Is your Business App-to date?

By Steve Marsten

Many people say that when you have a small to medium business – there is just no time to do anything and yet there are those business owners who take things in their stride and look like they are in control and have time on their hands. This is not always easy you need to be a problem solver, communicator or a financial whiz kid. You need to wear a lot of hats.

We are always looking to find ways to improve productivity and systemize different sections of the business all the time. It’s just making life as an entrepreneur just that little bit easier. We are often asked what Apps we use to help us in our business. Now there are thousands of Apps and navigating your way through them is not easy. However you often land on some good ones that you tend to rely on.

Apps can be broken into 4 key sections for your business. 

Finance and accounting; Communication; Time management and other favorites.

Finance and accounting:

Xero App for your mobile allows you to run your business from anywhere. It works for all systems. It’s easy to send invoices, approve expenses, input receipts and reconciling your accounts. So your office can be on any beach, mountain or desert that has the internet.

Communication:

Many have tried to knock down skype however Skype is widely used for business communications. This text, voice, and video chat application is available on desktop and on mobile, it’s a good way for teams to stay in touch as well. Because most people are already familiar with Skype, there’s no learning curve involved.

WhatsApp, Telegram and Messenger are also used by many especially if groups can be established to keep things “in house”. Watch out for the “Slack” app in this space. It’s growing at a rate of knots as well.

Time Management:

Outlook mail lets you bring all your email accounts and calendars in one convenient spot. Whether it’s staying on top of your inbox or scheduling the next big thing, it makes it easy to be your most productive, organised, and connected self.

Other favorites:

As I mentioned – they are a plethora of apps however my favorites includes a  calculator; Uber; Converter for imperial to metric  and SamCard for collecting business cards. This App transfers contacts straight into my outlook.

For more information on Business Apps call our team at Sothertons on 4972 1300.