This document lists 50 free online tools for various purposes such as brainstorming, organizing ideas, sharing presentations, managing to-do lists, budgeting, sending faxes, taking notes, storing links, sharing photos, sending large files, learning about copyright, tracking flight delays, creating websites, building forms, managing advertising, assigning tasks, calculating hourly rates, editing photos, blogging, networking, sharing on social media, photo sharing, collaborating on documents, scheduling meetings, embedding calendars, creating charts, chatting online, managing tasks, reading RSS feeds, sending anonymous messages, compressing files, creating invitations, making email signatures, conducting surveys, listing a business on maps, syncing tasks, selling printed products, reviewing

1. 50 Free Online Tools
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2.  Brainstorming & Mind Maps
Bubble.us
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3.  Organizing, improving and collaborating
ideas
Wridea.com 2

4.  Online resource for sharing and exploring
presentations
Slideshare.net 3

5.  An easy to use, online to-do list.
Toodledo.com 4

6.  Free money management & budgeting.
Mint.com 5

7.  Free fax sending from your computer.
Faxzero.com 6

8.  Webnote is a tool for taking notes on your
computer.
Webnote -
http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/
7

9.  readbag is a nifty tool to store links you
find, but want to read later.
Readbag.com
8

10.  Free stock photography for your blog or
site.
Stock.xchng -
http://www.sxc.hu/
9

11.  Send, receive and track large and
important files.
YouSendIt.com
10

12.  Everything you need to know about
copyright.
Copyright.gov
11

13.  Track delayed flights – fly smarter.
Flystats.com 12

14.  Create a website just by adding content –
low cost and easy to use.
Sitekreator.com
13

15.  Build online forms instantly.
Icebrrg.com
14

16.  Create, buy and manage advertising.
Spotrunner.com
15

17.  A to-do list for things that you want other
people to do.
Monkeyon.com 16

18.  Calculate your hourly rate – for
freelancers.
Freelanceswitch.com 17

19.  Picnik - Picnikmakes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools.
Tweak to your heart's content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes,
and frames.
 Splashup– A ppowerfulediting tool and photo manager. With all the features
professionals use and novices want, it's easy to use, works in real-time, and allows you
to edit many images at once.
 FotoFlexer - FotoFlexer bills itself as quot;the world's most advanced online image editor.”
 Pixlr-- quot;Pixlr is a free online photo editor; jump in and start: edit, adjust, filter. It's just
what you imagine!”
 flauntR-- flauntR is a suite that includes the ability to edit images, add effects, add
text, and print the results on everything from mugs to posters.
 Photoshop Express-- Adobe's Photoshop was really the first image editor of its kind to
herald in the age of digital photography, though it was designed for professionals and
its endless options could be daunting (and bank- breakingly expensive) for the layman.
 PiZap - PiZap'stagline is quot;fun with photos made easy.quot; It's another flavor of photo
editor/storage center that, like flauntR, allows you to print the results to mugs, bags,
and t-shirts.
 Aviary- Aviary lets you: quot;edit images, create mind-blowing effects, design logos, find
colors, collaborate, and more. All you need is a Web browser.”
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 DrPic - DrPic says it's quot;the easiest free online picture editor”
 Cameroid-- Cameroid lets you quot;take crazy (or not) snaps with your webcam straight
from your browser.
10 Online Digital Photo Tools

20.  Blogger users can create and customize
their own blogs using a drag-and-drop
editor, and have them hosted for free on
Google's massive server arrays.
Blogger
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21.  Business to Business Networking
Linkedin
29

22.  Share about your business in 140
characters.
twitter
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23.  Flickr is a popular photo-sharing and
hosting service owned by Yahoo.
flickr 31

24.  Work together without the hassles of
attachments – Coworkers can share the
same online copy of each
doc, spreadsheet or presentation. All
revisions are saved and recoverable.
 Similar in format to Word & Excel.
Google Docs 32

25. Why businesses manage their time with Google Calendar
 Get people together easily – Just pick a time (based on
when people are free) and enter meeting details. Google
Calendar will send invitations and keep track of RSVPs.
Schedule a meeting
 Share project calendars – Share whole calendars company-
wide or with specific people. Coworkers can have editing
rights and see shared events alongside their own
schedules.
Share a calendar
 Show event information in context – Embed an internal
calendar in Google Sites or publicly on your website, no
programming required
Google Calendar 33

26.  Create charts online to add to your site or
next presentation – graph your data.
Chartle.net 34

27.  With TinyChat you can create your own chatroom
and invite people through one simple link. You
can also embed your chatroom on your
blog, myspace, personal site and many other
portals.
TinyChat 35

28.  To Do’s with a Twist
TaskFive
36

29.  An elegant and easy to use RSS reader for
your blogs – share, star, and save your
favorite pieces.
Google Reader 37

30.  Need to receive a message by email, but
can't (or don't want to) give out your
email address? whspr! gives you a URL to
share instead.
whspr
38

31.  WobZip is an online tool which lets you
uncompress compressed files online. It supports
many formats including the major ones as Zip,
RAR, 7Z, Gzip, TAR, ISO etc…
wobzip 39

32.  Create an invitation in seconds, add entries from
mobile, twitter, email, iCal, gCal or Outlooks. And of
course, send them with ease from within the app.
anyvite 40

33.  Create Email Signatures that POP!
Sigpad 41

34.  Enables anyone to create professional
online surveys quickly and easily.
SurveyMonkey 42

35.  Add your business to Google Local
Google Local Maps
43

36.  Remember the Milk beta makes your to-do items
and reminders available in Gmail, via SMS, the
iPhone, Windows Mobile devices, Skype, and
popular IM clients.
RemembertheMilk 44

37.  Print products for events and your
business – or sell online!
CafePress
45

38.  Do you know what they are saying about
your business?
TripAdvisor
46

39.  Real Review – Real People: Invite your
customers to Yelp about you.
Yelp 47

40.  Use these cool entrepreneurial tools to set
the foundation for business success.
Score 48

41.  A free gateway to business information
tools, databases, and research resources to help
your business succeed.
BizToolKit –
www.hillsource.org/members/
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42.  Simple, effective and affordable small
business marketing
DuctTapeMarketing
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