Free Services and Software for Business
PC World columnist Richard Morochove writes:
Just because you manage a business doesn’t mean you have to throw money around. A penny-pinching business manager can access some useful services and applications with no financial outlay.
We took at look at 15 of the best business freebies. They handle everything from customer relationship management and e-commerce Web sites to e-mail accounts, customer mailing lists, and business management training.
Many entail nothing more than Internet access, a Web browser, and a few minutes of your time for user registration. Others require you to download and install some software to access their capabilities.
All are free. Some have paid versions that offer additional features and higher capacities.
There is really no reason for any small business not to have a web presence in this day and time. Of particular interest is Microsoft Office Live Basics, which lets a small business establish an online presence by providing a domain name along with the capacity for managing a good-sized Web site and a couple of dozen e-mail accounts.
Google Apps for your Domain isn’t listed among the fifteen sites in the article, but it is a similar suite of easy-to-use tools for small business.
As always, if you need assistance putting any of these free tools or services to work for you, contact us!