Are you a business professional looking for ways to improve your productivity and effectiveness on smart devices? Here is a list of some of Kristin’s favorite tools – professional and personal.
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— Google Apps for Business – Host your email and more.
— file sharing is easier then ever!
Dropbox offers a virtual cloud space to drop files, photos and videos to be accessed via an app, desktop or website. 2GB to start for free. Spread the word and earn up to 8GB or pay to upgrade.
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— free Animoto (Video Slideshows) for you and your friends
If you refer a friend who purchases an Animoto Plus ($30) annual subscription, you receive 3 free months of Animoto Plus for yourself and your friend will get a $5 discount off the price of an annual subscription.
If your friend purchases an Animoto Pro annual subscription then you both receive 1 month of free Animoto Pro access.
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— hosting events online or live
Excellent resource to promote, manage and invite guests to an event. Free account or charge for a ticket/admission. Eventbrite allows your attendees to pay via credit card or paypal and you get paid after they deduct a small service fee per ticket.
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GADGETS/HARDWARE
MIFI – Wireless 3G/4G Connection
NeatReceipt – Scanner Document/Business Card
SQUARE/Intuit – Credit Card System
SOFTWAREQuickBooks – Accounting/Invoicing
ANIMOTO – Video/Slideshow Software
CRM (Database) – Salesforce, ACT
Google Analytics /Webmaster Tools – Measure Website Traffic
Yammer/Campfire – Online Chat/File Share for Projects to a Closed Group
Eventbrite /TicketLeap – Event Hosting/Tickets/Social Sharing
MailChimp/Contant Contact – Email Newsletter, Email Updates
SOCIAL MEDIA
LinkedIn – Networking, Sourcing, Referrals, Education
Facebook – Creating Community, Referrals, Support, Education
Twitter – Headline, Sharing Expertise, Listening, Filtering, Prospecting
Pinterest – “pin” images, Creating Influence, Ideas – Visual
YouTube/Vimeo/Viddler – Video Sharing
Bit.ly – URLs Shortener – QR Code Generator
HootSuite/Tweetdeck – Social Media Dashboard
APPLICATIONS
*Dropbox – File Sharing
Dragon – Dictation
HandySign – PDF Signature
Flipboard/Zite – RSS Feeds/Reader
Tungle – Schedule/Book Appointments
MileTracker – Track Miles for Taxes
* Full Disclosure — kick backs and or perks for Kristin. I only endorse tools I have personally used and would recommend to others.
Kristin’s IFTTT List of Recipes:
- Creates a Log in DRIVE – ARRIVE/LEAVE at Work
- LIKE Instagram Photos – Creates a NOTE in EVERNOTE’s Instagram Folder
- If I favorite a Tweet – Users is Added to a Twitter List
- Phone Calls (In and Out)– A log of time and #s in DRIVE
- FEEDLY creates note with Link for articles saved for later – EVERNOTE
- Instagram Followers added to Twitter List
- Facebook Photos I’m Tagged in to Dropbox
- Missed a Call? – Calendar Reminder before 5PM
- LinkedIn Position Updates for contacts to DRIVE
- GMAIL receipts for purchased to EVERNOTE folder
- LinkedIn Connection on Google Drive
- Twitter Followers and details in Google Drive
Kristin’s Tablet Apps:
- Feedly
- Buffer
- Houzz
- Amazon Kindle – Prime = Books & Video
- Evernote – WebClipper – Skitch
- PDF Signer
- GotoMeeting
- LinkedIn Pulse
- Just UnFollow
- lean House
- Home Budget Manager
Kristin’s Smartphone Apps:
- SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest
- Google DRIVE, EMAIL, CHROME, CALENDAR, SCANS, YouTube, KEEP & MAPS
- Starbucks & Dunkin Donuts
- Evernote
- Dropbox
- IFTTT (IF)
- Houzz, Uber, Lumosity, Snapchat,
- Wireless Printer, TED, Bank, Disney Channel, Tadpoles, iHeartrRadio
- MileTracker
- Shoeboxed