McKinsey, Deloitte and Co. have their own templates and expense software and an entire department to support invoicing and take care of social media. If you are a small consultancy or a freelancer, you might like our list of links if you need to do that and more yourself.

 

Give your Powerpoint a polished look with professional templates.

www.strat-pro.com

 

Create and share presentations:

http://www.sliderocket.com/

 

Manage your social media – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,…

https://hootsuite.com/

 

Manage your contacts and share tasks, notes, deals and email history.

https://highrisehq.com/

 

Send invoices, track your time, manage travel and other expenses and get paid online.

www.freshbooks.com

 

Protect your laptop from viruses.

www.avg.com/

 

Monitor your marketing and brand.

http://www.netvibes.com/

 

Import expenses from your credit card to create expense reports.

https://www.expensify.com/

 

Collaborate and manage your project’s to-dos, files, messages, schedules, and milestones.

https://basecamp.com/

 

Collaborate on content.

https://www.huddle.com/

 

Create notes, store links and images online and offline.

https://evernote.com/

 

Produce nicer PowerPoint presentations with templates, clipart and 3D animations.

http://www.presentermedia.com/

 

Organize yourself.

www.backpackit.com

 

Connect with your customers, partners and employees.

www.salesforce.com

 

Call your colleagues and clients around the world and meet virtually. Get a virtual landline.

www.skype.com

 

Meet online, set up a web conferences and webinars.

www.webex.com/

 

Meet your colleagues and clients online.

https://www.gotomeeting.com/

 

You will find more great software for business consultants on this software list. If you want to recommend a software to your fellow consultants or we just missed out on something really cool – please leave a comment below!