Top 5 Phone Apps and Programs for Small Business Owners
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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