13 Apps To Bring Your Business Online This 2019 – Part 2

Even if you don’t think of yourself as especially tech-savvy or if your business is very connected to a specific physical location, don’t underestimate the benefits of putting your business online. The rewards the Internet offers are huge and can help a small business not only get off the ground, but thrive in a competitive marketplace.

 

People nowadays prefer to find information quickly online, which means your business needs to be there. Given the flexible options now available, businesses of any size can benefit from the Internet. So, how do you bring your business online? Here’s our list of apps to bring your business online!

 

 

Lucidchart – build visual process diagrams

Lucidchart is the ultimate diagramming tool that gives businesses and professionals a web-based, user friendly flowchart creating platform. It is filled with multiple features and capabilities to help you with diagramming. Lucidchart has more than 6 million users worldwide!

It is the best diagram tool for brainstorming and managing web projects. In addition, it works smoothly with popular applications and business systems, like Google Apps. Lucidchart is so instinctive that it is used in many industries, including engineering, web design and development, and business.

 

Mighty Networks – brand builder (works like social media + networking website)

Mighty Networks is the quickest way to create and grow a community-powered online brand.

It uses revolutionary algorithms and smart technology to build your brand by connecting your most avid fans and followers by location, the topics you select, and the categories you outline. Even better, with everything for a brand in one place, you and your members can always get back to the content, conversations, and people you want.

 

Zenefits – run the HR for your business

Zenefits is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company that provides cloud-based platform to businesses, for handling multiple HR services such as health insurance, compliance, payroll, benefits, employee onboarding, stock option management, and more.

It offers services that are similar to Salesforce, Netsuite, Workday. It doesn’t charge for its services and only makes profit on commissions by selling insurance policies.

 

Gusto – payroll and HR 

Gusto (formerly ZenPayroll) is a one stop shop site for payroll supervision, benefits administration and compliance management platform. It is designed to serve small businesses across the United States, and provides tools to manage core HR needs such as time tracking, hiring, onboarding and training, among others.

With dedicated accounts online, employees can fill out personal details into the system and track all paperwork in one place. Businesses can automate their payroll processes by scheduling payment and benefits. Payments in Gusto can be made through direct bank deposit or through check. It will then automatically deliver an electronic payslip to employee’s inbox after each transaction.

 

Bonusly – have a system where employees can reward each other with points

Bonusly is a fun and intuitive recognition and reward program that allows businesses and its teams to build a rich work culture. The app makes sure the labors, achievements and contributions of members are highlighted, recognized and rewarded. It enhances the process of creation and handling various types of employee recognition and reward by providing a system that is easy-to-use.

Employees can be rewarded by giving them vouchers, bonuses, gift cards, skills development opportunities, and other types of benefits. This way, employees will feel that they are being appreciated, encouraging them to benefit from positive values and perform their jobs outstandingly.

 

Builtwith – lets you see the tools and apps that any website is using

BuiltWith displays the list of tools and apps your contacts used to build their websites. With this, technologies are listed alongside leads, opportunities and accounts.

BuiltWith technology tracking contains widgets, analytics, outlines, content management systems, advertisers, delivery networks, standards and servers.

 

Tapfilliate – influencer marketing 

Tapfiliate is a cloud-based affiliate tracking software that lets businesses set up referral and affiliate programs. With one-click social sharing, fraud detection, and asset management features, it makes it possible to create, modify, and expand an affiliate business. The process of signing up and filling out details is a straightforward, quick processs and users have a selection of integrations and guides available to them.

Once an account has been set up and the app is installed, users can get started on recruiting affiliates by sharing their affiliate URL. Affiliates can then be enlisted via website, affiliate partners or personal invite. Users can create links, banners, tweets, videos, and Facebook posts for their affiliate partners to share online.

 

Hubspot – all-in-one marketing platform, includes CRM, marketing suite, and sales suite

HubSpot is a tremendously helpful growth platform. Since 2006, HubSpot has been on a mission to make the world more inbound. Today, more than 60,500 customers in 100 countries use HubSpot’s software, services, and support to change the way they charm, engage, and delight their customers. Its main tools are Marketing Hub, Sales Hub, Service Hub, and a powerful free CRM.

This marketing platform lets you attract visitors, turn them into leads and make them customers. HubSpot pulls together all different marketing tools on one closed loop platform:

• Content Marketing
• Blogging
• Email Marketing
• Social Media
• SEO
• Marketing ROI Analysis
• Marketing Automation
• Personalization
• Lead Nurturing
• Segmentation
• CRM integration
• and much more.

 

Leadpages – generate leads and sales for your business on various platforms

LeadPages is an online tool whose main purpose is to capture email subscribers. It is a landing page tool and has a templated and hosted tool that you can use to give away lead magnets, sign people up into webinars, and design landing pages to drive people into your email list.

LeadPages also offers templates for marketing tools like squeeze pages, video landing, sales and thank you pages.

 

Clickfunnels – all-in-one sales funnel platform

Clickfunnels is a sales funnel builder that helps businesses market, sell, and deliver their products online. This tool streamlines online sales, marketing, and delivery of products and services by giving users funnel options that are pre-built for a specific product or service.

With Clickfunnels, it is easier to create a marketing and sales funnel from the ground up as it integrates all the essential elements needed to have a useful and operative sales funnel. Traditional online funneling means you essential have to deal with web hosting, landing pages, email, and more and have them work together, making it time intensive and very expensive. Clickfunnels combines all these and more, offering them in an inclusive, unified package so you won’t have to deal with them one by one.

 

Dropbox – cloud storage

Dropbox is cloud storage service that allows users to store files on remote cloud servers and the ability to share files within a harmonized and secure format.

Dropbox delivers an online storage solution driven by cloud computing service model of infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Dropbox users are provided by an online storage space hosted on Dropbox accessible anywhere via the Internet and on any online device. The storage space provides a place for virtually any kind of fie type from documents, images, videos and more.

 

Evernote – share documents and processes across your business

Evernote is an all-inclusive note taking application equipped with a number of tools that abridge capturing ideas, generating to-do lists, as well as listing tasks for projects. It is created for individuals and businesses who want to establish their thoughts so that nothing is overlooked.

With Evernote, you can keep all of your business apps and files in sync. All of your files, notes, web clips, or images are accessible on any device and computer you are using. From short notes to lengthy study, no matter your writing form, Evernote can have you focused on turning these ideas from motivation to completion.

If your business involves you always traveling but you want to have your notes with you, then this tool is excellent for you.

 

Hotspot Shield – secures your Internet

Hotspot Shield generates a virtual private network (VPN) between your computer and the internet. This solid tunnel prevents hackers from viewing your email, messages, credit card information or anything else you send over a wireless network. Which means you go on anonymously.

• Secure your web session and data with HTTPS encryption.
• Protect yourself from identity theft online.
• Hide your IP address.
• Access all content privately without censorship.
• Works on wireless and wired connections and provides Unlimited Bandwidth.
• Works on the PC and the MAC.

 

As a  business owner, the more you can automate tasks, stay organized, and streamline your processes, the more efficient and productive your business will become. Thankfully, there are a ton of apps on the market to help. Read part 1 here.