The 2016 Annual Fireside Chat With Neil Kristianson #144

This is our annual end of year episode with our favored guest Neil Kristianson, marketing and automated email expert. Neil  joins the fireside chat to discuss the top 10 tools for sales and marketing we used this past year.

Start off your 2017 with these great time savers. Pour a beer and enjoy!

Top 10 Tools Sales and Marketing in 2017

The top 5 tools are recommended by Pat. The bottom 10 tools were recommended by Neil.

1. SkyScanner.com -a travel tool that allows you to find the cheapest flight between countries over a months time.
2. Witopia.com –  a tool that provides virtual private network services that allows your computer to look like it’s in a different country on the internet (great for banking and communist countries).
3. Slack.com  – a messaging app for teams. Very slick way to build culture across teams geographically apart
4. WeChat.com – The premiere messaging app for individuals in Asia. Clever tool with features being cloned by FaceBook.
5. Genius Scan  –   A terrific app for scanning documents and converting them to a PDF
6. Scrivner – a management system for documents, notes and metadata designed to aid the writing process.
7. Video Motion Pro – instant video creation software.
8. Evernote –  Note taking app to  capture, nurture, and share text across any device.
9. GoToMeeting  the most famous screen sharing system for webinars, presentations, and alternative to the telephone
10. Lucid Chart –  intuitive and collaborative diagramming solution

Where To Find Neil Kristianson

You can find Neil online for automated email and marketing advice:

This is Neil’s email business Email Splat

This is the Facebook Forum he hosts Beyond the Opt-in

Neil’s new podcast Beyond The Opt-In