oDesk is the largest online marketplace of independent contractors. Whether you are an independent contractor seeking work, or you are looking for a freelancer to work for you, oDesk makes your job easier by managing the payments. As a business owner, you can post jobs for free, hire an individual freelancer or create a complete ...…
If you’re looking for a freelancer who will do your job for $5, $10, $15, $20 or $25, why not register for a free account at Fivers World! A quick scan through the site will show a seller offering to create a PowerPoint presentation, with up to 15 slides, for $5; a freelancer based in the ...…
When Is Good? is a great tool to help you figure out when everyone is free for your next meeting or event. Using this tool is really quite simple. Click the grid for all the times that are good for you – you get a link to email to your invitees. They see your proposed ...…
Google docs with XL is a great, free, alternative to MS Office products, with built in collaboration ability. The information you produce, is saved in “the cloud” so you can access it from anywhere, and you can share your documents with others and even work collaboratively in real time. When you upload a pdf file into Google ...…
According to their website, Quickbase by Intuit allows you to “create unlimited custom applications to match your unique business processes, and integrate them with your existing systems. It’s an ideal way to centralize important data on the web, and help distributed business teams work and collaborate more efficiently. Plus, with Intuit’s proven capability to manage critical data, you ...…
Zoho has the capability to manage to track a large amount of tasks. It also has a number of different add-on features (like a CRM – customer relationship management component) that you can use. The developers describe their suite: “Zoho provides a wide, integrated portfolio of rich on-line applications for businesses. With more than 20 different ...…
TeamDesk is a cloud-based, database-driven product with powerful customization features that can help you handle a tremendous amount of work and which supports the creation of standard operating procedures. The availability of a number of templates allows you to find a look that works for your organization. TeamDesk is a pay-as-you-go application, so you’re not locked ...…
Central Desktop is a wiki-based on-line collaboration suite that allows team members to communicate and share. There are a few videos on their site to show you more about the tool, which they describe as: “Central Desktop for Office radically improves the way users collaborate on Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. It allows users ...…
Basecamp allows various team members to track and organize all areas of a project online. It enables communication between team members and clients, allows for setting up tasks and delegating those tasks to team members. You can keep on track with tasks by attaching milestones to those tasks, upload files for review, and keep in touch ...…
Elaine Quinn recommends business mentoring group SCORE. Previously known as the Service Corps of Retired Executives, this group has many chapters around the country and offers free small business mentoring services, including workshops and seminars. Don’t “go it alone” when you can draw on the expertise of active and retired business executives and entrepreneurs who donate ...…