News

With these Twitter feeds, you’ll find out about the latest in investment and real estate news.

1. @HousingReporter: Joe Manausa blogs about housing and real estate investment.
2. @PropertyWire: Read @PropertyWire for global real estate and investment news.
3. @Century21: This major real estate sales organization will help you keep an ear to the ground for real estate news.
4. @zillow: Follow @zillow for up to date real estate market news.
5. @TimesProperty: @TimesProperty takes a look at real estate in the UK.
6. @RealEstateHQ: @RealEstateHQ is a great resource for the latest news and advice in real estate.
7. @trdny: The Real Deal has the latest in New York real estate news.
8. @propertytribe: @propertytribe is a network that discusses great deals in real estate investing.
9. @LATrealestate: @LATrealestate has real estate news and information for Southern California.
10. @real_estate_rpt: Check out @real_estate_rpt to learn about real estate news in the US.
11. @HomeGain: @HomeGain offers news for realtors, sellers, and more.
12. @UrbanDigs: @UrbanDigs follows real estate in NYC.
13. @FLNewHomes: Centerline Homes has real estate news, community updates, and info for realtors.
14. @RealEstateCafe: Real Estate Cafe discusses saving money on real estate.
15. @coldwellbnkr: Follow @coldwellbnkr for real estate news, tech, and info tweets.
16. @commsource: @commsource has all things commercial real estate.
17. @MSNRealEstate: Check out @MSNRealEstate has news, listings, tools, and advice for real estate.
18. @nyc_realestate: @nyc_realestate has live real estate updates for NYC.
19. @WSJRealEstate: WSJ’s tweets include real estate news updates.
20. @InmanNews: InMan shares real estate news, advice, and commentary.
21. @BigBuilder: @BigBuilder explores the news and management of America’s big builders.
22. @squarefeetblog: @squarefeet takes a look at commercial real estate news in Silicon Valley and beyond.

Realtors

Follow these Twitter feeds for news that’s especially useful to realtors.

23. @trulia: @trulia offers agent education on this Twitter account.
24. @Agentopolis: Ken shares great information for real estate agents.
25. @Green_Realtors: Follow @Green_Realtors for news and information about being a green realtor.
26. @Dwellicious: Dwellicious offers news and resources for agents and brokers.
27. @RealEstate__: Real Estate Global shares a social network for real estate professionals.
28. @RealtorAction: Realtor Action offers a voice and news for real estate.
29. @REMarketingTips: Visit @REMarketingTips for tips, tricks, and news in real estate marketing.
30. @REALTORS: Follow @REALTORS to find news that’s important to real estate agents.
31. @timandjulie: @timandjulie: Tim and Julie discuss real estate news, coaching, and training.
32. @remax: @remax follows real estate news and resources for real estate agents.
33. @realtorvoice: Find REALTOR news through @realtorvoice.
34. @homingCloud: @homingCloud discusses real estate resources and more.
35. @Realtor_News: Check out @Realtor_News for real estate marketing, news, info, and jobs for real estate professionals.
36. @LegalRealEstate: @LegalRealEstate has alerts and information for real estate.

Housing Market

On these Twitter accounts, you’ll be privy to trends and changes in the housing market.

37. @helpmortgage: @helpmortgage offers the freshest news on loan modification and refinance programs.
38. @luxuryhomemag: Luxury Home Magazine discusses luxury real estate and lifestyles.
39. @CurbedSF: Stay on top of San Francisco real estate with @CurbedSF.
40. @ForeclosureData: Josh Landsberg follows the US economy, foreclosure, and mortgage industry.
41. @Lennar: @Lennar shares insights for the home buying market.
42. @Redfin: See what @Redfin has to say about the housing market with a consumer focus.
43. @CurbedSeattle: Read about Seattle housing through @CurbedSeattle.
44. @RealtyTrac: @RealtyTrac follows foreclosures in the US and beyond.
45. @PropertyTalks: Property Talk offers international real estate and property news.
46. @CurbedNY: Follow Curbed to learn about NYC neighborhoods and real estate news.
47. @realcapital: With @realcapital, you’ll learn about trends and market research in commercial property investment.
48. @NickTimiraos: This reporter discusses the housing and mortgage markets.
49. @Swanepoel: Stefan Swanepoel offers his strategies for real estate trends.
50. @WSJDevelopments: @WSJDevelopments tracks the housing markets, with analysis and insight.
51. @Homescout: HomeScout takes a look at homes and apartments available on the market.
52. @realtyflipper: Follow @realtyflipper to learn about foreclosure and REO homes on the market.
53. @TheHousingGuru: John Mulkey is a former builder sharing information and news about buying and selling homes.
54. @duplexes: Follow @duplexes to learn about the rental market and more for duplex homes.
55. @warrenrentals: Warren Rentals discusses apartment finding, roommates, and more.
56. @Help_Landlords: This landlord offers discussion and news for other landlords.
57. @RentJuice: You’ll learn about rental news and marketing through @RentJuice.
58. @movetrends: Audie Chamberlain discusses trends in real estate.
59. @househunting: @househunting discusses real estate and home listings, info, and advice.
60. @AltosResearch: Altos Research takes a look at housing market analytics on this Twitter account.
61. @dwell: Follow trends in furniture, housing, and architecture through @dwell.
62. @HGTVFrontDoor: HGTV’s Twitter account discusses home sales across America.
63. @By_Owners: Check out @By_Owners for a network of FSBO websites.
64. @REsheets: Perry Paolini takes a look at financial analysis.
65. @mortgage_match: Sue Stewart writes all about getting mortgage financing online.
66. @MortgageMinute: Steve takes a look at real estate in the Mortgage Minute.
67. @NatlMortgagePro: Follow this Twitter account to learn about the latest in mortgage origination, settlement, and servicing.
68. @NatMortgageNews: @NatMortgageNews has breaking news headlines for the mortgage industry.
69. @mortgagereports: Dan Green is a loan officer discussing mortgages and more.
70. @mortgagenewsmnd: @mortgagenewsmnd offers daily news and analysis for mortgage and real estate.

News

With the help of these blogs, you can stay on top of real estate news.

1. The Real Estate Grapevine: Stay up to date on real estate news through the Real Estate Grapevine.
2. AGBeat: Agent Genius takes a look at real estate trends.
3. AOL Real Estate: Candy Evans is a real estate reporter and blogger discussing secondary homes and more.
4. ActiveRain: ActiveRain is a real estate network offering news and resources.
5. Clean Slate Blog: Better Homes and Gardens shares insights into the real estate industry on this blog.
6. OnBlog: OnBoard discusses the art and science of information in real estate and beyond on this blog.
7. Real Estate Cafe: Real Estate Cafe shares money-saving services for home buyers and sellers.
8. Altos Research: Altos Research shares a look into the real estate market.
9. Property Grunt: Property Grunt takes a look at the information and commentary in the real estate market.
10. Voices of Real Estate: Voices of Real Estate takes a look at the current state of real estate.
11. AOL Real Estate: AOL shares updates from the world of real estate on this blog.
12. Dr. Housing Bubble: Dr. Housing Bubble shares a candid look at today’s housing market.
13. Bubble Meter: Bubble Meter keeps an eye on the housing bubble in the US.
14. Zillow Blog: Zillow shares real estate market stats, news, and other information for real estate.
15. The Real Estate Beat: The Real Estate Beat has expertise and discussions from leading real estate companies of the world.
16. Economists’ Outlook: This blog features statistics, data, and more from real estate economists.
17. Info Central: Info Central discusses resources and information for the real estate community.
18. Real Estate Undressed: Larry Cragun discusses real estate, mortgages, and common sense on this blog.
19. Paper Economy: Paper Economy is a US real estate bubble blog.
20. Real Estate Industry Watch: This blog offers up to the minute real estate news.
21. Trulia Blog: Trulia Blog covers celebrity homes, eye candy, the real estate industry, and more.
22. HomeGain: HomeGain shares commentary from industry professionals including real estate agents and brokers.
23. Your Property Path: Find news and updates on the real estate market on Your Property Path.

