I love to share great software that will solve problems that come up daily running a small business. Here are three more free or low cost software solutions that could come in handy in your business. I have used all three of these tech tools in my business so I am sure that they could be useful to you. Here are 3 Technology Tools to help your small business
YouSendIt.com is your answer the next time you need to send a large file via email. It will help say goodbye to bounced emails. YouSendIt.com is secure online file sharing software that allows you to easily send large files and email attachments up to 2GB. The intended recipient will have 7 days to download the files. Yousendit.com has a free and paid upgraded version.
Bufferapp is a scheduling application that works with your Twitter account. After signing up for a 30 day free trial, you can download a browser extension or a bookmarklet. The browser extension is what you will probably want to use. You schedule the times you want the tweets to publish and you can post lots of tweets per day if you wish. This product will save you time by using auto scheduling. Send the tweet in, and it just fills the next open slot. Bufferapp has a free and paid upgraded version.
EchoSign provides electronic signature solutions ‘on demand’. Never wait for a signature on a contract again. EchoSign accelerates your document signing process with instant fax or e-signatures, tracks your team performance and their contracts’ status in real time and stores all your signed agreements. EchoSign is 100% on-demand and requires no software or hardware installations. This is a paid service that I think is worth the money.
Do you have another app or software suggestions for small business?
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Melinda,
Thanks so much for including Buffer in your post, I haven’t come across YouSendIt and EchoSign yet, but will definitely give it a go.
Oh and btw, Buffer is completely free, no trial and you can use all browser extensions for bookmaklets for free too. Only if you want to upgrade to multiple Twitter accounts, there is a cost. :)
Melinda,
Another great tool for companies her want to run social media campaigns but are having a hard time monitoring their sites is HootSuite. You can view all of your facebook pages, yelp accounts, foursaquare, twitter, etc.. from one platform with one login. Saves so much time!
Thanks!
Natasha
I’ve been using EchoSign for a while now and it has helped make it easier with getting signatures