The pandemic has had negative effects on small businesses. If you are part of one you know what I am talking about. This is the time when we should help each other to overcome the situation.
Fortunately, there are many tools available from other companies that are doing their part so that we all benefit.
Especially currently where so much of the population is working from home, it is important to look for tools that facilitate communication between co-workers and clients.
It is definitely not an easy time, but these are challenges that we must face. If you want your company to survive this strange time you must find the right ways.
Here are some great tools that might help you and your small business during this pandemic.
- Zoom
This is the start of the show! If you had never heard about this tool before, you know about it now.
Zoom is a great way to have meetings and keep in contact with your partners and co-workers.
- Slack
This is a team communication tool that helps you keep your interactions organized inside the company.
It allows you to collaborate and talk in a more instant way with the people you need to.
- Zoho
Zoho is an online office suite that includes all kinds of applications such as text editor, spreadsheet, presentation editor, databases, and task planner, among other super helpful tasks.
You should try Zoho for your team. it is a great option.
- Microsoft
Microsoft licenses for Office 365 are becoming more flexible with the payments, which is great for all small businesses and students.
- Lucidchart
With this tool, you can create all kinds of diagrams! It is even possible to collaborate with other co-workers which is great given that we cannot see each other face to face.
You should consider checking this tool out to identify if it would be helpful for your business.
- Airtable
This is another service for collaboration, used by companies to share content that needs to be reviewed by others.
Look into it and see if this is something you could incorporate into your business.
- Calendly
This app allows you to program dates and meetings in an easier way. You do not need to change your schedule; this app is really easy to manage.
- ClickUp
This one is basically a productivity app! You can find a lot of uses here like team progress tracking and a task scheduler.
- Hootsuite
With Hootsuite, you can manage social media! It is a great option if you are an agency or need to work with social media content for your own brand.
- Mailchimp
Your favorite email marketing free tool! With Mailchimp, you can do all the tasks needed to manage the email marketing of your company.
LinkedIn is a social media platform oriented to business and professional people, but it actually has some really great educational resources that can be helpful for you and your team!
- Codecademy
This is an interactive online platform that offers coding classes in programming languages. If you need to learn these kinds of skills or you consider they are important for your team, you have this great option.
Given the situation we are facing, these companies are giving flexible options so that other small businesses can take advantage, save a little, and recover from any difficult situation that the pandemic has caused.
Take advantage of these tools I showed you and investigate more options to learn. This is the perfect time to learn and improve your skills and the skills of your team.
You need to see the pandemic as an option to seek innovative ways to get ahead. And besides these tools, you have social media!
There you have hundreds of possibilities to grow your business and find loyal clients.
If you want help growing your business during these hard times, we’ve got you covered. We can provide you with business coaching according to your specific needs.
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Some of our clients have even added new products and services which is great! We can help you see the big picture during these times.
Let’s continue with the hard work! Being a small business during these times will show you how to be the best in your field. Keep doing the best you can and let us know if you want some help. See you in the next post.
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