“This tool has revolutionized my life!” exclaimed Jacqueline Biggs, the Chief Strategy Officer at Blue Lemons, a marketing consultancy. She’s referring to Scrivener, a writing software that allows users to storyboard and edit multiple documents. Like Jacqueline, high performance entrepreneurs are always on the lookout for business productivity tools to improve workflow and operations.
Starting and running a small business can be overwhelming at times, but these recommended productivity tools can help your business run seamlessly and increase personal productivity. From social media management and email marketing solutions to financial tools, like Sage Accounting software, and project management tools, we’ve got you covered.
Check out these forty-seven tools that you shouldn’t do business without.
1. Social Scope for Blackberry, recommended by Aisha Martin, CEO/ Sr. Publicist at The Martin Agency PR
2. Google Docs, recommended by Linsey Knerl, Chief Mom at 1099 Mom
3. Wunderlist, recommended by Adam Koos, President/Founder at Libertas Wealth Management Group, Inc.
4. iPhone, recommended by Michael Kaiser-Nyman, CEO at Impact Dialing
5. Ipad, recommended by Paul Miser, Chief Strategy Officer at Black Whale Group
6. Constant Contact, recommended by Nichole Wright, President at Bon Vivant LLC
7. RescueTime, recommended by Corissa McClay, Founder and CEO at MakerCraft, Inc.
8. Thunderbird, recommended by Zachary Rischitelli, Managing Partner at FiG Advertising and Marketing
9. Google Android, recommended by Chris Karnes, Managing Partner at Treaty Digital
10. MS Office Suite, recommended by Lenny Kharitonov, Co-Founder at Bedroom Furniture Discounts
11. Cision, recommended by Aisha Martin, CEO/ Sr. Publicist at The Martin Agency PR
12. Macbook Pro, recommended by Alma Steiger, Founder/CEO at Untitled Advertising and Public Relations
13. GoToMyPC, recommended by Gina Freize, Founder and Cheese Wiz at Venissimo Cheese
14. Google Ad Words, recommended by Dean Legg, Company Director at Purely Natural Skin Ltd
15. MailChimp, recommended by Corissa McClay, Founder and Ceo at MakerCraft, Inc.
16. Dropbox, recommended by Lenny Kharitonov, Co-founder at Bedroom Furniture Discounts
17. Navita Language Translator, recommended by Aisha Martin, CEO at The Martin Agency PR
18. Mikogo, recommended by Adam Koos, President/Founder at Libertas Wealth Management Group, Inc.
19. Quickbooks, recommended by Aliya Jiwa, Founder and Owner at The Spunky Stork
20. Google Voice, recommended by Chris Karnes, Managing Partner at Treaty Digital
21. Mint, recommended by Nichole Wright, President at Bon Vivant Events, PR and Fundraising LLC
22. Authorize.net, recommended by Lenny Kharitonov, Co-founder at Bedroom Furniture Discounts
23. Rapportive, recommended by Josh Bob, Founder and CEO at TurnStar
24. Skype, recommended by Paul Miser, Chief Strategy Officer at Black Whale Group
25. Evernote, recommended by Jacqueline Biggs, Chief Strategy Officer at Blue Lemons Ltd
26. Oracle OpenOffice, recommended by Zachary Rischitelli, Managing Partner at FiG Advertising and Marketing
27. Spanning Sync, recommended by Alma Steiger, Founder/CEO at Untitled Advertising and Public Relations
28. 37Signals, recommended by Chris Karnes, Managing Partner at Treaty Digital
29. Followup.CC, recommended by Josh Bob, Founder and CEO at TurnStar
30. Crowdbooster, recommended by Kevin Cho, Co-founder and CEO at Midtown Row
31. Toggl, recommended by Linsey Knerl, Chief Mom at 1099 Mom
32. PayPal, recommended by Francesca Roth, Founder and CEO at My Grandma’s Closet
33. Freshbooks, recommended by Rivka Kawano, Owner at Life Train LLC
34. Facebook, recommended by Yuriy Teslyar, Founder at Simple Fitness Tracker
35. Adobe Acrobat,recommended by Lenny Kharitonov, Co-Founder at Bedroom Furniture Discounts
36. Scrumninja, recommended by Corissa McClay, Founder and CEO at MakerCraft, Inc.
37. Pulse, recommended by Paul Miser, Chief Strategy Officer at Black Whale Group
38. Twitter, recommended by Yuriy Teslyar, Founder at Simple Fitness Tracker
39. LinkedIn, recommended by Zachary Rischitelli, Managing Partner at FiG Advertising and Marketing
40. WordPress, recommended by recommended by Dean Legg, Company Director at Purely Natural Skin Ltd
41. Blackberry, recommended by Jose Alejandro Flores, Founder at VOS
42. Square, recommended by Aliya Jiwa, Founder and Owner at The Spunky Stork
43. Pivotal Tracker, recommended by Corissa McClay, Founder and CEO at MakerCraft, Inc.
44. Scrivener, recommended by Jacqueline Biggs, Chief Strategy Officer at Blue Lemons Ltd
45. Echosign, recommended by Keith Fix, Cofounder and Coordinator at DailyMav
46. Tweetdeck, recommended by Kevin Cho, Cofounder and CEO at Midtown Row
47. Sugar CRM, recommended by Zachary Rischitelli, Managing Partner at FiG Advertising and Marketing
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