org">National Speakers Association</a> which is the industry group for professional speakers. They offer resources for both &quot;the want to be speaker&quot; and &quot;the accomplished speaker.&quot; Fees vary depending on level of membership. In addition to the nation events and connections NSA has over 38 local chapters that provide many resources and excellent programming. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1251.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><strong> </strong></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>5) Great speaking comes from high degree of confidence. Here’s a daily tool to fuel your tank. 1-100 Days of Brilliance.<br /></strong>From my good buddy Jim Canterucci. Jim is an advisor, author, professional speaker. Canterucci is a past president of NSA Ohio, The Association of Professional Speakers, and is currently a director on the boards of the Laughter Arts and Sciences Foundation and CHOICES for Eliminating Domestic Violence.<br /><br /> Canterucci is the author of Change Project Management  – The Next Step, The System for Change Leaders, The Skill Sets of a Change Leader, and <a title="Personal Brilliance book" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0814408389?ie=UTF8&tag=oddpodz-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0814408389">Personal Brilliance: Mastering the Everyday Habits that Create a Lifetime of Success</a> (AMACOM).<br /><br /><strong><a title="Peroanal Brilliance 100 Days" href="http://www.mypersonalbrilliance.com/100days/">100 Days of Brilliance</a></strong>  Each day for 100 days you will receive an email with a Personal Brilliance idea, a task, something to think about for that day. The email has an attached graphic file with the message. It is helpful to see this message all day. You can automatically set the graphic as your computer desktop background each day to increase your awareness..  <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1251.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br />  </div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>6) Almost FREE. Speaker match service<br /></strong><a title="Speakermatch.com" href="http://www.speakermatch.com/">SpeakerMatch</a> matches speakers and speaking opportunities. They reach emerging professional speakers, business leaders, technical gurus, educators, and other subject-matter experts who want to communicate what they know.  By allowing organizations to post open calls for speakers on our site for no cost, they are broadening their search to a wealth of the top fresh, creative, and strategic thinkers in the country. Organizations are also free to search our online speaker showcase for talent that may meet their needs. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1251.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"> </span></strong></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">Did you know?<br /></span></strong>Here are a few <a title="Public speaking myths and facts" href="http://www.executive-solutions.co.uk/documents/publicspeakingmythsandfacts.pdf">Public Speaking Myths and Facts</a> brought to you by <a title="www.executive-solutions.co.uk" href="http://www.executive-solutions.co.uk/">Executive-solutions</a>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>Myth 1:</strong> You are born with the talent to be a public speaker; you cannot learn to become one. People can be trained to become great, indeed, exceptional public speakers.<br /><strong>Fact 1:</strong> People can be trained to become great, indeed, exceptional public speakers.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>Myth 2:</strong> You do not need to plan in detail for a presentation to a client because you know your subject well. You can ‘wing it’ –make it up as you go along.<br /><strong>Fact 2:</strong> Skilled presenters and experienced speakers spend far more time constructing their presentations, rehearsing and honing them to perfection than they do delivering them. They are able to think on their feet and handle even highly critical questions with confidence.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>Myth 12:</strong> Professional speakers who move about a lot and wave their arms really make a big impact.<br /><strong>Fact 12:</strong> Platform performance must be appropriate for occasion and the audience. Wide and vigorous gestures may be suitable for whipping your audience into a frenzy in a motivational or evangelical presentation, but are unsuitable when speaking to colleagues, before clients or addressing your Board.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;">For the full list, click <a title="full list of public speaking myths and facts" href="http://www.executive-solutions.co.uk/documents/publicspeakingmythsandfacts.pdf">here</a>.</div> <div> </div> <div><a title="professionalorganizer's Oddpodz profile" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/all-postings/professionalorganizer-2.html"><img style="margin:18px 0px 0px 5px;" title="Mike Miller's oddpodz profile" height="100" alt="Mike Miller's oddpodz profile" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3440/3250106155_82cf03104d_t.jpg" width="87" align="right" border="0" /></a><strong>Featured Oddpod</strong><br /> If your only exposure to storytelling has been at children's birthday party's or at camp, or listening to stories being read to you from a book, you might easily make the assumption that you have witnessed the sum and total of storytelling. Fair enough...but if you come to one of Mike's storytelling concerts with such pre-conceived notions, prepare to have your point of view drastically rearranged!  <a title="Mike Miller-greatstoryteller Oddpodz profile" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/oddpodz-members-/greatstoryteller.html">Mike Miller</a>, known as a &quot;Full Contact&quot; Storyteller & Professional Silly Person has been on the road since 1996 transforming audiences with unique, energetic, and fun business and family storytelling programs. Note: You will be part of the program!  From statewide festivals to radio, and TV stations across the nation, Mike has entertained preschoolers to CEO's, and all kinds of groups in between.<br /><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"> </span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">Sound off in our <a title="oddpodz forum" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/forum/2.html">forum</a></span></strong><br /> If you just starting receiving The Oddpodz Idea Engine, you may want to go to our blog and take a look at the FREE categories you missed. 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We are an idea engine(SM) that powers business people, entrepreneurs and creative professionals that want to advance their careers and grow their enterprises. </p> <p align="center"><strong>We will post new FREE findz every week in our blog. </strong><br /> They will include a mix of:<br /> • 100% services, products, best Web sites, ebooks and other learning tools, along with <br /> • carefully selected high-value, low-cost offers that may have small fees associated with them. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">We will always clearly label what is 100% FREE and what offers may have a small cost associated with them like shipping. The Oddpodz team will investigate every single FREE biz find we post and we report on what we think. