There was a recent conversation in a Salesforce Slack community about which tools and applications independent consultants use.
When you’re not billing by the hour, being efficient is important. Various tools and apps can make a significant difference.
If you’re billing by the hour, why even buy a faster computer? (But that’s another conversation).
Anyway, below is my most recent list of commonly used apps. It’s grouped into those I pay for, and those I don’t. Some of them have affiliate links, as I truly believe in these products.
Paid:
- Buzzsprout (podcasting)
- Calendly (scheduling)
- Google Workspace (email, docs, and sheets)
- Kit (newsletter)
- LucidChart (diagramming)
- Make (automation)
- MS Office 365 (Word and Excel)
- NordVPN (VPN)
- Wise (to accept multi-currency payments)
- Workona (tab manager)
- Xero (business accounting)
Free:
- Attio (CRM)
- BitWarden (password manager)
- Stripe (credit card processing)
- Photopea (photoshopping)
- TextBlaze (text expander)
- TickTick (to do list)
- Trello (program management)
Do you use any of these? What alternatives do you use?
The takeaway
Having a small set of mighty apps help you do your job better. If you don’t know where to start, consider the ones in the list above.
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