free software & tools for your business!

Over the years, we've discovered tons of helpful (and free!) software and tools that make the job of running a business much easier. New links are added all the time, so check back often and be sure to save this page to your favorites. Better yet, download our free toolbar to keep this and our other fabulous resources at your fingertips. If you'd like to let your clients and associates know about this resource, feel free to add a link to our page on your website and ezine like this: Free Business Software

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Marketing Tools NEW
Media Players
Meeting Coordination
OCR
Office Apps NEW
Online Forms NEW
PDF NEW
Podcasting Tools
PowerPoint/Presentation Tools
Press Release Tools
Project Mgmt/Virtual Office NEW
Publishing Tools
Reference Tools NEW
Remote Access
RSS
Screen Capture NEW
Screen Recording
Shareware Sources
Shopping Carts
Social Networking NEW
Survey & Poll Tools NEW
Task Tracking NEW
Telephony NEW
Testing/Training/Tutorials
Time Tracking
Transcription NEW
Utilities NEW
Video Tools NEW
Web Conferencing NEW
Web Design NEW
Wireless Internet

accounting/personal finances

Ace Money Lite
Debt Free Planner/Calculator NEW
GnuCash (replaces MS Money, Quicken)
InvoTrak
Less Accounting
Manilla NEW
Mint
Shoeboxed.com
The Invoice Machine

anti-spam

ePrompter
JustHumans
Mailwasher
Sender Policy Framework (SPF)
Solve Media TYPE-IN (captcha service) NEW
SuperAntiSpyware Free

anti-virus

Avast
AVG
Avira
ClamWin
Malicious Software Removal Tool
Malwarebytes
MS Security Essentials HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Panda Cloud
PC Tools Anti-Virus
ThreatFire
Trend Micro Housecall (virus scan)
ZoneAlarm (firewall)

article & ezine tools

Format Text/Articles
Format It!
Free Spam Check
Free Spam Checker Tool
Mad Mimi
Spam Check
Tiny Letter (free ezine builder/distribution)

audio tools

Audacity HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Blaze Media Pro
Online Converter
MixPad Multitrak Recording
Myna Audio Editor
PolderBits
Rapid Rip
RecordPad Sound Recording
Slice Audio File Splitter
SoundCloud
SoundTap Audio Recording
Stamp ID3 Mp3 Tag Editor
Switch Audio Converter
The Levelator
Wavepad Sound Editor

Stock Music & Sound Effects

ProductionTrax
Sound Snap

blogging

Blogger
LiveJournal
Movable Type OpenSource Project
Posterous
Qumana
Terapad
WordPress (self-hosted) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Misc. Tools & Accessories

CMS Matrix
Gravatar
Solve Media TYPE-IN (captcha service) NEW
Typealizer
Wordle

browsers

FireFox
Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Safari (for Macs)
Safari (for PCs)

calendars (online & shared)

AirSet
Calendars.net
Google Calendar
SmartCal
SpongeCell
Yahoo Calendars
Zoho Calendar NEW

charitable giving

ChipIn
GoFundMe
GoodSearch
GoodShop
JustGiving
Kiva
ModestNeeds
UniversalGiving

chatware/IM

AliveChat
Envolve (free up to 25 people simultaneously) NEW
Gaim (replaces AIM, Windows Messenger)
Trillian
VeriShow
Volusion

computer backup

ADrive
Backup995
Backupify
Mozy

computer cleaners

CC Cleaner HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Easy Cleaner

computer security

Ad-Aware
MS Windows Defender
Spybot Search & Destroy
Spyware Doctor
Stopzilla Anti-Spyware

copyright protection

Article Checker
Copyright Spot
CopyGator
Copyscape
Creative Commons
Doc Cop
Plagiarism Checker
Plagiarism Detect
Plagium
TinEye Reverse Imaging Lookup
Viper Anti-Plagiarism Scanner
What To Do When Someone Steals Your Content
WhoIsHostingThis

copywriting

Emotional Marketing Headline Analyzer
Lulu Title Scorer

CMS (content management system)

DropPages NEW
Moodle (learning management system) NEW

CRM (customer relationship mgmt)

FreeCRM
Karma

electronic signature

EchoSign
HelloFax NEW
MyLiveSignature
E-Sign Live NEW

email

BlueTie
Bouncr (address disguiser to help protect against spam) ) NEW
BrandMyMail (personalized email templatesl) NEW
Breeze
ClearContext
Email on Acid (email testing & preview)
Eudora
Fast Mail
Format-It
Gmail
Gmail Notifier
GTDInbox for Gmail
MailDrop NEW
MailVU (video email)
Plaxo
SendInc (email encryption)
SproutIt
Sunbird
Thunderbird
Zimbra

employee scheduling

Kappix

excel tools

ASAP Utilities

fax

Efax
Fax Free
HelloFax NEW

file conversion

Google Swiffy (converts Flash to HTML5)
Zamzar

file sharing & transferring

AirDropper NEW
Box
CuteSendIt
DropBox HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
DropPages NEW
DropSend
HelloFax NEW
JustBeamIt
MailDrop NEW
SendSpace
SendThisFile
SideCLOUDLoad NEW
SpiderOak
Windows Live FolderShare/Windows Live Sync
YouSendIt

fonts

FontBrowser
Font Converter
Font Tester
NexusFont (Windows font manager)
SymbolAssist
WhatFont Tool

forums

SimpleMachines
phpBB

FTP

Filezilla
FireFTP
Fling

graphic design

ArtWeaver (replaces Photoshop)
ChocoFlop (Mac only)
Disketch Disc Label Software
Falcon Image Markup
Gimp (replaces Photoshop)
Gimp Photo NEW
GimpShop (replaces Photoshop)
GiniPic
Google Plus Banner Creator
IconFinder
Image Size Calculator
Inkscape (similar to Illustrator)
Krita
Make Business Cards
Many Eyes (dataset chart visualizations) NEW
Online Converter
Paint
PaintStar NEW
Peacock Online Effects Editor
Phoenix Image Editor
Photo Pos Lite
PhotoPad Image Editor
PhotoPlus
Photoscape
Photoshop Express NEW
Picnik
Pixillion Image Converter
Pixlr
Pixlr-O-Matic
PIXResizer
psdGraphics
Raven Vector Editor
Seashore NEW
Shrink Pictures
StylePix
ThingLink
Toucan Swatch Editor
VCW VicMan's Photo Editor NEW
Vector Magic
Verticle Response Button Builder

image sharing/hosting

Flickr
Imgur NEW
Picasa NEW
SmugMug NEW

keyword tools

Google Keyword Tool
Keyword Envy
SearchBliss
Wordpot
Wordtracker

legal case management

Legal Case Management System

marketing tools

CloudFlood
Thumbtack
Tynt

Apps

Magmito (mobile phone app creator) NEW

QR Codes

BeQRious (QR code generator)
GoQR (QR code generator)
JumpScan (all-in-one contact info QR code generator)
Kaywa (simple QR code generator)
Maestro (simple QR code generator) NEW
PaperLinks (QR code generator)
QRStuff (QR code generators)