Useful Marketing Tools That Are Absolutely Free
I take advantage of all the free tools and resources that I can find – as long as they are useful. There are so many free programs that work very similar to premium software that we are all familiar with and many are using.
Free Downloadable Programs
Here is a list of programs that have been invaluable to me (in no particular order). These are tools that I have saved on my desktop for quick and easy access.
KompoZer – An HTML editor that uses WYSIWYG. It used to be Nvu – many know it by that name. I’m sure that DreamWeaver and FrontPage are much more robust, but KompoZer is everything that I’ve ever needed for my purposes.
FileZilla – This program has been unfailing for me. I have no reason to try any other programs.
OpenOffice – A great substitute for Microsoft’s office suite. It’s a very robust suite of programs that will do most everything that MS Office does. In fact, it even opens MS programs. The OpenOffice wordprocessor is a great tool for creating ebooks, as it allows you to save your document as a pdf.
7-Zip – My choice for unzipping .zip files. It’s free, it’s reliable, and it’s simple to use.
Gimp – Occasionally I find the need to use a photo editing program. Gimp has been my first choice. I doubt that Gimp does everything that Photoshop does, but it has all the functionality that I’ve ever needed.
Jing – This is a great little program but limited program for creating video screen recordings. When I say limited, I mean that your video can’t be more than 5 minutes in length, and you can’t upload it to places like YouTube, unless you pay for the premium version. I’m using the free version for many of the videos that are embedded on this blog.
Useful Websites and Online Applications
