Jul 28 2009
Reduce Your Business Running Costs With Free Software
Running an online business can be very expensive. So anywhere that you can save money is to be welcomed. As an Internet marketing agency JumpStart employees obviously spend our lives glued to the computer. This has led to our team developing eyes as big as saucers and hunchbacks last seen in Notre Dame, but that is another story. Obviously we require a lot of software to do the things we do. Much of this is paid for software, but quite a bit is free software that is available to everyone…even you!
So here comes a list of some of the free software that you can use to reduce the costs on your computer at home or for your business
Skype – This phone service can DRAMATICALLY reduce your phone bills. You can make free Skype to Skype calls. You can also ring mobile and landline number for a greatly reduced fee. If your business makes a lot of overseas calls then you should really look into using Skype – www.skype.com
AVG – This is a very popular free antivirus product for your PC. This software is not for commercial use so beware! free.avg.com
Openoffice – This is a free alternative to Microsoft Office. If your computer already comes with Microsoft Office then you should keep it, but if it doesn’t then it is well worth checking out this piece of software. Populating an entire Office with Microsoft Office can be very expensive. For small and start-up businesses this cost can be avoided. www.openoffice.org
Filezilla – This is free FTP software. It allows you to exchange files over the Internet. FTP is most commonly used to download a file from a server using the Internet or to upload a file to a server. www.filezilla-project.org
Link Sleuth – This piece of software allows you to check a website to make sure that there are no broken links. Nothing annoys site visitors more than navigating through a website that constantly returns ‘page not found’ when clicking on links. Use this toll to identify your broken links. http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
GIMP – This is free photo editing software similar in capability to Photoshop. This software allows you to design your own posters, brochures, business cards, logos etc. for your business. It allows you to take the power of image authoring into your own hands. This can help reduce your design cost. www.gimp.org
Firefox, Chrome, Opera – These are free Internet Browsers. They are alternatives to Internet Explorer. Firefox is the next most popular browser after IE and has been a long term favourite of many regular Internet users. Each browser has many different add-ons that can help make your computer life an easy one.
Sources of Free Software – Every year, new software comes on the market. Many of these products are for free. So where do you find out about these new software products? Check out the following websites and you will be made aware of new free software products that make your life easier. www.filehippo.com, www.snapfiles.com
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