Canadian Small Business and Entrepreneurship Experts, Tips and Advice | BizLaunch Press Room » Media Coverage http://press.bizlaunch.ca Practical, ready-to-apply how-to advice acquired from our years of real-life small business experience Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:58:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Top 10 Applications for Small Business – By Heather Largy and Andrew Patricio http://press.bizlaunch.ca/2011/12/10/top-10-applications-for-small-business-%e2%80%93-by-heather-largy-and-andrew-patricio/ http://press.bizlaunch.ca/2011/12/10/top-10-applications-for-small-business-%e2%80%93-by-heather-largy-and-andrew-patricio/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:58:10 +0000 admin http://press.bizlaunch.ca/?p=913 Many people use apps for entertainment, but apps can also help your business become more efficient. You can use apps to keep in touch with clients, easily share information across the company, and to stay organized. With constant innovation in this area, new apps are popping up all the time – and most of them are free. Here are our top 10 apps for small business:
1. Dropbox – This app allows you to store, share and access your files on any device. Once you download the software you’ll never have to email a file again.

2. Evernote – With this service you can take notes, capture photos, create to-to lists and record voice reminders. You can also search your past notes and access them anywhere.

3. Basecamp – A project management app that lets you keep all your files in one place, keep all your client discussions centralized, and keep track important dates.

4. Google Apps – Google has quite a few free tools that can help you manage your business. Google Reader will aggregate information from various blogs into one place. Google Alerts will send you a notification when your business or competitor is mentioned in the news. Google Documents will allow you to share and collaborate online, and Google Calendar will help you stay on top of important meetings.

5. Freshbooks – Track your time, organize your expenses and invoice clients with this user friendly accounting software. The free account lets you manage up to 3 clients.

6. Skype – Is a free software application that lets you make and receive voice and video calls over the internet. With a paid subscription you can call landlines locally and internationally.

7. Teamviewer – Connects you to any computer or server around the world. Great for collaborating or training, this program lets you remotely gain access to computers.

8. LinkedIn – LinkedIn is great for networking, but you can also use it as a sales tool to target your prospects by geography, name, job title or the type of groups they frequent.

9. Wunderlist – Develop your to-do lists online and access them on any device. You can also share your lists with other people so they can see how much work you have on-the-go.

10. Kindle – Read and access your books, newspapers and magazines on-the-go. With over 1,000,000 books that are downloadable through the Kindle store you can always keep learning.

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