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">Have a suggestion for a FREE biz find you’ve experienced? Or do you or your business have something of value you can offer our community that’s FREE? Send us an email at <a href="mailto:info@oddpodz.com">info@oddpodz.com</a>. If we think it’s worthy and valuable we’ll add it to our blog. </p></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~4/rUB9GRfwgc4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~3/rUB9GRfwgc4/got-something-to-say-turn-your-message-into-a-speaking-career http://community.icontact.com/p/oddpodz/newsletters/oddpodz/posts/got-something-to-say-turn-your-message-into-a-speaking-career <table style="border-collapse:separate;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><img style="padding-bottom:1px;" alt="" src="http://www.luckyninedesign.com/oddpodz/newsletterHeaderFBF.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" height="2"> </td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:10px;padding-left:10px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:17px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top"> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong><img style="margin:0px;" title="document management, free business tools" height="257" alt="document management, free business tools" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/3231797603_4a9a8a1763_o.jpg" width="433" /></strong></span></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong>Take a deep breath. Help is on the way.</strong></span><br /> I've had too many days where I've had to locate wandering or lost documents, figure out which version was the most recent or quickly find copy for a new form. At those times, I want to throw my computer off my balcony. Some of the tools we've reviewed have spared the life of my laptop.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">It’s your fix of FREE Biz Findz from your friends at Oddpodz, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">5 FREE document management tools to help you keep your cool. </span></strong><br /><br /><strong>1) FREE document repository. Like a YouTube for documents</strong><br /><a title="Docstoc" href="http://www.docstoc.com">Docstoc</a> is building the world's largest repository of high quality, legal, business and professional documents available for users to download at no charge. They are every small business owner's dream partner.  <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1249.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><br /><strong>2) Get FREE, Quick and Easy Document Feedback</strong><br /><a title="Getbackboard.com" href="http://www.getbackboard.com">Getbackboard</a> is brought to you by <a title="Increosolutions.com" href="http://increosolutions.com">Increosolutions</a>. This free find is targeted toward marketing and product professionals. It’s useful to a wide variety of people who create or review documents.  Backboard basic is free. There are premium (for a fee) monthly plans with added features at the Individual and team levels. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1249.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><br /><strong>3) FREE Embedding documents into your web pages</strong><br /> Also from <a title="increosolutions.com" href="http://increosolutions.com">increosolutions</a>, <a title="Embedit.in" href="http://www.embedit.in">Embedit.in</a> lets you add anything to a blog or website. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1249.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><strong> </strong></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>4) FREE Uploading and sharing files online<br /></strong>Also from <a title="increosolutions.com" href="http://increosolutions.com/">increosolutions</a>, <a title="Embedit.in" href="http://www.embedit.in/">Embedit.in</a> lets you add anything to a blog or website. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1249.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><strong> </strong></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>5) FREE Transporting of huge files- one day trial<br /></strong><a title="Filephile.net" href="http://filephile.net">Filephile</a><br /> Create an account. (It's free!) Transfer unlimited files of unlimited size securely, even when both users are behind firewalls.  <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1249.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br />  </div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">How are you keeping busy?<br /></span></strong>Many of us are feeling the effects of the economy. Some days can be downright slow. On those days when there's &quot;nothing to do&quot; it might be the perfect time for taking care of all the tasks you ignored when your work day was a bit more harried. Get organized so you'll be able to find everything when that elusive upturn hits.</div> <div> </div> <div>We read this article in the <a title="NY Times article on how to keep busy" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/fashion/25busy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss">New York Times</a> over the weekend about what kinds of things people are doing in order to appear busy. Lots of them are getting organized!</div> <div> </div> <div><a title="professionalorganizer's Oddpodz profile" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/all-postings/professionalorganizer-2.html"><img style="margin:18px 0px 0px 5px;" title="Pam Woods' oddpodz profile" height="92" alt="Pam Woods' oddpodz profile" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/3231472599_dec7f414e8_o.jpg" width="69" align="right" border="0" /></a><strong>Featured Oddpod</strong><br /> Once we have showed you ways to get your online documents in order, perhaps it's time to tackle disorganization in other parts of your life. Do you live or work in a cluttered space? Are you managing your life to get the results you want? Meet <a title="Pam Woods' Oddpodz profile" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/all-postings/professionalorganizer-2.html">Pam Woods</a> (Certified Professional Organizer®, Coach, Author, and Speaker), helps busy people organize their office, home & life for increased focus, time, and productivity. Please contact Pam to gauge how Smart WorkLife Solutions can serve you.  <strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"> </span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"> </span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">Sound off in our <a title="oddpodz forum" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/forum/2.html">forum</a></span></strong><br /> If you just starting receiving The Oddpodz Idea Engine, you may want to go to our blog and take a look at the FREE categories you missed. 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We are an idea engine(SM) that powers business people, entrepreneurs and creative professionals that want to advance their careers and grow their enterprises. </p> <p align="center"><strong>We will post new FREE findz every week in our blog. </strong><br /> They will include a mix of:<br /> • 100% services, products, best Web sites, ebooks and other learning tools, along with <br /> • carefully selected high-value, low-cost offers that may have small fees associated with them. