Free online tools for your work at home business system (part ii) by ericwelke

Articles from EricWelke.com Free Online Tools for Your Work at Home Business System (Part II) by Eric Welke

This is part 2 of the article I wrote yesterday. It lists the additional free online tools your home-based business can use. Some of the tools listed are especially useful for new mlm businesses. If you need to create a reliable back office without shelling out a lot of cash on the outset, then these tools are for you. On to the list:

Email tools help manage your email campaigns, auto responders and list sign ups. (You can also get more info on how to use Email for your new mlm businesses by joining up SOARnetworks. There’s an excellent video about it for members.) MailChimp – you can use it for free if you don’t go beyond 12,000 emails a month. You will need to get a paid subscription if you want to send email to more addresses. Aweber – isn’t free but it’s the most commonly used service at this time. GVO – another pay to use service. It stands out because of the high value additions that come with your package.

Social media tools help you manage your social network accounts. They make sure your message is updated and synchronized in all the important networks. Tweet deck – allows you to manage all the social network sites they support. Hoot suite – performs a similar function but uses a different approach and interface. Preference is usually based on reliability and personal taste. Seesmic – is a pretty versatile app that lets you manage virtually any of your social media accounts in one interface. It also has plug-ins that let you integrate social sites that aren’t supported by the main program. Graphic design tools for designing your advertising materials.

Gimp – part of the Libre office suite. It packs features comparable to Adobe Photoshop. Paint.net – a free open source image editor that’s a replacement for the standard Paint program. Adobe Photoshop Express – it has all of the most commonly used features of the main program package. Files are interchangeable between the two. Free Lancing Websites are perfect for budding new mlm businesses. They offer you a way to delegate tasks and concentrate on marketing and business development. These sites handle the monitoring and payment of the workers for you. oDesk – one of the biggest freelancer websites. It allows you to contract skilled workers from different corners of the globe. You may have to spend some time sorting through the list of applicants but once you get

the right contractor, you’re good to go. Elance – another major freelancing portal. Great place for hiring tech workers. Freelancer – one of earliest freelancer portals. They offer pretty much the same services as the first two but use different payment and monitoring systems. Fiverr – This site was designed for short term jobs. Ideally, jobs that can be completed for $5. This is perfect for those easy tasks that you don’t want to hire a full time contractor for.