Comments on: 10 Money Saving Tools For Small Business

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:56:02 +0000

Many small businesses that take appointments (eg therapists, body shops, psychologists, hair salons etc) can save a lot of time and money by letting their customers book on line. There are many systems but few free ones that work well. We use http://www.ClickBook.net which also sends reminders to customers, which increases income (less no shows!).

By: tech guru

tech guru — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:42:31 +0000

Free tech support is ok for really small businesses or an individual, but otherwise it is reckless and dangerous to data and network security.

By: Pankaj

Pankaj — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:07:02 +0000

Great list indeed! You could try HyperOffice Collaboration Suite, it brings together project management, document management and web conferencing in a single solution. Having all of your collaboration tools at the same place is pretty convenient.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:54:37 +0000

Also, small businesses should use the downturn to get lean, flexible and competitive.
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They can access free resources from “The Great American Small Business Challenge,” a new, non-profit organization that partners with SBA funded Small Business Development Centers.
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Small Businesses can access free online software, training and support at:
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http://www.tgasbc.org

By: Rod Newbound

Rod Newbound — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:22:45 +0000

A big Thank You for this list. I’ll definitely be back when I have a problem in these areas. And, I’ll be checking your site often for more good tips.

By: Shirley Anderson

Shirley Anderson — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:08:19 +0000

This is a terrific resource! Thx for sharing them. I’m going to check out the free websites for sure, as well as the Documents Heaven and Tech Guys. I’d love to use the Internet is Fun site, but I’m not that technically advanced. I don’t even have what ever kind of camera you use for such things.

Thx, again. I’m bookmarking and Google paging this. Giving it a StumbleUpon thumbs up, too.

By: Priyanka

Priyanka — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:12:49 +0000

Good List! Instead of using two tools OpenProj & DocStoc you can use a single tool DeskAway for online project management & collaboration & uploading files & documents & sharing them with your team members. Also you can get Project Reports & Time tracking for the projects with a lot of foreign languages supported. You can get a full Export/Backup of all the files & documents.
http://www.deskaway.com

By: Devin @ CoolProducts

Devin @ CoolProducts — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:10:20 +0000

Nice post. Some of these sites can even help you in everyday life problems!

By: Kari Rippetoe

Kari Rippetoe — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:30:40 +0000

Great list! It’s brilliant to see so many free resources popping up everywhere, since small businesses really need that leg up.

Here’s a few more I’ve used:
Free stock photos: stock.xchng (http://sxc.hu)
Free online invoicing: Curdbee (http://curdbee.com)
Text your business card: Contxts (http://contxts.com)
Edit photos: Picnik (http://picnik.com), Fotoflexer (http://fotoflexer.com), Splashup (http://splashup.com)

You can also use social media sites for free market research: http://thecaffeinatedblog.typepad.com/the_caffeinated_blog/2008/08/how-to-use-social-media-for-market-research.html

By: Thapelo

Thapelo — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:05:39 +0000

Thanks that is a very useful list. everyone of those products will come in handy for my business. I also use Freemind for mind mapping, it is free and open-source for anyone interested.