Top 5 Apps And Services For Entrepreneurs

Staying in the business circle is as important as thinking outside the box for an entrepreneur. Immense dedication and smart work needs to come together to be successful in this highly competitive world. Streamlining the correct processes and staying ahead of the competition is key. Here are the top 5 apps that will help you get ahead!

1.CamCard

Building a resourceful network is key for any entrepreneur,be it networking at events,conferences or seminars. Having a good business card can honestly make or break the deal in some instances. That is where CamCard comes in . Camcard is an app that allows its users to scan and archive any business card directly to the phone’s contacts. Helping you keep track of all your valuable contacts. It also allows its users to share E-cards within the app and also directly message the contacts saved through the app.

2.Buffer

Every entrepreneur needs to establish an online social presence. Engaging with the user base through social media is a proven tactic to create recurring customers,who then pave the way for steady business. It’s not just about posting content that looks like blatant ads,its about providing value to the user with the post and then asking for the user to look into what the business offers.

Buffer is an app that allows for scheduling of social media posts on platforms like Facebook, Instagram ,Twitter and LinkedIn. It offers both a paid and free version. In the free version the user gets to maintain a single account and can schedule upto 10 posts at a time within certain time slots when most people are active. The paid version adds an RSS feed,increases number of accounts and also provides analytics on the posts.

3.HackerNews

Staying informed with the current trends is vital for any company. HackerNews is a news aggregator app that focuses mainly on the technology and the startup industry. You can ensure only the best articles make it to the top as the community is rich with technical experts.

It also features an upvote and downvote system but it is not as direct as something like reddit’s where any user can upvote or downvote. For a post to be downvoted the user must poses 501 Karma points. Karma points are calculated as the number of upvotes a given user’s content has received minus the number of downvotes,creating a community with content that “ gratifies one’s intellectual curiosity”. 

4.TypeForm

For most entrepreneurial ventures to be established participation from the community is vital. Most companies try to solve a problem that exists though their service or product. To better tailor their product or service it is key to understand what the end users require,hence the use of surveys. But a plain survey is just not going to cut it. Most probably it would be discarded or people would not put in actual thought to answer the question. TypeForm is a service that helps create interactive and visually appealing surveys which can be a complete game changer.

5.HARO(Help a Reporter Out)

HARO is a platform that connects journalists with sources. They have strict guidelines on how both the journalists and sources present their requests and stories but acts as an effective platform to unite the two. Take the time to read the guidelines so as to reach out to journalists who would cover your story giving the business the needed traction.

Do let us know if you have other apps that could help out entrepreneurs in building their business online in the comments down below.