Have you noticed how many free productivity tools are availableonline? I find a minimum of several each day.  Do you use any of them? These tools have totally changed how Iaccomplish day to day tasks and how I use the internet in general.There are hundreds of great tools out there, but here is a list of 10free tools that will hopefully help you in some way. Check them out andlet me know what you think about being productive!

1. StumbleUpon.com

You can use SU many different ways, but here is the general idea.You download and install the free SU toolbar and let them know yourgeneral interests by completing a quick form. When you click the“Stumble” button, SU randomly sends you to a new site recommended byother folks with similar interests. Onceyou are on the site, you have the opportunity to rate that site bygiving it a thumbs up or thumbs down. In the process, SU learns yourpreferences so the site destinations get better and better. How sweet is that!  You canbookmark and tag the sites so you can visit them later or share themwith friends. SU also allows you to search topics as you do with searchengines, rather than stumbling. I often bypass Google and search usingSU to quickly get to the best and most relevant sites rated by my peers.

2. Delicious.com

Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag,save, manage and share web pages online. This gives you the ability toaccess your bookmarks from any computer and greatly improves how peoplediscover, remember and share on the Internet.

3 Dwellicious.com.

Delicious.com meets real estate. Share your favorite real estatelistings with family or your agent. Dwellicious allows you to bookmarkany property on the web and organize your properties with tags. Greattool for real estate agents or people searching for real estate.

4. Pando.com

Have you ever needed to send a huge file that is too large to email?The days of burning CD’s and using Fed-Ex to deliver them are over. Pando will send up to 1GB for free.  www.YouSendit.com is similar and isanother great tool to send large files (I've used this for over a year now and it's very reliable).  And, they offer a 15 day free trial.

5. FireShot, a Firefox browser plugin.

This Firefox browser tool allows you to capture a screen shot of anyweb page and gives you the option to save it, send it, copy it, etc. Itsaves the file in PNG format, small enough to email.  www.snagit.com is another inexpensive and productive option.

6. Awesomehighlighter.com

Awesome Highlighter lets you highlight text on web pages and then givesyou a small link to the highlighted page. Send the link to show peopleexactly what you want them to see on the site.

7. html-pdf-converter.com

Need a Web page saved in PDF format?  Another one: www.htm2pdf.co.uk/

8. Zamzar.com

Ever had trouble opening a file because you didn’t have the rightsoftware?  It's one of those GRRRRRRR moments online!  Zamzar is a free online file conversion tool that convertsalmost any image, video, doc, etc. file to almost any other formatneeded.  For example, it converts the new MS Office 2007 files from the.docx format to the older .doc format.

9. FreeConferenceCall.com

Register for a free conference call line for your business. You keepthe same number and access codes, so no need to send out new info forregular conference calls.  Awesome quality and a lot of great features.

10. OpenOffice.org

Microsoft Office alternative.  I just recommended this to a client this week and saved them several hundred dollars (since they were preparing to go buy MS Office software).  OpenOffice is free software you installit on your computer.  It looks and functions a lot like Microsoft Office soit is easy to make the transition.  It even allows you to save your docsin Microsoft formats like .doc & .xls.  Another huge bonus is itallows you to save files as a PDF for free.  This is not to mention the online access from any computer!

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Enjoy!  And please leave comments with other great tools you’ve found.