If you collaborate on projects with colleagues and friends often, then you know lack of communication increases the likelihood of errors. You can eliminate mishaps like these and maintain consistent progress by heading over to reviewbasics.com--a free service where you and your workgroup or friends can collaborate and exchange ideas with each other (upload files, videos, photos and more) from anywhere in the world. No additional software is required and you can learn more about it at reviewbasics.com.

If you're a small to mid-size business owner maybe you should ask yourself whether you should stop paying Kinko's to make your company's employer/employee ID badges (or security access cards, membership ID's to your Work-at-Home or MLM program, etc) and pocket that money to buy the folks over at The Q-bicle lunch. But seriously, if your membership or employee roster grows everyday, Advanced ID Creator Personal is a simple but effective software that lets you create professional photo ID's and badges for your business, employees, Work-at-Home program, MLM club or other membership, security access cards (and more) quickly and effortlessly. The software is free (compatible with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server) and with it you can easily combine graphics, text, barcodes and other effects to create unique identification cards. All you need is an inkjet or laser printer!

The Q-bicle Note: When you get to the page be sure to choose the option which reads Advanced ID Creator Personal edition (or AID Free). Not to be confused with Advanced ID Creator Professional, Premiere, or Enterprise versions!

When it comes to networking, landing better referrals and ultimately getting more business, it's the Internet that's changing all the rules (and it's easy to see why). Everywhere you turn you can feel that something big is going to happen and at retaggr.com you can create your own online interactive business card (thus making your business easy to move back and forth with you on the Web). Here's how it works: Your online business card can link directly to your blog or other places on the Web where you network. Whenever you make comments on someone else's site or blog your interactive business card (along with your photo) can be viewed by others thus allowing them to instantly get in touch and interact live with you through Skype, MSN (etc) from anywhere on the Web. It's a great promotion tool to have and an even better way for everyone to learn more about you and what you do--at no cost to you!

It is important to manage invoices whether you're running a brick-and-mortar or online (home based) business and generally if you need to whip up a few invoices in order to send off to customers right away (hoping to make your initial investment back) billingmanager.intuit.com can help. It is a free online service that lets you create and manage invoices online. You'll find several templates to choose from and the service is easy to use and customizable. You can add your own company logo to your invoices and more--without taking hours on some highly priced desktop publishing software to do it!

People are always talking and if it seems like the public don't have you on their lips then maybe it's time you put out a press release (or two) and at free-press-release.com you can get more exposure by submitting unlimited press releases via this free service. Your press release will be posted and automatically optimized for search engines and you can always edit or delete your press releases at a later date if you so choose--doesn't sound like hard work!

Generally if you need to notify or remind family members, friends, colleagues, clients or other business associates of an event or important notice by voice (and would like to do so at no cost), phonevite.com is a free online service and a great way to send out voice reminders and notifications whenever they're needed. It's simple! Record your message and phonevite.com places the call for you. Their free version allows you to send all types of event reminders and notifications to telephone numbers in the U.S. and get RSVP messages back--with that kind of setup it would cost you nothing to stay in touch!

When Microsoft opted to roll out a free express version of office accounting software we decided to look into it more--after all this is Microsoft--at the very least the claims were worth taking a closer look. It turns out Microsoft was very generous under what covers features like payroll systems, expense tracking, invoice creation tools, payment processing, templates, customizable reports and more so you can easily manage transactions, your customers, employees and vendors. Microsoft's accounting software package naturally provides users with step-by-step wizards that makes everything easier to use. It's free, so you may want to hurry up and get yours before Microsoft changes its mind about pricing again!

The Q-bicle Note: At present, this software is available in U.S. version only and requires Windows XP/2003 Server/Vista.

You don't need to discover the ancient Japanese secret of incredible record keeping in order to create a custom database that's built to hold. When it comes to creating and managing private and public databases online (from your home or office), blist.com can help in getting your database started really quickly. Various templates allow you to customize your database easily and access it at anytime from anywhere online. You can publish and share a database of sports history, economic statistics, trivia, movie facts, or manage patient records and professional information privately just as easy--no fee!