Saturday, September 3, 2011

5 Business Apps You Must Have

Mobility has changed the game for businesses. Especially the small and medium businesses, are far more connected today. With mobile devices such as the iPAD, iPhone and other such touch screen devices, people are sharing information and engaging with information in a more personal manner and in a far lesser time. Information is available at your fingertips and there is faster collaboration happening within teams at businesses. There is a powerful change happening in how businesses operate and how they are saving resources, cost in terms of time and energy. Businesses have become more smarter as they are embracing technology, making it faster and easier to operate and hence be more productive.

There are many business apps which are available on platforms like the apple ios, blackberry, android etc. we are listing down the 6 interesting business apps which we feel every SME must leverage to the best extent.


  • Square
Using this app you can process credit card payments anywhere using the credit card accessory which you get along with your touch screen device (iPhone, iPad) etc. All kinds of credit cards are accepted by Square. This app is a great source for those in businesses with COD and also event organizers who many a times face the query from people who turn up at events and wish to pay by their credit cards.
  • Linkedin
One of world's largest professional social networking tools, the Linkedin app for iPad and iphone and Blackberry are fantastic tools to quickly connect with your target audience. One of the quickest uses which you can make of this app is, when you meet someone at a conference/ event, you can quickly search them on Linkedin, get through their profiles and obviously chart out a better and more firm conversation with them, which obviously gets you more relevant and closer to the individual.
  • Evernote
As the name suggests, Evernote helps you take down notes in the form of text, pictures, voice, data and store them quickly. The note taking app helps you ensure that you never forget anything and your task list is powerfully created and managed. You can make virtual memo's on-demand using Evernote.
  • Gist
Business networking is the name of the game today and Gist is on top of the game. Gist helps you organize and update all your contacts in a single location. It obviously is not the easiest task for a business pro to have multiple contacts spread over multiple networks. Gist helps you manage all the information like Email, Phone, Address, at a single location. Gist automatically updates the same by fetching information from various social networks and other online sources which helps you with updated information about your contacts all the time.
  • MightyMeeting
Making sales presentations and presentations otherwise is an obvious for any business. This is one part of the business which exists for almost every business and obviously over years of experience its essential to ensure that you have access to your presentations at all times, everywhere. MightyMeeting helps you do just that. You can now upload your presentations on the cloud and then access them anywhere, anytime, from any place with an internet connection. This makes it easier for you to pitch your clients with smarter tablets.

Team IndiaMART Knowledge Services is committed to enable SMEs with tools, tips and techniques to help them reach up the value chain and hence achieve the next level of growth. For more information on how you can create new opportunities for your business, drop in a comment to this post and we will get in touch with you!

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