8 Tools To Help You Save Money

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So you finally discovered the power of the internet and online marketing. Welcome to the 21st century. You now have the opportunity to leverage your business using tools that are available online. But this is where things get a bit tricky. Launching a new business online or running an existing one costs money. We all want to know, which tools do we use? Which ones are cost-effective?

Here is a list of the best online tools you can use to help your business take off. These online tools will make it easier for you to launch your business or maintain your existing one. I have taken it upon myself to list them down and help you out. Each one holds a special place in my heart.

1. Pickydomains – What you have to do first is to create a catchy name for your business, right? This site is crowd-sourced and has thousands of cool and clever contributors; one is bound to come up with a name that describes your business to a T. Plus, it is risk free! You only have to pay if you like their work. We love risk-free!
2. Odesk – You can find a community of talented people who can help you with creative services on this site. You can find everything from Logo design to web design to writing services here. The next Salvador Dali is here, somewhere.
3. Dropbox – Here is where you can share, sync and store files online. It enables you to back-up all your documents as well as share your files with co-workers wherever they may be. Be careful of what you drop into the dropbox though. You might accidentally “drop” your high school pictures in the shared folder. Yes, those pictures with the M.C. Hammer pants. That’s right. You can’t touch this!
4. Skype – This software allows you to make video and voice calls to anyone around the world. That is if they have Skype too. Which got me thinking…who doesn’t?
5. Google Analytics – Is a must have for any online business because it helps you analyse how visitors land on your site, what they do there and why they come back. It also helps with measurement of sales and conversions. Sounds good eh? Ah, the power of technology.
6. iSpionage – This is one of my favourite tools. It’s so cool! It can help you manage your keyword rankings, helps with link analysis and crawl diagnostics and gives you a background about your competition’s SEO strategies. It can’t help you make the perfect Eggs Benedict, though. That, you’d have to figure out for yourself.

7. Free post ads – Call it what you want, but advertising for free is a huge advantage that your business has over those from a generation ago.  Whether you use Kijiji, Craigslist, Gum Tree (UK), or OLX (India), you can sell your products or services at a city level.  But since these free tools are available to everyone, be sure to stand out from the crowd by using better key words in your title, more relevant photos and a great description of what you are offering.
8. Jing – Don’t you sometimes wish your business partners can see what you’re seeing. Help them look at things from your point of view. Jing allows you to make videos and share screenshots with your business partners. Monkey see, monkey do.

I’ll stop at eight since it is my favourite number. Let me quit while I’m ahead.

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