I have talked about how important smartphones have become not only in our everyday lives, but also in business as small business owners are now making use of smartphones as a more affordable took for their business. We have looked into how small business most especially can utilize the advancements in smartphone cameras to shoot high quality product photos and videos for use on social media, and also how small businesses can benefit from the advanced features of smartphones as a cheaper and quality alternatives for their business. In this post, we are going to be looking at some very useful free mobile apps that are beneficial for small business… At the moment, there are a lot of free productivity apps on the apps store that can be of great benefits for small businesses.
Gusto is a great app for small businesses that have a team. This app is great for handling payroll and taxes all in one amazing app. The good thing about this app is that it comes with a lot of amazing features when it comes to reports, onboarding new employees
Shopventory – this is another very good app when it comes to inventory management in business. The app is simple yet powerful in its features and capabilities.
Scanner Application - I’m pretty sure that every business person know the importance of sending out scanned documents. As a business owner, scanning is one of the common things to do in business. While owning a scanner is important for this task, you can now do it with smartphones, which adds to why smartphones are now very advanced. With the scanner app, you can take pictures of your document under a very good lighting condition and it would convert it to pdf file format which is great for sending scanned documents or files.
Notepad apps – the importance of writing and saving notes cannot be overemphasized. Smartphones have made it possible to write and save important notes digitally without having to carry about a pen and a notebook. With a notepad app, small business can take notes of ideas, important notes and also save valuable notes that benefits the business. At the moment, there are a lot of quality notepad apps.
Social media apps – social media has taken over the scene for quite some time now and businesses are utilizing and tapping into the powers of social media and what it can do for any business. As a small business owner, it is important to take social media very seriously as it can greatly skyrocket a small business into a whole new level. Social media has proven to be a very cheap way to reach millions of target customers all over the internet. We are in a world where almost everyone uses the internet and so many people are on social media. facebook, Instagram, twitter, tiktok, linkedin, pinterest, and a few other as well have become very popular for businesses. Almost every social media platform has a mobile, making it easy to access anywhere anytime as far as there is internet connection. Choosing the best social media platform for your business and using the apps can make it easy for you to manage your social media account easily and more conveniently.
Nowadays with the use of social networks and especially the boom that decentralized platforms are having, the way of doing business about everything for small and medium entrepreneurs.
They have found in these times of quarantine a very effective and economical way to reach their customers using the least amount of resources and money. Turning these small businesses into very efficient companies.
You are right on this... social media have proven to be a really effective and cost effective way for small businesses to reach their target customers
Hi @chimzycash
Nowadays there is such a wide variety of possibilities for so many things that it is absurd for someone not to take advantage of them.
Sure, there are people who stay on the sidelines with these technological issues, and simply don't give it the importance it has,but, that's a matter of each business owner if they want to catapult themselves using technology or not.
That is true, technology has become so advanced now, that there are apps or softwares for almost everything. Some businesses are already taking advantages of these technological advancements
The internet is really a good advantage to business owners, with a simple mobile device business owners can upload their items on social media and get customers.
That is so true, smart phones are portable but mighty in terms of its capabilities. Small businesses can take advantage of it advanced features and capabilities