Comments (34)

1. Willena Flewelling Says:

   April 10th, 2011 at 1:48 am

   I know about some of these tools, and others look like they would be very useful. Anything that simplifies or saves time is valuable to me!

   Thanks for sharing!

   Willena Flewelling
   Willena Flewelling ..The Sixth Sense- Doorway to Wisdom

2. Emma Says:

   April 14th, 2011 at 8:10 am

   Hi Laura,

   Wow, I love freebie lists and there are loads of tools I’ve not even heard of here that I can’t wait to check out!

   Thank you so much for spending the time to put this list together for us.

   All the best,

   Emma
   Emma ..Help!

3. Linda Thomas Says:

   April 23rd, 2011 at 10:30 pm

   Hi Laura,
   Thanks for your list of free tools! I don’t believe that I have used any of these before! And I know I have been in need of an html editor before! I’ll copy these down and let you know how I make out!
   Looking forward to visiting again soon!
   Linda

   

   LauraPaulson Reply:
   May 5th, 2011 at 5:53 am

   @Linda Thomas, Awesome! I hope you find useful. Thanks

4. Melodie Kantner Says:

   May 11th, 2011 at 12:11 pm

   Thanks for sharing this list of tools. I have recently discovered Paint.net but there are several here I have never tried.
   Melodie Kantner ..Do Realize The Power In The Social Media Revolution

5. Willie Robertson Says:

   May 14th, 2011 at 11:21 am

   Hi Laura,

   I have heard of some of these tools and use a couple.

   It just shows that you don’t have to bust your budget to build an online business, especially in the beginning stages.

   I’ll have to check out the ones I don’t yet have.

   Thanks for sharing,

   Willie
   Willie Robertson ..Internet Marketing And The Trust Factor Pt 1

   

   LauraPaulson Reply:
   May 22nd, 2011 at 3:57 pm

   @Willie Robertson, Exactly! There is an abundance of free tools out there. It’s just a matter of discovering what’s available and how best to utilize. Thanks for the comment Willie. Make it a Great Day!

6. Allegra Sinclair Says:

   May 18th, 2011 at 8:26 am

   Hi Laura,
   Free is my favorite price-point! I am now in love with the WebPageTest tool so thanks so much for sharing it. I knew about the PageSpeed extension to Firefox but it is not as simple as I would like. Now that Google considers page speed in their rankings and search results I am looking for quick and easy ways to measure and improve that. Thanks again, Allegra
   Allegra Sinclair ..Give People What They Want to Improve Your Blog

   

   LauraPaulson Reply:
   May 22nd, 2011 at 3:53 pm

   @Allegra Sinclair, Oh yeah I love free too I’m glad you were able to find something useful. Thanks, Laura

7. Wendy Hewlett Says:

   May 24th, 2011 at 12:55 am

   Great list of free resources. Many of these are graphic/image editing software, which is right up my alley. I’m playing with GIMP at the moment so I can create a tutorial on creating your own graphics for free. I use Adobe Design Suite to create my graphics, so I am testing out GIMP to see if I can create similar images of equal quality. Having a professional looking blog and coordinated social media sites adds to your online ‘presence’. So I think that getting the most out of these free resources is very important to those just starting out.

   Wendy
   Wendy Hewlett ..Create Your Own Graphics with PowerPoint

8. Calli @ Wedding Favors Says:

   May 26th, 2011 at 8:09 am

   Hi Laura,

   You are such an angel. I badly need the PDF converter right now and you provided me one. I am downloading it right now. I hope this should help my problem. Do you know of an alternative just in case it won’t work? Thanks Laura.

   Regards

   

   LauraPaulson Reply:
   May 26th, 2011 at 7:22 pm

   @Calli @ Wedding Favors, Cool! You know I don’t know of another one but this one has worked just fine for me so hopefully it will for you too. I did have an issue with a couple pdf’s not converting but other than that, it worked great. If anyone knows of an alternative, I would greatly appreciate if you would share.

9. Calli @ Wedding Favors Says:

   May 30th, 2011 at 6:46 am

   @LauraPaulson

   Sad to say it didn’t work for me because the data on the pdf was from an image. The software says that it cannot find cells to convert into a table or something. So I had to copy and paste them manually.lol Anyway, it was still worth a try.

10. Dereck Says:

    June 1st, 2011 at 12:53 am

    Laura,

    Sweet list of great tools. I also like using jing. Its a free way to capture up to 5 minutes of footage of your screen for tutorials and what not.

    Also, I love referring people to use Gimp. Some people just don’t have software to do custom images and so on.

    Thanks, this will help a great number of people!

    -Dereck
    Dereck ..iWowWe Review – Robust Email Marketing &amp Affordable Web Conferencing

11. marquita herald Says:

    June 1st, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    Great list Laura and I use them all – I especially like Paint since I tend to be rather artsy fartsy about everything I do. Thanks for the information and tips!
    marquita herald ..Making a Difference- Tunes 4 the Troops

12. Chester Delameter Says:

    June 7th, 2011 at 9:52 am

    Laura

    Thanks for this list. I copied and saved it for use later. There are so many good free programs out there. I think I can use a few of these.

    Have a Great Day
    Chester
    Chester Delameter ..Is Adultery Worth It

13. Kevin DeRoo Says:

    June 26th, 2011 at 2:09 am

    Hey Laura,

    You have compiled a great list here, I have used most of them in my own business. Got to love Free tools!

    My favorite image editor is a cool piece of free downloadable software called Irfanview. You can check it out at irfanview.com!

