Trick #1: Get Your Paper Graded Before You Turn It In

How would you (or one of your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews etc.) like to have your school paper graded (with comments) before you turn it in? A bunch of language professionals asked the same question and came up with a neat on-line program that analyzes and grades the content you paste into their form and then comes back to you with their comments lightning fast.

This service provides additional in-depth analysis tools to help writers. Some of the features include: plagiarism detection, spelling and grammar checking along with style and word choice analysis. And it's not just for students - the program is designed to check out other forms of communication such as letters, e-mails, speeches and short stories so you can try it out on your next missive.

To top it off, this neat paper grader is on the house.

Trick #2: Convert Your Photo To A Cartoon In One Click

Here's a place to have some fun by making a cartoon from any photo on your computer.

Just upload your photo and, with a couple of clicks, the photo subject becomes a cartoon character. You can then save the cartoon file and use it as an avatar, in an email signature file to use with letters or to make your greeting cards and party announcements quite unique.

And, of course, there is no cost to use this neat tool.

Great Place #1: See Your Resume As Hiring Managers Do

Wouldn't it be nice to have a team of hiring managers let you know what they think of your resume before you send it out to the world? These folks put a team of HR directors, job search experts and certified resume writers together and picked their brains. After a year of applying complex statistical analysis and natural language processing, they built the world's first and only model to automatically score a resume.

You simply upload your resume and - Shazam - their program instantly assigns a letter grade to your handiwork. With an "A" you can proceed with a high degree of confidence. Certainly with a "C" or lower you'll want to get back to the drawing board.

Although these nice folks have other advanced services available for a fee, this neat program is with their compliments.

Great Place #2: Set Up Your Website In Jiffy - A Google Gift

Thinking of creating a website - or maybe a second or third website? Those folks at Google don't give up - now they are bringing you an easy way to create and share your own web site.

Their easy to use on-line program is powerful enough for a company intranet, yet simple enough for a family, organization, church or social club website. You can start your site from scratch or from a template using their service-rich features such as: single-click page creation; dozens of pre-built templates; customizable look and feel and; settings for accessing and sharing information.

And once you done they'll go ahead and host your new masterpiece - all without cost.

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Published: December 13, 2010

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John M. "Jack" Peckham is the Executive Director of REcyber.com (the Real Estate CyberSpace Society). In that capacity he oversees the development and delivery of the latest up to the minute Real Estate Cyberspace tools, strategies, networking structures and services that the Society provides its members to leverage their effectiveness, visibility, professionalism and earnings. As host of Real Estate CyberSpace Radio, he provides over 40 hours of programming to help listeners integrate the power of the Internet into their daily business lives. He is the author of several real estate books published by Prentice Hall and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich including his latest Master Guide to Income Property Brokerage from Wiley Publishing. A columnist for the Boston Herald for nine years, his syndicated columns have appeared in over 100 papers nationwide. Jack loves to sell real estate has been involved directly in the sale of over one billion dollars in Real Estate. Today he sells in his jeans and fuzzy slippers as a one-man shop and has closed over $40,000,000 in sales on the Internet recently in 20% of his working time. The balance he spends directing the affairs of the 10,000 member Real Estate CyberSpace Society. The Society awards the RECS (Real Estate CyberSpace Specialist) Designation to members based on the current criteria. He served as Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), is a Past President of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors and has been honored as the Massachusetts State Realtor of the Year. You can reach Jack at or by calling 617-523-4441.