10 Apps That Help You Run Your Business More Efficiently

As a business owner, you always want to be on top of everything to run a smooth operation. From task management to planning and from handling social media to budgeting and accounting, each part of your business screams out for consistent levels of control. To help you achieve this, we have made a handy list of top 10 apps that will help you run your business more efficiently.

1. Evernote – This is a godsend for any business owner looking to get his or her workflow in order. Evernote allows you to store notes, information, documents, files, images and much more – from almost anywhere on the web and on all kinds of device – all of which you can access on the go from anywhere.

    

2. Buffer – Social media is a big part of many businesses toady – even brick and mortars. Buffer allows you to stay on top of your social media profiles and schedule tweets and posts from your facebook page in advance.

    

3. Trello – This is a collaboration tool which helps you organize your planning and keep a track of ongoing projects. You can use this as an individual or as a team working together on one project.

    

4. Slack – Slack allows teams a smoother workplace communication by replacing email. You can send attachments, chat in groups and easily search through old information.

    

5. Todoist – This is a minimalist app that allows you to manage your tasks by dividing them into daily, weekly and monthly order. You can color code tasks, create lists, manage tasks with friends as well as delegate business colleagues.

    

6. RescueTime – How often do you find yourself roaming around time sucking websites such Facebook, twitter, Reddit, YouTube etc. instead of focusing on your work? RescueTime is designed to combat that by helping you to easily monitor your browsing activity. It tracks the time spent on websites and applications and sends you daily, weekly and monthly reports which can help you boost your productivity by assessing where you spent most of your time.

7. Google Apps – This is a paid service which you can get started for as low as $5 per month per user and get access to Google’s entire suite of work apps that let you communicate, store, collaborate and manage your business.

8. Google Drive – This is a free cloud-based service from Google that allows you to save and access your files on the go. Pictures, excel files, doc files and lots of other file types that you need on a daily basis are supported by Google Drive.

9. Strict  Workflow – Another great productivity app that lets you focus on your work by blocking access to ‘time wasting sites’ such as Facebook, twitter, YouTube etc. It is based on the Pomodoro technique by setting a 25 min timer in which you can work on your business with unwanted distractions and then take a 5 min break. This is available as an extension on Google Chrome’s app store.

10. Freshbooks – An easy to use, cloud-based accounting app that lets you take care of invoicing, expenses, time tracking, payments and reporting all in one place.

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