Smartphones are an integral part of our life: in the morning we turn off the alarm clock on the screen, during the day we check mail and feeds in social networks, and before going to bed we pick it up to read a couple of pages of an e-book. Since gadgets accompany us all day, maybe it is worth using them with maximum benefit, including for the development of a project, work, business. We turned to copywriter Anna Privalova, who writes for marketing and PR. Anna conducts whole research before each article and approached our request thoroughly.

Agree, mobile phones and tablets are already becoming an extension of ourselves. At least in messengers and social networks, many of us are online for hours and always in touch: in the morning, at night, at lunchtime, anytime. For entrepreneurs and freelancers, mobile activity is a lifestyle. But besides endless communication, the smartphone promotes productivity thanks to the many useful applications from the AppStore or Google play, which replace not only a notebook, but also other devices.

Speaking about the productivity of an entrepreneur, we must not forget about sports, travel, self-development and other joys. Having surveyed about fifty entrepreneurs and freelancers, I have compiled a whole list of mobile applications for helping in business, interacting with a team, storing useful information and creating a balance of life. Let's take a look at the applications by category in detail.

Time scheduling

There are a lot of planning applications, all of them help you to correctly allocate your time and control the execution of tasks. Most applications are built on the principles of GTD (getting things done) by David Allen.

Among the popular Task managers, the following are interesting:

Wunderlist

Classic handy planner, where you can conduct several projects, set tasks and subtasks. It is also easy to create lists and checklists here (for example, what to read and see in the near future) and cross out completed tasks. A system of reminders and transfer of tasks by alarm is provided. The only drawback that I would like to draw your attention to is the lack of synchronization with other calendars, such as Google Calendar or Outlook.

In addition, this mobile application can be used to solve joint problems with colleagues, share, discuss and comment.

There are versions for iOs, Android and desktop synchronization. The main functions of the application are available in the free version. The $ 4.99 paid package includes unlimited projects and entries, advanced features teamwork and background pictures for the mood. Simple, clear and useful application for freelancers and entrepreneurs.

Any.do

Another simple planner with a light, user-friendly design... All tasks are formed into a single list and configured according to a schedule. One of the unique features of Any.do is task delegation. Letters with tasks for colleagues or assistants are sent directly from the program interface. Bright buttons help you control time and manage tasks clearly. There is no synchronization with calendars, but you can create several lists.

The application is universal: there is a version for both iOS and Android.

Marketing analyst Mikhail Pinyaev:

I choose mostly simple and straightforward applications without unnecessary details. I work a lot with excel, so the planner was looking for a concise and clear one too. In Any.do, all the key tasks are in sight, distributed over time, and I see my priorities at every moment in time.

Proud

This application differs from the regular scheduler in a number of additional functions. It is designed for people with a high workload and high levels of stress, i.e. entrepreneurs and freelancers.

The application is easy to use, visual and multifunctional... The disadvantage is that it does not have synchronization with storage services and calendars. The app is available only for owners of iOS devices.

Proud has a handy timer for focusing on tasks, as well as an analytics widget where you can evaluate your productivity over a specific period of time. Another feature of the application is the "superpower" button: when you click on it, breathing exercises for relaxation are opened. The lightweight and unobtrusive interface allows you to keep all tasks at hand and visually divide them into completed, current and planned.

And one more thing that I cannot but tell you about. When we do not have time to cope with the task on time, usually all our further plans collapse like a house of cards in the wind. Proud has a Give me more time function, which extends the time spent on solving the current task and smoothly shifts all subsequent ones.

Nozbe

The application allows you to organize and synchronize all tasks for the day, week, month and prioritize. Suitable for both personal and team planning according to GTD principles. A chat function is provided. Plus, unlike many others, the app integrates with Dropbox, Evernote, Google drive and Google Calendar. All information, appointments and tasks are accumulated in one application.