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">We will always clearly label what is 100% FREE and what offers may have a small cost associated with them like shipping. The Oddpodz team will investigate every single FREE biz find we post and we report on what we think. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">Have a suggestion for a FREE biz find you’ve experienced? Or do you or your business have something of value you can offer our community that’s FREE? 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If we think it’s worthy and valuable we’ll add it to our blog. </p></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~4/HOT5afzpgEU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~3/HOT5afzpgEU/stress-less-document-tools-are-here http://community.icontact.com/p/oddpodz/newsletters/oddpodz/posts/stress-less-document-tools-are-here <table style="border-collapse:separate;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><img style="padding-bottom:1px;" alt="" src="http://www.luckyninedesign.com/oddpodz/newsletterHeaderFBF.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" height="2"> </td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:10px;padding-left:10px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:17px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top"> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong><img style="margin:0px;" title="personal branding, free business tools" height="297" alt="personal branding, free business tools" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/3202354924_f409976fe8_o.jpg" width="390" /></strong></span></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong>We are all brands. An image, a mental mark planted in the minds of our markets.</strong></span><br /> You can leave your personal brand up to others to create, or you can take charge and consciously take actions so your brand works to achieve your goals.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;">If you polled your peers, your clients, employers or prospects and asked them what they thought of when they heard your name, What would they say? Is there a pattern of perception about who you are? What you stand for? If not, it’s time to give your personal brand a jumpstart.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">It’s your fix of FREE Biz Findz from your friends at Oddpodz, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">4 FREE (and one just a buck) personal branding tools to fast track your success. </span></strong><br /><br /><strong>1) FREE online reputation management and business promotion for professionals</strong><br /><a href="http://www.lookuppage.com/affiliate?code=26GVlbQB">lookuppage.com</a> is a free online service that provides personal visibility, online reputation management and business promotion for professionals. It is focussed on enhancing presence across all leading search engines using SEO and PPC.  LookupPage enables you to manage yourself online, be visible when looking for a job, as well as promote your business and generate valuable new leads.  Users benefit from an individual domain around their name (<a title="lookuppage" href="http://www.lookuppage.com">http://www.lookuppage.com</a>), sophisticated visitor tracking tools and inclusion in the LookupPage index.  <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1247.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><br /><strong>2) Dan Schawbel does an excellent job at summing up brand monitoring tools. </strong><strong>His <a title="personal branding blog" href="http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com">Personal Branding blog</a> is worth visiting.</strong><br /> He is a personal branding expert for Gen-Y and author of <a title="Me 2.0" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1427798206?ie=UTF8&tag=oddpodz-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1427798206">Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success&quot; (Kaplan, April 2009).</a>  Fast Company calls Dan a “personal branding force of nature” and BusinessWeek considers Dan to be “a leading voice in the area of personal branding.” Two resources I’d recommend: his <a title="personal branding blog" href="http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/">blog</a> and a recent post he did on <a title="mashable.com" href="http://mashable.com/2008/12/24/free-brand-monitoring-tools/">mashable.com</a> that covers brand monitoring tools. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1247.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><br /><strong>3) FREE downloadable e-book on personal branding</strong><br /><a title="Chris Brogan" href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com">Chris Brogan</a> President of New Marketing Labs, a new media marketing agency is a ten-year veteran of using social media and technology to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals. His free ebook on personal branding called <a title="Chris Brogan free ebook on personal branding" href="www.chrisbrogan.com/free-ebook-on-personal-branding/">Personal Branding for the Business Professional</a> runs just about 15 pages and contains everything from strategy advice to some considerations to over 100 tactics and ideas on what to do next.<br /><a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1247.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> </div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>4) <a title="Brain Tattoo You" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/index2.php?option=com_docman&gid=9&task=doc_view&Itemid=73"><font color="#3366ff"><u>Brain</u> Tattoo You</font></a><font color="#3366ff">,</font> a FREE downloadable personal brand</strong> <strong>assessment   </strong>Brought to you by me, Karen Post, the <a title="Branding Diva" href="www.brandingdiva.com">Branding Diva®</a> and co-founder of Oddpodz, this quick audit will help you identify specific items you need to work on to improve the power of your personal brand. </div> <div>Your personal brand is sum of all your actions, your communications and your attributes. Take this test, score your status and then get to work. If you need more information on personal branding, check out our <a title="Free branding articles" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/branding/3.html">Oddpodz</a> cybrary, there are additional personal branding articles posted there. </div> <div><a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1247.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br />  </div> <div><strong>5) One final resource, that’s <em>almost</em> FREE, it’s a buck for a 30-day trial<br /></strong><a title="Letterclick" href="http://www.letterclick.com/clickhere.cfm?af=886907">Letterclick</a><br /> If you’ve every received an email from me as the <a title="Branding Diva" href="www.brandingdiva.com">Branding Diva®,</a> you’ve seen this cool tool. It’s a service that sends emails with your personal graphic mark/or photo, the date, your actual signature and optional messaging and links. Basically, it looks like a professionally printed letterhead, signed by you. For $1, you can try it for a 30-day test drive.<br /><a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1247.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> </div> <div> </div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">Did you know?