Originally published on medium.com
Entrepreneur Keith Orie knows firsthand that entrepreneurs can struggle with productivity issues, always feeling more work could be done in a more efficient way. In most cases, making simple adjustments to your processes and workflow can make a significant difference.
This article will take a look at eight tools that can help improve productivity, including time trackers, to-do lists, and collaboration apps:
Time Doctor: This application logs time remotely on different tasks. It allows managers to monitor their employees who work remotely. A great tool for these times of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Another awesome feature is the distraction blocker that gently nudges employees away from unplanned activities.
Fat Tomato: This app helps employees accomplish tasks more effectively. It uses a timer to break down work into simple, 25-minute intervals. At the end of each interval, the employee gets a break.
Trello: This app is a project planner that allows you to plan, organize, and prioritize tasks.
Google Calendar: This is a fairly simple one that most of us have free access to. The calendar allows you to easily keep track of your appointments and events — both professional and personal.
Password Keepers:There’s nothing worse than forgetting your password and being locked out of an application that you need to work on. This is a productivity killer! Make sure you use one of the many password saver applications to securely store all of your passwords so you don’t end up locked out. Our top pick is Keepass.
Fleep: This is a messenger that integrated with your email and allows you to share and store files and contact anyone, anywhere, on any device.
Shift: Say goodbye to an overwhelming screen and hundreds of open tabs! Shift helps streamline accounts, apps, and your workflow. Instead of having to constantly sign in and out of accounts, Shift allows you to toggle between multiple e-mail accounts.
HootSuite: Managing multiple social media accounts for different clients can become very unorganized and overwhelming. HootSuite is a social media application that acts as a dashboard that you can send out social media posts on different platforms all from one, streamlined app.
Slack:Slack is an insanely popular application with more than 8 million active users each week. Slack is a chat platform, allowing employees to communicate effectively and share ideas and solutions.
Being efficient with your work as an entrepreneur is worth more than any amount of money. Having confidence that you aren’t overworking yourself is something that can’t be underestimated, especially when you are running a business. You could turn what took 30 minutes yesterday into 5 minutes today by using the tools found here.
About Keith Orie
Keith Orie is a customer-oriented entrepreneur and owner of Advanced Medical Sales, LLC. He started the company to give patients a chance to live a life not dependent on pain relief medication or invasive procedures. He hopes that you find these productivity tools useful enough to apply in your own life so that you can get more work done in an efficient manner.