A year ago, this application was available only to iOs users and cost about $ 7 per month with an English-language interface. Now this simple and intuitive planner has a free version with access to five projects, a paid version for $ 8-10 per month, and even a team version for an unlimited number of users.

Workflowy

The first impression of the service is twofold - it’s just a blank sheet on which you can write down all your tasks. But the main advantage of the service is that it allows you to distribute tasks into groups and do a large number of branches of subtasks so as not to let anything out of sight. The app is available for iOs and Android, and in the paid version it syncs with Dropbox.

Egor Karpov, founder of AppDiamond marketing agency:

The last three years have not spent a day without a task manager. There are too many tasks to keep in mind. I've tried a lot of existing apps, ranging from simple ones like Wunderlist, Todoist and ending with corporate ones like Basecamp and Jira. Stopped for Workflowy. It is quite easy to use, and the branch system allows you to schedule long-term tasks and projects. When working with the application, I use the GTD system, sorting tasks by hashtags.

Taking this opportunity, I asked Egor, who knows everything and even more about mobile applications, for which productivity applications he sees the future. He noted two aspects:

• the user's own understanding of the difference between work and productivity, since they are far from the same thing;
• the presence of a certain ideology in the task manager, for example, the GTD productivity system.

“Productivity is about delivering results over time. For example, a person who works two hours a day can be several times more productive than someone who works 16 hours a day. To assess your productivity, it is enough to set specific goals for the week. In the best case, 20% of the tasks will be completed. The problem with modern task managers is that they do not allow you to track how productive a user is in reality. This is exactly what the systematic approach, implemented according to the principle of getting things done, helps. "

Focus on tasks

One of the key problems that every second freelancer and many entrepreneurs struggle with is constantly switching from task to task, or worse, hanging on social media instead of completing scheduled tasks. Mobile application developers have proposed original solutions for focusing on tasks. According to the survey among entrepreneurs and marketers, the following are leading:

Clear focus

Application - visualization of the famous Pomodoro principle: you work with a timer for 25 minutes, then rest for 5 minutes, and so on for several cycles. The Clear Focus app on the phone turns on a red screen that cannot be exited for a specified period. If you succeed in working with a regular timer, then here you will not be distracted by the phone either.

Forest

Often, social media notifications, new letters and messenger signals distract us from important tasks, and we spend hours "hanging" on the phone instead of working. To combat this phenomenon, the Forest program was created. The bottom line is that you set yourself a time for work, and while you are busy and do not touch your phone, a tree grows in the application. Should you be distracted by incoming message or go to social networks - the tree dies. Emotionally, visually and disciplined.

Important notes

Authors of Internet projects and freelancers related to online creativity, the same designers and copywriters, draw ideas from the network, so it is important to save all notes and interesting links in your swap file (a file for useful thoughts and ideas). But a computer is not always at hand and it is not always convenient to keep links offline. For these purposes, today a whole arsenal of mobile applications has been created with continuous access to saved links and the ability to synchronize information by tags.

Pocket

The application saves an interesting link with one click, and the page is completely copied, and access to it will be even where the Internet does not catch. Hashtags make it easy and quick to find materials on the desired topic.

Evernote

Only the lazy has not written about this application, but if we talk about the productivity of an entrepreneur, it is practically impossible to do without it. Apart from the scheduler functions, it is ideal Notebook , where you can enter your ideas, both in print and in voice, dividing information by thematic notebooks.

In addition, Evernote has all the functions of a full-fledged storage, and you can store pdfs, photos and archives there. Despite the convenient lists, it is not very convenient to use it as a planner, but if you need a tool for storing and quickly recording information, it is difficult to find analogues. Pleases function Evernote Clipper - additional functionality for storing screenshots interesting pages... The paid version provides ample opportunities for exchanging information with the team.

A definite plus is synchronization with the desktop version, but since last year, a free account can only work on two devices at the same time.