<br /></span></strong>While many businesses are experiencing tough times, these 7 industries are building, growing  and thriving reported Fortune Magazine.</div> <div> </div> <div>Cosmetics<br /> Video games<br /> Waste Management<br /> Comfort foods<br /> Discount retailers<br /> For profit education<br /> Fast food </div> <div> </div> <div><a title="nsquaredesign Oddpodz profile" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/all-postings/nsquaredesign.html"><img style="margin:18px 0px 0px 5px;" title="Circle R Brands oddpodz profile" height="100" alt="Circle R Brands oddpodz profile" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3100/3212458779_0a1451547b_t.jpg" width="92" align="right" border="0" /></a><strong>Featured Oddpod</strong><br /> Meet <a title="CircleRBrands oddpodz profile" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/all-postings/circlerbrands.html">CircleRBrands</a>, is a dedicated band of brand architects passionate about creating distinct brand names, product and service names, taglines, slogans and logos. Our strength and distinction is in helping customers see a company's value in an instant, and our naming philosophy is grounded in the inherent power of familiarity and repetition (known as the science of memetics), which effectively captures the consumers attention and communicates your merit and difference to create preference and purchase. <strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"> </span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"> </span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">Sound off in our <a title="oddpodz forum" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/forum/2.html">forum</a></span></strong><br /> If you just starting receiving The Oddpodz Idea Engine, you may want to go to our blog and take a look at the FREE categories you missed. They’re indexed by subject under *FREE Biz Findz. </div></td> <td style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:18px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top" width="160"> <p align="center"><a title="TalentZoo" href="http://oddpodz.talentzoo.com/index.php?action=do_search"><img style="margin:0px;" title="TalentZoo" height="349" alt="TalentZoo" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1391/3171882595_ed3c777dd9_o.jpg" width="130" border="0" /></a></p> <div align="center">  </div> <p align="center"><a title="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" href="http://www.morrilltech.com/resources/free-site-seo-analysis.html?a_aid=Oddpodz&a_bid=8d3860bb"><img style="margin:0px;" title="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" height="125" alt="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1166/3172847650_74a9e66426_o.gif" width="125" border="0" /></a> </p> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"><a title="orbitz" href="http://www.orbitz.com/App/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&cnt=OVI&WT.mc_id=o_aff25&WT.mc_ev=click&siteID=NWt2hAsF%2Aok-ztnPoi%2AiRr5A5PQU9GkIlA"><img style="margin:0px;" title="orbitz" height="108" alt="orbitz" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3197139287_ced503cf38_o.jpg" width="130" border="0" /></a></div> <div align="center"> </div> <p align="center"><a title="Me 2.0" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1427798206?ie=UTF8&tag=oddpodz-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1427798206"><img style="margin:0px;" title="me 2.0" height="177" alt="me 2.0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3094/3212745717_9da75e4d19_o.jpg" width="120" border="0" /><div align="center">Click here to purchase Me 2.0 </div></a></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.2;padding-top:15px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="middle" bgcolor="#6cb816" colspan="2" height="80"> <p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;">What is FREE Biz Findz. • <a style="color:rgb(51,51,51);" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/">www.oddpodz.com</a></span></strong><br /> FREE Biz Findz is a feature of Oddpodz. We are an idea engine(SM) that powers business people, entrepreneurs and creative professionals that want to advance their careers and grow their enterprises. </p> <p align="center"><strong>We will post new FREE findz every week in our blog. </strong><br /> They will include a mix of:<br /> • 100% services, products, best Web sites, ebooks and other learning tools, along with <br /> • carefully selected high-value, low-cost offers that may have small fees associated with them. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">We will always clearly label what is 100% FREE and what offers may have a small cost associated with them like shipping. The Oddpodz team will investigate every single FREE biz find we post and we report on what we think. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">Have a suggestion for a FREE biz find you’ve experienced? Or do you or your business have something of value you can offer our community that’s FREE? Send us an email at <a href="mailto:info@oddpodz.com">info@oddpodz.com</a>. If we think it’s worthy and valuable we’ll add it to our blog. </p></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~4/KW16_3oIC3k" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~3/KW16_3oIC3k/personal-branding-secrets-4-free-tools-to-power-you-up http://community.icontact.com/p/oddpodz/newsletters/oddpodz/posts/personal-branding-secrets-4-free-tools-to-power-you-up <table style="border-collapse:separate;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><img style="padding-bottom:1px;" alt="" src="http://www.luckyninedesign.com/oddpodz/newsletterHeaderFBF.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" height="2"> </td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:10px;padding-left:10px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:17px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top"> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong><img style="margin:0px;" title="personal branding, free business tools" height="297" alt="personal branding, free business tools" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/3202354924_f409976fe8_o.jpg" width="390" /></strong></span></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong>We are all brands. An image, a mental mark planted in the minds of our markets.</strong></span><br /> You can leave your personal brand up to others to create, or you can take charge and consciously take actions so your brand works to achieve your goals.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;">If you polled your peers, your clients, employers or prospects and asked them what they thought of when they heard your name, What would they say? Is there a pattern of perception about who you are? What you stand for? If not, it’s time to give your personal brand a jumpstart.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">It’s your fix of FREE Biz Findz from your friends at Oddpodz, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">4 FREE (and one just a buck) personal branding tools to fast track your success. </span></strong><br /><br /><strong>1) FREE online reputation management and business promotion for professionals</strong><br /><a href="http://www.lookuppage.com/affiliate?code=26GVlbQB">lookuppage.com</a> is a free online service that provides personal visibility, online reputation management and business promotion for professionals. It is focussed on enhancing presence across all leading search engines using SEO and PPC.  