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Looking for tools to manage and market your business for cheap or even free? Here are over 15 will free tools to manage your business (accounting, email, contacts etc.) and advertise your business (digital advertising, email marketing, etc.).
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FREE AND COST EFFECTIVE TOOLSFor Startups and Small Businesses
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I have a confession about
These pants- 10 years old
This shirt- bought for 80% off
These shoes- 15 years old
…myself- I’m cheap!
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By the end of the presentation
Over 15 Free tools to manage (and grow) your business:• Manage your finances• Manage your customers and relationships• Organize and Manage your to-do’s• Organize and Manage your thoughts, anywhere• Access your files, anywhere• Edit Photos• Protect your computer• Market your business through email • Manage your social media• Advertise your business online
• Tips for finding your own free tools
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Skeptical?
You should be…a little bit
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A lesson about free from Seinfeld
• http://youtu.be/ie1XGTYueHw
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Free, How do they do it?• Ads- They have an audience and have data that
businesses are willing to pay to get in front of
Familiar Examples: Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter
• Freemium- You have to pay for additional features
Familiar Examples: Pandora, Dropbox
• Open Source- A community of developers willing to contribute to something free.
Examples: Firefox, GIMP, Linux, OpenOffice
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Manage your finances- AccountingWave, My Fave!• Make sure you get paid!• Categorize your income• Categorize your expenses• Creates Financial Statements (balance sheet, income statement)• View reports
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Wave- Connects With Your Bank Accounts
Automatically imports data from your bank account(s)
Make sure you account for all your:
• Income- Stay out of jail!
• Expenses (i.e Tax Write-offs!)
Having a bank account that you allows you to remotely deposit check is a time saver!
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Wave- Easy Invoicing
Connect Payments with Invoices!
Upload your company info- Wave automatically adds it to every invoice
-Email or Print Invoice
-Set payment due date
-Add categories, keep track of where you’re making your money
-Easily keep track of money owed to you!
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Wave- Good Reporting
View your financial health• Balance Sheet• Income Statement
See where money is coming from• Money Paid to you• Money Owed to you
See where money is going• Money you’ve spent• Money you owe
View Historical Data
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Wave- Ad based model• Free Version
• Get everything, except for Payroll and Credit Card Payments• No limits
• Unobtrusive Ads
• Only shortcoming- mobile applications
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Mental Intermission, Number 1I became an Uncle this weekend!
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Manage Your Contacts
Zoho
Insightly- I prefer the interface• Manage your Contacts
• Manage your Opportunities/Leads
• Manage your Relationships
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Insighlty- Integrations• Gmail Integration, easily create an Insightly record from
an email:• New Contact• New Task• New Opportunity• New Project
• Google Drive Integration:• Link Insightly contact, task, opportunity or project to a file in Google
Drive.
• Evernote Integration:• Link Insightly contact, task, opportunity to an item in Evernote.
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Insightly- Manage Your Opportunities
Keep Track off all your leads, prospects, and opportunities
• Assign a $ value to your leads
• Assign a probability of winning to your leads
• Put a forecasted close date
• Create tasks & events to nurture your leads
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Insightly- View Data/Reports
Get insight into data you’ve entered into Insightly:
• How many leads do we have?
• What’s the estimated value of those leads?
• Why did we lose leads?
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Insightly- “Freemium” Model
Free (Gratis) Version• 2,500 records• 200 MB storage• 10 custom fields• 3 users• Export Records
Paid (Standard Version)- $7/user/month, paid annually• 10,000 records• Unlimited Storage• 25 custom fields• Automatically Syncs Google Contacts & Calendar• MailChimp Integration
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Organize It• Google Keep, Evernote• Wunderlist
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Organize It – Google KeepThe back of the napkin, in the cloud.• Don’t lose a good idea!• Search your notes• Picture Notes• Color Code
Evernote- a similar tool that may be better for iOS users
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Organize It- Wunderlist
Reduce Your Anxiety!
• Set Reminders
• Organize into folders
• Access anywhere
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File Storage- Google Drive• Access your files anywhere• Document Syncing• Backup your files• Integrates well with other Google Products (e.g. Gmail)
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Photo Editing- Open Source Tools• GIMP• Inkscape
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Protect Yourself
AVG• AVG Antivirus Free- Antivirus, Link Protection, File
Shredder
• AVG Internet Security 2015- Everything in Antivirus Free + Online Shield, Data Safe, Anti-Spam, & Firewall
Your Internet Provider• Comcast Constant Guard with Norton Security Suite
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Email Marketing
Mail Chimp• Send professional looking emails• Maintain relationships, market to existing customers• Good Automation Features
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Mental Intermission, Number 2
Buster Wrigley The 1103 Marketing Mascot
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Manage your social life (the online portion)
Hootsuite• Manage your Social Profiles from 1 spot• Reporting/Analytics• Schedule Messages
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Hootsuite
Streams• Organize your social activity• Keep tabs on what’s going on
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Hoosuite- “Freemium” Model
Free Version• Only 3 social profiles• Only 1 login• Basic Message Scheduling
Paid Version (Pro) starting at $9.99/month• 50 social profiles• Advanced message scheduling• Enhanced reporting• An additional login• & more
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Digital Advertising
Bing Ads- Create Webmaster Accounts• Get $50 in free credit
Google Adwords- New Account• Spend $25, Get $75 free credit
LinkedIn- Create a business page• Spend $5, Get $50 free credit
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What’s Better Than Free?
Sometimes paying
Initially a sad realization for me
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Paid Options- Google for Work
I originally used a free email that came with my website hosting.
Switched to Google for Work- $5/user/month• Access on any device• Business Email Address• No Ads!• Collaboration Tools• Security and Admin Controls
I have coupons! Save $10/user per year.
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Paid Options- Constant ContactPreferred the user interface• Saved me time creating and sending emails
Additional Features/Capabilities• Creates HTML version of email to share on social media• Option to create feedback and surveys
Offer a free 60 day trial
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Find free tools that meet your needs
• Google it, if you need something. Others probably need it and someone has probably built it
• Promo Codes or coupons- If you’re going to buy something online, search for promo codes first.
• Check Reputability• Reviews or mentions quality sites/sources• Try and identify why it’s free• Be particularly wary of downloading anything
• Check Out Features• Know what you need• Plan for growth, simplified- Look for a tool that integrates with other tools you use.
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My own set upStaying Organized• Wunderlist- ToDo’s• Google Keep- Ideas
Google for Work• Gmail • Google Drive- File Storage, Backups• Google Calendar
Managing Finances• Wave• Chase Bank
Photo Editing• Gimp• Inkscape
Managing Contacts• Insightly & Insightly
Google AppManaging Social Media• Hootsuite
Email Marketing• Constant Contact
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My Own Setup- An ExampleStored my ideas/thoughts in
Google Keep Sent email to my contacts using Constant Contact
Posted to my social media profiles using Hootsuite
Added event to Google Calendar
Interacted with Sue using Gmail
Stored presentation in Google Drive
Edited Photos with GIMP
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Other Free Resources• SCORE- Free Small Business Mentoring/Counseling
• ISU SBDC- Free Seminars and Resources
• This Meetup Group!!!
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Now What?
Get this list of free toolsI will post a link to the list of tools in the Meetup group by noon tomorrow.
Try them out!If you saw something that looks like it might be beneficial, try it out...it won’t cost you anything!
Share your thoughts and free tools you use!