Tips & Tricks

Free Resources for Small Business

We've compiled these lists to help you spend less and do more for you business.

Historically, large corporations have preferred commercial software. However, there are now many forward-thinking enterprises that embrace these free, open-source software solutions with superior quality and features.

Take advantage of these free software tools and work like a large business on a small business budget!

Top 10 Best Free Open Source Software for your Business

Sell you products and services online - Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal
Manage your Contacts - SugarCRM
Manage Your Projects - Redmine
Work with Office Documents - OpenOffice - PDFs, Spreadsheet, Database, Word Processor
Browse the Web - FireFox, Chrome
Free Corporate-style Email - Thunderbird
Protect Your Computer - Clam Antivirus
Free Computing - Linux
Manage your Finances - GnuCash
Create a Brochure - Scribus

Top 10 Best Free Online Services for your Business

WordPress - create a website for free!
DropBox - share files easily
iDrive - schedule automatic backups - 5G of free storage
MediaFire - store and share unlimited data - free unlimited storage
Free Conference Calls - have attendees call in to your number, record the call for later reference.
Web meetings - travel less, do more
Google Analytics - you have a website, now find out if it's working for you
Google Apps - share documents, enjoy a free corporate-style email account
Google Voice - get your own business phone number and forward to your call, office, and home phones.
Networking & Promotion - Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, YouTube - get your business noticed!
LogMeIn Hamachi - free VPN