LookupPage enables you to manage yourself online, be visible when looking for a job, as well as promote your business and generate valuable new leads.  Users benefit from an individual domain around their name (<a title="lookuppage" href="http://www.lookuppage.com">http://www.lookuppage.com</a>), sophisticated visitor tracking tools and inclusion in the LookupPage index.  <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1247.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><br /><strong>2) Dan Schawbel does an excellent job at summing up brand monitoring tools. </strong><strong>His <a title="personal branding blog" href="http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com">Personal Branding blog</a> is worth visiting.</strong><br /> He is a personal branding expert for Gen-Y and author of <a title="Me 2.0" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1427798206?ie=UTF8&tag=oddpodz-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1427798206">Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success&quot; (Kaplan, April 2009).</a>  Fast Company calls Dan a “personal branding force of nature” and BusinessWeek considers Dan to be “a leading voice in the area of personal branding.” Two resources I’d recommend: his <a title="personal branding blog" href="http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/">blog</a> and a recent post he did on <a title="mashable.com" href="http://mashable.com/2008/12/24/free-brand-monitoring-tools/">mashable.com</a> that covers brand monitoring tools. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1247.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><br /><strong>3) FREE downloadable e-book on personal branding</strong><br /><a title="Chris Brogan" href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com">Chris Brogan</a> President of New Marketing Labs, a new media marketing agency is a ten-year veteran of using social media and technology to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals. His free ebook on personal branding called <a title="Chris Brogan free ebook on personal branding" href="www.chrisbrogan.com/free-ebook-on-personal-branding/">Personal Branding for the Business Professional</a> runs just about 15 pages and contains everything from strategy advice to some considerations to over 100 tactics and ideas on what to do next.<br /><a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1247.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> </div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong>4) <a title="Brain Tattoo You" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/index2.php?option=com_docman&gid=9&task=doc_view&Itemid=73"><font color="#3366ff"><u>Brain</u> Tattoo You</font></a><font color="#3366ff">,</font> a FREE downloadable personal brand</strong> <strong>assessment   </strong>Brought to you by me, Karen Post, the <a title="Branding Diva" href="www.brandingdiva.com">Branding Diva®</a> and co-founder of Oddpodz, this quick audit will help you identify specific items you need to work on to improve the power of your personal brand. </div> <div>Your personal brand is sum of all your actions, your communications and your attributes. Take this test, score your status and then get to work. If you need more information on personal branding, check out our <a title="Free branding articles" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/branding/3.html">Oddpodz</a> cybrary, there are additional personal branding articles posted there. </div> <div><a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1247.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br />  </div> <div><strong>5) One final resource, that’s <em>almost</em> FREE, it’s a buck for a 30-day trial<br /></strong><a title="Letterclick" href="http://www.letterclick.com/clickhere.cfm?af=886907">Letterclick</a><br /> If you’ve every received an email from me as the <a title="Branding Diva" href="www.brandingdiva.com">Branding Diva®,</a> you’ve seen this cool tool. It’s a service that sends emails with your personal graphic mark/or photo, the date, your actual signature and optional messaging and links. Basically, it looks like a professionally printed letterhead, signed by you. For $1, you can try it for a 30-day test drive.<br /><a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1247.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> </div> <div> </div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">Did you know?<br /></span></strong>While many businesses are experiencing tough times, these 7 industries are building, growing  and thriving reported Fortune Magazine.</div> <div> </div> <div>Cosmetics<br /> Video games<br /> Waste Management<br /> Comfort foods<br /> Discount retailers<br /> For profit education<br /> Fast food </div> <div> </div> <div><a title="nsquaredesign Oddpodz profile" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/all-postings/nsquaredesign.html"><img style="margin:18px 0px 0px 5px;" title="Circle R Brands oddpodz profile" height="100" alt="Circle R Brands oddpodz profile" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3100/3212458779_0a1451547b_t.jpg" width="92" align="right" border="0" /></a><strong>Featured Oddpod</strong><br /> Meet <a title="CircleRBrands oddpodz profile" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/all-postings/circlerbrands.html">CircleRBrands</a>, is a dedicated band of brand architects passionate about creating distinct brand names, product and service names, taglines, slogans and logos. Our strength and distinction is in helping customers see a company's value in an instant, and our naming philosophy is grounded in the inherent power of familiarity and repetition (known as the science of memetics), which effectively captures the consumers attention and communicates your merit and difference to create preference and purchase. <strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"> </span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"> </span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">Sound off in our <a title="oddpodz forum" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/forum/2.html">forum</a></span></strong><br /> If you just starting receiving The Oddpodz Idea Engine, you may want to go to our blog and take a look at the FREE categories you missed. They’re indexed by subject under *FREE Biz Findz. </div></td> <td style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:18px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top" width="160"> <p align="center"><a title="TalentZoo" href="http://oddpodz.talentzoo.com/index.php?action=do_search"><img style="margin:0px;" title="TalentZoo" height="349" alt="TalentZoo" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1391/3171882595_ed3c777dd9_o.jpg" width="130" border="0" /></a></p> <div align="center">  </div> <p align="center"><a title="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" href="http://www.morrilltech.com/resources/free-site-seo-analysis.html?a_aid=Oddpodz&a_bid=8d3860bb"><img