Google drive

Of course, google apps stay ahead of the competition: this is a real mobile office where you can keep tables, write texts and share data, working together. Google Calendar helps you keep track of all important events and set up reminders, and color-code your personal and work time. Google Drive perfectly stores all the necessary files: documents, presentations, photos, videos and other data formats. And most importantly, all applications are perfectly synchronized with the desktop and work even where there is no network.

Google Docs makes freelancers more mobile. For example, in order to quickly make edits to the text, you don't even need to have a laptop at hand. It is enough to open the application and resume work from anywhere in the world with Internet access. In the mode working together all issues are resolved online, one user sees the edits of others at a time. mobile version somewhat inferior in terms of convenience to the desktop one: the "advise" function works with restrictions - working with text in edit mode. But the comments fully compensate for this nuance.

Teamwork

Bitrix24

Almost every entrepreneur has heard about the Bitrix24 CRM system, without exaggeration - this application was named by 9 out of 10 business owners who took part in the mini-survey. And this is not surprising: the service allows a small business with a team of up to 12 people to work with a client base for free, conduct transactions, monitor tasks and exchange information. A convenient and intuitive application is endowed with all the main functions: it takes into account the tasks of users, shows the stages of their implementation with a timer. The application has a convenient calendar synchronized with Google, there is a function of voice calls, general chat and a personal messenger for communicating with employees.

Trello

Trello task boards, created according to the Japanese Kanban model, help you to organize your project into tasks and subtasks using visual cards, distribute them among employees and monitor progress. The cards have many possibilities, they can be used for voting, discussing topics, uploading pictures, making color marks. All tasks are divided into planned, current and completed, so the project manager always clearly sees how the work is progressing, at what stage it is worth speeding up or changing something. You can invite different performers to each task board and follow all comments in real time. The application, for example, allows you to maintain a content plan for publications or select candidates for a specific position.

Trello is an app for project work done by a small team, it helps to keep in touch and control the implementation of each task using color schemes.

Self-development

As a rule, the growth of a business, especially a small one, is directly proportional to the acquisition of new knowledge and its implementation in the practice of the whole team. Mobile devices help you to use your time productively and, for example, on the road or in line to study.

Soundcloud and Podcast

One of the most popular formats for obtaining useful information are podcasts - thematic interviews or programs that can be listened to at any convenient time. For example, on Internet marketing and entrepreneurship - this is SMM without cats and Websarafan podcasts. Podcasts can be saved to playlists online or to the devices themselves.

Listen to podcasts from your mobile device enable apps like Soundcloud on Android and Podcast on iOs.

FBreader

Reading books from the phone has already become the norm, and books can not only be read, but also listened to. And for this it is not at all necessary to buy audiobooks. FBreader has an audio version that can play the text of the book... A robot with a computer voice is still imperfect, sometimes it puts stress in words incorrectly, but most importantly, you are spending time with benefit, receiving new information. Separately, I would like to note the reader itself, it is made in the format of a living book: while reading, you do not scroll the text, but smoothly turn the page. Eyes don't get tired, and it is pleasant to read.

The app is available for both Android and iOS.

Health and energy

Things do not go well when you work hard, but when there is a balance in life between work, personal life and, of course, health. Sports, such as running, help replenish energy reserves.

For most entrepreneurs, running has become a stimulus for self-development and a way of energizing. By participating in running marathons, entrepreneurs and freelancers find useful contacts, clients and partners.

Runkeeper

When you start running, it is important to consider distance, time, calories burned, and other indicators. When preparing for marathons, the total mileage is also important. Runkeeper app- this is whole system for jogging, it has a built-in GPS that locates you and creates an interactive map of your run.

The application stores all the results of trainings, races and marathons where you took part, as well as the most popular routes. The results can be shared on social networks directly from the interface. The user profile is also filled in there, thanks to which you can find friends by location or friends from Facebook and Twitter and join groups. The application is available from any smartphones.

