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Vistaprint is the place to go to get 250 professionally designed, full-color business cards for free. You can upgrade the free product for an add-on price. One consideration, it may be worth paying the extra money to not have the back side of the card glossy as it could then be written on by people you hand it to.

Want professional looking photos and clip art to use on your documents, website, or presentations? Stockxchng is the place to find it. Be sure to check on the legal copy on each image before using, but there are thousands upon thousands of professional looking images that are free to use.

While not a cloud app, Open Office gives you basically all the features of Microsoft Office except the price. Open Office is a free product to download and has equivalent programs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. If you're used to having MS Word before you left your last employer and don't want to shell out the dough for your own copy of MS Office, give Open Office a try. It even allows you to save your files in MS Office formats so you're sure everyone else you give the file to can read it. Open Office also allows you to output your files as PDF documents.

Salesforce.com is the premier CRM company. They offer free developer edition accounts by simply signing up. Once you sign up, use Salesforce on the web to track your contacts, companies you want to work for, and the progress your making with each of those companies. Included with the developer edition account is Salesforce Mobile which gives you access to all your Salesforce data on the iPhone, BlackBerry, or Windows Mobile device.

Free alternative to Microsoft Office. Check out what Google Docs can do for you. Google Docs can let you create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on the web, so you can view and edit them from anywhere. You can also control the security of it all along the way. Collaborate on the same file with others and never send a file attachment again.

Evernote is a fantastic tool for clipping the Internet you like and finding it again in the future. It has free client software for Mac, PC, iPhone, and smartphones. Just clip anything you see on the web and add it to Evernote. Not only are you only saving the parts of the web page that interest you, there's always a link back to the source page so you can get back there if you want to later. Then you can organize your clipped content and find any keyword contained in it, including text that Evernote can read in pictures. For more information, be sure to watch the YouTube video on how Evernote works.

Picnik is an online photo editing application that allows you to take any image from your computer, Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket, or from a website and modify it, save it to your computer, or upload it to another service. It's free and easy to use.

Does your resume or press release contain gobbledygook? Find out with Grader. Grader allows you to input your writing and check for ho-hum words and phrases to help you write more creatively and ensure it complies to best practices. It's free and really worth checking out\n\nIt can also grade an entire website so be sure to check that out as well.

Find out what Google Docs can do for you. It's online, integrated productivity by allowing you to break free of saving files on flash drives and separate computers. Save one file, one place on Google Docs and and collaborate with others on the same file. Never send an attachment again.

Toodledo is a task list tool which helps you organize all your projects and tasks. Since it's online, it's accessible anywhere you need it, including on your iPhone. There is a free version as well as a paid version, which the main difference is sub-tasks and the length of time your completed tasks are stored. Be sure to check out the comparison chart to see how Toodledo compares to the competition. One great way I've used Toodledo is integrated to an iPhone app called Appigo Todo. It helps you manage all your tasks in a way that follows the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology. The products work well together and really help with tracking your tasks as well as seeing accomplishments.

Emurse is a place to input your resume online and create as many as 10 different resumes, depending on the focus you'd like to highlight in each. Once you have your base information entered, just select which sections you'd like on each resume, create it, distribute it, and see who's looking at your resume. As a free service, it's certainly worth checking out.

Google Voice gives you one phone number for life. When someone calls your Google Voice number, it can ring your home phone, cell phone, and office phone, all at the same time. Answer it where you want, when you want. Record special greetings for each caller and you can even listen in on voicemail. Use it with your cell phone to get unlimited long distance calling in the US because Google Voice calls your phone. Way more features available to detail here, but check it out.