Finance & Appraisal

These blogs have everything from appraisals to investing.

24. Real Estate Blog: The Real Estate Blog has resources for real estate investing and more.
25. Bigger Pockets Blog: The Bigger Pockets Blog takes a look at real estate investing.
26. REI Club: Real estate investors can learn about the business from this blog.
27. Appraisal Insight: Appraisal Insight is a great place to read about real estate appraisal news.
28. Appraisal Scoop: Stay on top of appraisals with the help of this blog.

Local & Home Watch

Keep up with these blogs to follow local and specialty housing trends.

29. Second Shelters: Second Shelters takes a look at the market for second homes.
30. the FrontSteps: theFrontSteps shares real estate gossip, news, and insight in San Francisco.
31. Resort Life: Resort Life discusses news and events for the second home market.
32. Swamplot: Learn about Houston’s real estate landscape by reading Swamplot.
33. The Real Estalker: The Real Estalker is obsessed with celebrity homes.
34. Localism: Localism offers a complete guide to the world’s neighborhoods.
35. New Geography: New Geography takes a look at the economic, demographic, and political commentary about places.
36. Curbed LA: Study LA neighborhoods and real estate with Curbed LA.
37. Menifee Homes: This blog offers a homebuyer’s guide to Menifee, CA and the US.
38. Real Estate Communities Learn about real estate communities, marketing ideas, and other issues in real estate from REC.
39. Curbed: Study interior decor, design, and real estate around the US on Curbed.

Business & Marketing

Reading these blogs will help you better develop your business and marketing.

40. Leadership Lab: Leadership Lab discusses leadership for the future of real estate.
41. Real Estate Marketing Blog: The Real Estate Marketing Blog offers marketing tips and ideas for real estate websites.
42. 1000Watt Blog: Read the 1000Watt Blog to find out about marketing and innovation in real estate.
43. Real Estate Relativity: Real Estate Relativity takes a look at media and innovation in the real estate industry.
44. Point2M: Point2 discusses real estate, marketing, and software on this blog.
45. Future of Real Estate Marketing: Read this blog to learn about the future of real estate marketing.
46. The Source: the Source shares information for commercial real estate.
47. Build Real Estate Results: Check out this blog for web centric real estate marketing.
48. BloodhoundBlog: Bloodhound Blog discusses real estate marketing and technology.
49. Real Estate Marketing SEO Blog: Accelerate your online marketing of real estate using this blog.
50. Sellsius: Learn about cool tools and real estate marketing on Sellsius.

Two additional criteria when looking into your school’s accreditation is whether the accreditor is approved by the U.S. Department of Education, and how long the school has had full accreditation from the accreditor. For a comprehensive list of accredited institutions, visit the Department of Education’s database.

Different disciplines may require accreditation from more than one organization. For example, the best nursing schools are accredited by both the CCNE (Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education) and NLNAC (National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission).

In some instances, there can be more prestige associated with some accreditors than others. For MBA programs, accreditation from AACSB – International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) is internationally recognized and considered to be the highest standard of business school accreditation. When looking for MBA graduates, employers and recruiters will look for degrees earned by programs accredited by AACSB – International.

If earning your online degree in counseling, you’ll want to enroll in a program that is accredited by CACREP, the Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Education Programs. For a degree in education, your program should be accredited by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC).

For specifically online institutions, your school should be accredited by the Distance Education Training Council (DETC), which has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education since 1955.

Individual states will also have accrediting bodies. You’ll also want to be sure that your institution is accredited by one of these six regional accreditors of higher education:

• New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
• North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA)
• Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges (NWCCU)
• Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges (MSA)
• Southern Association of Schools and Colleges (SACS)
• Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

General

Pay attention to your manners, be a real person, and follow these tips to do well on LinkedIn.

1. Be polite: Remember your manners when interacting with others on LinkedIn.
2. Stay active: Update routinely-you don’t want it to look like no one’s home.
3. Keep an eye on your competition: Check out the public profile for companies to see who they are hiring and more.
4. Research a company’s health: Look for former employees to get candid opinions.
5. Say thank you: Always remember to say thanks, publicly or privately, when someone does something thoughtful for you.
6. Write like a human: Avoid dry writing-robots are reading your profile, but people are more important.
7. Ask questions: Get answers and contribute to the knowledge available on LinkedIn with questions.

Job Search

These tips will come in handy for those working on a job search.

8. Make connections where you want to work: Get connected with people on the inside that can give you an in where you want to work.
9. Don’t advertise being unemployed: Avoid the temptation to advertise that you’re unemployed-recruiters believe that employed workers are better employees.
10. Look up potential employers: Before going into an interview, make sure and look up potential employers to find all of the information you can.

Networking & Connections

Pay attention to these tips that can help you with your network of LinkedIn contacts.

11. Send personalized connection requests: When you send an invitation, make sure you’ve for a personalized message to go along with it.
12. Connect your contacts: Provide a valuable social resource and become a more influential person by connecting your contacts.
13. Initiate a conversation: After you’ve made a connection with someone, keep the ball rolling with a new conversation.
14. Raise funding: Find mentors or potential investors with the help of your LinkedIn network.
15. Look up everyone you know: You’ll never know the connections you have until you find everyone you possibly can.
16. Get answers to questions: Ask your friends to help you out with tough business questions.
17. Reply to connection requests: When you accept connection requests, be sure to send a short message back.
18. Search in terms and industries: Connect with people you don’t personally know by searching on terms and industries.
19. Start a group: Become the center of information and a connector on LinkedIn by starting a group.
20. Do small things: Click "like" on shared articles, write short notes of congratulations, and find other ways to show others that you’re listening to what they’re saying.
21. Reach out to event attendees: If you’re attending an event, be sure to talk to attendees that you’re connected with.
22. Take advantage of travel: Check out your connections by location, and let them know when you’re going to be traveling to their area.

Profile

Follow these tips for setting up and maintaining your profile.

23. Find out who’s viewed your profile: See the statistics on your profile to learn more about your performance on LinkedIn, and know when it’s a good time to follow up with a contact.
24. Update at least every 3 months: Make sure your profile reflects your changing roles.
25. Be transparent: Let people learn about you, but still be appropriate.
26. Rearrange your profile sections: Showcase what’s most important to you by putting it front and center.
27. Include your entire job history: People may be trying to find you by searching for previous companies you’ve worked for.
28. Optimize your job titles: Use descriptive keywords in your job titles to attract relevant search engine traffic.
29. Customise your links: Instead of using generic links, create personal URLs with more meaning.
30. Establish keywords: Consider what words you’d like people to use in order to find you, and make sure they are used liberally in your profile.
31. Join groups: Associate the name of the group with your search profile.
32. Don’t forget your headline: Make sure that your headline is filled in and accurately reflects your situation.
33. Create a unique URL: Use LinkedIn’s vanity URLs to control your Google results.
34. Add a repeatable photo: Of course you’re going to add a photo-make sure it’s the same one you use on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites.
35. Answer questions: Win new business by answering questions in your area of expertise.
36. Create an email signature file: Display your contact info and link to your LinkedIn profile in every email you send with a signature file.
37. Are you public?: Consider whether you’d like your full profile to be publicly viewed or not, and adjust your privacy settings accordingly.
38. Don’t link to unused websites: Showcase websites or profiles that are updated regularly instead of dead ends.
39. Fill out your profile: Don’t leave your profile incomplete, or it will look like you’re not doing much.
40. Find meaningful content to re purpose: For example, use tools like Company Buzz to highlight mentions of you or your brand on Twitter.
41. Pay special attention to Specialties: Include all of your areas of expertise in the Specialties field.
42. Use applications: Make use of applications that show your blog, presentations, and more on your profile.
43. Share updates: Let people know what you’re up to, in a professional way.