Wheel of life

This Russian application appeared relatively recently, but is already actively used by freelancers and entrepreneurs who want to live consciously and achieve balance in all spheres of life, from business and personal life to health and finding friends. In the application, you can set specific measurable goals and analyze the results. The interface clearly shows your point "A" - where you are now on a ten-point scale, and point "B" - the result you are striving to achieve. Filling in all aspects of the wheel will show you where the gaps are and what needs to be worked on to achieve your goals. This approach allows you to analyze your life in the moment, motivates and provides an incentive for development, which is important for freelancers and entrepreneurs in order not to go astray.

I downloaded the "Wheel of Life" application - it helps to balance different aspects of your life: business, family, friends, self-development. I just started to use it, painted all aspects, so far without completing tasks in each area. But I already had a vision of what to do next and what tasks to set for myself.

Finance

Entrepreneurs and freelancers differ in that they cannot live paycheck to paycheck and must have strict control over their finances, which most often come from different sources. And how to do it better, if not through a mobile device, which is always with you? After reviewing dozens of applications, I settled on three that seemed the most thoughtful, understandable and interesting.

Moneygraph +

Windows app for both desktop and mobile device on this operating system... The creators position Moneygraph + as financial accounting application created especially for entrepreneurs and freelancers having different sources and sizes of income each month.

In the application, you can create several accounts at once, make transfers between them, create your own categories of expenses and income, save reports and conduct detailed analysis thanks to convenient charts.

Monefy

A simple visual application for keeping track of personal finances, where you can enter expenses and income, and on the diagram with icons, estimate budget items every month. The application has a free version, it is limited by the number of categories, new ones cannot be created. The paid version is synchronized with other devices, is endowed with the function of exporting reports and an unlimited number of categories.

Money manager

In addition to the general accounting of income and expenses, Money Manager helps to sort them into categories and keep statistics... The main difference between the application and others is asset management. For example, you can attach to the application bank card and set up monthly auto payments or auto pay credit cards... The application provides a calendar, calculator and content search. The application is paid, there is both a mobile and a desktop version.

As a rule, accountants do not use such applications, but entrepreneurs, whose business is connected with finance exclusively in matters of making a profit, will never hurt to keep track of expenses and income. For some, a spreadsheet in excel is enough, others want clarity and interactivity, and then mobile applications come to the rescue.

Mobile gadgets help us increase productivity, keep statistics of our life, from health to wallet, provide access to any information, keep all the necessary data at hand and monitor the work of a team from anywhere in the world. In fact, there are many more productivity apps, hundreds of new solutions are added to the AppStore and Google Play tops every day. But even the above list is already enough to be a productive and conscious person and achieve your goals in all spheres of life, the main thing is to choose what will be useful and convenient for you.

Anna Privalova,

There are several reasons why many freelancers choose to work with web applications instead of traditional software. Web applications have several advantages over traditional software that is downloaded and installed on a computer. First, many of them are completely free to use. Secondly, there is no need to install and update these applications on your computer. The third and main advantage is that web applications can be accessed from any PC or mobile device with an Internet connection. And fourthly, you do not need to save the data on the PC, you can simply create backup and everything will be stored on the server.

For most freelancers, this is challenging task management of all their activities and labor costs. So, here are 13 of the best tools and web applications to help you take control of your work.

General

You can create invoices according to your time, edit them visually, and email them with customizable message templates. You can keep unpaid projects and invoices at the top of your work, as well as graphical accounting of working hours. Integration with PayPal will allow you to receive your invoices faster, as well as automatically track payments. You can send invoices in 49 currencies and 17 languages.

Google Calendar is a free all-in-one tool for keeping track of times, appointments and organizing your freelance tasks. It can serve as a calendar or to-do list. Plus, Google calendar data is easy to export to many task management projects so you can always have your schedule in front of your eyes.

The goal of the Invoice Machine is to generate simple yet professional invoices with the ability to set categories such as taxes, shipping, currency, language, discounts, notes and more. On the dashboard, you can easily find which bills have been paid or due, and you can even filter by status, period or customer. Invoices can be sent directly to customers or attached as PDF to email.

