Launching with Many Thanks
iDownloads2go has launched, and has been inspired by many organisations and people. I would like to take this opportunity to highlight the best companies, writers, articles, products and people that knowing it or not have added to this amazing journey. Many, many thanks. Theresa Hawkins
Inspiring & informative sites
Thanks to Trendwatching a great site that introduced me to the term SNACK CULTURE - it describes products that are easy to digest, easy to afford and easy to collect even more experiences, iDownloads2go’s has based the product range on offering affordable, interesting, bite-size products.
Thanks to Spring Wise that shares new business ideas around the world, very inspiring.
Thanks to Intelligence Squared a wonderful site for intellectual debate and content, especially to John Gordon a brilliant and charming entrepreneur, for his encouragement and advice.
Social media sites / Marketing
Thanks to Mashable The Social Media Guide particularly Pete Cashmore, whose tweets popping up on Tweetdeck are inspiring, informative and bang up to date.
Thanks to Tweetdeck really useful for seeing real-time and social web, allowing users to connect with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace.
Thanks to Facebook a social utility, which allows you to share your business and products with facebook users and customers, not to mention friends.
Thanks to Google blogger that enable blogs to be created like this. idownloads2go blog
Thanks to LinkedIn, which helps to strengthen and extend your network of trusted contacts.
Thanks to Twitter a great way to share and discover what is being said and happening right now. iDownloads2go tweets
Thanks to Bill Crosby a smart social media tweeter.
Thanks to Ustream tweets for their great live streams, updates and news.
Thanks to toprank for great tweets on online marketing.
Thanks to Lyris for ideas, news and tips for online marketers.
Thanks to Stumbleupon for a great variety, a great way to find the unexpected.
Thanks to AddThis – A free way to make it easy for visitors to share your content.
Support & services for startup businesses
Thanks to Business Link UK – Practical advice for new start up businesses. Interesting conferences, excellent business tools and personal support.
Thanks to Enterprise Nation a great free resource to help you start and grow a business at home. Particular thanks to Emma Jones the founder who is incredible helpful, motivating and supportive
Thanks to Bathcomms a fantastic web site design company that specialise in using Joomla content management system
Thanks to Joomla a very good content management system for web builds
Thanks to Cobley Desborough who provide an excellent accounting service for small businesses
Thanks to Ben Warmsley at SpringLaw. A brilliant lawyer, he is professional, focused and fast, he delivers all parts from setting up a new business, legal documents and advice.
Services for ecommerce businesses
Thanks to Survey Monkey a free online survey software.
Thanks to MailChimp an excellent email-marketing tool.
Thanks to YouSendIt popular online sharing software that provides secure file transfer and allows you to easily send large files
Thanks to PayPal one of the fastest, safest ways to make or receive an online payment
Thanks to Google Analytics a web analytics solution that gives you rich insights into your website traffic and marketing effectiveness.
Thanks to YouTube A way to share videos with friends, families the world.
Thanks to bit.ly a simple url shortener with real-time link tracking
Thanks to Kashflow an accounting software programme that is great for small businesses and directly links with PayPal
Thanks to Fasthosts good for domain names registering.
Thanks to Skype a free service that enables you to make free calls over the internet and share files.
Products
Thanks to Apple for amazing Macbook Pro, iPodtouch and iPhone brilliant products, great support,
Learnoutloud audio and video learning. Mp3 downloads, podcasts and videos
Gcsepod revision podcasts to make it easier for students to revise.
Creative Talent & Professionals
Thanks to Royalty Free Music who specialize in high quality royalty free music and production music
Thanks to Voices.com Voice talent agency.
Thanks to Voices 123 Voice talent agency.
Thanks to iStockphoto.com A great selection of royalty free stock images and photos.
Thanks to Vincent Dang my Logo designer