Get Organized!
It's very easy to lose track of important documents and events when you're juggling the multiple tasks that go into being self-employed these days. One of the best ways to keep on top of things is to leverage free services like Google Calendar to keep your schedule on track.
One of the coolest office organization product sites I've seen lately is See Jane Work. They even have an advice section with great organizational tips like "Organize Your Nightstand (for work)".
Small businesses tend to run on a very tight budget. To help you focus on growing your business, we assembled a list of free resources that will provide needed tools to get you off and running.
"LibreOffice is the free power-packed Open Source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base." LibreOffice is the open-source successor to OpenOffice, which was acquired by Oracle. LibreOffice offers a robust productivity suite, suitable for small business - and it's free!
HootSuite is a free "social media dashboard"; instead of going to multiple sites to manage your social media interaction for your business, you can do it all from one place.
"GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages." - If you don't have, or can't afford PhotoShop, this is a great free alternative for touching up product photos before adding them to your website.
Stock images can help your content come alive for your readers, or give your blog entry extra zing. 123RF makes a generous selection of images available with the caveat of requesting an attribution link.
Computer running slow? Too many things starting up when you boot up your PC? This free tool from PiriForm will make it so easy to clean up the mess on your computer.
"GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL and available for GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.
Designed to be easy to use, yet powerful and flexible, GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports"
Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux
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MojoPortal, the content management system (CMS) that IndigoTea uses for its client sites, has a built-in user registration and newsletter system - no need to pay a third party to manage your newsletter delivery service!