Free Software Resources and Tools to Help You Organise and Automate Your Business

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Organising / Office

1. Evernote is a cross-platform, freemium app designed for note taking, organizing, and archiving.  https://evernote.com
2. Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what’s being worked on, who’s working on what, and where something is in a process. https://trello.com
3. Basecamp is a private, secure space online where people working together can organize and discuss everything they need to get a project done. See it, track it, discuss it, act on it. Tasks, discussions, deadlines, and files – everything’s predictably organized in Basecamp.  https://basecamp.com
4. Asana is a web and mobile application designed to help teams track their work. www.asana.com
5. Waveapps – Whether it’s tracking sales and expenses, billing customers and getting paid, or paying your employees, keeping your business organized has never been easier. https://www.waveapps.com
6. Acuity Scheduling – Automate your client bookings, cancellations, reminders & even payment with one click (and zero frustration.) https://acuityscheduling.com/?kw=YToxMTc4MDUyNw%3D%3D
7. Instapaper is a tool for saving web pages to read later on one’s Android or iOS device, computer, e-reader, or smartphone. https://www.instapaper.com
8. Podio – From projects, tasks, CRM, and your team’s collaboration, get it done on Podio. Add structure and connect your work processes. https://podio.com
9. Redmine is a free and open source, web-based project management and issue tracking tool. It allows users to manage multiple projects and associated subprojects. It features per project wikis and forums, time tracking, and flexible role based access control. www.redmine.org
10. UserVoice is a software-as-a-service provider of product management and customer support tools that include: Feedback forums and in-app widgets to capture the ideas users care about most. Reporting and analytics to aggregate and prioritize product ideas for your roadmap.  https://www.uservoice.com
11. Wrike, a digital work management tool that lets users track and coordinate projects, combining a simple user experience and interface with enough depth for power users. https://www.wrike.com/
12. Soldo is a multi-user expense account that helps companies to manage the entire business expense cycle. It integrates prepaid Mastercard cards, a web-based administration console, and a mobile app into one intuitive future-ready platform. https://www.soldo.com/ 

Blogs and website creation

1. Blogger is a blog-publishing service that allows multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. https://www.blogger.com
2. WordPress is an online, open source website creation tool written in PHP. But in non-geek speak, it’s probably the easiest and most powerful blogging and website content management system (or CMS) in existence today. https://wordpress.com

CRM / Databases

1. Nimble is the only solution to offer small businesses the best features of high-end CRM systems combined with the power of social media. https://www.nimble.com
2. HubSpot CRM is the perfect free sales tool for your small business. Say goodbye to manual tasks and confusing features. www.hubspot.com/CRM
3. CRM software solutions and enterprise cloud computing from Salesforce, the leader in customer relationship management (CRM) and SaaS (Software as a Service). www.salesforce.com

Surveys

1. Create and publish online surveys in minutes, and view results graphically and in real time. SurveyMonkey provides free online questionnaires and surveys. www.surveymonkey.com

Social media management and Networking

1. Dropr is the easiest online portfolio, creative network and a social media manager. Share your design, illustration, photography, music and other creative work. www.dropr.com
2. Hootsuite is a social media management system for brand management . https://hootsuite.com
3. Buffer is a new and smarter way to share what you want to share on Social Media.  Buffer makes it super easy to share any page you’re reading. https://buffer.com
4. Sprout Social is your new home for social media management, with all the tools you need in one powerful package. Sprout Social emphasizes the four components of social media effectiveness; Monitoring, Engagement, Measurement and Growth. http://sproutsocial.com
5. Use the full force of Paper.li to find and collect content that’s aligned with your customers’ interests. We use natural language processing, machine learning and social signals to analyse and extract the most relevant and engaging stories from social media and the web. http://paper.li
6. Instead of publishing your social media updates just once and throwing them away, Edgar carefully catalogues them in a library that you build over time so you can repost. www.meetedgar.com

Navigation / Maps

1. You can use this site to plot multiple addresses on a single map using Google Maps. https://www.mapcustomizer.com
2. Waze is the world’s largest community based traffic and navigation app. Join other drivers in your area who share real-time traffic and road info.  https://www.waze.com
3. FreeMapTools is an online resource that enables visitors to easily and quickly use maps in order to measure, search and overlay mark-up elements on maps for a wide range of useful applications.  You can define geographical areas and find postcodes within that area for targeted marketing. https://www.freemaptools.com

