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Tech Tuesday: 8 free tools to aid effective teamwork

Growing your business by outsourcing work to fellow professionals and self-employed freelancers? Create a sense of team spirit and keep on top of projects with these 8 free tools (well, some are free forever, others just for 30 days!)

This is the tool we use at Enterprise Nation and could not do without! Manage projects, deadlines, people and company progress. Try it free for 60 days and then prices start at $20 per month.

A project management tool to organise your work and life. With Evernote you can keep articles from the press, notes and presentations in one place. Free to use and start an account, with an option to upgrade to packages costing Â£4 or Â£8 per month.

Share documents with the team and keep your own work in the cloud, this is an essential piece of kit for any StartUp or growing business, working from a range of locations. Basic package is free or upgrade to Pro account for Â£7.99 per month.

Send big documents to team members, contractors, and partners for free, or upgrade to WeTransfer Plus for extra capacity and protection for $10 per month.

An evening email shows the team what you and they have done during the day. It also sends prompts if jobs aren't getting done! Free for 1 person or upgrade to the business package for multiple team members at a cost of $5 per month.

Free conference calling for up to 50 participants where you just have to pay the cost of an 0844 call which is added to your regular phone bill.

A product from Citrix and part of a suite of products that includes GoToWebinar and GoToTraining, enabling you to host meetings, webinars and training (free or paid-for) with people across multiple borders. We use GoToWebinar at Enterprise Nation to broadcast our 

own webinars with experts and entrepreneurs

 and love this technology! Free 30 day trial and then Â£29 per month for the basic package.

A product from Brother offers the ability to share notes, documents and whiteboards, host online meetings and record/re-play too. Free 30 day trial and then Â£15 per month for the Lite version.

If you use any of these tools, tell us how you're getting on by posting here in the comments or via social media. And if you'd like to recommend other tools, please let us know that too!

Sam Onigbanjo, BSc (Hons) FCIM is the Founder of Great Business Platforms.

A people-focused business that has helped over 1,000 businesses start and grow in the last 10 years alone. He is the Author of 37 Business Thoughts, Emotive Branding for Entrepreneurs and The Authority Guide, Digital Marketing Made Simple; all books and Webinar series that are currently buzzing in the &ldquo;Entrepreneur circuit&rdquo;.

Sam has been featured as a cover story in the Virgin Entrepreneur, as well as in CNBC Business. He has also been a panellist on numerous business shows on Sky TV. Sam, has been an elected Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing since 2006. Sam is also a Certified Digital Marketer, Direct Copy response writer.

Sam has featured as a Speaker at Barclays Bank, Kaspersky Internet and the Best You Conference, he is also a Digital Marketing Advisor for TSB&nbsp;

He runs a successful mastermind and speaking academy, here he and his team of coaches have trained hundreds of business leaders. Recently, In the last 12 months, apart from securing paid gigs for some outstanding coaching members, he has also gotten them headline speaking slots with corporate entities including Barclays Bank and Paid gigs with Internet company Kaspersky.

He is the Creator of a couple of renowned tools, including the, N.B.A.S F.A.A.T.S and A.D.E, tools that will help anyone, discover their Individual personal authority and craft a story or speech that converts an audience to Monetized clients.

Sam is extremely passionate, focused and driven about helping you Individually achieve your dream or goal. His Mastermind/Business Accelerator clients attest to his personal attention to their goals. Sam motivates you to successfully launch your passion or business, and will help you take your entrepreneurial life to the next level.

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Tech Tuesday: 8 free tools to aid effective teamwork

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