It would not be an exaggeration to say that we are living in the age of mobile apps. There are apps for virtually anything you want to do in your personal or business life. Apple’s iTune store has tens of thousands of apps available to download. The downside is that it becomes difficult to find the few good apps that help you achieve your goal. How do you find the best apps for a given task? Below we help you do just that for your business needs.
Using apps as a management tool
If you are running a business, you will know exactly how challenging it can be at times when you are trying to spin all the plates at the same time, which is why a helping hand in the form of a few well chosen apps, might just turn out to be helpful in keeping those plates in the air.
You can find plenty of useful apps via Google Play, some of which could definitely prove to be an asset when planning your day ahead and logistics plans, such as keeping a close eye on weather updates as they happen.
You can also consider using apps like Tripit and OmniFocus to help with your travel plans and to organize your time as efficiently as possible.
An app like Tripit for example, helps to put all your travel plans into an easy format that you can access and check any time you like. OmniFocus displays and reviews completed tasks so that you can keep a handle on what has been done and what still needs completing.
Do your research
There are plenty of apps and tools available and it can be easy to be persuaded by a few salient bullet points that seem to tick all the right boxes.
It often pays to do some research that not only includes checking out some trusted reviews, but maybe some business colleagues and associates can also give you some feedback on their experiences, if they have already downloaded what you are looking at.
Take your time finding the right apps to help with the running of your business and it should reduce the prospect of making the wrong choice, meaning you might end up wasting time rather than saving it.
Better communication
To get some idea of how apps are changing the landscape in a number of different ways, you only have to look at some of the ways that they can be used to aid better communication throughout the company and beyond.
Fuze is a good example. This is a video conferencing app that allows you to host online meetings, and it is compatible with all devices and operating systems, meaning that you are unlikely to be frustrated when you attempt to connect with a colleague or business contact.
You can also find an app like Slack, which is probably inappropriately named, as it should help you to share data and conversations more easily. Faster and better communication can only be good for the efficiency of your business.
If you want to aid the smooth running of your business, one way to do it would be to enlist some mobile assistance.
Toby Davey runs a business from his home and is a pure geek at heart! Tech is his passion and he shares his tips and tricks, reviews and more in his articles. See Apalon for a useful weather app.