Images and image creating/editing

1. Picasa was an image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos, plus an integrated photo-sharing website. https://picasa.google.co.uk
2. Upload, access, organize, edit, and share your photos from any device, from anywhere in the world.  https://www.flickr.com
3. PaintShop Pro (PSP) is a raster and vector graphics editor for Microsoft Windows.  www.paintshoppro.com
4. Canva is an online graphic design platform. It offers free access to a wide assortment of design tools and options, as well as premium options for paying customers. https://www.canva.com
5. Freeimages is an alternative for expensive stock photography.  Creative people can exchange their photos for inspiration or work. The site has around 400,000 photos online.  www.freeimages.com
6. iStock by Getty Images is one of the world’s leading stock content marketplaces, offering millions of hand-picked premium images at ridiculously low prices that you can only get from us.  www.istockphoto.com

Email and Newsletters

1. Active Campaign – Send newsletters, design beautiful email campaigns, and keep in touch with your contacts and customers. www.activecampaign.com
2. OptinMonster is the best WordPress lead generation plugin in the market. We allow you to convert website visitors into subscribers and customers by helping you grow your email list. OptinMonster offers multiple high converting optin designs such as popup forms, footer bars, slide-ins, and more.  www.optinmonster.com
3. AWeber provides email marketing software that include newsletters emailing, autoresponding, and RSS-to-email converting features.  www.aweber.com
4. Online email marketing solution to manage subscribers, send emails, and track results. Offers integrations with other programs. www.mailchimp.com

Online meetings

1. Stay in touch with your family and friends for free on Skype (both parties need a Skype account). Download Skype today to chat and call on desktop and mobile. https://www.skype.com
2. Similar to Skype, Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, and cross platform group chat into one easy-to-use platform.  You can invite people to join online chats/meetings, record chat/s meetings and email the recordings for free. https://www.zoom-uk.com
3. GoToMeeting – Work can happen anytime, anywhere. GoToMeeting’s HD video conferencing software is a simple yet powerful way to collaborate in real time. www.gotomeeting.co.uk
4. Periscope lets you broadcast live video to the world. https://www.periscope.tv

Webinars

1. GoToWebinar’s Software allows you to conduct online webinars with up to 1000 people, all for one flat rate.  www.gotomeeting.co.uk/webinar
2. ClickWebinar is professional webinar software. Check out how easy you can record webinars with ClickWebinar.  www.clickwebinar.com

Podcasts and Online Conversations

1. BlogTalkRadio is a web-based platform that allows podcasters and talk show hosts to create live and on-demand talk format content for distribution on the web and podcast distribution channels. www.blogtalkradio.com
2. Welcome to Blab, a place to watch, join, and interact with live conversations about the topics that matter most to you. https://blab.im

Video

1. BombBomb – Simple videos get you face to face with more people more often. Easily record and send video email from Gmail, mobile, or web. http://bombbomb.com
2. Vimeo is a video-sharing website in which users can upload, share and view videos. It was the first video sharing site to support high-definition video. www.vimeo.com
3. Video Marketing on Steroids! Record, publish, market and track your videos with the most powerful video marketing suite for marketers! www.easyvideosuite.com

Monitoring and Reviewing

1. Google Analytics lets you measure your advertising ROI as well as track your Flash, video, and social networking sites and applications. https://analytics.google.com
2. Lead Forensics is B2B software for turbo-charged lead generation. Identify B2B sales leads you never knew you had.  Identify visitors to your website. www.leadforensics.com

Cloud Storage

1. Dropbox is a file hosting service that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. www.dropbox.com

Online chat and support desk help

1. Pure Chat is a simple live chat software for websites. Chat with website visitors. Capture more leads. Improve conversion. www.purechat.com
2. Award-winning live chat software solution. Chat with visitors in real-time and increase conversions. Sales and support made easy for businesses.  https://www.zopim.com
3. Zendesk is not just another help desk tool. It is the easiest and fastest way to great customer service. Much like the art of Zen, the path to customer service excellence is a continuous journey that involves product, people, practice. https://www.zendesk.com

Teleseminars

1. Super-easy teleseminars help you coach in groups, work with affiliate partners, generate leads, and make more money.  Coaches and other professional speakers choose Instant Teleseminar because it’s easy to use for both you and your audience, with no downloads required for anyone. www.instantteleseminar.com
2. Screen recording software.  You can make up to 15 min recordings (no sound) with the free version or use the Pro Recorder to record for longer with sound. https://screencast-o-matic.com/home

Audio

1. Audacity® is free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds.  Audacity can record and play sounds and import and export WAV, AIFF, MP3, and OGG files. http://www.audacityteam.org

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