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How to save money on software when you start your own business

When you start your own business, you have to spend money on getting computers, printers, office space, stationery, equipment and furniture. The last thing you want is to have to spend money on software.

Unless you have specialised software that you need, for example, if you’re a graphic designer or architect for instance, you can pretty much get free Open source software that will do the job.

Open source software are products developed by a community of programmers and offered free to the world.

Here are some examples of the software you can download and start working straight away:

These packages are all free and you can download them from the Internet today:

  • Go to Free Essentials on EvenMe and you will be able to download Office 365, Microsoft Office Mobile, as well as Google and Apple apps!
  • Create your own free website on yola.com, wordpress.com or freewebsitebuilder.co.za.
  • SMEasy is a South African business and financial management system for small businesses.
  • Formever is also an accounting and business software package.
  • AVG will protect your computer from viruses.
  • Dropbox is cloud-based and offers you a free way of backing up all your files and folders.
  • Kashflow is a bookkeeping and invoicing system.
  • Maichimp allows you to create beautifully presented newsletters and emails to send to your clients.
  • Really Simple Systems is a full Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system to help you with your marketing and customer service.
  • Skype allows you to have meetings with people across town, the country or even the world. You can see them on your screen so it looks like you’re talking face to face.
  • Survey Monkey enables you to create surveys to send to your customers.

There you have all the starter packages you could need to start your business. It’s so much easier to use software that guides you through the process rather than trying to figure it all out yourself. Rather use your time wisely somewhere else and use these free software packages to start and manage your business.