Recommendations

These tips will help you get the most out of the recommendations feature on LinkedIn.

44. Use strong language: Start off with the strongest things you can say about a person.
45. Give recommendations to get them: Acquire recommendations by writing statements of review of people in your network.
46. Request while your relationship is fresh: After leaving a company or meeting someone, be sure to ask for a recommendation while you are still fresh in their mind.
47. Be brief: Don’t write an essay-write a short recommendation.
48. Ask for recommendations: Talk to colleagues and friends, and ask them to write recommendations for you.
49. Be gentle with negatives: Be careful not to crush someone in a recommendation, and if you can’t say something nice, don’t recommend them.
50. Don’t publish every recommendation: You don’t have to publish recommendations that you don’t like.

Comparison Shopping

A smart online shopper knows that comparison shopping is easy and will get you the best price. Use these tools to save money while shopping online.

1. Zap To.Us Price Search Bar. Compare prices for any item among the many merchants in the Zap To.Us directory.
2. Book Burro. Any time you are on a website that mentions a book, this tool will instantly compare prices online or find out if it is available at your local library.
3. Tesco Money Saver. Shop for the best grocery prices at Tesco.com with this tool.
4. One Click Best Deal. With one simple click you can find the best price online for whatever item you are trying to find.
5. Ultimate Pricechecker. Use this toolbar to compare prices, get price protection from participating merchants, and learn about coupons all while you shop online.
6. Shopzilla. This add-on that allows you to use right-click menus to access popular shopping sites and compare prices.
7. DealMine. Compare discounts, miles, points, and other rewards from major membership programs and compare with other shopping results too so you can find the best deal online.
8. FiDough — Fetching the best prices on the Net. While you are looking at any product on any webpage on the Internet, this tool will bring up prices for that products at online stores so you can discover and compare prices.
9. Buy it online. Just highlight the name of a product on any website, then right-click and select "Buy it online" for a listing of all the online offerings for that item.
10. PriceAdvance. Compare prices on over 10 million products from US merchants with this tool.
11. Shopping Helper. Get price alerts and price tracking based on your shopping list.
12. Price It. Compare prices from tons of popular online merchants.

Discounts, Coupons, Cash Back, and Price Protection

Even if you’ve found the lowest price on the Internet, you can still find ways to save more with these discounts, coupons, price protection, and cash-back opportunities.

13. Price Protectr Toolbar. Protect your purchases from participating merchants with this toolbar that also alerts you to coupons, free shipping, and other deals while you shop.
14. Coupon Digger. This tool alerts you to coupons that will save you money while you are shopping online.
15. Cashback Guardian. If you do any online shopping in the UK, then download this tool that will alert you to any cashback opportunities from 30 different sites.
16. Offers.com. If any offers are available on the websites you visit, this tool will alert you to them.
17. Coupon Finder. Check out the small link at the bottom of the page you are browsing to see all coupons available from that merchant.
18. Vouchers.Im Indicator. Get valid voucher codes for any merchant you visit on the web.
19. RetailMeNot. Get notifications of any discount codes available as you are searching various websites with this tool.
20. KeepCash Coupon Notifier. This add-on lets you know if a coupon exists for the site you are browsing as you are shopping.
21. Shopping Bag. Meant to be used in conjunction with iBakeSale, you will need to sign up for a free account, then get cash back from many online stores as you shop.
22. DailyDealsBar Toolbar. All the great deals at many top websites come to you each day without searching to help you save money.
23. RedFlagDeals.com Toolbar. For Canadian merchant sites, use this add-on to alert you to any coupons or discounts available or notifications when something becomes available.
24. CoupMark. Add your preferences for retailers, shopping preferences, or keywords, then just click to get access to random coupons tailored to your interests.
25. Savvy Circle Plugin. As you are shopping online at one of these 100+ stores, add items to your wishlist and when they go on sale, you will get a notification.
26. MyShopSpace.com Deal Finder. This tool helps you find coupons, discounts, and sales with over 3000 online merchants.

Shopping at Specific Sites

Whether you like to find your deals on eBay, Craigslist, Amazon, or Woot, you can use these tools to ensure you find the best deal possible.

27. eBay Hidden Auction Search. Use this tool to find eBay auction items that are misspelled. These items are hard to find and typically go for much lower prices.
28. eBay Buddy. Easily search eBay for what you want, then compare the different prices to find the best deal.
29. BidBall – eBay auction sniper. Snipe your eBay bids automatically and save money with this tool.
30. Biet-O-Zilla. This add-on allows you to make last-minute bids on eBay.
31. eBay Sidebar for Firefox. Keep up with your bidding on eBay with this tool that keeps you logged in and even lets you customize your alerts.
32. myTimeZone for eBay. Convert all time zones on eBay to your local time zone so you never miss the end of an auction again.
33. PackageMapping.com Extension. If you sell on eBay, this tool will help you easily keep track of your packages shipped through USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL.
34. My Buy Watcher. This tool searches Amazon.com, eBay, and Craigslist to find the best price on what you want to purchase.
35. CraigZilla. Stay on top of Craigslist postings to find the best deal for whatever you are seeking with this tool.
36. Price Drop. Monitor prices on Amazon.com with this tool that also lets you know if the price drops after you have made a purchase.
37. BuyLater – Price and Stock Watching for Amazon Sites. Add a "Buy Later" button on Amazon pages so you can track pricing and availability for items.
38. Amazon Shopper. This Amazon tool includes a Price Watcher, product search tool, and a 30-day price tracker good for both before and after purchase.
39. Apnoti Amazon Price Notification. Get notifications when the price drops on any item you are watching on many of the Amazon stores.
40. Pluribo: Instant Summaries. This add-on will summarize all the reviews of a particular product on Amazon.com so you can quickly get a feel for what others have to say about items, saving you time spent reading all the reviews and money for purchases that are not worthwhile.
41. MAB. Time is money, so save both with this tool that allows you to search Amazon more quickly with more focused results.
42. Amazon Prime Search – iPrimr. Amazon Prime members will appreciate this tool that helps search for Prime-eligible items only.
43. Amazon.com Price Drop Alert. This tool alerts you when the price of your purchase from Amazon goes down so you can take advantage of their 30-day refund policy.
44. Ookong – Tailor your own deals @ Amazon.com. Get real-time notification when the price drops on an item you are following at Amazon.com.
45. Woot Watcher. Keep up with the daily deals at Woot including current item, price, and an alert when it is sold out.
46. Woot BOC. Get notifications and automatically open the order page when items become available on Woot.

Save on Travel

With such a wide range of prices available for travel expenses, these tools are essential to guarantee you save money on your travel.

