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
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.
I love Evernote for keeping track of book notes. I also use WordPress.org, Google Analytics, & MailChimp. I would like to add iCloud to my repertoire. Thanks for the list Kim!
What a great list of resources! I am going to look into workflowy, that looks interesting! Thanks, Kim!
Wonderful blog! I found it while surfing around on Yahoo News. I’ve been trying for a while but I never seem to get there! Thank you
I Google “how to get listed on Yahoo news” and found a lot of articles that share tips and techniques. Hope this helps!
Great resource list! Many I use and many I haven't heard of. Thanks!
Hope they help, Suzanne 😉
This one is going in my social media reference guide!
Hope they are helpful Sara!
Thanks Denny 😉
Thanks, Kim for such an Amazing Resource Guide. this is wonderful 🙂
Enjoy ;-)!
Hey Ron! Thanks for dropping in.
I have never heard of apptegic.com, Ryan. I only included apps that I have used or that were brought to my attention. I will definitely check it out.
“Very informative post !!!! Thanks for the great information really enjoyed the read ..great stuff !!!Thank you so much for sharing this informative and useful post !!!!
Thanks for stopping by! I am so glad you found it useful!
Thanks for sharing this great list.
Thanks Parmod!
Great collection of all the must resources. This post contains all the tools needed to run a business smoothly and effectively. Thanks a lot for compiling this.
Hi,
Great post! thanks for sharing such useful stuff while searching for frelancing platforms found this post quite useful. Thanks.
Thank you for sharing these apps with us. It would be helpful for our accounting business. I will check those apps and try them out. I will update you and see how it goes.