10 best freelance tools (latest 2020 edition)

If you are a freelancer then it might be hard to manage your time while doing things like finding a freelance client online then writing them cold emails, texting them to hire you.

After all of this, you can't use your time wisely. So, because of that, your productivity goes down. The reason is that you don't use any freelance tools.

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But today I will be revealing the best freelance tools list. So you can make your life easier. And become more productive and use your time well.

I did research on these freelance tools and they are great to use. 

I am using these tools for more than 1.5+ years and they are helping me to schedule and manage my time. 

Due to them, my productivity has increased and I am using my time well. As they are great tools to use and most of them are completely free and paid too( free trial included).

Today, I am going to show you the best freelance tools which I currently use. Without spending any money on any tools and without hiring any virtual assistant.

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I am going to tell you everything about these tools. Why you should use them? And how to use them.

why should you use freelance tools?

Freelance tools will save you hours of time. And you will be very flexible at work. Today's generation is changing with time and they are adapting to the change you should too.

From that these tools will help you to achieve your results faster than before. 

As it will increase your productivity. And soon you will see the change in your work.

The first things first, the tool in the best freelance tools list is:

1. Teux-Deux


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Nowadays, every freelancer wants to schedule their time and make a to-do list. you might have searched on the web about the best to-do list apps and tools.

There are 100's of to-do lists online. but comparatively, they are not as good as Teux-Deux.

Teux-Deux is an online website and they provide an application too. and that application is an iOS-based. 

Teux-Deux was started back in 2010 as a conversation over lunch in New York.

2. Rescuetime



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you must have heard this name before but if not then you are at the right place. most of the people don't use their time wisely and they always keep complaining that they don't have time to do this and that.

But that's not true they spend their time on social media, browsing, etc and because of this their productivity goes down and they feel like quitting. 

But, from now on you will get 24 hours a day because rescuetime will help you to kill the time killers and get more time because if you are spending more than 5 hours daily on social media and websites then from now onwards it is time to reduce the time.

Now, it's where rescuetime is helpful. It allows you to keep tracking your time on how many hours you spend on a computer. and it helps you to cut the time killers. Which are nothing but useless websites and applications. 

Rescuetime is the best and most powerful time management company in the world. Rescuetime was back founded in 2007 by three people Tony wright, Brian fioca, and Hruska.

Rescuetime has 2+ million users across the internet. And it is growing rapidly.

Rescuetime is available for pc as well as mobile.

3. Wave accounting

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wave is an online accounting tool. it is exclusively designed for freelancers, business owners, etc. it provides features like invoicing, managing your account (accounting in short).

payroll and finance management, receipt scanning, credit card processing, and much more.

This online software is specifically designed to help freelancers and business owners to manage their accounts & much more.

to collect payments waves dashboard includes an invoicing feature that collects invoice payments through your clients.

It contains a lot of invoicing templates. so that the freelancer or a business owner can be independent to customize it.

Its credit card processing features allow you to collect e-payments. wave provides you a wave application that is compatible with both. i.e. android and iOS.

Wave was started by Kirk Samson in the year 2009 in Canada. It has 3.5+ million users all over the world.

You must give a try to wave. It really got some benefits for the user.

4. Trello


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Trello is a tool that helps you organize your project into boards. it makes you more organized with your work. Trello's methodology is called kanban.

If you use this tool I'm sure that it will make your work life easier. it's very simple and easy to use. It is used by big companies like adobe and google.

some of its key features are:-

  • Trello uses boards, lists to make your work more organized and make it look interesting.
  • you can add deadlines to your task for prioritizing your work.
  • you can keep your team up-to-date with its activity log feature.
  • you can add attachments to your resources if you want to. 

Michael Pryor and Joel Spolsky started Trello in 2011. Trello has a massive user base of more than 25 million users. Trello is available everywhere. It is available on both pc (windows & macOS)

5. mixmax


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In 2020 email-marketing has become a trend and every freelancer does email marketing. Yes, this tool is related to emails.

As we all know sometimes emails are a headache. but this tool can work as a superpower for you.

This tool helps you to track your email, embed rich content, set reminders, snooze emails, and much more.

It is a perfect tool for teaming up with your emails and clients. as, of now, mixmax is only on desktop but in the future, it will be on android and iOS too.


6. Open office



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Every freelancer especially content writers, full suits of office tools are needed on our personal computer. Instead of paying money for Microsoft office why don't you try this tool.

It's absolutely free.

It is comparable to Microsoft office because open office comes with full suite tools.

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It is a fully featured writing platform. and it allows you to export pdf easily. it is a great platform to write pdfs and ebooks. 

It is a fully-featured tool. it comes with a variety of fonts and other tools like charts and many more. it is much similar to Microsoft office.

7. MindMeister


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MindMeister is a freelance project management tool. it is different from the old-school pen-and-paper method.

With a tool like MindMeister, you can create beautiful mind maps on any electronic device. this serves much better storage than any sheets.

It is one of the best tools I’m using for creating mind maps. it is free as well as paid. for me, its free plan is enough for me.

But if you want its premium. you can go for it. As its premium plans are at a reasonable price. you can create a ton of mind-maps using MindMeister.


8. DeskTime 



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It is an awesome tool for freelancers, business owners, developers, and entrepreneurs. you might have a question that what does this tool do?

well, this tool allows to keep track of your employees or the one who is working under you. it will create timesheets automatically.

yes, no more boring excel sheets. It lowers your payroll processing costs, it allows you to see who is working when he is working or how long he was working at what time, everything it will do for you.

It is a must-have tool for freelancers or a business owner who is working with others.


9. Socialoomph


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Yes, I know its name is very long and tongue twister. but I am damn sure you will love it. you might be excited to know what this tool will do for you, right? 

every freelancer is going on social media and creating accounts and wants to become a brand on social media.
but it takes a lot of time to do it. but this tool will help you do it faster. social oomph has some really great features and awesome tools in it.

Most of the freelancers focus on the growth of their Twitter account. most of the freelancers use Twitter and the second one is LinkedIn.

An awesome feature of this tool that I personally use is its auto-DM. this tool can help you to gain more traffic only if you use it properly.

And what's the right way to use this a tool? by giving something free to your audience.

you can offer them a free pdf, eBook, or a video. After that, you can write a call to action like "follow me for more or whatever." 

By doing this you will gain more potential followers and always offer them value in return. 

so, it will be a win-win situation for both of you.
Social oomph is a Canadian based company that started in April 2008 

10. medium


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Last but not least is medium. Medium is a great platform to monetize your freelance website. You can even replace your WordPress blog with medium.

It has a simple yet great design. Most of the users have a great experience on medium.

Medium is used by most of the individuals and companies. you can get freelance clients on medium. 

Medium is an online publishing platform. You can write articles on it and get visitors to your website. Medium was developed by Evan Williams.

And it was launched in August 2012. Medium has more than 60 million users active monthly.  It is on both personnel computer(pc) and mobile.

conclusion

If you know any other tools which deserve more attention? then make sure you write the name of that tool in the comment. 

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