5 Must Have Software Apps for Your Office

Time is money as they say and time saved can be very valuable. In this short blog post we’re going to look at five software apps that can make your office time much more efficient. Time saved here can streamline your business and give you a competitive advantage over your competition. We are going to discuss apps that offer a wide variety of functions and in many cases compliment and integrate well with each other.

Zoom is the go to tool for video communication. Riding on the wave of the huge increase in its use over the lockdowns, Zoom is still the go to video platform due to its user friendly interface. There are more developed platforms that form part of larger software suites like Microsoft Teams and Google Meet but Zoom is still the preferred choice of many. You can share documents, chat and mute other users from one simple interface.

Trello is a simple and popular collaboration tool that allows you to organize projects and everything related to them into boards. It is great if you want to track the progress of a particular task and is also very user friendly. You can upload documents to Trello and it integrates seamlessly with applications such as Google Drive and Microsoft Teams. The professional version can become expensive depending on the number of users allowed.

Screencast-o-Matic is a screen recording software that can capture both your screen and your webcam. It is simple to use and reasonably affordable (there is a limited free version) and it is a great tool to swiftly capture images that you can quickly send off to whoever you need to show something to. You can make “how to” videos for both customers and colleagues and it integrates with popular video sharing platforms such as Youtube and Vimeo.

Asana may have been around since 2008 but it is still a great tool for monitoring the work of employees and produces the best results possible for your business. You can efficiently organize projects and assign tasks to members of your team. It is very intuitive and set up to facilitate conversation between colleagues through the software without the need for outside e-mail follow up.

Clockify is another handy application that times tasks. Although at its base function it is just a stopwatch you can add labels, descriptions and project details which many users find invaluable. It integrates well with both Trello and Asana and there is also a browser extension for both Chrome and Firefox, which makes it even more convenient.

So there you go, 5 great pieces of software that will help you and your team to make your business run more smoothly. While some of them are free or low cost, some do require an investment. So it may be best to pick the one you like the sound of most first and try it out before investing in some of the more expensive services we’ve discussed in this blog post.