Finance and accounting

Less accounting is an application that provides simple accounting for small businesses and freelancers. With this application, you can create invoices, send and track invoices, record and track expenses, allow access to your account for exporting data, automatically import banking transactions on a daily basis, and handle sales tax. The app's price ranges from free to $ 24 per month, depending on your needs. You can start with a 30-day free trial version before deciding on the package.

Another app from the developers of Mint Bills, QuickBooks, TurboTax and Quicken to help you spend smarter and save more. You can easily pull out all your accounts, control cards and investments. And all this in one place. The application will allow you to track your expenses, plan a budget, and receive invoice reminders.

Projects and task management

This app can be very helpful for those who have difficulty keeping track of completed tasks and projects. The idea behind Projecturf is to help users manage their projects efficiently. It's built with tons of features like drag and drop tasks and task management, time and budget timer, Gantt chart, expandable layouts, customizable templates, and more.

These are project planning and software management. ZohoProjects provides a dashboard that allows users to track and analyze project progress. You can also sync your ZohoProjects account with Dropbox so you can access your files from anywhere in the world. The app supports 16 languages.

File management and cloud storage

This app can be used for everything from simple plans to complex business processes. You can create, share and collaborate with teams around the world. Zoho Docs helps you analyze complex data, create spreadsheets, gather ideas, and make informed decisions. You can also publish files to websites, and broadcast remotely from Zoho Docs. The app allows you to keep all your files in one place and sync them across multiple devices.

Dropbox is cloud storage with file sync that you can edit from anywhere. With Dropbox, you can upload photos and videos, freely share them with family and friends. It is one of the most beloved document management tools due to its file editing capabilities and tight integration with the operating system.

Google Drive gives you the ability to store files up to 15GB, so you can save photos, stories, drawings, drawings, recordings, videos, etc. You can scan your documents through your smartphone, and Google Drive will instantly convert it to PDF ... You can also chat and interact with other users to view and share files.

Customer relationship management (CRM)

SugarCRM comes in two versions - hosted and downloadable. The hosted version is slightly more expensive, although it offers more functionality. With the downloadable version, you can do the hosting yourself and save a few bucks. SugarCRM includes features such as marketing campaigns, customer support, collaboration, mobile CRM, social CRM, sales and reporting automation.

With Nimble, you can store all your business and contact information in one convenient location... There is a free tariff plan for those who just want to try the app, and a regular plan that costs $ 15 per month. The app is available through social media, and after signing up for the plan, the user connects to their social media accounts and can send messages directly to their customers. All messages are placed in the Signals, Messages and Activity categories. Signals tab shows special dates, opportunities, etc. The activity tab is the task manager and the messages tab stores emails and messages from social networks.

Documents and Editing

Photoshop Express is a free online web application and editor for designers who just want to edit any graphics as quickly as possible using basic features like cropping, contrast and brightness, red-eye removal, rotation, tone, etc. etc.

These are a few examples of free web applications and tools that are available on the internet. Some of them are familiar to you, and some you just forgot.

Finding a good freelance developer can be tricky, especially if you need an Android specialist for your project. Of course, you can always use the services of Android Developers in specialized studios, but the prices for such development may be too high. But now there is no need to give projects to expensive companies. YouDo invites you to evaluate all the advantages of a reliable freelance exchange.

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• development of web applications for any version of this OS;
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Remote work will become much easier and more comfortable if you use the right applications, writes Inc.

Below is a list of 32 applications that will help organize the work of any group at any geographic distance from each other.

1. Workfrom: Helps you find a private or public place to work, meet or simply dine in many major cities around the world.

2. Slack: Allows you to avoid the clutter of e-mail and documentation in projects, which employees on different platforms are forced to use. Integrates with social networks.

