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05/24/2012 at 04:51PM PDT
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Tools for Startups

Here is a couple of software tools we use for our small company. We used WordPress to build our website. I can build new pages, changes pages, or add blog post without coding. Many of your clients also use Yahoo Small Business and are very happy with it. Our team is virtual and scheduling appointment used to take many emails. We have been using with Webex weboffice and quite happy with it. It is more expensive than many we tried but it fits us the best, so far. We use wikis from Central Desktop with all of our clients. A wiki provides a private work space which we can leave behind after our engagement is over and they cut down considerably on having to e-mail attachments. We have used it for collaborating on datasheets, web site mock-up, backgrounder and other strategy and planning documents.

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Hi tshafer,



Thanks for starting this topic. What other tools are folks using out there that help them get customers? Specifically, what free tools do you use and like? What tools did you try that didn't work for you?

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These are great tools! I can't wait to try some of them. Thank you for the easy link!

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some of the tools we use to manage and grow our small company are:



eMail: GMail for Your Domain: give you a privtae label email address (hasan@rephoria.com) but uses the gMail interface.



Google Analytics: free web analytics tool for measuring and monitoring website traffic.



Project Manahgement: BaseCamp from 37 Signals



Blogging: WordPress + Flickr for cool and free photos

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Re: MistOne



I agree with all yours. We too use all these, except for Project Management, we use activecollab (http://www.activecollab.com). It has virtually the same features as Basecamp, except it is free and you download it and install on your server. This helps to have a more professional feel since it is on your server rather than on 37signals' server.



We also use Content Management Systems Made Simple (www.cmsmadesimple.org), a free opensource way to create a website and edit it all online, from anywhere in the world you have an internet connection.

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I'm going to check out a the tools you mentioned, sounds like some excellent opensource alternatives.

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