In this day and age it is important to embrace the benefits that our tech-savvy generation has at our fingertips. Today, mobile applications have brought us a new way to handle tasks and manage our days, tasks and lives.
Whether you're using social media apps, news apps, gaming apps, entertainment apps or something else altogether, every aspect of your life can be monitored or improved with 21st century mobile apps.
So, here are six applications that can help you with your business-related tasks...
Trello: The organisational app
- Free or premium option
- Businesses like Tumblr, Google, Pay Pal, Spotify, Kickstarter and Thrive use Trello's services
- Create lists, upload files, make checklists, labels, comments and due dates for tasks
- Private boards available as well as public boards which can be seen by any member of the team added to the board itself
Eventbrite: The event marketing app
- Create pages with all of your event details
- Customise the event pages
- Free to use for free events, a charge will apply if you want to charge for your event tickets
- Invite people to sign up for your event and they can sign up through Eventbrite
- Scan your guests tickets for your event using the Eventbrite application
Hootsuite: The social media app
- Free for up to 3 social media accounts
- Pro account - comes with a small fee for up to 100 social media accounts and access to many features
- Enterprise accounts - comes with unlimited social media accounts and access to all features
- Connects to over 35 popular social media networks
- Analytics - an in depth view of your social media efforts and results
- Add multiple team members to share the workload
MailChimp: The email marketing app
- Free account along with two separate priced plan options
- Send marketing emails, automated messages and targeted campaigns
- Detailed reports to help you improve your emails over time
- Get insight into your subscribers and what they want to see
- Send automated emails based on customer behaviour and preferences
- MailChimp recommends the best time to send within 24 hours of your selected delivery date
- Advanced analytics available
Dropbox: The document lovers' app
- Free account trail along with a separate price plan
- Add your files onto your Dropbox
- Edit documents, add photos and show videos
- Share files with team members through a secure network
Mashable: The news app
- Leading source of news and information
- Social media, technology, business, entertainment, world and lifestyle categories
- Free to use
Must have social media apps:
- Facebook Page Manager
- Vine
- YouTube
- Google+
App crazy? If you have some must-share apps or platforms on your phone, feel free to share them with us on Twitter at @ThriveHQ.
