6 Best Apps to Boost Your Work Productivity
There’s no way around it, productivity is the key to success. Whether you want to boost your own or your team’s output, productivity apps can be invaluable, allowing you to concentrate on what you do best.
So, in another bid to prevent procrastination, here are some indispensable productivity apps – so you don’t have to waste time finding them yourself. The list contains both online and desktop tools which will surely boost your work productivity and throughput.
Flow
Flow is the perfect GTD app – it takes task management and team collaboration to the next level. It allows you to create tasks, manage deadlines, collaborate, delegate and brainstorm all through a streamlined, easy-to-use interface that’s available across multiple platforms. With a 14-day free trial available, you can make sure you like it before you part with your cash – and it’s affordable at $9.99/month.
ToutApp and Rapportive
These are lumped together because they revolutionize the way you send emails. ToutApp adds templates, Analytics and scheduling to your email and even integrates with your CRM system (more on these later). Rapportive replaces Gmail ads with everything you need to know about your contact – who they are, where they are, what they do and even their latest tweets. Used in combination, ToutApp and Rapportive allow you to personalize a template quickly and build better relations with your contacts.
The price of Toutapp ranges depending on the size of your organization, but for a solo tech professional it costs $30/month. Rapportive is free!
Dragon Dictate
Dictation apps tend to get mixed reviews, but Dragon Dictate seems to have great marks across the board. It transcribes speech (with very few mistakes) allowing you to text, email, send yourself reminders and update your social media accounts. And, as it’s available on iPhone, you can do all of this while you’re on-the-go. The mobile app is free, but it’s also available for PC and Mac desktops for around $199.
Dropbox
Dropbox is an online data backup service that lets you store up to 100GB of files, allowing you to synchronize your files across all of your devices. You can share files with your team for collaboration by adding them to controlled groups, or send people links to specific files, all stored on Dropbox’s secure server. It’s easily accessible and incredibly user friendly and really simplifies whatever project you’re working on. For personal use (up to 18GB) Dropbox is free, but more space starts at $9.99/month.
Snagit
Snagit is an extremely useful screen capture app that can really help with communication. It allows you to photograph your computer screen (even long web pages) and quickly and professionally mark up these images to show your co-workers what you’re talking about. It has lots of other features too, but it’s the screen capture facility that’s great for productivity. Snagit comes in at $39.95 for an individual copy with a discount for multi-users.
The apps listed here are pretty general – they’ll be useful to you no matter what business you’re in. However, only you know what would really help you to be more productive, so if you want something more industry-specific why not develop a custom application to suit your needs? It can be as easy as designing a mobile app, or from utilizing an enterprise level software solution to create a business application that will improve the efficiency of a whole team. No matter what direction you choose, remember technology can help you streamline processes and make more time for doing what really matters to you.
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