Highly Recommended Tech Tools That Are FREE!

7 Zip:

http://7-zip.org (free download)
An open source, free alternative to WinZip.

Audacity:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net (free download)

An open source software used for recording & editing audio files.

AVG:

http://free.avg.com (free download)

Anti-virus and anti-spyware protection.

BrowserShots:

http://browsershots.org (free online tool)
Use this site to view how your website look in various browsers.

CamStudio:

http://camstudio.org (free download)
Lets you record all screen & audio activity on your computer and create video files.

CCleaner:

http://ccleaner.com (free download)
Removes unused files from your pc allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up space.

Color Cop:

http://colorcop.net (free online tool)
A multi-purpose color picker - great for web designers and programmers.

Down For Everyone:

http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com (free online tool)
Is your site down? Use this tool to see if your website is down for other people.

DupeFree:

http://dupefreepro.com (free download)
Quickly check for duplicate content & LSI keywords.

Evernote:

http://evernote.com (free download)
Scan your notes, receipts, etc … it will OCR the content, sace it, and make it searchable)

FileZilla:

http://filezilla-project.org (free download)
Open source FTP program for uploading files to your host.

Firefox:

http//mozilla.com/firefox (free download)
Alternate web browser.

GIMP:

http://gimp.org (free download)
An open source program used to create & edit - free alternative to Photoshop.

Give Away Of The Day:

http://giveawayoftheday.com (free download)
Unique site that offers you a free license digital product daily.

Kompozer:

http://kompozer.net (free download)
An easy to use WYSIWYG HTML editor.

Marketing Forum:

http://resell-rights-weekly.com/forum (free online tool)
Very helpful forum with lots of good info on internet marketing. Friendly members too.

NicheBot Classic:

http://nichebotclassic.com (free online tool)
Online keyword research tool helps you target the correct keywords.

Open Office:

http://openoffice.org (free download)
Open source office software - word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentations ...

OSWD:

http://oswd.org/ (free downloads)
Open Source Web Design offers free web design templates.

PDF995:

http://pdf995.com (free download)
Use this tool to easily convert files to PSD format.

PDF to Word Converter:

http://pdftoword.com (free online tool)
Easily create editable Word Doc files from PDF content – for legit purposes only! :-)

Pixie:

http://nattyware.com/pixie.php (free download)
Great for web designers - just point to a color and discover the code value for that color.

Resell Rights Weekly:

http://resell-rights-weekly.com (many free downloads)
Free membership where you can download over 300 PLR/RR products for free.

Roboform:

http://roboform.com (free download)
Easily & safely manage your passwords.

ScreenHunter:

http://wisdom-soft.com/sh/sh_free.htm (free download)
Software that allows you to “capture” any part of your desktop, a window or full screen.

Skype:

http://skype.com (free download)
Make free calls over the internet to other people on Skype.

Textpad:

http://textpad.com (free download)
A powerful text editor. I personally like Textpad for editing HTML code.

VLC Media Player:

http://videolan.org/vlc (free download)
Media player capable of reading most audio and video formats.

WordPress Help Sheets And Resources:

http://1stwebdesigner.com/wordpress
23 extremely helpful WordPress help sheets and resources.