style="margin:0px;" title="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" height="125" alt="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1166/3172847650_74a9e66426_o.gif" width="125" border="0" /></a> </p> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"><a title="orbitz" href="http://www.orbitz.com/App/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&cnt=OVI&WT.mc_id=o_aff25&WT.mc_ev=click&siteID=NWt2hAsF%2Aok-ztnPoi%2AiRr5A5PQU9GkIlA"><img style="margin:0px;" title="orbitz" height="108" alt="orbitz" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3197139287_ced503cf38_o.jpg" width="130" border="0" /></a></div> <div align="center"> </div> <p align="center"><a title="Me 2.0" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1427798206?ie=UTF8&tag=oddpodz-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1427798206"><img style="margin:0px;" title="me 2.0" height="177" alt="me 2.0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3094/3212745717_9da75e4d19_o.jpg" width="120" border="0" /><div align="center">Click here to purchase Me 2.0 </div></a></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.2;padding-top:15px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="middle" bgcolor="#6cb816" colspan="2" height="80"> <p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;">What is FREE Biz Findz. • <a style="color:rgb(51,51,51);" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/">www.oddpodz.com</a></span></strong><br /> FREE Biz Findz is a feature of Oddpodz. We are an idea engine(SM) that powers business people, entrepreneurs and creative professionals that want to advance their careers and grow their enterprises. </p> <p align="center"><strong>We will post new FREE findz every week in our blog. </strong><br /> They will include a mix of:<br /> • 100% services, products, best Web sites, ebooks and other learning tools, along with <br /> • carefully selected high-value, low-cost offers that may have small fees associated with them. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">We will always clearly label what is 100% FREE and what offers may have a small cost associated with them like shipping. The Oddpodz team will investigate every single FREE biz find we post and we report on what we think. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">Have a suggestion for a FREE biz find you’ve experienced? Or do you or your business have something of value you can offer our community that’s FREE? Send us an email at <a href="mailto:info@oddpodz.com">info@oddpodz.com</a>. If we think it’s worthy and valuable we’ll add it to our blog. </p></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~4/IT9maNYGqtg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~3/IT9maNYGqtg/are-you-a-professional-wallflower-blossom-today http://community.icontact.com/p/oddpodz/newsletters/oddpodz/posts/are-you-a-professional-wallflower-blossom-today <table style="border-collapse:separate;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><img style="padding-bottom:1px;" alt="" src="http://www.luckyninedesign.com/oddpodz/newsletterHeaderFBF.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" height="2"> </td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:10px;padding-left:10px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:17px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top"> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong><img style="margin:0px;" title="lead generation, new business development" height="190" alt="lead generation, new business development" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3309/3197959636_1f71feb0eb_o.jpg" width="390" /></strong></span></div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong>New business development is critical to business success.</strong></span><br /> Many of us are feeling that “totally freaked out” current state of mind—layoffs, credit crunch, an overload of depressing media reports—and more uncertainty.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:10px;">You can worry all day, stress all night and those actions won’t get you anything but a bigger ulcer. Or you can change that channel and put every ounce of your energy and being on smart ways to bring in new business. New business from the rights customers can fix a lot of your problems.</div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">It’s your weekly fix of FREE Biz Findz from your friends at Oddpodz.</span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"> </span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">Here are 5 FREE lead generation tools to help bring in some new big, bacon.</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>1) A social/community tool that becomes part of your sales team.</strong><br /><a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="leadvine" href="http://www.leadvine.com">http://www.leadvine.com</a>, LeadVine is an online social community that simplifies how companies find new customers. Search listings and make money with the information that you already have. Top 5 ways to use LeadVine. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Click here to read our review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1241.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><br /><strong>2) Download Free Software to view your business web site traffic in real time.</strong><br /><a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="demandbase" href="http://www.demandbase.com">http://www.demandbase.com</a><br /> Demandbase is a technology company helping B2B companies generate sales leads. Demandbase was founded in 2006 and is funded by Adobe Systems (NASDAQ:ADBE), Altos Ventures and Sigma Partners. They have a suite of lead generating, useful services and products. Demandbase Stream and Central are FREE and ideal for business development for larger companies those who are trying to connect with larger prospects. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Read full review here" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1241.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> <br /><br /><strong>3) A top online selling resource with loads of FREE lead generation tools and insight.</strong><br /><a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="justsell.com" href="http://www.justsell.com">www.justsell.com</a><br /> Justsell.com is solid resource for sales leaders. Through its newsletters and on the site, it provides professional development tips, advice, and ideas to be used in the areas of sales, sales training and marketing. It also publishes business leads and information. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Read full review here" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1241.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> </div> <div> </div> <div><strong>4) FREE ebook on lead generation.<br /> 8 critical success factors for lead generation .<br /></strong><a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="startwithalead.com" href="http://www.startwithalead.com">www.startwithalead.com</a><br /> Written by Brian J. Carroll founder and CEO of InTouch Inc., one of the first companies to provide lead generation solutions for the complex sale. InTouch Inc. recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in the US. Brian speaks to 20,000 people a year on improving sales effectiveness and lead generation strategies. