Apps That Can Help You Stay Organized In Your Business

Have you missed a meeting because the date was not on your calendar? Are you constantly feeling overwhelmed because your digital files are in disarray? Are you paying late fees to vendors because you don’t have a system set up to ensure timely payments are made? Do you get paid on time by your customers? Is this costing you time & money? The answer is probably yes.

“According to Entrepreneur.com, “Express Employment Professionals, a staffing agency, surveyed 18,000 business leaders to learn that company-wide disorganization cost 57 percent of respondents six working hours per week.

Disorganized employees can cost their company more than one-fifth their actual salary: $11,000 per year out of their $50,000 annual earnings. Elsewhere, a report by SaaS company MediaValet says employees spend eight percent of their workdays searching for files, and end up wasting time recreating between five and 15 percent of their company’s digital assets after giving up the hunt.”

Those are serious consequences.

The Solution

We have all heard there is an app for that and that is very true. Here are 4 apps that will help you to stay organized in your business.

HubSpot - This is a great tool to check out for customer relationship management. They also have great marketing automation tools too.

Flow - Flow is a project management tool and list creation app. It also intnegrates with Slack.

Google Calendar - This is by far the best calendar app out there if you are on the Google universe. It is free and is accessible on multiple devices. To check out other options look at this list created by Zapier.com.

QuickBooks Online - This is a no brainer in my option. QuickBooks Online is tailor made for small businesses and will help you to stay on top of money that is owed to you and money you owe others. The software can do a lot of other things but a word of caution is that it is easy to use and easy to get things screwed up so seeking out a professional to help you is priceless.

Digital Files - There are a host of document storage solutions out there like DropBox to Google Drive. The key to making the storage solution work is to delete unused files, organize the files the same way your paper filing system is and create shortcuts on your computer for frequently used files. Check out this article for more tips.

I hope you found this post helpful. What apps do you use to stay organized in your business? Share in the comments below~

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It's Time For A Mid-Year Recap!

How are things going so far for you & your business in 2016?

I can't believe we are already in the month of October. Thanksgiving & Christmas are just around the corner. The year is starting to wind down.

Did you accomplish the goals that you set for your lifestyle business?

I have two practical tips you can use:

Schedule everything you want to accomplish daily including personal goals using a google calendar synced to all your mobile devices. Oh and one more tip:

PAY ATTENTION TO IT~

I say that from experience. I created all these wonderful alerts and agendas on my calendar but started to ignore them. I have self-corrected. :)

Are you on track to reach your goals? If so tell me all about it.

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Do You Have Enough Time To Do Everything In Your Life?

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Are you just too busy? The answer is most likely an exasperated "YES".  You probably don't even have enough time to read what I am typing. :)  So thank you for taking time out to read this. I noticed on certain sites like Entrepreneur.com they tell you how long it will take you to read an article. I love this idea and it helps me to determine whether or not I will read it. I usually do. So I may start to use that for my future blog post but I digress.

Is Time Slipping Through Your Fingers?

The one thing you can do right now to gain more time in your life to do everything that you want to do is to prioritize items and put them on your calendar. So, I guess that is two things. If things don't land on your calendar, then most likely it will not get done. Have you heard of the phrase out of site, out of mind. Well, that is very true. I use Google Calendar to schedule everything in my life, business & personal. Then I sync it to my phone so I can get reminders of the appointments that I have on my calendar.

How do you prioritize and make more time in your day to do everything you want to do in your life??

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