47. Yapta. Use this add-on to compare flight prices. If the price of your flight goes down before purchasing, Yapta will let you know.
48. KAYAK Paddle. As you browse websites, this tool will provide you with the lowest airfare for the destinations you are researching.
49. Kayak Search. Put an icon at the bottom of your browser to allow you to find low airfare, hotels, and car rentals with Kayak.com.
50. Expedia. Use this popular travel site more easily as you find the best deals for cruises, airfare, car rental, hotels, and vacation packages.
51. 1 Stop Travel and Retail Product Search. If your travels take you through America, Canada, Europe, or India, then use this tool to find the best deals on airlines, car rentals, and even major retailers.
52. INeedAHotel.com. Get information on hotels all around the world when you use this add-on.
53. FareFirst. Monitor airfares with this tool that captures the daily fare updates from airlines.
54. JetLite Flight Travel Search. Search for the lowest airfare online with this tool.
55. JetAirways flight Travel Search. JetAirways fans can find the lowest fares when they use this add-on.
56. Advanced Travel. Compare several different travel sites at once to make sure you are getting the best deal possible.
57. The HotBar – HotBar-Travel. Get travel deals, Google search, and links to websites all with this tool.
58. 123 Travel Search. This tool allows you to enter your travel information just once, then compare prices amongst the providers you select.
59. Lonely Planet. Don’t worry about spending money on expensive travel guides, download this add-on instead to have access to Lonely Planet travel guides.
60. World Travel Guide. If Lonely Planet wasn’t enough, try the travel guides available when you use this tool.
61. Openplaces Search. This tool provides travel information from several different sites so you can get everything in one place.
62. Air Miles Shops Detection. If you collect air miles, then this tool will help you recognize when you are visiting a site that provides air miles with purchases.

Donate Money without Using Your Own

Everyone likes giving to charity, but when you don’t have enough left from your paycheck for yourself, it’s difficult to give to others. These add-ons make giving to charity easy–and free.

63. GoodSearch. Use this add-on when searching the Internet and 50% of their revenues go to charities and schools of your choice.
64. Green. Fight global warming while you surf the Internet with Green.
65. Better The World. Raise money for your favorite causes by using this tool that generates ads based on your interests while you browse the web.
66. Good Deeds. This tool reminds you to visit websites with free donation buttons so you can make donations every day without spending a cent.
67. NeoAid Toolbar. Browse the web and donate to causes just by downloading this add-on.
68. Swapable. Swap out ads for those related to charities of your choice and money raised through the ad-clicks go to these organizations.
69. Koopmetjehart. This add-on that will notify you when you are shopping with a participating merchant and you can select a charity to receive a portion of your purchase price.
70. BuyBuddy. Whether you are shopping on Amazon.com or not, this tool will tag items that are a part of the Amazon Associates program and automatically apply a portion of your purchase to whatever charity you have selected.
71. Effortless Good. Shop at Amazon.com with this tool and part of your purchase will go to non-profits helping with global causes.

Monitor, Protect, and Save Your Money

From keeping an eye on your online ad revenue to monitoring your energy usage to counting your cell phone minutes, these tools will help you keep a close watch on your money.

72. MoneyQuake. If you earn money from online ad systems, monitor them all with this add-on.
73. Adsense Notifier. This tool displays your Adsense earnings on your status bar.
74. Minute Minder for AT&T Service. Keep track of your minutes, text messages, and more with this tool.
75. TMobile (USA) Minutes Used. This tool shows your used minutes in the status bar.
76. TED the Toolbar. If you use TED the Energy Detective or TED Footprints, this add-on lets you monitor your energy consumption and offers suggestions on how to save energy and money.
77. ECM Toolbar. Similar to TED, but for those with ECM 1220 or 1240, this toolbar helps you monitor your energy consumption.
78. PayPal Instant Transfer Zapper. Stop Pay Pal’s Instant Transfer that takes your money straight from your bank account with this tool.
79. Quitomzilla. Quit smoking and find out how much money and time you are saving in the process with this add-on.
80. LeechBlock. Don’t let yourself waste too much time on websites that can lower your work productivity by using this tool that allows you to choose specific sites and describe how much blocking you want for each.
81. Email Discipline. Another tool to help control your time away from work, this one also works on popular email programs from Google, Hotmail, Yahoo!, and more.
82. Forex Currency Converter. Great if you are purchasing from a website using a different currency, this tool instantly convert a price into over 180 different currencies so you know exactly how much you are spending.
83. buySAFE Shopping Advisor. With this tool, you can shop with bonded merchants, get free identity theft insurance, and even get ratings on many online stores.
84. Lockfox. Keep your passwords safe while using Firefox with this tool. You never have to worry about unscrupulous people getting access to your credit card numbers or bank account.

Personal Finances and Stocks

Keep track of your finances, ensure you aren’t adding up late fees for overdue bills, and monitor your investments with these financial tools.

85. Firebux. Keep track of your personal finances with this add-on from Buxfer.
86. Moneytrackin. Organize your personal finances or simplify group financial endeavors through Moneytrackin with this add-on.
87. Billeo for Firefox on Mac (Intel) – Free. Manage online purchases and bill-paying with this tool that will keep you from ever having to pay late fees again.
88. Mortgage Broker Toolbar. While designed specifically for those in the UK, this add-on helps you understand all you need to know about mortgage brokers so that you don’t make any costly mistakes and even provides a free credit report.
89. Stock Pilot – Equity Research. Research stocks easily at several different sites with this add-on.
90. Ticker Tool. Search for stocks on Google Finance, Yahoo! Finance, and sec.gov with this tool.
91. Currency Watch. Get real-time currency conversion rates for over 100 different currencies from Yahoo! Finance.
92. Currency Changer. Keep an eye on currency rates, get detailed charts, and even select where your information comes from with this add-on.
93. Exch. Follow currency trends and get conversions based on Yahoo! Finance.
94. The HotBar – finance. Keep an eye on finance news easily or use the Google search incorporated in this tool.
95. Foxstocks. Get up to 10 stock tickers and prices in your toolbar with this tool that is updated through Google Finance.
96. StockMashup. This tool provides stock charts, quotes, and news from Yahoo! Finance and Google News.

Make Money

While you may not become a millionaire from these opportunities, use these add-ons to see if you can line your pockets with a little extra spending money.

97. OblinQ. Promote things you like and earn money on them if they are from a partner store or set up your own store without expensive fees.
98. CashAddOn. Get cash back on your purchases made online with this tool.
99. Squidoo. Make money by creating lenses on Squidoo with this add-on.
100. Link Gateway Link Builder. Create sponsored links to earn extra money with this tool.

Home life seems to get more and more complicated as days go by. There are chores, paperwork, and lots of maintenance to deal with, but your home doesn’t have to take over your life. By using tools that streamline the work of businesses, you’ll find that it’s easy to get things done. Read on and you’ll find 101 tools that will make your home run like a business.

Goals

Most businesses set goals, usually for sales. You can create and track goals for your own home with these tools.

1. Don’t Break the Chain: With this online tracking tool, you’ll be able to keep up with yearly goals.
2. Family Goal Checklist: Make use of this tool to reach your goals as a family.
3. 43Things: Get support for your personal goals from this site.
4. Joe’s Goals: Use Joe’s Goals to manage your home’s goals.
5. LifeTango: Use this tool to stay on top of your goals.

Finance

Carefully keep an eye on your bottom line with these tools.

6. iOWEYOU: Carefully stay on top of personal "invoices" using this tool for expense sharing.
7. How Much Am I Spending?: You can make budget cuts with the help of this tool.
8. NetworthIQ: Stay on top of your debts and assets to monitor your net worth with the help of this tool.
9. Wesabe: Wesabe offers a money tool that takes advantage of social media.
10. Moneytrackin’: Find out where all of your money goes with the help of this tool.
11. Xpenser: Make use of Xpenser, and you’ll be able to stay on top of your expenses.
12. Paybackable: Using Paybackable, you’ll get simple and useful online expense reports.
13. Mint: Use Mint to keep tabs on your personal finances in an incredibly organized way.

