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Free Business Applications
I am always amazed at the number of free business tools on line to the point that I wonder what the heck is the catch. Well, there is no catch 22, it’s simply a company allowing individuals like us to take advantage of the tools they offer. The Internet is full of free tools to help entrepreneurs start, run and grow their business for next to zero dollars. It will cost you some time and an Internet connection. It gives small businesses the opportunity to put themselves out there and compete with the big boys, it allows your company to look like one of the big boys. For example, an entrepreneur can build a website easily with various blogging and web design options. A business can manage calenders, clients and projects using different collaborative and project management software for FREE! Type in the name of the service from the list below on Google for a direct links to the website.
Communication
Dimdim open source web conferencing application. Free basic service
I Want Sandy keep track of daily detail
Jott voice to text for creating notes, list, emails and text messages
Ooovoo video messaging
Paltek group IM, chat and video call
YouSendIt send files up to 2GB
Storage
Adrive 50GB online storage and backup
JZip data compression
Mozy 2GB online, data and remote backup solution
Financial
BizEquity company valuations
Mint personal finance, money management, budget for small business
MyBizHomePage financial dashboard for small business
Quickbooks small business accounting software free download
Wesabe financial advice, analysis and planning
Content/Media/Video
Audacity open source software for cross platform audio recording
Blip.TV video blogging, podcasting and video sharing
DroShots radio network for users to host their own shows
Feedburner media distribution services for blogs and RSS feeds
Fix My Movie video enhancement service
Paint.NET image and photo editor
Phixr picture and photo editor
Seemic video conversation platform
SlideShare share and embed slide-shows
VideoSpin video editing software
Marketing/Networking/PR
Blogger blog publishing tool
Craigslist online classifieds and job posting board
CollectiveX create social networking and collaboration sites for groups
Entrepreneur Connect Entrepreneur social networking site
Linkedln business social networking
Pligg open source
PolicyMap geographic and demographic information system for creating custom maps, tables and charts
YouNOodle networking for start-ups and valuation
Your Pitch Sucks? PR pitch reviewing and advising
Office Productivity/Organizational
Adobe Buzzword collaborative workd processor
CutePDF PDF Creator
Dabble DB Online databases/share
Doodle schedule and coordinate meetings
Freshbooks invoicing, time tracking and expense service
Google Calendar schedule organizer
Google Docs word processor
OpenOffice word processing and spreadsheet
Stikkit reminder service
SurveyMonkey custom surveys
ThinkFree office productivity suite
WuFoo HTML builder for interactive forms
ZoHo office tools
Project Management/Collaboration
LogMeln remote support and access digital information
ProjectStat.us project management
Remember the Milk task management
SocialText wiki and website collaboration
Team Task project management and community website builder
Yugma web meeting and collaboration
Security
Adeona laptop tracking
BitDefender virus scanner
ZoneAlarm firewall protection from hackers and threats
Web
KickApps social features into a website
Microsoft Office Live Small Business create a company website, domain and email
Synthasite web hosting and building
Weebly website and blog creator
Widgebox web widgets for various applications
Woopra web tracking and analysis application
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Hey, thanks for a very useful list. You didn’t give any links though. Was it on purpose? As for productivity apps, I think almost all the paid tools like Zoho, Basecamp, Wrike, etc. have a free version, but it’s either limited or very difficult to find and access. We use Wrike for project management in our company and I guess we could have free accounts, but then we wouldn’t have any SSL security, which is not an option for us. So I guess, sometimes it’s alright to pay a few bucks, if it’s really worth it.
Thanks for the reply…no it wasn’t done on purpose. I wanted to get the list up and was having a very burned out day. I was being lazy…I will come back and put links in the list. Thanks for the tip…love love trying new stuff!