These days, you can do just about anything as long as you have an internet connection - and that includes a lot of the tasks and tools you need as a business owner. Even better, a lot of those tools are free. And because everyone loves free, I've Googled and clicked and searched and tested to find the best websites with free business tools. Listed below are some of the best free communication sites, with tools like e-mail, web conferencing and IM. Also, stay tuned in the coming weeks for the best, free sites for content, marketing, online storage and more.
Free Communication Tools
- Adium, adiumx.com; IM application for Mac OS X that can connect across numerous messaging services
- Dimdim, dimdim.com; open-source web-conferencing application, free basic service
- Freeconferencecall.com; pay only long distance costs to create a conference call and a digital recording of the call
- Gmail, mail.google.com; e-mail service
- Jott, jott.com; voice-to-text service for creating notes, lists, e-mails and text messages, free basic service
- Oovoo, oovoo.com; video messaging, chatting and conferencing
- Paltalk, paltalk.com; group IM, chat and video call application
- Plugoo, plugoo.com; widget that allows direct chatting between IM and any blog or webpage visitor
- Skype, skype.com; international calling over the internet
- YouSendIt, yousendit.com; send large files up to 100MB, free basic service
Comments
Love Google Mail! Definitely going to try I want Sandy....
great list of resources!
Wow.... Never knew about all of these! Good finds.
I want Sandy hasn't existed since December 2008. Did you actually visit and use any of these sites?
Thanks for catching that David! A few of these resources are ones I'd known of for a while, while others are ones I researched more recently. My apologies.
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