Organization

Use these tools to stay organized just like a business.

14. Actionize: Actionize will help you keep it all together-tasks, addresses, and more
15. Stuffopolis: With Stuffopolis, it’s super easy to take an inventory of what you own.
16. Priorganizer: Use this online organizer to prioritize your to do list.
17. Evernote: Get notes that sync to your desktop and more with Evernote.
18. TripIt: TripIt offers a great way to plan your trip and itinerary.
19. delicious: delicious will help you keep track of important sites and webpages for your home.
20. Jott: Using Jott, you can send yourself notes through phone calls, Twitter, and more.
21. Netvibes: Netvibes makes keeping your online life together a snap, with everything all in one place.
22. Helipad: With Helipad, you can organize and write documents, notes, and to do lists.
23. Backpack: Get all of your important documents, snippets, and notes safe in one place with Backpack.
24. Oxios: Oxios is a to do list that offers Microsoft Outlook syncing.
25. Mindomo: Use this mindmapping tool to get your thoughts organized.
26. Remember the Milk: Using this app, you can keep your to do list handy and accessible online and off.
27. MindMeister: Use MindMeister in order to map the thoughts in your mind.

Scheduling

Keep on top of your home’s schedule with these useful tools.

28. Google Calendar: Use Google Calendar to create a schedule the whole house can stay on top of.
29. TimeToMeet: With TimeToMeet, you can set up meetings with family members and more.
30. Time Tracker: Track your entire day with the help of this tool to find out where your time and efforts are going.
31. GooSync: GooSync is a useful tool for synchronizing your mobile calendar and Google Calendar.
32. Cozi: Use this tool to determine the schedule for your entire family.
33. 30 Boxes: 30 Boxes offers a simple, usable way to organize your home’s schedule online.

Communication & Documents

Stay in touch and keep the lines of communication open with the help of these tools.

34. Grand Central: With Grand Central, you’ll get one number to all of your phones, plus one central voice mailbox.
35. Highrise: Highrise offers a simple, but robust way to keep track of all of your contacts.
36. Thunderbird: This email client from Mozilla rivals the power of Microsoft Outlook.
37. Big Contacts: Using this site, you can track conversations, manage your contacts, and more.
38. Campfire: Gather around the Campfire to chat with your home team, complete with text and files in real time.
39. Flickr: Use Flickr in order to share your images and video with friends and family around the world.
40. My Heritage: With My Heritage, it’s easy to get networked with your family.
41. Wengophone: Get free PC-to-PC calls, chat, and video conferencing with Wengo.
42. LiveMeeting: Check out LiveMeeting in order to create a web conference for your home.
43. Fuser: Fuser will simplify your communications, putting everything together in one inbox.
44. Cabos: Cabos offers transfers, searches, and file sharing.
45. WORKetc: Use WORKetc to get tools for home work, like timesheets, calendars, document management, and more.
46. Docly: With Docly, you’ll get word processing that offers built in copyright protection.
47. PBwiki: Use PBwiki to share and organize household information.
48. Gliffy: Gliffy makes it easy for you to share drawings, flow charts, and more.
49. Central Desktop: Use Central Desktop to share files and communication throughout your home.Writeboard: With Writeboard, you can collaborate and share documents.
50. Google Docs: Make use of Google Docs to get online documents in real time.
51. Panthius: Panthius offers a full ebusiness suite for scheduling, managing contacts, and more.
52. Zoho: Using Zoho’s office tools, you’ll be able to work on spreadsheets, documents, and more.
53. GreenDOC: Get a simple and free word processor from GreenDOC.
54. ThinkFree: ThinkFree isn’t just an office suite-it has 1 gigabyte of storage, too.
55. Splashcast: Splashcast offers a simple way to create slideshows online.
56. Zamzar: Convert all of your files to usable formats with the help of Zamzar.
57. PDFCreator: Create PDFs from any windows program using this tool.
58. Kexi: Kexi offers a database engine and design forms for getting data.
59. koolwire: koolwire will email you PDF documents.
60. NeoOffice: NeoOffice brings a set of fully featured office applications to Mac computers.
61. Webnote: With Webnote, you can take notes on your web browser, and access them from anywhere.
62. Krunch: Use Krunch to zip and unzip your files online.
63. NVU: NVU is a web authoring system for both Linux and Microsoft Windows.
64. Inkscape: Inkscape offers open source vector graphics editing.
65. Orangoo: Use Orangoo to get an online spellchecker.
66. Smartsheet: SmartSheeet makes it easy to create documents with history tracking.
67. ConTEXT: ConTEXT is a free and simple text editor.
68. Docbook: Docbook provides users with a useful publishing tool.
69. Dia: Inspired by Visio, this tool offers a great way to create diagrams.
70. Archimedes: Archimedes provides users with a great way to create computer aided drafts and graphics.
71. Open Office: Open Office offers an open source productivity suite.
72. GIMP: GIMP will make it easy for you to edit photos and graphic design.
73. Thumbstacks: Thumbstacks makes it easy to make outlines and slideshows online.
74. Skype: Skype allows you to make calls around the world, often for free.
75. MyQuire: Need to work on something together on the go? Try MyQuire, which offers mobile online collaboration.
76. Meebo: You can update multiple IM clients with the help of this tool.
77. Box: Box offers a super simple tool for sharing files.
78. My Family: Use My Family to create a family site that will allow you to easily stay in touch with family members.

On the Go

Use these tools to keep your home running even when you’re not there.

80. GoToMyPC: With this tool, you’ll be able to access your PC from anywhere, remotely and securely.
81. eOffice: eOffice will give you the ability to edit documents on your mobile device, and integrate with Google Docs.
82. HTTrack: Download webpages for offline use with the help of HTTrack.
83. Agenda One: Agenda One offers an excellent mobile time management tool.

Planning & Project Management

These tools can help you stay on top of renovations, vacation planning, and more.

84. Basecamp: Basecamp offers file sharing, time tracking, to do lists, message boards, and lots more, all online.
85. ProjectOffice: ProjectOffice will simplify your home project’s issues and knowledge.
86. Socializr: Using this tool, you can plan parties and gatherings in a super organized way.
87. Open Workbench: You can control schedules, communication, finances, and more with Open Workbench.
88. DeskAway: This project management tool will help you track, organize and manage your projects.
89. Taskado: Taskado will help you keep on task and stay organized.

Human Resources & Time Management

With these tools, you can make sure that everyone in your home is pulling their weight.

90. Teamwork Project Manager: Teamwork Project Manager will make it simple for you to stay on top of your home’s tasks and find out who is getting things done.
91. Toodledo: Toodledo will bring some organization to your home’s task list.
92. Chore Buster: This tool will make it easy for you to divide the chores in your home.
93. Online Alarm Clock: Stay on top of important deadlines by using the Online Alarm Clock.
94. Monkey on Your Back: Use this tool to make sure that everyone in your home stays on top of important tasks.
95. TrackMyPeople: You can track time and create timesheets with TrackMyPeople.
96. TimeXchange: With this app, you’ll be able to keep track of your projects and time spent.
97. myHours: Get time management, timesheets, and time tracking from myHours.
98. Who Does: Who Does simplifies the chore of assigning home chores and tasks.
99. RescueTime: With RescueTime, you’ll be able to find out how you and others in your home spend time.

Health

Step up to an executive fitness regimen with these health tools.

100. Traineo: Traineo offers fitness goal tracking with help from your family and friends.
101. iTrainHarder: Using iTrainHarder, you can track and plan your fitness goals.

