Freelancing can be difficult. You are required to get everything you need to work successfully on your own. Free tools available online can make freelance work much easier without having to spend hard earned money on various programs. Here are a few of our favorite free tools for freelancers online.
Firebug – FireBug is a freelance web designers best friend. This free site allows you to modify and edit HTML coding, check and debug JavaScript and more. Using this program you can also monitor sites and network usage so you can monitor and analyze your site and its needs. This free tool is a must have download for freelancer web developers.
Picnik – is a fast and easy way to edit photos for your freelance needs. No download is required, simply visit the site, upload a photo and get to work. They have many free editing tools for freelancers, or anyone needing quick modifications to a photo. If you love the service and want more options, Picnik offers a paid service as well.
BrowserShots – One of the hardest parts of web design is figuring out how your coding will work in each browser type. BrowserShots is a free tool that freelancer webdesigners can use to check their site and its compatibility on all of the top browsers.
SlimTimer – Freelancers often struggle with knowing how much time to bill each client. The free services provided by SlimTimer make tracking and billing clients much easier for clients. Simply create a free account, log in, track time to a client and SlimTimer will do the rest keeping track of time spent and total amount of hours to bill to each client. Save time while making your freelance billing much easier.
Open Office - Software is expensive and freelancers are more often turning to Open Office for their free open source productivity software options. Whether you need word processing, a spreadsheet or a presentation package, Open Office may be the solution you need. This software can open, edit and save in formats compatible with most standard office processing suites.
These free tools will help you more successfully navigate the freelance world without spending your hard earned money.
Do you have any great free resources for freelance work to share? We would love to hear about them.
Places To Find Work For All Types of Freelancers
Elance – They have over 30,000 jobs posted. They also cover many different categories, almost any type of freelancer can find work here.
oDesk – With almost any set of skills you have, you should be able to find freelance work here. They have a wide variety of categories. This is a heavily posted website.
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