Comments on: Essential tools for the online bootstrapper

By: heckman

heckman — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:08:35 +0000

Hey sorry about the delay in getting back to everyone. Marketing Forums I am glad you are enjoying the articles. My RSS button is on the top right just beside the navigation bar, It is the graphic for it.

I am going to start an email list soon to be able to share some more advanced stuff soon, so you will be able to subscribe there.

Cheers,

Derek

By: Marketing Forums

Marketing Forums — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:49:41 +0000

A fantastic read….very literate and informative. Many thanks….where is your RSS button ?

By: markez linda

markez linda — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:40:16 +0000

Very nice information. Thanks for this.

By: José María

José María — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:47:37 +0000

That is a really awesome list, but my favourite by far is HighRise. I think you missed an e-mail marketing tool. I recommend for your next list http://www.pixelnews.es, a really simple to use app to send out your e-mail and sms campaigns. Awesome bog! Keep the writing!

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:25:02 +0000

Thanks for the link Greg, and thanks for commenting on the site. I hope you enjoy the articles I post here.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:31:33 +0000

Fanurio http://www.fanuriotimetracking.com helps with the less appealing aspects of freelancing like keeping track of time and invoicing. It’s a useful application, with a user-friendly interface.

By: Aditya Gholap

Aditya Gholap — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:42:01 +0000

This list that you have outlined is quite incomplete if someone has a human intensive business. I also noticed that you put some stress on free tools. While thats GREAT – i think its important to keep in mind that certain free tools are not as feature heavy and they dont do the job too well. For example you have noted Slim Timer. Slim Timer may be great for noting down times etc. it is not really a Project Management Tool (which is what online bootstrappers should have). This is because online bootstrappers may be working in virtual environments where you are assigning tasks etc. and need to track milestones and work on multiple projects where you need to have real time project management. I’ve been using Deskaway and it works FANTASTIC for me. Its cheap ($100 for the year for a reasonably good edition so i think it works for someone bootstrapping!). I also think that if someone is an online bootstrapper working with loads of customers, he or she needs a CRM tool as well. CRM tools are a dime a dozen. In my opinion Zoho has a great CRM tool (www.zoho.com). They also have a good CRM tool. Think you should update this list to include PM tools such as DEskaway and CRM tools as well. I think this list would be more comprehensive then! It will fit most online business needs

By: TDL

TDL — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:57:31 +0000

I run a small Technology consulting company and one essential i could not live without is a service called GotVMail. It is a virtual PBX system that does about a million things. It give a larger presence, allows for virtual offices to exist, the ability to send/receive calls on any type of phone line (mobile, land, VoIP). It will also forward voicemails and faxes to any email as a file.

Here is a link to them:

And here is a like to some other preferred solutions i use for my business:
http://www.the-digital-life.com/business-services/preferred-solutions/

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