General Comparison Websites

Follow these sites to better deals. Shop by category or look up specific products.

1. PriceGrabber: Look up specific merchandise or browse by category to compare prices.
2. mySimon: mySimon helps you compare prices on hobbies, home decorating, baby items, clothing, and more.
3. Epinions: Find reviews and price points for music, movies, electronics, cars and gifts.
4. PriceWatch: Find out "who has the lowest price" on electronics, computer equipment, shoes, jewelry and clothing.
5. PriceScan: PriceScan shows you price trends, vendor ratings, price comparisons and more.
6. DealTime: Here you can read reviews, search for specific products, and browse shopping categories.
7. Shopping.com: Shopping.com boasts many shopping categories, plus a Shop Green section for eco-friendly products.
8. Shopzilla: This simple, cute shopping search engine has many different "departments" like health and beauty, and jewelry and watches.
9. Yahoo! Shopping: Yahoo! users can compare prices and shop online while checking e-mail and more.
10. Street Prices: Find out the lowest prices on popular items, from electronics to video games to musical instruments to alternative energy.
11. NexTag: NexTag lets you save recent searches, maintain a shopping list, and keep a wish list.
12. Amazon.com: Shop for the lowest deals on everything from tools to groceries.
13. Froogle: Froogle is Google’s answer to price comparison shopping.
14. RoboShopper: RoboShopper searches other price comparison websites to find the best deals.
15. Shop.com: Search departments, find buying guides and discover low prices on books, home products, beauty, shoes, and more.
16. BizRate: Departments on BizRate include toys and games; sports and outdoors; home and garden; furniture; and more.

Auto

Compare fuel economy and overall car price on these sites.

17. FuelEconomy.gov: Compare the fuel economy of different cars to find out which one will get you the best deal on gas.
18. Kelly Blue Book: The Kelly Blue Book compares new car prices and used car prices.
19. CarPrice.com: Here you can compare up to three different cars.
20. TrueDelta: This site features an "apples to apples" car price comparison guide.
21. Car Rental Express: Compare the reputation and value of different car rental agencies around the world.

Homes and Property

Look up market price and home values here.

22. Home Price Comparison Index: Coldwell Banker’s tool lets you compare your house value against up to three different markets.
23. Zillow: Zillow is a real estate tool that lets you compare home prices, among other things.
24. Yahoo! Real Estate: Learn all about home values and the market on this comparison site.
25. Trulia: Trulia features a home comparison tool in addition to its market stats and advice pages.
26. HomeValues.com: Compare the price of your home to recently sold homes in your area.
27. HomePages: HomePages is another site that features a home value comparison tool.
28. Realty.com: Look up and compare mortgage rates on Realty.com.

Electronics

Here you can compare the prices of and find reviews for computer parts, digital cameras, printers, TV, home entertainment accessories, and more.

29. Shopper CNET: Search digital cameras, cell phones, MP3 players, TVs, printers, and more.
30. Hawkee: Hawkee is a technology social network that features reviews and comparisons of video games, TVs and a lot more.
31. ShopCartUSA: Find all sorts of deals on electronics, binoculars and other items.
32. SmarterDeals.com: Here you’ll find deals on everything from fax machines to DJ equipment.
33. dealram: Find computer products and supplies on this site.
34. Computers 2 Grab: This site finds deals on graphic cards, desktops, security devices, microphones, monitors and more.
35. SaveCrazy: SaveCrazy finds deals for you on all sorts of products, but especially on video games, computers, cameras and other electronics.
36. Shop.PCMag.com: This tool offers price comparison on GPS, TV and video, CD and DVD burners, software, monitors, printers, and more.
37. Test Freaks: Find reviews and product information on all kinds of electronics on this site.

Entertainment and Hobbies

These tools and sites help you have fun for less.

38. CliffGear.com: Outdoor enthusiasts can compare deals on sleeping bags, tents, harnesses, rappel devices, and more.
39. DealOz: DealOz is a great place to search for books, movies, music and video games.
40. Toy-Pricer.com: Search for baby toys, puzzles, arts and crafts, dolls, stuffed animals and more.
41. StubHub: StubHub gets you the best deals on user-sold tickets for sports events, shows, concerts and more.
42. DVD Price Search: Compare DVD prices here.
43. Coast to Coast Tickets: Here you’ll find "great tickets from nice people," at good prices.
44. Cabela’s Fly Fishing Reels Comparison Chart: This chart compares prices of fly fishing reels, from $24.99 to $400.00.
45. A Movie Area: Here you can actually search deals for DVDs, books, magazines, music, and more.
46. SortPrice.com: Find low prices on pet items, sports, games, music, toys and more.
47. AllBookstores.com: Search for a specific book or browse by subject, like literature and fiction, mystery, outdoors and nature, romance, science fiction, and more.

Food and Beverage

Compare grocery shopping deals and wine prices here.

48. GroceryGuide.com: Search grocery store sales in your area at stores like Albertsons, Family Dollar and more.
49. MyGroceryDeals.com: Enter your zip code to start searching for the best food deals in your area.
50. Wine Searcher: This tool searches over 9,600 wine store price lists.

Health

For price comparison on health insurance, doctor’s visits and prescription medication, turn to these tools.

51. Vimo: Get product reviews and comparisons of health insurance here.
52. InsureMe: This tool can help you find free insurance quotes to compare.
53. Pharmacy Checker: Get drug prices from "verified online pharmacies" on this site.
54. Destination Rx: This tool finds lower cost prescription drugs.
55. PillBot.com: PillBot.com is another prescription medication comparison shopping site that lets you search by specific drug or allows you to search the drug index.
56. Health Grades: Find hospitals, dentists and doctors on this rating site.
57. UCompare HealthCare: Here you can find good nursing homes, doctors, insurance and hospitals based on value, certification and more.

Investments, Credit and Interest Rates

Compare stock quotes, credit card rates and more using these sites and tools.

58. NASDAQ Quotes: Get real-time, flash, summary, pre-market and after hours quotes for the NASDAQ here.
59. Compare Mortgage Rates: This tool helps you compare mortgage rates and more.
60. Quote.com: Quote.com is another tool that helps you compare stock quotes for the U.S. and around the world.
61. Compare CD rates: Find and compare CD rates in your area.
62. Credit Card Analyzer: Here you can compare interest rates for all kinds of credit cards.

Clothing and Beauty

For better deals on clothing and beauty products, check here.

63. ShopStyle: Browse categories or type in your own search to find such items as "black skirts" or "blue blazers" from retailers from around the web.
64. Overstock: Compare regular sale prices from traditional retailers with the deals on Overstock.
65. Mile Hi Mall: This site brings you information on sales, discounts and more.
66. Pronto.com: Pronto.com is most popular for comparing deals and revealing the best prices on clothing and accessories.
67. SalonSearch: Compare salons and spas using this tool.
68. apparel Search: Find clothing and more via this search engine.

Mobile Applications

Check out these price comparison tools that help you find deals from your phone.

69. Mobsaver: Mobsaver helps you find and compare deals on eBay and Amazon from your cell phone.
70. Gas Prices: Compare gas prices on your iPhone with this app.
71. Slifter: iPhone users can use this price comparison tool to search over 300 million products.
72. Save Benjis: Save Benjis is an iPhone app that supports price comparisons for over 15 million products.
73. PriceFinder.mobi: This tool searches Amazon’s prices on the iPhone.
74. Price Comparison Calculator: Find out if you’re getting the best value on your package or product with this tool.
75. Jimli: If you have e-mail on your iPhone, use Jimli to get product information and price comparison support.
76. Price Canada: This iPhone app searches Canadian stores for the best prices on your product.
77. Tic Tap: Tic Tap compares prices with Amazon.com via your mobile phone.
78. Frucall: Mobile shoppers get comparison shopping support via text message and phone calls.

