An efficiently run business reinforces a great brand, so it’s important to be productive and organized, even when day-to-day business gets hectic.  The good news is that there are a ton of tools out there to help you get and stay on the ball – and many of them are completely free! Here are a few handy options worth checking out…

Time Well Spent

Google Voice

Google Voice allows you to consolidate all of your phone numbers into one handy, customizable line.  So, you can choose to have your cell, home and work numbers all ring at once when a certain person is trying to reach you, listen in on voicemails before deciding to answer a call or even read transcripts of voicemails right from your cell phone.  FREE. Web, iPhone, Droid, Blackberry

Tungle

Wouldn’t it be easier if your business partners and clients could see your availability and easily schedule a meeting with you, instead of going through the tedious back and forth process of scheduling?  Tungle syncs with your existing calendar, so it’s easy to set up and maintain.  FREE. Web, iPhone, Blackberry

Monkey On Your Back

When you need someone to get something done – send out a monkey!  Monkey On Your Back allows you to send out email reminders to others when you need tasks completed.  FREE. Web

Money Management on the Cheap

Harvest

Track your time, manage income and expenses, invoice clients and more with Harvest.  Plans start at just $12/month.  Web, iPhone

Outright

Manage all of your accounting with Outright.  You can even track and pay estimated taxes online.  FREE.  Web

Mint

Complete money management is easy with Mint.  See all activity for all of your accounts in one place.  FREE.  Web, iPhone, Droid

More Cool Tools

Survey Monkey

With Survey Monkey, you can create custom surveys for just about anything.  Use Survey Monkey for market research, event planning, customer feedback, project planning and more!  FREE for up to 10 questions and 100 responses. Web

Dropbox

Dropbox is a downloadable application that automatically syncs your files across multiple computers.  It’s also a great application for sharing large files with customers and clients. (Personally, I like it better than YouSendIt.) You choose which files to sync and everything is protected – so only the people you choose see the files you want them to see.  FREE up to 2 GB. Web, iPhone, Droid, Blackberry

MailChimp

Create a unique email marketing campaign with MailChimp: send out easy-to-create custom HTML emails and track results online.  FREE for up to 500 subscribers and 3,000 emails. Web

Get To It!

Increased productivity and organization will reduce your hassle, reduce your stress and, by doing so, improve your brand – and that’s great for business.  Try incorporating some of these cool tools into your business operations – you may be surprised to find how just how beneficial the right tools can be!

Do you use a particular app or software I didn’t mention that you find you can’t live without?  Let us know!

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