The word of the day today is convenience

If you work online one of the most desirable conditions that you look for in anything that you use, including apps and websites, is convenience. If an app is convenient to use its more desirable.  If a website is convenient to browse it gets more visits. Just like a convenience store an app or a website that specializes in convenience will always be more popular. The collection of apps presented here today excel in convenience.  They’re easy to use, make tasks less of a hassle and help you get things done faster.  In other words, they’re very convenient.  Have a look and take a few for a test run.  You’ll see that their convenience factor is off the charts. Enjoy.

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Mighty Deals – Some of the best deals on the web, every day.

One of the most convenient sites I know for web tools that have value is Mighty Deals.  They change up their deals every day and, if you sign up as a member they will send their ‘deal of the day’ right to your inbox. From software dealsto graphic design deals and deals on courses they have practically everything you need to get any job done online.I like them because they don’t waste your time with garbage and they have a ‘freebies’ page.

Best Feature – Membership is free.

Lost Type – A new way to get new fonts.

Depending on what you create online a new font may be just what you need to make your site stand out or give that ad copy a little zing.  The problem; new fonts don’t grow on trees.  That was before Lost Type, however, because now there’s a new way to get new fonts and they have it.  It’s called ‘pay what you want’ pricing and the name is very descriptive.  You can actually get new, unique fonts for whatever price you can afford.  It might not change the world but Lost Type gets my vote for most wallet-friendly site of the year.

Best feature – Lost Type takes absolutely no cut of the profits, which go directly to the font designers.

5 Minutes – Because creative types need websites too.

If you’re a creator, like a writer, photographer or graphic artist, you need a place to show, promote and sell your wares. 5 Minutes can help you put together a website that does all of that and they help you do it easy and fast.  Set up a site that attracts visits, ranks high on Google, looks great and has all the tools you need to sell your creations like a checkout page and shopping cart.  If you need a website to help you create an online presence this is the most convenient that I have seen.

Best Feature – Their site is very intuitive and simple, making the creation of your new website a breeze.

unbounce – Create landing pages that work.

If you’re not familiar with landing pages you probably don’t sell anything online. If you want to, you need this site.  Landing pages are basically the online ‘funnels’ that send potential customers to your website or blog. If they’re set up well they can drive potential revenue to your site and be incredibly lucrative. Unbounce really is for the novice online marketer but does hold some value for web experts. They give you a convenient platform for creating this very important part of the online sales puzzle.

Best Feature  – No matter your ability you can create excellent, fully functional landing pages.

Cropp Me – The most convenient way to crop multiple pictures.

A picture, as the saying goes, is worth a thousand words.  If you sell online you probably use lots of them.  You probably also know what a time-wasting activity cropping those pics can be.  Cropp Me takes the tedium out of cropping with a very smart app that helps you auto-crop pics to various popular sizes, like a FaceBook icon size, making this chore a good bit faster.

Best Feature – Quickly crop 1 pic for multiple sites in multiple sizes.

Dropbox– The most convenient file sharing app on the net.

Dropbox doesn’t need much of an introduction anymore as it’s one of the most popular file sharing apps on the entire web.  If you’re not familiar with it the app allows you to set up a ‘box’ on your computer or other device that you can ‘drop’ files into with the click of a mouse.  Those files are then instantly sent to your DropBox account in the cloud where they are accessible from anywhere using any device.  That is the definition of convenient.  I use this one all the time.

Best Feature – Give access to you DropBox account to whomever you wish to share files with, like Grandma so that see can see those pics of the grandkids.

Timely – For Twitter-holics, a convenient way to schedule tweets.

If you use the Twitter social platform for promotion you probably know that there are certain times of the day, week or month that will produce better results for your tweet.  With Timely you can now take advantage of that knowledge by scheduling tweets to go out at the best times to attract the most clicks and the best returns.  If you don’t use Twitter this app can be passed but if you do it offers a very convenient way to get the most out of this social media powerhouse.

Best Feature – You can analyze past tweets to find out what worked best and use that knowledge for future tweeting.