Friday, April 27, 2012

Free resources for Entrepreneurs and Marketers

Whenever you are in initial stage of Entrepreneurship or Good Marketer, we all first focus on free resources so I thought to bring some of my best pick free resources which I use in my day to day life.


1.    Survey Monkey


I love survey monkey, it is exceptionally good platform to create your survey and share with your prospect/client etc. You can use that service to create a survey of 10 questions absolutely free but if you think 10 questions aren't enough, you can purchase the paid membership plans too.


I personally share with my every client who is going to indulge in any business in order to do the market research.


2.    Wonderlist




Best to-do list management app I ever came across and personally used. This is very simple with good interface to organize  to-do lists on the go and even synchronize them with your partner/manager/wife etc using free Wunderlist account. View and modify your tasks on Windows, Mac, Linux,iPad, Android and the Web. Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide use Wunderlist everyday.


3.    Zoho CRM



If you are an small company want more leads in-flow and close them asap also turn them into happy customer then ZOHO CRM is for you. You and your two other sales and marketing member can make a best use of it to secure good leads and plan the marketing process easily, you can check features from here http://www.zoho.com/crm/zohocrm-pricing.html (Don't forget to click on + buttons so you complete list of features)

4.    Google DOCS/Drive (Now it become Google Drive)

Google Drive



You name anything Google uncle will give that for free. Its not completely true but partially it's true. Here is the Google Docs/Drive; . Use the best and optimal platform for  Upload, Share and Create (Word, Excel, Spreadsheet, Form, Drawing and tables) and Google one day ago launched Google drive which he integrated with google docus where you can store upto 5 GB data. You will need a mere google account, I know you everybody has at-least one, if  not then you are living medieval age.


5.    Elance/Odesk




Elance and Odesk are two most popular destination to find the web/graphic/sales/accounting professional at very competitive price. Client need to pay a penny to post their job posting but if you want to get more professional attention you can post sponsored job posting for that you have to make small payment and get 100 of professional's bid for your project right in your inbox.


6.    Portable Apps

As living in internet and fast paced world it is necessary to become fast and even faster but if your system is not fast enough you can't be fast enough. Use portable apps for software you don't usually use them. Keeping less used software in portable mode will help you to give space to install the important one.

7.    Mail Chimp


Mailchimp, another good option for small business to send the email newsletter to your prospects or clients. If you have fewer than 2,000 subscribers, you can send up to 12,000 emails per month absolutely free. If you have more subscriber and like to send more emails then you can go for paid membership, its worth taking if you have good list of potential subscriber http://mailchimp.com/pricing/


8.    Skype


Last but not least Skype, amazing software which makes internet calling experience more delightful with high quality. Its amazing to use for web conference and skype call conference too. It works very well for me and I hope it will work for you too.


I hope you liked my hand-picked 8 free resources for you, please share your experience by commenting on my post.



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