3. Trello: Project management based on card system and project boards.

4. Dropbox: Access, exchange and backup of large files.

5. Evernote: A reliable and very popular application that simulates a virtual office.

6. Meldium: P Password management within a team. Allows you not to share passwords when accessing information.

7. Hackpad: Shared documents that can be used in real time.

8. Draft: An app for collaborative writing, editing and studying documents.

9. Sunrise: Calendar and planner integrate with Facebook and Evernote.

10. Skitch: An app for Evernote that allows you to annotate documents and images by adding arrows, text, and other information to screenshots and images.

11. Zapier: Automation of all processes from Slack bots to Twitter.

12.iDoneThis: Prompts each member of your team with Email to jot down to-dos throughout the day, then compile into a digest and distribute to everyone on the team.

13. Asana: Promotes collaboration and productivity with tools to organize tasks, assign responsibilities, and maintain goals.

14. GoToMeeting: Easy connection to video conferencing.

15.iMeet: Combines video and audio calls with documents.

16.yaM: Stands for "regular meeting." Simplifies scheduling, scheduling and taking notes for virtual and in-person meetings.

17. Box: Friendly file hosting.

18. Momentum: A personal dashboard that displays everything you need to get motivated, stay in flow, and achieve your goals.

19. Yugma: Web conferencing with shared desktops and files.

20. Pocket: Helps keep you focused by allowing you to save articles that can be read in offline when you have free time.

21. [email protected]: Streams background music to focus attention using the laws and principles of neuroscience.

22. Boomerang: Sending letters and reminders on a schedule.

23. Buffer: Social media management that supports different schedules. Allows you to optimize work through pre-planning.

24. Hootsuite: Panel with bookmarks of popular social networks. Assistant for making appointments for people in different time zones.

32. Wunderlist: An excellent planner and composer of to-do lists.

Now your team can be located on any continent, working in offices, hotel rooms or apartments and carry out any project.

Denis Yanov

He has extensive experience in freelancing in various parts of the world. She loves new software products that make life easier and better. A mountain-sick traveler and a beginner adherent of healthy eating.

If you are just starting your small business as a freelancer, then the most important consideration for you will be the budget.

There are a lot of scattered across the Internet free services and apps to help you get your business off the ground and work smart.

A whole range of services is designed to simplify every aspect of your professional activity: from automating task management and monitoring finances to communicating with clients and promoting your services.

This article contains the most useful, important and free apps and services that a beginner (and not quite) freelancer will need.

Payment for services and billing

To receive payment for your services, you need to issue an invoice. To issue an invoice, you need to spend time and write down what hours were spent on what and how much money you need to pay for it. It is desirable that such accounts be as informative and transparent as possible. You don’t want the client to have questions or hair to stand on end when he sees what and how much he needs to pay.

To automate and simplify the billing process, many services have been invented, most of which make life much easier, but require financial investments. And since you are a beginner freelancer who needs to start somewhere with a minimal budget, we recommend two free services.

A handy application that helps you create and send professionally prepared invoices in a couple of clicks. Allows you to monitor the status of your accounts and incoming money, so you can know when the next payment will come. Tracks not only your profit, but also your expenses in the form of convenient graphical reports.

Zoho has established itself as a major player in the productivity marketplace with a vast array of tools for CRM, project management, and collaboration. integrates easily with the rest of Zoho products, but also works great as a standalone product. Has a free plan for one user with a maximum of five customers. Ideal for a beginner freelancer who does not yet have a large client base.

Time, task and project management

If you have a lot of clients, then the number of projects will increase. It will be difficult for you alone to handle them. There are tons of useful tools on the Internet that help you manage a huge number of projects and tasks. But you are still a beginner freelancer and cannot afford expensive solutions.

A simple time attendance service with a friendly interface. is designed to make the management of your tasks and clients' projects convenient. Despite the fact that the service is quite simple, in it you can manage your tasks and projects, create clients and assign them to one or another project, set budgets for a project, receive detailed reports on the time spent, as well as on the money earned that was brought by one or another other projects. In addition, the service integrates with popular project management systems (RedMine, Jira, Asana, Trello).

