Rather than spending a few hundred dollars setting up your online business and the proper automatization, you may want to consider using the free resources available on the net.

Bear in mind though that most of these tools are provided with some kind of advertisement, not placed by you. In addition, even though these services are good enough to have a web site up and running fairly fast and efficiently, they're not recommended for any business that wants to convey seriousness and professionalism.

Having said that, if you just want a place to share your documents, photos, files and be able to interact with other people anywhere in the world, the following will prove to be the right tools.

Some of you, may not be aware of that you can build your free website with different online web site builders. One of these services is provided by zubaga's website builder, where you can build a 5 pages website in a matter of minutes. Their intelligent website builder will allow you to choose a design, colour and even to setting up a contact form from your pages.

Furthermore, you can set an auto-responder that will fire up an immediate response to your incoming emails. That way your visitors would be certain that their queries have been received and when, if needed, to expect to hear from you. Again, there are various free auto-responders to choose from and the following are some of them.

GetResponse.com: Not only will you have an advanced auto-responder but also build your list, deliver your newsletter, more than 150 professional html templates and more. Their free service though is free for a limited time, but it's an excellent way to try the service.

Sendfree.com: The SendFree Auto-responder Ad Exchange places a small advertisement at the top of every outgoing SendFree Auto-responder reply. In addition to getting free auto-responders, every time your SendFree Auto-responder is accessed you earn advertising credits. Ad credits are automatically redeemed for free targeted exposure on SendFree's network of popular auto-responders. Their service is totally free for as long as you don't upgrade your account for a more comprehensive one, i.e without advertisements.

Another possibility you may want to take into account is using the Google's vacation auto-reply, which regardless of the name, it's also an auto-responder service. Even though you will not be able to set up a follow-up system, you will benefit from the reliability of their service. Not only that, but also their Contact groups, Auto-save and much more. Including the ability to send emails with whichever email address you prefer. For instance: youATyourdomain.com! Isn't this great?

I'll see you online soon,