Travel

These tools help you compare airline deals, hotel prices, vacation packages and more.

79. HotelsBot.com: Compare deals on hotels around the world.
80. Trip Mama: Trip Mama searches three out of five travel deal websites for you–like Kayak, Priceline, Orbitz or Fly.com.
81. SideStep: This meta-search engine lets you compare travel deals.
82. Kayak: Kayak searches over 200 travel sites to find you the best deals.
83. TripAdvisor: Compare vacation ideas, hotel rates and more on TripAdvisor, a site that uses real advice from real travelers to share information.
84. Travel Supermarket: The price comparison site helps you select the best flights, travel insurance, vacation packages, rental cars and more.
85. Hotelicopter: Compare hotel prices and locations with this tool.
86. SkyScanner: Use SkyScanner to compare flight prices.
87. Fare Compare: This site not only helps you compare prices, it also tells you when the best time to buy your tickets is.
88. BookingBuddy: BookingBuddy finds deals on hotels, plane tickets and more by searching Expedia, Fly.com, Hotwire and other travel sites.
89. Yapta: Yapta is a Firefox add-on that shops for good deals on airline websites.

Miscellaneous Add-ons and Tools

For even more web tools that connect you to the best deals on college tuition, textbooks, eBay listings, and local services, check here.

90. BuyBuddy: This Firefox toolbar tags items that appear on a website and saves them on Amazon.
91. ActivShopper 1.0: This free toolbar add-on helps you compare prices online.
92. College Cost Comparison Tool: View college cost reports on this site.
93. Browser Highlighter: This browser add-on helps you compare listings on eBay.
94. Waitable: If the price Waitable finds for you isn’t low enough, set your own price, and if it dips that low, you’ll be notified by e-mail, RSS or SMS.
95. Big Words: Big Words searches for the best deals on textbooks and more.
96. Local.com: Read reviews and compare prices on local businesses and services.
97. 1-Stop Travel and Retail Shopping Engine: Firefox’s shopping engine tool lets you compare prices and shop 40 travel sites and 20 retail sites for the U.S. Europe, Canada and India.
98. DealMine: Install the DealMine add-on to Firefox to compare discounts and rewards points.
99. Coupons24.com 1.1: This browser add-on notifies you when new coupon codes are available.
100. PriceAdvance 1.5.2: Get price comparison support with this add-on.

Keeping your grades up should start with studying moderately and not procrastinating on assignments or studying for exams. If you know you have an exam coming up or an assignment due, do not wait until the last minute to complete it. You’ve probably heard that a billion times, but doing your work slowly and with plenty of time to correct errors and get input from your professors or tutors really is the way to go. Leaving studying until the last minute means that you may not be retaining everything you read and that you may run out of time to study everything you needed to study. The same goes for assignments- doing some every day or every other day means you get to look over your work, get fresh ideas, and can do finishing touches at the end to help with the overall finalized product.

Paying attention in class should also be a no-brainer. Paying attention in class is probably the best way to learn about material that is covered. Not only does paying attention in class mean you’ll be able to take notes on material and important concepts your professor is lecturing about, but it also serves as a way to make sure you’re updated on assignments, quizzes, research papers, exams, and other assignments in your class that could affect your grades. Reading book material before class is also a good way to be able to relate to the material your professor is covering, which may help you to recognize and understand it better.

Testing yourself with exercises at the end of your chapter textbooks and attending study and tutorial sessions are good ways of ensuring that you understand the material covered in class. If you understand the material covered in class, chances are the work you produce in projects and assignments will be more than satisfactory and you will be prepared for quizzes and exams, which in most cases are large parts of your overall grade. Proper sleep and rest is also important in getting good grades. While you may think pulling an all-nighter is an effective means of studying, this will likely leave you tired and unable to function properly. Not cramming your studies and studying at decent hours and times is the best way to study and prepare for an exam.

Land, Homes and Vehicles

Figure out how much your home, car and land is worth with these tools.

1. Home Value Estimation: Coldwell Banker’s online tool lets you watch the market, get an estimate based on recent home sales or get a personalized estimate from a sales associate.
2. Zillow: On this stie, you can check your home value, browse homes for sale and more.
3. Get My Homes Value: Here you can get a rough estimate of your home’s value based on square feet, zip code and more.
4. House Values: House Values is a free home value estimator that generates an amount based on zip code, number of rooms, parking options, lot size and other factors.
5. HomeGain: Search an address or browse recent searches to compare your home’s value to others in the area.
6. Kelly Blue Book: Use KBB’s tools to estimate the value of new and used cars.
7. AutoTrader: AutoTrader helps you figure out the value of your used car here.
8. Edmunds Used Car Appraiser: Click on a vehicle’s make to get started on your appraisal.
9. What’s Your Land Worth?: Use this tool to get a free land appraisal report.
10. How to Price Your Home: Learn how to accurately decide on an asking price that reflects your home’s true value.
11. HomeInsight: This site’s property value and home price check tool follows updated local market conditions to give you an estimate.
12. How much is your garden worth?: Discover how you can cash in on your garden and yard when selling a house.
13. How much is your used car worth: Here you’ll learn how to figure out a rough estimate of your car’s value.

Jewelry

Find out if it’s worth it to pawn off your jewelry with these tools.

14. Online Jewelry Appraisals: Get an appraisal of your jewelry online for free.
15. Valuing your gold: Learn about the purity of your gold to figure out its worth.
16. Gold Market Knowledge: The World Gold Council’s Market Knowledge page has tools and tips for estimating the value of your gold.

Currency and Finance

Play around with currency rates and exchanges with these tools.

17. XE Universal Currency Converter: This popular currency converter has 85 currencies in its database.
18. X-rates: Convert currencies like USD, Bulgarian lev, Pakistan rupee and others here.
19. FXConverter: Here you can compare the value of 164 currencies.
20. Bloomberg Currency Calculator: Bloomberg’s tool can convert over 200 currencies.
21. Market Watch major currencies: Track the health of major world currencies here.
22. Market Monitor: Track stocks and funds here.

Savings and Net Worth

Figure out your net worth here.

23. Emergency Savings Calc: Find out how your savings will help you when you use this tool.
24. What are you worth?: CNN’s net worth calculator takes into account your debt and assets to estimate your value.
25. What’s your net worth?: Use Kiplinger’s net worth calculator to evaluate your cash savings, deposits, money-market funds and more.
26. Savings Calculator: Estimate your savings over time with this calculator.

Your Blog

Find out how much your blog is worth with these tools.

27. How much is your blog worth: Use this applet to figure out your blog’s worth.
28. Alexa: Alexa helps you understand your website traffic compared to similar sites.
29. AttentionMeter: Find out your blog rank, number of unique visitors and more using this tool.
30. dnScoop: dnScoop is a "domain and site value tool" that can help you build up your blog or site.
31. Website Outlook: This free tool will help you sell or buy websites.
32. Blog Juice Calculator: This calculator is "100% pulp," whatever that means. But you can quickly find traffic information about your blog by entering the domain and its related category.

Web Presence

Discover how your mere presence on sites like Twitter add up.

33. Twitterholic: Find out how your Twitter rank compares to Barack Obama, CNN Breaking News, and other top users.
34. Twitterrank: Look up your Twitter rank here.
35. Google Alerts: Use this tool to find out how often you, your products or your sites are being mentioned online.

