5 Useful Business Tools for Graphic Designers

Jan 15, 2012 by admin    No Comments    Posted under: Design Tutorials

Graphic designers will find hundreds and thousands of useful design tutorials on how to work with different business related tools; however you will hardly get introduced to new and effective business constructing tools.

In this article, we have tried to introduce 5 useful business tools for graphic designers who want to freelance in the design industry.

1. RememberTheMilk.com

Busy graphic designers get beleaguered quickly when there is no task manager available to keep track of different projects. Remember the Milk is an incredible online task manager, which means you can browse it from any part of the world. At times, you have so much to do that you tend to miss on important deadlines while working on numerous design projects.

2. EchoSign.com

Ever tried EchoSign.com to get contracts signed online? It is presumably the easiest and most convenient option available over the internet to get job contracts signed over the web. You wouldn’t need to print or sign a contract over and again every time a new project is started by you.

3. Skype.com

Skype is a great instant messaging service along with a feature of making free video calls to other subscribers. It’s an incredible voice over internet protocol app which can be used to make cheap international calls using your own professional number assigned by the company.

4. MailChimp.com

You should definitely consider using email marketing as it is the most effective way to engage web traffic. Mailchimp is one of the best email marketing options offering the tools you might require in creating a mailing list where you can send appealing newsletters and can also analyze traffic right after every newsletter campaign.

5. TextMate at MacroMates.com

Used by almost every Mac developer, TextMate is perhaps one of the best text editors available online these days. And keep in mind that if you work online, you should be aware of how to use a text editor.

We would love to hear from you about any of the business tools you might have used out of the ones mentioned here or any alternatives. Please feel free to leave your thoughts below in comment section.

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