    Thanks for sharing your list Laura!

    Kevin
    Kevin DeRoo ..iwowwe Video Email Cash Contest!

14. Rick Salas Says:

    July 14th, 2011 at 12:17 am

    Hi Laura,
    Thanks for taking the time to post these resources. I’ve been looking for a couple of these and glad I found your post. Thanks!

    Rick Salas
    Rick Salas ..Does Your Home Business Opportunity Meeting Give You Credibility? How To Get Credibility In A Work From Home Business

15. Eldon Beard Says:

    July 19th, 2011 at 6:14 pm

    Hi Laura, I especially recommend the WebPageTest.org link, because it can show you problems that are slowing the load times for your blog or website. Since Google is taking into account how quickly sites load, it’s important to be on top of that. Another good one for testing site load speed that’s pretty simple to understand is tools.pingdom.com
    Eldon Beard ..Getting Backlinks to Your MLM Blog

16. Lynn Jones Says:

    July 22nd, 2011 at 11:53 pm

    Thank you Laura! Free is always wonderful! I have never heard of most of these. I guess I am in the dark! Not anymore, because you have shared some great free and valuable resources to help us in our business online. I appreciate this so much, as many others do too.
    Thank you Laura!
    Lynn
    Lynn Jones ..Seven Simple Secrets to Help You Eat That Frog!

    

    LauraPaulson Reply:
    July 24th, 2011 at 8:21 am

    @Lynn Jones, Hi Lynn. Oh yes, I LOVE free!!! Hopefully you were able to find something that you’ll find useful. Make it a Great Day!

17. Stevie Smith Says:

    August 16th, 2011 at 5:19 pm

    Great list! I love Kompozer! The concept of free tools is pretty amazing when you think about it. Without looking any further, wordpress is one major freebie which enables so many of us to earn a living on the internet.

    Stevie
    Stevie Smith ..A Mother’s Love – Twenty Years In The Life Of An Extraordinary Woman

18. Rob Wilson Says:

    August 25th, 2011 at 11:35 am

    Hi Laura,

    I wasn’t familiar with all of these tools so I appreciate this post. In particular I look forward to checking out Pixlr since I’m always looking for ways to edit images. I use Gimp but I know that I don’t take advantage of all the features on it because some of them are beyond my current understanding. I’ve seen some tutorials to go through so I can further utilize that. Thanks for the post, and I look forward to using the tools – Rob
    Rob Wilson ..Don’t keep injuring yourself

19. Jaden Daniels Says:

    August 30th, 2011 at 10:29 am

    Laura,
    Thanks for sharing. I am going to try out two of them. Screengrab and Webpagetest. There are times I have needed to refer back to a webpage when I was offline, and I am always looking for ways to improve my website.

    Jaden
    Jaden Daniels ..Guest Writer On Positivity

20. Dewane Mutunga Says:

    September 6th, 2011 at 11:40 pm

    Laura,

    Thanks for these great tools. Never used any of them before but they sure look helpful. I’ll be checking these out and seeing how the work for me.

    Thanks again!
    Dewane Mutunga ..5 Proven Ways to Get More Blog Traffic

21. Allen Says:

    September 17th, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    Thanks a lot Laura.
    I’ve been using Gimp for a while, it’s awesome software especially for the price of free.
    I just checked out Screengrab!, I think I’ll use this more often.
    Allen ..Let’s Look at Design Software

    

    LauraPaulson Reply:
    September 23rd, 2011 at 6:19 am

    @Allen, Hi Allen. I especially list screengrab too – SO simple! Thanks for the comment!

22. Peter Says:

    September 19th, 2011 at 3:06 am

    Hey Laura,

    Thanks for this great post with the great free tools in it. I will defintely try them out.

    Greetings,

    Peter
    Peter ..conference call

23. Rosemary O'Shaughnessy Says:

    October 6th, 2011 at 10:22 am

    Hi Laura,

    A big thank you for taking the time to put this list together. I had not heard of browser shots. All the best Rosemary
    Rosemary O’Shaughnessy ..Business Users – WHY You Should Convert your iPhone into a Digital Recording Device While Working On The Go.

24. Teach Jim Says:

    October 26th, 2011 at 12:30 am

    I always love a list of free tools. You have uncovered several nice tools new to me. Thank you.

    On your screen capture tool, CamStudio,I’ve had mixed results. I’ve found Jing and screencast-o-matic.com have produced better results over the long haul.

    Thanks I’ll jump out and get to work with these.
    Teach Jim ..Change. The only constant.

    

    LauraPaulson Reply:
    November 3rd, 2011 at 6:11 am

    @Teach Jim, Good deal. I hope you were able to find something useful.

25. Dr. Robert Doebler Says:

    December 20th, 2011 at 9:24 pm

    Anything free, and some paid that can help out with my marketing strategy is very much welcome. Thanks you for sharing this. I could use some additional tools.

26. Kevin DeRoo Says:

    January 18th, 2012 at 9:36 am

    Hey Laura,

    I just wanted to drop in again and share with you another free tool which you may or may not know about.

    It’s called xheader, and people can use this great tool to design their Headers for their websites or blogs.

    You can find it at http://xheader.com

    Again, thanks for sharing your list Laura.

    Kevin
    Kevin DeRoo ..Facebook – The Basics

    

    LauraPaulson Reply:
    February 1st, 2012 at 12:26 pm

    @Kevin DeRoo, Awesome! Thanks for sharing Kevin. Definitely something that I can use. I’m going to check it out right now

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