5 brilliant apps for efficient Mobile-Friendly Business
As customers become more demanding of browsing, shopping, and buying on the go, business owners have realized that they need to go mobile in order to help their businesses grow and run more smoothly. That means working out of the office—on the road, between meetings, and while traveling.
Here are five innovative tools for running a successful, mobile-friendly small business that every entrepreneur should know about.
1. Tripit
Anyone who travels frequently for business—and most business owners do—appreciates a tool that can help them book a flight, rent a car, find a hotel, and find and help them book a restaurant for a business meeting with a client, all from the same tool! The Tripit tool keeps track of all of your trip details in one unified place—it’s really like having a travel agent and concierge in your pocket. But this app doesn’t stop there; it also provides handy details on your travel destination like weather updates, interactive maps, and travel resources and reviews.
2. Evernote
Evernote makes sure that every one of my fleeting moments of brilliance are captured and saved for when and if I need them. This app lets users to store, organize, and share text reminders, photos, and audio notes—for things like social events, personal appointments, client notes, meeting notes, and of course, those moments of eureka that every entrepreneur has. So the next time you’re on the subway and a stroke of innovation hits you like a truck, you can rely on Evernote (because, let’s face it, you never have a pen and paper handy when you really need it).
3. Google Drive
Google is always improving their small business tools and Google Drive is evidence of that. Similar to Google Docs, Google Drive allows users to save, store, manage, and edit files from any device. So, for instance, you can start working on a marketing presentation from your office PC, use your tablet to make edits on the way home, and use your smart phone to review it in the evening. Pretty neat huh? This fully secure storage cloud drive lets you store any file—photos, text documents, spreadsheets, PDFs, slide share, and video for free. You get 5GB of storage and you can even select and share certain documents in your cloud with partners, coworkers, contractors, and clients.
4. Bump
Similar to many cellphone credit card processing tools, Bump is business networking app that let’s professionals ditch traditional paper business cards and exchange virtual contact information—names, contact numbers, email, websites, photos, e-resumes, and files with a “bump” (basically the act of touching two smart phones together). Currently, the app has 8 million monthly users and 27 million downloads, so you will certainly expand your business network with this app.
5. LocalVox
If you need a tool to help you build a strong online brand, then LocalVox is the mobile web marketing app for your business! Use this tool to push news onto the web, share events, make business press releases, and keep tabs on your competition—with the click-of-a-button. Local Vox will ensure your business is getting attention on all the relevant online social media channels, top ranking niche websites, local business directories and, most importantly, it will ensure your business is showing up in organic search (i.e., Google Places listings) so your potential customers can find you.
About The Author
Pearlie Davis is a staff writer for GoingCellular, a popular site that provides cell phone news, commentary, and reviews on industry news and popular mobile.