As you might have guessed, this service was created as an alternative and free version of the monstrous Basecamp. allows you to create an infinite number of projects, add deadlines and milestones when completing tasks, create project templates and invite clients. The task board allows you to get an overview of all projects or set up email notifications that will notify you when the next important task is due.

5. Asana

Asana

More advanced solution than Freedcamp. Moreover, it is completely free for teams of up to 15 people. For beginner freelancers, this service will be a godsend. Free version will provide you with all the functionality. Immediately after registration, you can manage all your projects and interact with clients using a friendly service interface.

Data storage

Freelancers are inherently mobile. They can work not only from their home PC or laptop. Therefore, it is important to know about services that allow you to store data in your cloud.

Best service for storage and transmission of documents. It allows you to store about two gigabytes of files in the cloud for free. But you can get another 16 gigabytes of free space if you invite your friends to register on the service. Dropbox keeps all your devices in sync, allowing you to access files from both your laptop and smartphone. You no longer have to send yourself emails with files.

A flexible platform that allows you to make it as simple and functional as you like. is the most convenient service when it comes to remembering everything important that might be useful to you in the future. Leave notes on your desktop or in mobile applications, redirect your emails or use a special Web Clipper that will help you save web pages, screenshots and everything else that you think is important while surfing the Internet.

Editing documents and pictures

If you are an aspiring copywriter or web designer, it is very important for you to have an accessible tool for editing text or images.

The description of this tool can be contained in four words - free analogue Microsoft Office... And this is true, because the generous creators did not particularly bother with the uniqueness of the functionality and the distinctive features of their brainchild. They took the main Microsoft functions Office and wrapped them in a free wrapper.

Have Google also has its own version of free office tools. In terms of functionality, you will not find any breakthroughs or innovations, because it differs from the same OpenOffice only in that the first is in the cloud. It is perfect for people who love versatility and accessibility. cloud services... Google Docs will be very useful if you work in a small team that is separated by huge distances, because several people can edit the same documents at the same time, regardless of their location.

Most likely, not all freelancers have access to professional graphics processing tools, which have a lot of advantages, but there is also one disadvantage - the price. All serious graphics editors cost a lot of money. This fact becomes devastating for the aspiring web designer. But the company Adobe, which is famous for its reference graphics editors, decided to release a free and light version of Photoshop. has only basic functionality and is unlikely to allow you to create masterpieces, but for simple graphic projects this tool is a real find.

CRM

You found yourself a client, then another and another. So you have a decent base of clients with whom you correspond at the same time. To always be aware of at what stage of communication you stopped and what promising points can be discussed with past clients, you need to have a special tool called CRM.

Most CRMs are either cumbersome or too expensive for individual use. The service is devoid of these shortcomings. First, it is very flexible and integrates with other tools like Evernote and Google. Secondly, with the free version, you can have over 2,500 contacts. This will be enough for you for a long time.

Capsule is a very pretty CRM that provides full overview all your contacts. It also allows you to effectively build your customer communication process by creating tasks, notifications and reports. A fairly convenient system that allows you to adapt the work of any business. Provides a free plan for 250 contacts.

Highly useful tool if you can't do without Gmail. integrates directly into your Gmail account so you can keep track of your conversations with multiple clients without having to switch platforms. At the moment, the service is completely free for individual use.

Promotion of your business on social networks

Finding clients and working on your image is also quite expensive. Therefore, it is very important to use social networks not only for entertainment, but also to declare yourself as a professional, without which no project can do.

It's a huge board that collects activity data across all of your social networks. Plan important posts, follow trends and hot topics in user-friendly interface... Tag potential customers and start chatting with them. The free version will allow you to connect five social media accounts.

This service can be called a light version of Hootsuite. In terms of functionality, it is slightly similar to the latter and also has an auto-posting scheduler. integrates into your browser and downloads messages along with popular content from many social networks. With the help of this service, you can select everything that is currently in trend, prepare your posts on popular topics and plan their placement. Free option allows you to connect one of your profiles for each social network.