top 5 phone apps and programs for small business owners
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Over the past few years, countless apps and programs have been developed to make our lives easier. We've done some research, and looked at some of the top apps and programs that every business owner should be using. Check out the free presentation here: https://www.bigmarker.com/illinois_business_community/fiveprogramsIBC From keeping track of your finances to sites dedicated to hiring, we look at: - Square - Shiftgig - Intuit Quickbooks - Drip - Tweetdeck - Bonus: YelpTRANSCRIPT
5 Apps and Programs Every Business Owner Should Have
Illinois Business Community
Programs
• Square – accept credit/debit payment
• Shiftgig – hiring site for service & retail industries
• Quickbooks – keep track of finances
• Drip – monitor marketing email campaigns
• Tweetdeck – manage your Twitter presence
Square
• What is it? – Square Register + Square
Wallet – Allows businesses to accept
credit/debit payment – Includes free swiping
attachment
– Designed for small businesses – Has also attracted large
corporate attention
Square
• How do I use it? – Download the app
– Register your business
– Register your accounts
– Send for free card reader
– Begin charging cards
Square
• How will this benefit my business? – Adds legitimacy to your
business
– Makes it easier to accept payment
Shiftgig
• What is it? – Professional networking website for service,
hospitality, retail industries
– Where job
seekers and
businesses
can connect
Shiftgig
• How do I use it? – Sign up, create a
profile
– Post a job
– Seek out applicants, for wait for applications
Shiftgig
• How will this benefit my business? – Streamlines the hiring
process
– Allows for better sense of who’s looking for work
– Creates easier mode for communication
Quickbooks
• What is it? – App / website that
organizes finances
– Sync information between computer and mobile
– Create invoices, track sales and payments, store receipts
Quickbooks
• How do I use it? – Sign up for free trial
– Register business
– Load existing financial information
– Sync with other devices
Quickbooks
• How will this benefit my business? – Keep track of financial
information
– Have a backup of financial information
– Convenience of access on other devices
Drip
• What is it? – Email marketing
service that allows you to monitor progress
– Offers plenty of tools to get the most out of your experience
Drip
• How do I use it? – Sign up for free
3-week trial
– Create campaigns
– Monitor progress
– Adjust if necessary
Drip
• How will this benefit my business? – Allows you to understand email marketing
effectiveness • Learn who is listening to you
• How to get
more people
to listen
Tweetdeck
• What is it? – Browser or desktop app managing Twitter
– Organizes columns for easy feed creation
Tweetdeck
• How do I use it? – Download for desktop, or use within browser
– Sign in with existing Twitter
– Create desired columns
Tweetdeck
• How will this benefit my business? – Tending to Twitter: • Promotions • Reaching out to potential customers
• Customer service
– Many features for easy organization • Schedule Tweets for later • Feeds based on:
– hashtags, users, keywords, interactions, messages
Bonus: Yelp
• What is it? – business review
website and app
– offers information on businesses
– particularly big with restaurants, but not exclusive
Yelp
• How do I use it? – people can review you even if you don’t use it
• make sure you’re paying attention
• interact with customers • implement
potential
changes
Yelp
• How will this benefit my business? – gain important insight into operations
• people trust online recommendations
– opportunity to interact with customers • good
customer
service
humanizes
you