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The 10 Best Free Business Software Tools
for Small Business Owners and Managers
We reviewed dozens of business software programs to bring you this list of free quality business software programs that can easily replace some costly program while saving you money.
Please note that these are all fully functional, completely free software programs that you can use without any restrictions. Now, you may be wondering just how this can be, it sounds like it's too good to be true. Well, the following are all "open source" programs, meaning they are developed by communities of volunteer programmers and made available to all of us to use for free.
We've included in this list the programs that in our opinion are the best open source business programs out there. Now without further ado let's start with the list:
1. Free Office Suit: LibreOffice (Replaces: Microsoft Office)
LibreOffice is a powerful office suite with functionality similar to Microsoft office, it has all the modules that MS Office has, including a word processor called "Writer", a spreadsheet module called "calc", a presentation engine called "Impress", a drawing and flowcharting module called "Draw", a database module called "Base", and in addition has a module for editing mathematics called "Math". LibreOffice is a powerful piece of software that has a clean and intuitive interface. One of the advantages of LibreOffice is that it can create and edit MS Office format style files including: .doc, .xls, Etc.
2. Free Project Management Tool: GanttProject (Replaces: Microsoft Project, Oracle Primavera)
As a business manager you'll have to assign projects to your stuff members and supervise their progress, how you do this? enter GanttProject.
GanttProject is an open source project management program. This tool has a rich list of features that make it easy for you to manage projects of any size. it can produce Gantt charts so that you can define milestones and observe how your projects are organized, in addition it can produce PERT charts. GanttProject allows you to assign staffers to work on each task and supervise their performance progress. A nice added feature is a module that allows you to see who's too busy and who is not really busy and can take on more tasks.
3. Free Small Business Accounting Software: GnuCash (Replaces: Quicken, QuickBooks)
GnuCash is an accounting software that allows you to manage the financial aspects of your internet business, it can also double as a personal finance program. It is feature rich and easy to use and in the same token flexible and intuitive.
GnuCash features double entry accounting thus follow the standard accounting method. Though you'll have to get yourself familiar with double entry accounting principles to be able to take full advantage of this tool. The personal finance module make it easy for you to follow your personal bank accounts, stocks income and expenses and much more.
What makes this tool different from most other accounting financial software programs is its ability to track both your personal finances and your business' financials. you can import data from Quicken, schedule transactions and much more. A nice feature that has been added recently is a linked android app that allows you to follow and keep track of your finances.
4. Free Task Management Software: GeeTeeDee
GeeTeeDee is a feature rich and easy to use task management program that allows for an efficient time and tasks management.
Once you use this tool you'll probably notice a substantial improvement in your productivity.
One big advantage that this tool has over other similar program is it's ability to take into consideration the location of the tasks thus allowing you to group together tasks with close locations for improved productivity and less time that is consumed on commuting from one location to another.
5. Free Backup Software: Cobian Backup (Replaces: Acronis backup, Genie)
backing up one's computer data frequently is a vital task that is sometimes neglected. Cobian backup is meant to make this task easy and automatic. It allows to back up all your computer's files and directory to an external disk or any other device of your choosing, and it can make it securely. Since it is multi-threaded, it is also very fast. Cobian sports the ability to back up through FTP both download and upload. Plus it can run on the background, following a backup schedule, without interrupting with your work on the computer.
6. Free Compression Software: 7-zip (Replaces: WinZip)
A compression program is a piece of software that anyone needs to have. Currently the leading compression tool is WinZip which comes with a price tag of about $60. However 7-zip has all the features of WinZip plus it is free. It can create and open WinZip style files, its compression is better, it can encrypt its zipped files and also create self-extracting files.
7. Free ERP (Enterprise resource planning): ADempiere (Replaces: NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics)
An ERP (Enterprise resource planning) program is meant to allow a business organization to integrate several business functions into one robust program. Actually ADempiere is more than ERP, it combines ERP, CRM and SCM.Usually it is utilized by larger organizations, however ADempiere can be quite useful to smaller firms too. An ERP software can make operations in your firm much easier to manage.
ADempiere is quite an impressive program considering that it was developed by volunteer programmers under the open source system. It has all the features of expensive commerce ERP programs yet it comes with a price tag of $0.
ADempiere will automate many tasks and functions of your business including technology related, services, sales, human resources and more. It offers plenty of documentation and has an active community of users that can help with any concern you have.
8. Free Flow Chart and Diagram Creation Program: Dia (Replaces: Visio)
Dia is a diagram and drawing program that is similar to Visio. It does not have all the features of Visio but it has enough features to satisfy any Internet business owner. It can create great organization charts, flowcharts, network diagrams and more.
9. Free Spreadsheet Application: Gnumeric (Replaces: Microsoft Excel)
Gnumeric is a strong spreadsheet program very similar to Microsoft's Excel that can be very useful to both beginners and advance spreadsheet users. It is quite intuitive and easy to use. Gnumeric is compatible with Excel files format and many others'. It also has a detailed user manual (stored online).
