Make sure you get your business a Facebook profile. This will help you communicate with your target customers and increase awareness of your business, bringing you more custom and revenue!

By getting to know more people, you are creating links with potential suppliers, employees, and even customers. The best place to do this is on a social networking site like LinkedIn. You can create professional profiles for yourself as well as your business, thus increasing your online presence and widening your reach.

Survey Monkey lets you create great looking surveys to help gather information for business planning. Perhaps you could carry out some market research or even some customer satisfaction surveys once you are up and running.

Dropbox is a file sharing service that lets you and your accountant or business advisers/investers access the same photos, documents and videos from any computer. And it's free!

Getting to grips with running lots of different channels for your business can be tricky. HootSuite is a Social Media Dashboard which allows you to manage up to 5 social profiles in one place for free!

It covers everything from coming up with your initial business idea to hiring employees and setting up office IT. No matter what stage you are at in setting up your business, there will be a section that will be relevant to you.

Bookkeeping software developers FreeAgent host regular webinars to guide people through the basics of accounting, including invoicing, expenses and VAT. By keeping on top of the finances, you can concentrate on what matters most - running your business.

Google Docs is a great free alternative to the traditional software offering. All of your documents are hosted on Google's servers, so you can access your files from anywhere with a computer.

Creating a high quality business plan is the key to obtaining investment in your business. You can access a wide range of free business plan templates on-line or via Microsoft Office software packages.

This nifty website lets you check whether your business user name or URL is available across dozens of Social Networking and Social Bookmarking sites within seconds. Establishing a common identity will allow you to promote your brand consistently.