There’s no doubt that the success of most businesses today relies heavily on the company’s digital platform. We don’t mean blogs or Facebook, but the digital tools used to run the business. Many companies today hire freelancers and contractors that live around the world and many times it can be difficult to maintain communication with a team. Not only that, but managing and maintaining your own personal area can be hard to keep up with, especially when it comes to payments, scheduling, etc.
For that reason, digital tools have become widely used within businesses to function more efficiently. Take a look at some of the best digital tools to use to run your business.
Basecamp
Basecamp is a very popular tool that allows users to manage projects, and communicate with your team about projects and assignments. You’ll never be out of touch, regardless of where you are.
Boomerang
If you travel a lot for your company, there’s a good chance you’ll be abroad quite a bit. Boomerang assists in scheduling emails, among other things, specific to the times of your team. So it will automatically schedule an email to be sent at the time you wish for their timezone.
Dropbox
If you haven’t used Dropbox yet, you haven’t been utilizing your tools efficiently. Dropbox is a given to share and store documents to everyone that needs to see them.
Join.me
You’ll probably have virtual meetings often as well. This virtual screen-sharing software is a must for any business owner. Join.me doesn’t require any downloads or subscriptions from you or your clients — a huge plus!
Narrow.io
This is a great tool to help boost your Twitter following. You’ll grow your audience quickly and easily with real followers, not fake ones! They will even engage in your posts and provide insight.
Troll
When you work of a company, there’s nothing more important than keeping track of a project step-by-step. Trello is the best tool out there to keep the progress of a project organized. The tool allows users to create tasks in various lists, drag them from one list to the next, assign them to team members and so much more.
Skype
Who hasn’t used Skype yet? Or at least heard of it? Skype is a well-known tool, but it’s one that’s essential for keeping communication going affordably. Well you just need to communicate via voice message, video message, or instant message, you can do all of that and with multiple people anywhere in the country.
Trade Ability
If your business does anything that involves moving productsTrade Ability makes it easy and inexpensive. Think of it as a free UPS tool helps you estimate costs and makes you aware of duty fees and international-trade restrictions.
PayPal
PayPal is just about every business owner’s best friend. You never have to worry about exchange rates, corrupt banks or mailing payments — just use PayPal to securely send money wherever it needs to go. PayPal makes it easy to send money and create invoices for goods and services anywhere in the world.