Startup Insider – July 2019

productiveisamust.Productivitydoesn’thappenby

accident.Itisthecontinuouseffortandreinforcementto

yourmindthroughself-discipline.Buttechniquesand

strategiesaren’tenoughifyoudon’thavetherighttools

neededtoimplementthem.Fortunately,technologyhas

madeiteasierforentrepreneurstoaccomplishroutine

tasks,managetimemoreefficientlyandkeeptrackof

responsibilitiesinamoreorderlyfashion.SinceI’manavid

author,I’velearnedovertheyearsthatthebestway

toimprovemytimemanagementandproductivityskills

havebeenthroughmobileapps.Fromnote-takingtogoal

setting,checkoutthesehelpfultools.

roductivityisawaytoaccomplish

moreofwhatmattersinyour

business.Asentrepreneursarealways

onaquesttowintheraceagainst

time.Nomatterhowyouworkor

whattypeofbusinessyourun,being

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PRODUCTIVITY

APPS

EVERYENTREPRENEURNEEDSFOREFFECTIVENESS

BY SADAF USMAN

1 .Trello

BringyourteamtogetherinTrellofor

projects,meetings&tasksmanagement.Itis

averyproductiveplatformtoleadasmallteam&delegating

flawlessly.Automateyourcompany'soperationsfromyour

phone.

2 .Canva

Youdon'tneedtohireagraphicdesigner.Avery

userfriendly&freeonlinetooltodesignelegant

digitaldesigns.ItalsooffersfreeprintablePDFfilesofyour

company'sbrochures,flyers,stationeryetc.

3 .Hootsuite

Hootsuiteisasocialmediamanagement

platform.Thesystem’suserinterfacetakes

theformofadashboard,andsupportssocialnetwork

integrationsforTwitter,Facebook,Instagram,LinkedIn,

Google+andYouTube.Youcaneasilyscheduleandmanage

socialmediapostsfromyourmobilephone.

4 .SmartSheet

Stayconnectedtoyourworkanywhere,anytime

withtheSmartsheetappforiPhoneandiPad.The

appalsofacilitatesalltheprojectmanagementprocesses;

fromplaningtobudgeting&fromexecutiontomonitoring.

5 .Evernote

Thecloud-basedappallowsyoutostore,editand

tagdocumentsforeffortlessorganization.Take

notesanywhereandfindinformationfaster.Simplyyoucan

manageeverythingfrombigprojectstopersonalmoments

andgoals.

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