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Read full review here" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1241.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> </div> <div> </div> <div><strong>5) FREE 45 minute webinar on improving lead generation with better audience focus.</strong><br /><a title="Free webinar" href="http://www.bulldogsolutions.com/bulldogma/frmRegistration.aspx?aid=54">Defining Your Audience: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Buyer Personas</a><br /> B-to-B marketers are under increasing pressure to be as efficient as possible with their marketing spend. And audience focus is critical to avoiding wasted resources. Bulldog Solutions Director of Strategic Planning Ahmed Taleb walks you through a step-by-step guide on how to uncover the key attributes of your most valuable customers and how to create buyer personas to help focus your marketing efforts on finding more of them.</div> <div><br /> If you're being held accountable to how effective your lead generation is, this Webinar will explain how to clarify your key customer segments and drive more effective marketing communication strategies to better engage them. <a style="color:rgb(7,175,224);" title="Read full review here" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/1241.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> </div> <div> </div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">In the News<br /></span></strong>Co-founder of Oddpodz Karen Post will be featured in Entrepreneur Magazine in the February Issue, which hits the newsstands in late January. The article looks at rebranding efforts by three different companies and Karen is one of the branding experts voicing her views on how they did. </div> <div> </div> <div><a title="nsquaredesign Oddpodz profile" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/all-postings/nsquaredesign.html"><img style="margin:18px 0px 0px 5px;" title="Nsquaredesigns oddpodz profile" height="100" alt="Nsquaredesigns oddpodz profile" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3473/3197780706_cb64608b65_t.jpg" width="100" align="right" border="0" /></a><strong>Featured Oddpod</strong><br /> Meet <a title="nsquaredesign oddpodz profile" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/all-postings/nsquaredesign.html">nsquaredesign</a>, a self-described creative, funny, curious, smart-working, organized, intelligent, efficient, neat, leader, teacher, productive, practical, self-motivated, conceptual thinker, visualizer, dreamer whose influences include Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Egyptian art, Japanese art & culture, comic books, cartoons, Anime, nature, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Van Gogh, Monet, Albert Einstein. He can assist you with any design, illustration, photography, photo retouching, art direction, branding or packaging needs. <strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"> </span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);"> </span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">Sound off in our <a title="oddpodz forum" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/forum/2.html">forum</a></span></strong><br /> If you just starting receiving The Oddpodz Idea Engine, you may want to go to our blog and take a look at the FREE categories you missed. They’re indexed by subject under *FREE Biz Findz. </div></td> <td style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:18px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top" width="160"> <p align="center"><a title="TalentZoo" href="http://oddpodz.talentzoo.com/index.php?action=do_search"><img style="margin:0px;" title="TalentZoo" height="349" alt="TalentZoo" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1391/3171882595_ed3c777dd9_o.jpg" width="130" border="0" /></a></p> <div align="center">  </div> <p align="center"><a title="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" href=""><img style="margin:0px;" title="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" height="125" alt="Click for a free web site SEO analysis!" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1166/3172847650_74a9e66426_o.gif" width="125" border="0" /></a> </p> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"><a title="orbitz" href="http://www.orbitz.com/App/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&cnt=OVI&WT.mc_id=o_aff25&WT.mc_ev=click&siteID=NWt2hAsF%2Aok-ztnPoi%2AiRr5A5PQU9GkIlA"><img style="margin:0px;" title="orbitz" height="108" alt="orbitz" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3197139287_ced503cf38_o.jpg" width="130" border="0" /></a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.2;padding-top:15px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="middle" bgcolor="#6cb816" colspan="2" height="80"> <p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;">What is FREE Biz Findz. • <a style="color:rgb(51,51,51);" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/">www.oddpodz.com</a></span></strong><br /> FREE Biz Findz is a feature of Oddpodz. We are an idea engine(SM) that powers business people, entrepreneurs and creative professionals that want to advance their careers and grow their enterprises. </p> <p align="center"><strong>We will post new FREE findz every week in our blog. </strong><br /> They will include a mix of:<br /> • 100% services, products, best Web sites, ebooks and other learning tools, along with <br /> • carefully selected high-value, low-cost offers that may have small fees associated with them. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">We will always clearly label what is 100% FREE and what offers may have a small cost associated with them like shipping. The Oddpodz team will investigate every single FREE biz find we post and we report on what we think. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">Have a suggestion for a FREE biz find you’ve experienced? Or do you or your business have something of value you can offer our community that’s FREE? Send us an email at <a href="mailto:info@oddpodz.com">info@oddpodz.com</a>. If we think it’s worthy and valuable we’ll add it to our blog. </p></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~4/c5-FEsycwzk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~3/c5-FEsycwzk/leads-leading-you-nowhere-5-free-resources-for-new-sales http://community.icontact.com/p/oddpodz/newsletters/oddpodz/posts/leads-leading-you-nowhere-5-free-resources-for-new-sales <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><img style="padding-bottom:1px;" alt="" src="http://www.luckyninedesign.com/oddpodz/newsletterHeaderFBF.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:10px;" valign="top" width="600" colspan="2"><img title="" height="185" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/3113009973_7513f8a6fb_o.jpg" width="600" /></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:15px;padding-left:10px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:18px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top" width="600" colspan="2"> <div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">Five FREE research tools to get the skinny, the stats and the scoop.