Apture

Cool Software Discoveries 2009: Apture Blog Plug-in

While sitting in the food area of BlogWorld in October, fighting overwhelm and trying to decide what I was going to do next, this nice young man in a well designed t-shirt sat down with me. Being shy as I am (not!) I commented on his t-shirt and asked what he did…

He explained that he worked for this company called “Apture” that has a free plug-in for blogs and did I have a minute to see what it could do? (He also gave me a t-shirt – sweet! My 16 year old son is also a fan and now spreads the word through the halls of his high school.)

Here is how it works… (watch the video to see me create these links & also have a few issues… we all have them, right?) Tara Reed Paul Brent Jill Seale Cheryl Hodgson Suzanne Cruise

So, if you think this would add value to your blog, you too can add this feature at www.Apture.com.

Here’s to your creative & computer savvy success!

– Tara

P.S. I figured out why a few snippet links wouldn’t work – hit the comma before “com” instead of the dot… ooops!

disclosure: I have no vested interest in telling you about this, I just think it is really cool!

Great Blog Plugin – Apture.com

Have you noticed the cool little pop-up windows I recently added to the blog? If you hover over the symbol next to red words, you can see what I’m referring to without having to click and open a zillion windows. (OK, maybe not a zillion, but a few.) If you decide you want to learn more, then you click and open extra windows.

What do I use? Apture.com

This is a free feature I learned about at BlogWorld and is available for any blog platform. It takes about 3 minutes to install and maybe 10 to figure out how to use it. Then you are all set and can have cool pop-up windows on your blog too. If it’s good enough for the New York Times, isn’t it good enough for us?

Just wanted to pass that tidbit on… now back to creating!

– Tara

P.S. I’ll be blogging soon about the new FTC rules regarding disclosing whether a blogger gets paid or free products for promoting products and services on their blog – but just so you know, I am not compensated in any way by Apture, I just think it’s a great service! (Wait! They did give me a t-shirt at BlogWorld…)