Besides our free marketing tools, MAWD Agency builds and maintains free guides and calculators on other everyday topics. Each one is free to use, has no sign-up, and lists its sources.
Home projects and costs
- Concrete removal cost calculator: Calculate the volume, weight and truck loads of a concrete slab and estimate the cost of removal from the prices you are quoted.
- Concrete removal near me: A practical guide to hiring a concrete removal contractor: a vetting checklist, the questions to ask, how to compare quotes and where old concrete goes.
- Cost to demolish a house: Build your own demolition estimate from local quotes, compare quotes with a checklist, and learn what drives the cost of demolishing a house.
- Pool removal cost: Estimate fill for a pool removal, understand what drives the cost, compare partial and full removal and check quotes line by line.
- First-time homebuyer classes: Estimate your monthly housing cost, learn what a first-time homebuyer class covers and how to find a trustworthy one.
- Utility company near me: Find which utility companies serve your address, get a moving utilities timeline and learn how to set up, stop and lower utility bills.
Care and community
- In-home services for seniors: A plain-English guide to in-home care for seniors: the difference between home care and home health, questions for agencies and where families look for help paying.
- In-home care in California: Understand California home care licensing and the Home Care Aide Registry, check an agency and aide, and hire in-home care safely with a step-by-step checklist.
- Volunteer opportunities near me: A practical guide to finding volunteer opportunities near you: where to search, how to choose, skills-based and virtual volunteering, and the questions to ask first.
- Shop like a local: Plan how much of your spending to move to local businesses, find good independent shops near you and learn free ways to support them.
Gifts
- Customer appreciation gifts: Plan a customer appreciation gift budget by customer value, find ideas for every budget and learn when to send gifts so they are remembered.
- International gifting: Plan when to ship a gift abroad, fill in customs forms correctly, avoid restricted items and choose gifts that travel well.
- Gift ideas for teens: Find gift ideas for teenagers by interest and budget, and get tips on experience gifts, budget gifts and choosing well.
Labs and sterilization
- Steam autoclave guide: Build a steam sterilizer monitoring schedule from the CDC guideline, learn how to load an autoclave and troubleshoot wet packs and failed indicators.
- Laboratory autoclave guide: A plain-English guide to laboratory autoclaves: how steam sterilization works, what to autoclave, a pre-run checklist, a chamber size estimator and how to choose one.
- Sterilization technician career guide and exam study planner: Learn what a sterilization technician does, how to get started and certified, and plan your study time for a sterile processing certification exam.
- Glass spray bottle guide: Work out spray bottle dilutions in ounces or milliliters, choose the right glass spray bottle and follow simple safety and cleaning rules.
Skills, training and work
- Crisis negotiation training: Practice the active listening techniques used in crisis negotiation, learn what training covers and choose a de-escalation course for your role.
- MMA training workouts: Build a weekly MMA training plan for your level, with beginner and conditioning workouts and safety basics for gear, sparring and head injuries.
- Sourdough baking classes: Convert baker's percentages to grams, learn what a sourdough class covers, choose the right class and follow a practice plan at home.
- Seamstress jobs near me: Find seamstress and sewing jobs, learn what employers look for, price your own alteration jobs and start a freelance alterations business.
- Invisible ring size adjusters: Estimate your ring size, see whether a ring size adjuster can close the gap, compare adjuster types and learn how to fit one.
Advertising basics
- What is advertising? A plain-English guide and plan builder: What advertising is, how it works, and how to plan a campaign: a plain-English guide with a simple plan builder and short guides on advertising versus marketing and the history of advertising.