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Tweak Your Biz Technology 9 Free Business Productivity Tools For Startups
9 Free Business Productivity Tools For Startups
by Maricel Rivera on April 8th, 2013
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Starting a business can be a daunting endeavor, especially if all you have is a cool
product and not enough capital. In the tech world, or in any other niche for that matter, most startuppers
fail not because they have bad products but because they are unable to generate enough consumer interest
in their products.
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Considering overheads and other back-office expenses, this scenario doesnt come as a surprise. So if youre
still starting out and find yourself strapped for much needed funding to keep your startup afloat, the following
free business productivity tools are worth checking out.
# 1. Bitrix24.com
If you need a collaboration tool your staff are most likely to adopt with relative ease and minimum training,
take the social intranet route.
Bitrix24.com is the fastest growing social intranet thats free for businesses with 12 employees or less. The
application comes as a combination of several different work tools like CRM, project management, real-time
streaming, activity planner, file sharing, to name just a few. As it is cloud-based, access can be anywhere,
whether using your computer or smartphone. An upgrade to unlimited users starts at $99 per month.
# 2. GotFreeFax.com
In this era of e-mail and instant messaging, youd think fax machines are no longer relevant. But if a LinkedIn
survey as reported by Mashable is to be believed, fax machines are still in until 2017 steps in.
As you might have already guessed from the sites name, GotFreeFax.com is an online service that allows you
to send up to three pages of fax for free (maximum of two faxes per day) to any number in the United States
or Canada. The site also offers premium pay-per-fax service should you need to send more.
# 3. RememberTheMilk.com
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RememberTheMilk.com is an online productivity tool that assists in task and time management. Remember
The Milk essentially functions as your all-in-one task manager, electronic calendar and to-do list. Aside from
allowing you to share and split tasks with other people, the application can be integrated with GMail, too.
The pro account is priced at $25 for one year and comes with exclusive mobile app features and Microsoft
Outlook integration.
# 4. Kolab.org
Kolab.org is an open-source group collaboration server that allows for sharing of notes, e-mail access,
calendar organization, task management, address book maintenance, news aggregation, phone sync and
journal integration. Kolab is secure, scalable, reliable, mobile and professional, ensuring productivity every
step of the way. As a whole, the application requires some getting used to. But once you get the hang of it, the
hassle can be all worth it.
# 5. WaveApps.com
Formerly WaveAccounting.com, WaveApps.com is an accounting software thats fast, simple and easy to use,
offering unlimited invoicing and expense tracking. 100% free for small businesses with nine employees or
less, its accountant-approved and specifically designed for non-accountants. You can also securely connect
your bank and PayPal accounts or other sources of data, and your transactions are automatically imported
into the accounting software.
# 6. PRLog.org
To make your business presence known, one surefire route to take is through the distribution of press
releases. PRLog.org is a site where you can dispense press releases for free. And if you feel you dont have
the necessary expertise to create a killer press release, the site provides instructions on how to write one, even
how to embed videos where necessary.
# 7. Weebly.com
One cardinal business rule is that businesses should have their own websites to boost their market presence
online. Weebly.com is a free website creator that doesnt require website creation expertise. Until youre
ready to go for more complex and/or self-hosted sites that would require monthly or yearly payments,
Weebly.com is a good alternative.
# 8. Join.me
For those meetings or web conferences on the fly, Join.me is a simple-to-use teleconferencing application that
allows you to review documents and designs, train staff, do product demonstrations basically to get
everyone apprised of company updates. You can do transatlantic web conferences and presentations, too.
# 9. IFTTT.com
IFTTT.com, which is short for if this, then that, functions like a computer program repeatedly uttering
if/then logic all day long. With IFTTT, you set up recipes to assist you with task automation. For a recipe to
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work, you have to have a channel, a trigger and an action. Examples of channels are Facebook, e-mail,
Evernote, LinkedIn, just to mention a few.
For instance, if youre tagged in a photo on Facebook, you can create a recipe that would automatically
download the image into Dropbox.
What other free business productivity tools can you suggest?
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The Author: Maricel Rivera
Maricel Rivera is a freelance business and technology writer. While her freelance writing experience spans
over 10 years, she stepped into the online writing arena just early last year. Since then, she has been writing
for small to mid-sized businesses, assisting them with their content marketing and SEO efforts.
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