Working remotely-once considered a privilege for a select few, is now looking like the way forward. And why not! In numerous surveys it has come out that employees feel more motivated when given the option to choose if they want to work from home or from office.
Last year about 37% Americans worked from home. It has also been a proven way to reduce the attrition. Not just for Employees but even Employers benefit from this, you can save money on the operating income and office space. But the question is how do you keep connected to your group when you all are working remotely.
Here are 12 tools that can be of great help to entrepreneurs to handle their business,
1. Basecamp
Manage projects, Communicate with your team and stay on top of who’s assigned to a specific task.
2. Dropbox
Provides a secure virtual location to safely store documents while allowing all team members to access them.
3. Hootsuite
Allows you to manage all your social media marketing in one place, from Facebook to twitter to youtube, name it and you have it.
4. Gotomeeting
Gotomeeting makes it easy to connect with people anyway you want. Connect with anyone, anywhere, on any any device.
5. FreedomVoice
Virtual phone service gives you a plug-and-play business phones and unlimited calling for one low monthly rate.
6. Slack
Brings all your communication together in one place. It provides real-time messaging, archiving and search for the remote working team.
7. Skype
Skype gives you access to voice based or video chat, while eliminating high international phone rates.
8. Paypal
Most trusted payment processor online, allows you to receive and send payments from all over the world.
9. Infusion Soft
CMS and automated software, provides your business with customized marketing Funnels, email auto-responser and more.
10. FreshBooks
Online invoicing and accounting software helps track expenses, income and more, while giving you access to simple reporting features.
11. Freshdesk
Robust Customer service software allows you to provide help and monitor all interactions remotely.
12. LogMeIn
LogMeIn gives you access to your Desktop, allowing you to control it from any location in the world.
