We love discussing the practical processes you need for running a successful company or small business. Now I want to give you a quick list of tools that have helped me and that I believe could work wonders for your company in maintaining your practical processes.
Email - serves as your main source of initial and continuous contact between you, your clients, your staff, your vendors and more. I recommend email services such as Outlook or Gmail.
Boomerang
– lets you schedule your emails for maximum communication efficiency. Dropbox – safely stores all your documents. You can share files and also have access across all devices. Google Docs – gives you the benefit of making changes in real time. Doodle – helps with arranging and scheduling meetings with more than two people. Join.Me – allows free server and screen sharing. Conference Calls – provides an easy dial-in number for participants in different cities and countries. Try Uber Conference or Freeconference.com.
Buffer – aids in publishing content across several accounts. Feeling overwhelmed by keeping up your social media pages? Can’t
afford to pay a social media expert? Try Buffer. CRM (Customer Relations Management)- helps small businesses and solopreneurs track all your client/customer information. Zoho
or Streak (a Google app inside Gmail) are both good options.
Evernote – provides an easy, searchable system for keeping notes.
Shoeboxed – keeps receipts and creates expense reports. One of my favorite applications. Let us know in the comments which tools you use for your business!
