{"id":24223,"date":"2017-07-03T00:15:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T05:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.crowdspring.com\/?p=24223"},"modified":"2026-03-08T22:46:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:46:55","slug":"10-apps-small-business-entrepreneur-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/10-apps-small-business-entrepreneur-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Best Apps For Small Business Owners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many entrepreneurs working on a business plan<\/a> for a new business<\/a> daydream about being their own boss. They believe that life would be easier if they could work for themselves and run their businesses from wherever they are, using a mobile phone for most tasks.<\/p>\n

Running your entire business from your phone without compromising features or ease of use seems impossible.<\/p>\n

However, in our increasingly fast-paced business culture, few successful business owners can operate their businesses while tethered to their office desks. Many must find ways to work while they’re away from the office.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, small business owners live in a time of virtual riches. There is an abundance of productivity and business mobile apps that can help you run your business remotely, and many of these are free or inexpensive.<\/p>\n

Here are ten terrific mobile apps you should consider using in your small business.<\/h2>\n

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Full Contact<\/a><\/h2>\n

Full Contact takes the traditional address book and builds on it, turning it into something even more useful.<\/p>\n

After you\u2019ve added your contacts to the service (which runs on iOS, Android, and your web browser), the service spins into action. It ferrets out duplicate contacts and data, scours the web and social media to fill in gaps, and gathers valuable information about your contacts.<\/p>\n

Want to be able to make a note that one of your employees is celebrating his twenty-fifth wedding anniversary next week? How about impressing a client by wishing her a happy birthday? Full Contact makes keeping those kinds of notes easy.<\/p>\n

This information gives you a broader picture of the people you interact with and is valuable for keeping everything you might need to know about someone on hand. You can then sync that information to different services and devices, giving you a robust, centralized location for all your contact information. You no longer need to be tied to a Rolodex or your notes at the office.<\/p>\n

Full Contact\u2019s basic features are free, and affordable subscriptions unlock advanced features like business card scanning and real-time sync.<\/p>\n

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Gusto<\/a><\/h2>\n

Until recently, taking care of payroll<\/a>, benefits, and other HR-related tasks from a mobile phone was challenging. This has changed with the rise of cloud-based services like Gusto, which handles much of the administrative work that traditionally required dedicated HR departments.<\/p>\n

Small and medium-sized business owners without a big HR team will find Gusto invaluable. Gusto he<\/a>lps you manage administrative work, including employee scheduling and payroll tasks. It also helps you price and manage health insurance, 401(k) plans, and other benefits.<\/p>\n

Gusto starts at $39 per month and $6 per employee you manage with the service, so it\u2019s a cost-effective option for maintaining administrative sanity. We love Gusto and use it at crowdspring.<\/p>\n

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Quickbooks<\/a><\/h2>\n

Quickbooks has been around for a long time. How long? It has been so long that its original release in the 1980s ran on MS-DOS, proving to be a staple for business owners of all kinds.<\/p>\n

Its latest incarnation, Quickbooks Online, is a cloud-based service providing small business owners with robust accounting and cash flow management<\/a>. There is even a freelance option with specific features for independent workers and other self-employed consultants.<\/p>\n

Pricing for Quickbooks starts at $10 a month for the freelance edition and scales up to $40 a month for the top-tier option. If that’s too pricey, you’ll often see 50% off specials.<\/p>\n

Quickbooks, including QuickBooks Pro<\/a>, has many integrations with other popular small business tools. For example, you can create a QuickBooks woocommerce integration<\/a> if you have an online shop.<\/p>\n

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Slack<\/a><\/h2>\n

There is a seemingly endless flood of apps and services to help you and your employees stay in contact, but Slack is one of the biggest and most beloved.<\/p>\n

With an easy-to-use interface and playful features (I’m looking at you, Slackbot), it’s no surprise that Slack is catapulting through the charts for business owners of all kinds. Here at crowdspring, we love Slack and find it’s an especially valuable tool for our team<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A surprising variety of businesses and organizations use Slack for business, real-time chat, file sharing, and audio\/video calls. To further enhance your Slack experience, consider integrating an AI-powered knowledge bot for Slack<\/a>, which can streamline information retrieval and improve team productivity.<\/p>\n

Slack\u2019s feature-rich free package might be all you need, but there are also paid tiers starting at $7 monthly per user. Paid features include archives of all messages, group video and audio calls, screen sharing, and more.<\/p>\n

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Todoist<\/a><\/h2>\n

Staying on top of your to-do list is a challenge every small business owner knows all too well, but thanks to cloud-based apps like\u00a0Todoist, organizational nirvana is not far away.<\/p>\n

Todoist is the most well-rounded task organizer available. It boasts an impressive list of features and support for devices across more than 10 platforms, making it accessible and functional for small and big business owners.<\/p>\n

Todoist helps you:<\/p>\n