Cool Tools
Check out these wonders of our age - free and low-cost tools for doing the work we do. Many that are free also offer upgraded services for small fees.
Our innovation hub members learn about many more of these tools.
99Designs - Inexpensive graphic design help with logos, brochures and other custom artwork
Amazon Web Services - Everything from cloud backups to website maintenance and security tools
AngelList - Free matchmaking to find angel investors and employees
Box - Free file-sharing and cloud storage service
Canva - Professional-level tools for creating your own graphic design projects
Cool Tools - Free podcast at iTunes about guests' favorite business tools
Doodle - Free online scheduler for meetings with colleagues
DropBox - Securely share your large files with a list of colleagues you control via the cloud
Evernote - Free organizer of your ideas and information
Expensify - Create free expense reports
Fiverr - Marketplace for finding freelance help
Flickr - Free stock photos
FreeConferenceCall.com - Free means of having a small-group conference call everyone dials into at an appointed time
FreeImages - Free stock photos
Fundera - One-stop marketplace for business loans
Gmail - Free email addresses
GoDaddy - Inexpensive website domain names and platform to build and host a site
Google Alerts - Email-delivered notifications about any phrases you choose any time they appear on a Google-indexed webpage
Google Analytics - Free means to measure and track your webpages' traffic
Google Docs - Freely create and edit documents online
Google Drive - Free cloud storage of documents and file sharing with colleagues
Google Hangouts - Free digital platform for small group meet-ups
HARO (Help a Reporter Out) - Daily email lists of story ideas large and small media outlets are seeking experts to interview for. A terrific source of free PR opportunities no matter what your topic of expertise
Hatch Apps - For a tiny fraction of a developer’s cost, create apps for phones and laptops
Hootsuite - Free, easy-to-use dashboard for tracking your social media activity
Legal Zoom - Inexpensive legal forms and advice from American attorneys
LinkedIn - Free means of tracking friends and colleagues, finding experts and recruiting possible employees
MailChimp - Free and easy email newsletters to go out to your list of followers
PalPal - Inexpensive, quick and simple means of accepting and sending payment worldwide
Pixabay - Free stock photos
Prezi - Inexpensive slide deck creation for beautiful, interactive presentations
Skype - Free international phone calls via laptop or tablet with or without video; also small group phone calls
Slack - Inexpensive platform for team conversations and documents across devices
SlideShare - Free sharing of expertise via slideshows and presentations
SurveyGizmo - Inexpensive professional online surveys
SurveyMonkey - Free webpage surveys to collect opinions or info
Trademarkia - Site for searching registered logos, names and slogans of other businesses and registering trademarks
Unroll.me - A free app to get off email lists quickly and with a single stroke
Unsplash - Free stock photos
UpWork - Find the perfect freelance help in 100 fields
WhenIWork - Free tracker of shift worker availability and broadcasts schedule changes among the team
Wikipedia - Free online resource about millions of topics
Wix.com - Inexpensive website development platform and tools for professional-looking sites (no coding required)
WordPress websites - Easily editable good-looking webpages and blogs (as easy as writing an email) supported by a library of thousands of plugins that add various functionalities as well as thousands of free and low-cost webpage templates
YouCanBook.me - Free, quick and easy online client scheduling for bill-per-hour services
Zoom - Free video and web conferencing platform
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