</span></strong></div> <div>Throughout my 25 years in business, one of the most important weapons I've used to win business or to solve a problem is information I've dug up via research. This info includes: industry stats, info on a company’s background or market opinions. When you have big budget you can find lots of valuable sources to get the good stuff. But what do you do if your budget runs dry? </div> <div> </div> <div><strong><font color="#6cb816" size="3">It’s your weekly fix of FREE Biz Findz from your friends at Oddpodz.</font></strong></div> <div>If you just starting receiving The Oddpodz Idea Engine, you may want to go to our <a title="Oddpodz blogs" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/118.html">blog</a> and take a look at the FREE categories you missed. They’re indexed by subject under FREE Biz Findz.</div> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(108,184,22);"><strong>5 FREE research tools.</strong></span><br /><strong>1) Quick backgrounders on a company.<br /></strong><a title="Goliath" href="http://goliath.ecnext.com">Goliath</a> provides online access to millions of records including business articles, industry reports, company profiles and executive contacts pulled from business data resources. <a title="link to review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/781.html">(Click here to read more details and our review)</a> </p> <div><strong>2) Need a fast FREE, opinion group?<br /></strong><a title="www.Ask500People.com" href="www.Ask500People.com">Ask500People.com</a> is where you will find tools to survey groups of people quickly. <a title="info to link" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/781.html">(Click here to read more details and our review)</a> </div> <div><strong> </strong></div> <div><strong>3) Need a fast FREE, trend opinion group?<br /></strong><a title="www.BuzzDash.com" href="www.BuzzDash.com">BuzzDash</a> provides a real-time forum where people can solicit, measure and share opinions on nearly any issue. <a title="info and review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/781.html">(Click here to read more details and our review) </a></div> <div><strong> </strong></div> <div><strong>4) Need a global industry report?<br /></strong><a title="Freeresearch.com" href="http://www.free-research.com">FreeResearch.com</a> has over 3902 industry reports on 27 diverse sectors. <a title="info and review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/781.html">(Click here to read more details and our review) </a></div> <div> </div> <div> <div><strong>5) Where can I find an airplane window?<br /></strong><a title="airplane window for sale" href=""><img style="margin:0px 0px 0px 3px;" title="airplane window, uncommon goods" height="100" alt="airplane window, uncommon goods" src="http://www.uncommongoods.com/images/product/17459_sm.jpg" width="100" align="right" border="0" /></a><a title="www.ChaCha.com" href="http://answers.chacha.com/">ChaCha</a> is like having a smart friend you can call or text for answers on your cell phone anytime for free. ChaCha works with virtually every provider and allows people with any mobile phone device - from basic flip phones to advanced smart phones - to ask any question in conversational English and receive an accurate answer as a text message in just a few minutes.<br /> What’s your question?<br /> Simply text your question to 242242 (spells ‘ChaCha’) or call 1-800-2ChaCha (800-224-2242) from your mobile phone to ask any question. <a title="info and review" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/781.html">(Click here to read more detail and our review)</a> </div></div> <div> </div> <div><br /><a title="talentzoo" href="http://oddpodz.talentzoo.com/index.php?action=do_search"><img alt="" src="http://www.luckyninedesign.com/oddpodz/talentzoobanner.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div> <p style="margin-right:0px;" dir="ltr"> <img style="margin:8px 5px 0px 0px;" title="Suzanne Ward Oddpodz profile" height="100" alt="Suzanne Ward Oddpodz profile" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/3113075793_7593bbf72e_t.jpg" width="89" align="left" border="0" /><strong>Featured Oddpod</strong><br /><a title="Suzanne Ward Oddpodz profile" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/view-edit-profile/smward.html">Suzanne Ward</a> does it all! From research to execution. Her skills include:  strategic & tactical marketing planning, new product introduction & launches, portfolio management & customer retention, market-based pricing strategies & ROI, partnerships, product development management, sales, marketing, revitalizing stagnant & declining sales,  competitive analysis, positioning, pricing, market evaluation, product line/pricing rationalization, user research, user interface design. She has product, brand, and marketing management experience in diverse range of markets and industries, with P&L responsibilities up to $100 million annual sales.</p> <p style="padding-bottom:10px;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(108,184,22);">Sound off in our <a title="Oddpodz forum" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/forum/2.html">forum</a></span></strong><br /> If you just starting receiving The Oddpodz Idea Engine, you may want to go to our <a title="Oddpodz blog" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/index.php">blog</a> and take a look at the FREE categories you missed. They’re indexed by subject under <a title="Free Biz Findz listings" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/118.html">*FREE Biz Findz</a>. </p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;font-size:9pt;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.2;padding-top:15px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="middle" bgcolor="#6cb816" colspan="2" height="80"> <p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;">What is FREE Biz Findz. • <a style="color:rgb(51,51,51);" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/">www.oddpodz.com</a></span></strong><br /> FREE Biz Findz is a feature of Oddpodz. We are an idea engine(SM) that powers business people, entrepreneurs and creative professionals that want to advance their careers and grow their enterprises. </p> <p align="center"><strong>We will post new FREE findz every week in our <a title="Oddpodz blog" href="http://www.oddpodz.com/blog/118.html">blog</a>. </strong><br /> They will include a mix of:<br /> • 100% services, products, best Web sites, ebooks and other learning tools, along with <br /> • carefully selected high-value, low-cost offers that may have small fees associated with them. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">We will always clearly label what is 100% FREE and what offers may have a small cost associated with them like shipping. The Oddpodz team will investigate every single FREE biz find we post and we report on what we think. </p> <p style="padding-right:40px;padding-left:40px;" align="center">Have a suggestion for a FREE biz find you’ve experienced? Or do you or your business have something of value you can offer our community that’s FREE? Send us an email at <a href="mailto:info@oddpodz.com">info@oddpodz.com</a>. If we think it’s worthy and valuable we’ll add it to our blog. </p></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~4/BDLyIROGgcs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icontact/xZMF/~3/BDLyIROGgcs/4-totally-free-research-resources-to-give-you-an-edge http://community.icontact.com/p/oddpodz/newsletters/oddpodz/posts/4-totally-free-research-resources-to-give-you-an-edge