Great Free Applications For Your Small Business or Startup

Google is king when it comes to applications that a small business can use to help productivity while keeping costs low.  Here are my top applications you should consider using:

1) Google Analytics. Tracking the performance of your website couldn’t be any easier (and free!) with Google Analytics.  If you want to find out what keeps potential customers on your site, then this is a perfect app.

2) Google Docs. No matter what platforms your staff are working on, Google Docs allows you (and them) presentation, word processing and spreadsheet programs that you can use from any computer no matter where you are. Plus, you can easily share your documents securely.

3) Gmail.  If you need to access you email from any computer, any time, Gmail is the tool of choice. Recently, Google added Gmail Voice and Video Chat functionality to Gmail allowing users to speak to each other directly through voice or video.

4) Google Calendar. It keeps all your appointments and tasks in one place, and you can allow others to add things securely.