67 Web Apps Every Business Owner Must Check Out

67 Web Apps Every Freelancer Must Check Out

In August, media Bistro published a survey done by Best Vender.  The survey shares the top 5 most popular apps for freelancers.  However, the survey only gathers data from around 100 freelancers.

I decided to create my own list of popular and user friendly Freelancer apps.  The list includes many of the ones found in the Best Vender survey as well as many, many more!

Better than that, I've organized them for you! Now, depending on your businesses need, you can check out the following apps.

Check out the ones we have listed below and share others you like in the comments section below.

Your Financial Organization

Personal

Mint: http://mint.com – It's your money. Get to know it.

Book Keeping

Freshbooks: http://www.freshbooks.com/ – Say hello to cloud accounting

Outright: http://outright.com/ – Your small business finances all in one place

QuickBooks: http://quickbooks.intuit.com/ – Organize all of your business finances in one place

FreeAgent: http://www.freeagent.com/ – Accounting software, simplified.

Time Billing & Time Sheets

Get Harvest: http://www.getharvest.com/ – Because Time Tracking Should Be Easy

Replicon: http://www.replicon.com – Leading Cloud Based Time Sheet

Boku: http://www.boku.com/ – Mobile Payments. Better Pay

Expense Reports

Expensify: https://www.expensify.com/ – Expense Reports That Don't Suck
 

Website Creation, Design & Tracking

Creation

WordPress: http://wordpress.org/ – Beautiful sites of any kind

Drupal: http://drupal.com/ – Get Small Businesses On The Web Fast

Magento: http://www.magentocommerce.com/ – Grow Your Online Business

Posterous Spaces: https://posterous.com/ – Easily Manage and Customize Multiple Paces

Design

Dreamweaver – http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html

Balsamiq: http://www.balsamiq.com/ – A Rapid Wireframing Tool

Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/ – The Web framwork for perfectionists with deadlines

GetFireBug: https://www.getfirebug.com/ – Web Development Evolved

Notepad: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ – Free Source Code Editor

Photoshop: http://www.photoshop.com/ – Something to Smile About

Jing: http://www.techsmith.com/jing – Share Ideas Instantly

Tracking

Google Analytics: http://www.google.com/analytics/ – Enterprise-class web analytics

Project Management

Layout and Brainstorming

FreeMind: http://freemind.sourceforge.net – Free mind mapping software

MindView: http://www.matchware.com/en/products/mindview/default.htm – Software for Creative Minds

MindMeister – http://www.mindmeister.com/ – The leading online mind mapping software

Host a Team Project

Asana: http://www.asana.com/ – The place to plan, organize and say in sync.

Pivotal Tracker: http://www.pivotaltracker.com/ – Build better software, faster.

Basecamp: http://basecamp.com/ – Manage Your Project

Assembla: https://www.assembla.com/home – Next Generation Agility

Time Tracker

Tomato.es: http://tomato.es/ – Pomodoro Technique Time Tracker

Get Harvest: http://www.getharvest.com/ – Because Time Tracking Should Be Easy

Note Taking / To-Do Lists

Workflowy: https://workflowy.com/ – Organize Your Brain

Evernote: https://evernote.com/ – Remember Everything

Remember The Milk: http://www.rememberthemilk.com/ – The best way to manage your tasks

Product Development

Presentation Tools

Prezi: http://prezi.com/ – Make Your Presentations Zoom

Skitch: http://blog.skitch.com/post/9083996519/huge-skitch-is-acquired-by-evernote-a-great – Say it faster. Show them in seconds, not minutes.

Jing: http://www.techsmith.com/jing – Share Ideas Instantly

Camtasia: http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia – Screen Recording & Video Editing Software

Cloud Storage

Dropbox: http://dropbox.com – Simplify Your Life

AmazonS3: http://aws.amazon.com/s3/ – Simple Storage Service

Google Docs: https://docs.google.com – Edit Your Online Documents From Any Computer

iCloud: http://www.apple.com/icloud – iCloud does more than store your content

Online Doc Sharing

Dropbox: http://dropbox.com – Simplify Your Life

Google Docs: https://docs.google.com – Edit and SHARE Your Online Documents From Any Computer

Posterous Spaces: https://posterous.com/ – Easily Manage and Customize Multiple Paces 

Online Advertising

Google Adwords: http://www.google.com/ads/adwords2 – Advertise Your Business On Google

Adroll: http://www.adroll.com/ – #1 Retargeting Platform

Customer Relationship Management

Social Media                                                                          

Batchbook: http://batchbook.com/ – Build Meaningful Relationships with Your Best Customers

Sprout Social: http://sproutsocial.com/ – Social Media Management Tool

Hootsuite: http://hootsuite.com/ – Social Media Management and my preferred choice.

SocialOomph: https://www.socialoomph.com/  Boost Your Productivity

Bring My Blog Visitors Back:  http://bringmyblogvisitorsback.com/

Customer Service

Click Desk: http://www.clickdesk.com/ – Turn your website visitors into happy customers

CapsuleCRM: http://capsulecrm.com/ – The easy online CMR for doing business

Email/Newsletters

aWeber: http://www.aweber.com– Email Management System

                   Gmail: http://mail.google.com – A Google approach to email

MailChimp: http://mailchimp.com/ – Email Newsletters

ConstantContact: http://www.constantcontact.com/welcome.jsp – Grow Your Business

iContact: http://www.icontact.com/ 0 Build your business with email marketing

Business News/ Updates/ Polls

Google Alerts: http://www.google.com/alerts – Monitor the web for interesting new content

Pulse News: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pulse-news-for-ipad-your-news/id371088673?mt=8 – Your News, Blog, Magazine and Social Organizer

Qwanz: http://www.qwanz.com/ – Start your own conversation or poll, to be heard and have influence. 

Client Meetings

Client Calls

Google Voice: http://google.com/voice – One phone number and online voicemail

Skype: http://skype.com Internet Calls and Cheap Calls to Phones Online

Go To Meetings: http://gotomeeting.com – Enjoy the Freedom of Online Meetings

Free Conference Call: http://www.freeconferencecall.com 

Maestro Conference: http://maestroconference.com/ – social conferencing

Join.me: https://join.me/ – instant screen sharing

gTalk:  http://talk.google.com

Calendar Tools

Google Calendar:  http://google.com/calendar

Tungle.me: http://tungle.me – Scheduling made easy

iCal: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/calendars/

Time Trader: http://timetrader.com/

Which of the apps listed above are you going to add to your repertoire?  Do you love any apps that aren't listed here? Please share in the comments section below. 

About Author

Kim Garst

Kim Garst is one of the world's most retweeted people among digital marketers. She is a renowed business strategist, keynote speaker and an international best-selling author of Will The Real You Please Stand Up, Show Up, Be Authentic and Prosper in Social Media. Kim helps business owners grow their business using social and digital media.

She is the founder of KG Enterprises, LLC, a business strategy and consulting company that helps business owners create more sales using the power of digital and social media.

Kim is also internationally recognized as a thought leader in the social media space. Forbes named her as one of the Top 10 Social Media Power Influencers. Her blog is one of the top social media resources in the world.

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