{"id":6305,"date":"2023-04-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/?p=6305"},"modified":"2025-01-31T09:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:41:13","slug":"top-13-free-resources-for-small-businesses-and-nonprofits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/top-13-free-resources-for-small-businesses-and-nonprofits\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 13 Free Resources for Small Businesses and Nonprofits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Managing a nonprofit or small business is a lot of work. Whether it&#8217;s locating grant funding, crowdfunding, assistance with accounting needs, marketing or internal organization issues. No matter what form it takes, entrepreneurs, small business owners and nonprofits can use all the help they can get! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, when it&#8217;s available for free, that&#8217;s a real bonus! Fortunately, businesses and nonprofits can access free online resources to help them, though ultimately professional grant writing experience may be needed. But until you&#8217;re able to pay an expert to support your grant-seeking efforts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GrantWatch.com<\/a> has provided a list of 13 free resources. All of these resources are free or at least offer a free basic plan with upgrades available for those willing to pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mailerlite.com\/pricing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Mailerlite<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; You can use Mailerlite to send email reminders to your clients about your business and its products or services. It&#8217;s free for you if your mailing list is 1000 or less.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. <a href=\"https:\/\/keep.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Google Keep<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; Google Keep is a task list and reminder tool. With Google Keep, you can capture notes, share them with others, and access them from your computer, phone or tablet.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vidyard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vidyard<\/a><\/strong>&#8211; Vidyard is a video marketing tool that nonprofits and businesses can use to host, publish and analyze marketing videos. It integrates with marketing tools like HubSpot, making it easier to add videos to emails, web pages and blog posts.&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zenbusiness.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ZenBusiness<\/a><\/strong>&#8211; ZenBusiness is a professional online logo maker and generator that also offers packages for the entire social branding of your business or nonprofit. It includes digital assets as well as physical assets like business cards and stationery.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.docracy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Docracy <\/a><\/strong>&#8211; Docracy is an open collection of free legal documents that you can use as templates for your organization&#8217;s needs. 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This software makes the hassle of organizing volunteers a thing of the past. <\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wufoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wufoo<\/a><\/strong>&#8211; Use Wufoo\u2019s tools to create custom web forms (surveys, contact forms and payment processing) that you can use to collect data, payments and automate your workflows.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. <a href=\"https:\/\/app.hubspot.com\/signup-hubspot\/crm?utm_content=&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=paid&amp;utm_term=crm_hubspot%2520free_EN&amp;utm_campaign=AllProducts_Portals_EN_NAM_NAM_Brand-Free_e_c_campaignid9817545547_agid100074795796_google&amp;utm_id=430314580455&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw_viWBhD8ARIsAH1mCd7YV5_lJQNCnpj53vzziX1JaxArNbylvN7tBclzJtJIjt8zCXU0-X8aAuY-EALw_wcB&amp;hubs_signup-url=www.hubspot.com%2Fcrm%2Fe010a&amp;hubs_signup-cta=Get+started+-+it%27s+free&amp;_ga=2.124619784.328860251.1658755534-1223420757.1658755534&amp;_gac=1.149221700.1658756065.Cj0KCQjw_viWBhD8ARIsAH1mCd7YV5_lJQNCnpj53vzziX1JaxArNbylvN7tBclzJtJIjt8zCXU0-X8aAuY-EALw_wcB&amp;uuid=365aff5d-4c5d-490e-8e8d-d62fed02d1dc&amp;step=landing_page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Hubspot<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; Hubspot is one of the best customer relationship management tools (CRM). 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