Entrepreneurs work a lot! More than often, the 24 hours in a day seem to be less against the overwhelming tasks that surround them. However, sitting down and working endlessly for hours won’t help you to get more done in a day; instead the need is to tackle things more efficiently and work smartly. The good thing is that there are several amazing software which are designed and developed to make your life easier and better. However, you’ve to make a few considerations such as the nature of your business, your daily routine, your team’s work habits and several other aspects.
In this post, I’m going to walk you through the 5 best productivity tools which I’m using personally to boost my day to day work rate. Let’s check ‘em out!
Tool #1: ProofHub
It’s your all-in-one project management and collaboration tool. You can easily keep track of the different client projects and can collaborate with teams and clients in real time. With features like discussions, one-to-one chat and group chat, staying in touch with the people you work becomes so instant. If it is about taking detailed notes and sketching out ideas, ProofHub notebooks are an ideal way to get it done. For managers, its automatic reports work wonders to take insight of resource utilization, project roadmap, slipping projects, etc. The fun is that you can personalize your account using colors and themes. Plus, there’s an added advantage to white label your account by adding your company URL to your ProofHub account. More? It’s a fast, simple, user-friendly and intuitive platform, so there’s hardly any learning curve. Its premium plan starts at $99 per month (approximately R1 000) with 100 projects, 40 GB storage and unlimited users.
Tool #2: RankTrackr
If you’re working on a product or service, most probably you’ll have a website which you want to top in the Google search, so as to receive more traffic than your competitors. The problem is that majority of entrepreneurs fail to figure out the keywords that audiences are searching in search engines. This is where RankTrackr helps! Not only, it provides you with the statistics about potential of the keywords that relate to your business, but it also updates you regarding the ranking of your website both at local and global level.
With its tracking capabilities, it lets you keep a check on your competitors’ ranking on search engines. Moreover, you can analyse the ranking of your website comparing the data for a defined time interval. You and your team can use this tool to access data through multiple logins.
Tool #3: Toggl
For all your time tracking needs, Toggl is your one stop solution. Especially, if you’re working on billable projects, this tool ensures that you never lose a minute of the time you and your team have spent on the tasks. Simply switch it on and start with your work. In case you forget to turn on the timer, then there’s nothing to worry – simply enter the time later. Its timesheets lets you take a quick overview of the billable time and the progress made by the team and these timesheets can be forwarded to clients and concerned authorities as well.
Tool #4: Qwaya
If you’re running Facebook ad campaigns to maintain your business’s presence on social media in order to retain customers and maintain brand reputation, then Qwaya is your go-to tool. The process is simple and straightforward – set up your creative, select your target audience and then generate your ad. Using it, you can create 116 versions of an ad within few seconds and can upload it to the social media platform. The best part is that you can analyse the results from there itself. Its auto rotation tool lets you set the same ad on auto-rotate mode, which makes sure that your best performing ads are always displayed. A perfect tool to implement A/B testing. Try it!
Tool #5: My Fitness Pal
To stay productive doesn’t only mean to efficiently manage your work, but to keep a constant check on your health as well. For a business person, My Fitness Pal proves to be a personal health assistant that tracks your eating habits and exercise routine. Certainly, this feeds a physically and mentally fit body which keeps you active and positive at work. The right tools help you get enormous amount of work done in minimal amount of input. The added advantage is that these tools help you stay resourceful which ultimately lets you create and sustain your business, efficiently.
I was mad hunt about this list. Good work. Proofhub and toggl seems to be very impressive I will give them a try.