1. Buffer

Buffer allows you to schedule tweets, LinkedIn posts, and facebook posts at specific times. You can also schedule posts with trackable links easily via their chrome app. It’s free if you’d like to stick with one account per social media network, but if you’d like to use multiple twitter accounts, you would need to sign up at $10/month.

2. Basecamp

Many crowdfunding campaigns have a 30-60 day duration and that just happens to be the same duration of Basecamp’s free trial software. You can use bascamp to coordinate multiple projects, manage team members, assign tasks, upload files, and create text documents.

Basecamp is a great tool for managing a team of individuals and is free for the first 60 days!

3. Wix

Wix is an easy-to-use free website making tool that you can use if you don’t have the ability to code your own website, or don’t want to go with a more complex free website tool like Webs or WordPress.org/.com (with free templates). There are also premium options that include added plugins, more storage, and advertisement vouchers.

4. Pixlr

If you are familiar with adobe photoshop/illustrator, but don’t want to dish out money for the full adobe suite or their new adobe creative cloud ($50/month), then you can use Pixlr or Gimp as a free alternative. These tools can help you edit and customize images for your campaign.

5. Shopify

If you are in the middle or end of your campaign and haven’t had a chance to set up a website to sell your product after funding, you can use Shopify to set up an online ecommerce store (starts at $14/month). They also have Kickstarter-esque themes.

6. Evernote

I use evernote all the time to research articles, keep track of notes, and create to-do lists. The company has a free web app and phone app that syncs with a server in the cloud. This means you can work on the go and continue working when you get back to your computer.

I really like their chrome app which allows you to take a snapshot and bookmark any article or blog you find and store it in an appropriate folder. If you are researching bloggers to reach out to about your campaign or want to save quotes from articles that you have been featured in, evernote is a great tool!

7. WordPress

WordPress is an easy-to-use tool for blogging with plenty of free themes to get you started. I really like it when creators blog their experiences with crowdfunding. It’s also a great way to share updates and announcements for your campaign.

8. DropBox

DropBox is similar to goole drive in that you can upload large files and easily share them. Personally, I use DropBox to share folders and files because it easily syncs across my devices and I can just shoot a link to teammates if I want to share documents or images.

DropBox could be especially helpful if you are running a Kickstarter campaign with multiple people that are not always in the same location. You could use the service (free up to 2 GB) to share documents like press releases, videos, and images.

9. YouTube Video Editor

If you don’t have video editing software on your computer, you could use the free youtube video editor to cut the video pitch you made for your crowdfunding campaign page. Naturally, the software doesn’t offer as many features as other paid options, but it is a low-budget way of cutting and editing your video.

10. StumbleUpon

I love using StumbleUpon to discover new bloggers and journalists writing about topics I care about. If you find that google and technorati aren’t good resources to research bloggers and journalists in your niche to reach out to regarding your crowdfunding campaign, you can try using StumbleUpon to generate a media list.