Price Estimates

Use these tools to get price estimates and compare value.

36. Building Construction Home Cost Estimator Tool: Find out how much it will cost to build or renovate your home here.
37. RepairPal: Use this tool to estimate the price of your next tune up.
38. AAA Fuel Cost Calculator: AAA helps you calculate the cost of gas for your road trip here.
39. PriceGrabber: Here you can compare prices and find out the value of everything from electronics to books to clothes to furniture.
40. Calculate the sale price: Find out the new price of reduced items here.
41. Power usage calculator: Estimate how much power you use each day by ranking the usage of your refrigerator, microwave, washing machine and more.
42. Gohealth Insurance: Find plans and estimate your health insurance coverage costs here.
43. Gasbuddy: This tool is another helpful place to find cheap gas along your road trip.
44. Health Insurance Rates: Here you can compare health insurance costs at popular agencies.
45. Bizrate: Here you can evaluate prices of different clothing, jewelry, sports and electronics items before shopping.

Antiques and Heirlooms

Calculate the worth of your antiques with these resources.

46. Antiques Roadshow resources: This show’s website has resources to help you estimate the value of your antiques.
47. Xlibris Book Price Calculator: Find out how much your old and rare books are worth here.
48. Worth Point: Worth Point has lots of resources for those who want to sell antiques, jewelry, furniture and more.
49. Appraisal Day: Paul Royka, who has appeared on Fox News, Antiques Roadshow and HGTV will evaluate your old paintings for free on this site.
50. International Society of Appraisers Forum: Quickly share and find information about appraising and price points for your antiques here.
51. Country Living Appraisals: Here you can get items like art, china, furniture, holiday decor, pottery and textiles appraised.

Education, Salary and Work Experience

Valuate your education and work experience here.

52. How Much is Your Education Worth: Get long-term salary information for different education levels here.
53. Loan Debt vs. Earning Power: Here you can figure out how much debt you can afford to accrue.
54. Personal Salary Report: Find out how much you’re worth based on your industry and education here.
55. What are you worth?: Discover your estimated salary based on zip code and industry.
56. PayScale: With this tool, you can compare your salaries to others in the business.
57. Benefits: Learn about the benefits that you should be getting here.

Cost of Living

For relocation purposes or just for fun, let these tools help you determine cost of living differences.

58. Cost of Living Wizard: Find out how your salary can be stretched in different parts of the country here.
59. Cost of living calculator: CNN’s calculator evalutes salary, current location and destination city.
60. Cost of living comparison calculator: Find out how much you could be earning in a different city here.

Skills

Find out how much your skills can be worth with these tools.

61. Career Planning: Learn how seemingly unrelated skills can add to your qualifications as transferable skills.
62. How much am I worth, getting a better salary: Here you’ll find tools for negotiating salary, understanding salary requirements, and evaluating your skills.
63. Sell Your Skills Overseas: This resource shows you how to identify your skills and make them work for you in interesting careers.

Taxes

For tax help, refund information and more, turn to this list.

64. Turbo Tax Estimator: Find out if you’ll get a refund based on new salary, job, house and car information.
65. Federal Tax Estimator: 1040.com’s estimator helps you find the right forms and preview your return.
66. H&R Block Calculators: Here you can find a tax estimator, withholding calculator, self-employment estimator and more.
67. IRS Withholding calculator: The IRS’ official calculator will give you an estimate on taxes withheld from pay.
68. Changing jobs: Kiplinger and Turbo Tax help you understand how changing jobs affects your tax forms.
69. Easy-To-Use Tax Withholding Calculator: Use this calculator to find out how much you need to take out for taxes.
70. 10 Tax Deductions Freelancers Can Make: From coffee shop meetings to unpaid invoices to cell phone service, these deductions can lower your tax payments.
71. Guide to Estimated Taxes: Learn about voluntary payments, withholding, and more.
72. Tax calculators: Find payroll deductions calculators, net to gross paycheck calculators and more.
73. Paycheck calculators: Calculate taxes, bonuses, 401(k) information and more.

Investments

Calculate stock profits and other investments here.

74. Investment Returns Calculator: Find out how the economy, the length of your investment and other factors affect your investment here.
75. Loan calculator and amortization: Calculate your loan, interest rate and more with this tool.
76. Stock Option Calculator: Submit information about current stock prices, number of options, length of investment and more.
77. Yahoo! Finance Market Stats: Track stocks and more right here.
78. MSNBC Stock Tracker: Get quotes and follow your stocks with this tool.
79. Can you really afford your next big expenditure?: Inc.’s worksheet tells you the "sales increase needed to keep the same gross profit margin" after making an investment.

Loans

Calculate debt, college loan payments and more with these tools.

80. FinAid Loan Calculator: Calculate student loans here.
81. Mortgage Calc: Calculate how much you can borrow or spend here.
82. FSA Interactive loan calculators: FSA’s calculators help you manage repayment and debt.
83. USA Today Calculators: Use these tools to figure out credit card debt and loans, auto loans and more.

Business

Figure out how much your employees are worth, how to acquire capital, and more.

84. Compensation Market Data: Learn how much to pay your employees based on market data here.
85. Single Job Report: With this tool, you can get a job valuation report that explains how much you’ll need to pay in salary, benefits, bonuses and more.
86. BLS Career Guide to Industries: Use the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ database of jobs and industries to figure out average salaries and education requirements.
87. How to valuate your business: This article gives examples of how to take into consideration taxes, net earnings and more to estimate your profit and expenses.
88. How much is your time worth: Here you can get tips on figuring out how much to charge for your time.
89. Stock Market Tracker: This little Google gadget tracks only the stocks that affect your business and investments.
90. Bank Loan Application and Review Forms: Review these sample forms to figure out how to apply for a small business loan.
91. How to track progress and profit on projects: Inc.’s financial worksheets help you track your profits.
92. Are your franchise expenses in line?: By submitting your annual revenue, annual expenses, and franchisee annual revenue and expenses, you’ll better undersand the finances of your franchises.
93. HR Salary Wizard: Small business owners can figure out how much to pay employees here.

Miscellaneous

Find out how much your iPhone, your handmade goods, and even yourself are worth.

94. How much is your old iPhone worth?: If you’re thinking about selling your iPhone, learn how to estimate its price here.
95. Human for Sale: This website uses qualifiers like athletic ability and education level to figure out how much you’re worth on the market.
96. WhatsItWorthToYou.com: Get appraisals on cars, antiques and more for just $9.95 here.
97. WhatTheCraft.com: This worksheet helps you price your handmade goods.
98. How to figure out how much to charge as a freelancer: This guide gives tips on pricing your services.
99. Savings Bond Calculator: Understand the current and future worth of your bond.
100. Calculating Price per Ounce: Learn how to calculate the price per ounce of food here.
101. Closing Costs: Learn how to estimate the closing costs yourself before getting in too deep.
102. 8 Steps to Follow When Estimating Legal Fees: Estimate your legal fees with this resource.

The first thing you want to do is create different "accounts;" one should be your "personal" profile and the other your "business" profile. On your personal profile you want to make sure that you only be-friend your actual friends and that all of your privacy settings are set at the highest strengths. Even if your photos, statuses and tweets are already protected from outside sources from viewing them, double check again. Sometimes when media sites update their systems, your settings get changed.

If working on Twitter, make sure that your business profile is not private. This way if you tweet, others will be able to see it. When private accounts tweet public accounts and the public account is not following the private account, the public account cannot see it. So once again "follow" those that are in the industry, ask for advice, message them or tweet them whenever an interesting topic arises to put yourself out there and get you a job.