Digitization is now the new buzzword in town. The concept of digitization has evolved over the years. More and more changes can be seen in the word digitization. When it comes to implementing digitization, small businesses always seem to be apprehensive. This is due to the fact that the process is expensive. 

We have listed below a few such options that will be easy to apply by small business owners :

a. Warehouse Management - Some options when we talk about warehouse management include:

- Canvus - This is a free management system that is used for tracking inventory. 

- InFlow - The free version includes around 100 products however upgrading will lead to accessing more advanced features 

- Snappii - This offers a free trial wherein users can understand regarding the warehouse inventory 

b. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) - CRM is an important area to focus on and at the same time, it is also time-consuming. Some popular tools for CRM include Zoho CRM, Capsule, Streak, Flowlu, Bitrix24, etc. 

c. Collaborating Online - Online collaboration is also quite common these days. The most popular tool for this is Google Drive. 

d. Management of Projects - Some popular options for project management include Trello and Basecamp. Trello is the most popular and free task management app wherein Basecamp is perfect if you want to work on different projects at the same time. 

e. Video Conferencing - This is also quite common nowadays. Some popular options for this include Google Hangouts and Microsoft Teams. Google Hangouts has proven to be a great app for video conferencing. On the other hand, Microsoft Teams is only available to Office 365 subscribers. 

f. Email Marketing - Email marketing is yet a popular option for marketing. Some options for email marketing include Mailchimp, Sender and Benchmark Email. Mailchimp allows free storage to up to 2000 subscribers and around 12,000 emails. Sender and Benchmark, on the other hand, are the other two most powerful email marketing tools. 

g. Dashboards - Some popular options for free dashboards include Sisene, Google Data Studio, and Microsoft Power BI.