Online tools for freelancers

Posted on May 12, 2007 by Danny Sanchez

toolboxLifehacker highlights a great list of 100 free or low-cost tools especially made for freelancers. The list includes project management tools, financial services, online storage/data transfer space and professional social networking sites.

Missing from this list are a good RSS reader (I recommend Bloglines or Google Reader), Media Convert, a site that easily converts all sorts of file formats (text, images, audio, video), and Emurse, a powerful resume-building site.

I’ve also been on the lookout for some free or inexpensive project management software. If anyone has any recommendations, please share! You can drop a suggestion in the comments or message me at dansanufATyahoo.com.

[Via Lifehacker]
[Photo by Zak Hubbard]

About Danny Sanchez

Danny Sanchez is the Audience Development Manager at Tribune's Sun-Sentinel.com and OrlandoSentinel.com. Danny has been with Tribune since 2005 in a variety of editorial, digital and product development roles in Hartford, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. He has also previously worked in the newsrooms of the Tampa Bay Times and The Miami Herald.
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One Response to "Online tools for freelancers"

  • By Ray Villalobos May 12, 2007 - 5:26 pm

    For project management, I recommend Basecamp (basecamphq.com). Developed by the folks at 7signals, it’s a real good project management suite of software programmed with Ruby on Rails. There’s a free version that allows you to use one project. I’m a little disappointed that the prices per month seem somewhat steep for what you get value-wise.