Free Tools To Grow Your Small Business

Launching a small business is tough enough without having to pay for expensive software licenses. But thanks to all the free software services and apps available for a number of different business needs, you don’t have to miss out.

Best Free Office Software: Libre Office

– LibreOffice is probably Microsoft Office’s best rival. 

– It’s feature-rich, has a similar interface, and as an added bonus, any MS Office documents opened in LibreOffice retain their original formatting.

– Along with document writing and editing software, It also includes a presentation package, a drawing package, and its own database software. 

Best Free Project Management Software: Trello

– Trello uses the Kanban technique to help you keep a tab on tasks and who’s doing what at any given time.

– Once you create a task, you’ll be able to see who’s taken charge and track its status as it moves from column to column.

– Each task card contains all the information you need, plus relevant attachments, so it’s a great way to keep your projects in order. 

Best Team Communication Software: Slack

– This online collaboration tool makes it super easy to administrate projects and keep geographically-distinct teams connected with relevant business banter.

– You can create a new chat channel for each project and invite everyone involved to discuss ideas, share status updates and related files from Google OfficeSuite.

– You can also install bots in each channel to connect with other services or perform various business functions.

Best Accounting Software: Adminsoft Accounts

– Although it is clunky to look at and somewhat tricky to grasp, Adminsoft Accounts is perfect for managing a growing customer base.

– It’s currency independent 

– The software can manage most aspects of your financial business for you, including full stock control, purchase ordering, managing your cash-flow and budgets, and more.

Best Invoicing Software: Wave Invoicing

– With Wave Invoicing, you can create professional invoices and make it easier for your payees to send you money. The free, cross-platform app is simple to use, and you can even issue invoices from your phone.

– It gives you read’ reports on invoices issued. Wave can automatically hound late payers.

– It can issue estimates and quotes as well as full invoices, and you can use and customize its invoice templates.