10. Free Website Design Software: BlueGriffon (Replaces: Adobe Dreamweaver)
BlueGriffon is an awarded winning web design editor. Powered by the same engine that powers Firefox, it is very fast and bug free. very easy to use while sports all the features of the expensive editors on the market including the latest HTML5 standards. Its simple and intuitive interface allows the creation of an impressive variety of attractive websites without the need to learn HTML. However, it still has a source view module that can be utilized by the more advanced users.
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Internet Marketing: The Amazing Formula That Will Turn Your Website into a Million Dollar Cash Machine.
The Single Most Critical Factor in Making Money with an Internet Business
There is a special breed of Online-Millionaires that are making money on the internet like crazy. You've probably never heard of them. They keep themselves and their activities under the radar. Why? because they follow a certain simple strategy and they don't want you or anyone else to discover it. This strategy has created more millionaires than you could ever think possible.
How do I know? I am one of those Millionaires, and I'm going to reveal to you now each and every component of this incredible strategy.
My name is bork. You may have stumbled on my name on the internet, probably in relation to my capacity as a writer and publisher of business guides. This is just one side of me, the visible one. There has been another side to my online presence, a concealed one. And there is where I've been taking advantage of that simple strategy to accumulate my seven figure fortune.
So why reveal my methods now? Well, I'm semi retired and I've made enough money so that my kids do not need to work one more day in their lives (if they so desire). I've had my blessings and now I want to help others succeed as well, this is my way to give back.
Now look, 99% of the folks who try to make it on the Internet follow the same rout, the same set of activities. They all move in one big herd. Listen, In the highly competitive online arena, when you do the same things as anyone else you don't stand a chance to succeed - you are doomed.
In order to win the internet battles you must go off the beaten path, you need to do something different, you need a competitive edge - and that is where my simple strategy comes into play. It gives you that "unfair advantage" to boost your sales, pile up profits and leave your competitors in the dust.
When a soldier goes into battle he seeks to equip himself with the best weapons he could lay his hands on. The same goes for the internet battles. The single most important factor in utilizing my strategy successfully is equipping yourself with the right tools and services. The magic word is 'Automation'. You need to have the best tools and you need to know how to put them to best use. This is critical, some of the tools that I'll show you can actually heart you if not used correctly.
Look, in order to make money on the internet you need to get noticed by the search engines and you need to climb up the search engines result pages (SERPs).
Unfortunately Google and the other search engines give preference to large and established sites. The little guy with a relatively new or small website does not stand a chance. You could of course go the "natural" rout. That will take you about 5 years to establish a site that will be liked by Google. I don't know about you, but I prefer to start making money with a new site much earlier than that. That is why you need to use
some special tools, to take some unconventional measures - you need to be a little more creative.
As a matter of fact, one of the best kept secrets of the cyber-millionaires is what tools they use and, more importantly, how they make use of them for maximum benefit.
Here's a list of the tools and services that I use while executing my strategy, later on I'll show you exactly how the strategy works and how these tools integrates perfectly within it to come up with the easiest, fastest, most effective way of making money online:
1. Keyword Research Tool: Keyword Canine - a multi-featured tool for niche discovery, keyword research and backlink analysis.
2. Hosting Service: HostGator - a reliable web hosting. Has some extra features that makes it suitable for internet marketing activities.
3. Wordpress Theme: Thesis - much more than a theme, it's more of a design and template manager for Wordpress. Most suitable for a business site that is meant to be ranked high on the search engines.)
4. Content Creator: Article Builder - produces high quality unique articles built around the topics and keywords that you give it.
5. Email Marketing Tool: Weber - automatically manage all email marketing activities: creates sign-up forms, collects and manages subscribers, sends out scheduled emails and more. Powerful yet very easy to use.
6. Article Spinner: The Best spinner - a multi-featured tool for creating multiple versions of an article that will be seen as unique in the search engines.
7. Links Building knowledge: Link Building Course - a comprehensive link building learning framework that is constantly updated to reflect the most recent effective link building strategies.
8. Manual Link Building: Rank Crew - an affordable and reliable manual link building service.
9. Automatic Directory Submission: DeepLinkerPro - automate the creation of manual directory links, allows the use of varied anchor text and also to drip feed the submissions over time to make it all look as natural as possible.
10. Automatic Link Builder: Senuke - a powerful backlinking tool which has been designed to assist with the time consuming task of creating a large number of links.
11. Backlinks Indexer and Booster: Backlink Booster - automatically increases the power of the backlinks to a website. It's both a backlink indexer aiming to get the backlinks indexed faster, and also a backlink booster to help boost the amount of link juice each of the backlinks sends to a website.
Now, in order to take full advantage of my strategy you need to be familiar with basic Internet business concepts. The next chapter features a list of tips and ideas that touches on various internet business topics. This is basic stuff - if you are new to internet business these tips can help with your first steps in the field and also serve as an introduction. If you have some Internet business background you may want to skip the next chapter and hop right to chapter 3 where I start revealing the formula that made me an internet millionaire.
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