9 Online Tools to Help Your Business Grow
Growing your business isn’t easy. The most difficult thing is finding the time. You have to do client work, then you have to take care of design, and customer support, and bookkeeping… When are you supposed to have the time to focus on business growth?
Well, the solution is to take a good look at the tasks that are consuming your time, and see if they can be done more efficiently with the right tools.
Here are 9 tools that will help you free up a decent amount of time…
Elementor
You know how they say that you only have one chance to make a good first impression? This is especially true online. Think about it. What do you do when you come across an ugly website? You leave immediately. That’s why beautiful and functional web design is so important for business success. But hiring a professional web designer can cost a lot of money. What to do if you can’t afford it?
Elementor Theme Builder is a great solution for that. It’s a drag-and-drop WordPress theme builder that allows you to create your own custom theme without any HTML or CSS skills. 700,000+ people use it already. Why don’t you give it a try?
Heroic FAQs
Are you spending more and more time answering the same questions again and again over email? This problem can be solved by adding a frequently asked questions (FAQ) section to your website. That way, potential clients can go there first, and look for the answers themselves before contacting you. This will drastically reduce the amount of emails you receive. The best tool for managing FAQs is WordPress FAQ Plugin from Hero Themes.
Invoice Ninja
Are you tracking the hours spent on client work and the invoices issued? You need to be meticulous about that because otherwise your business might turn into a mess. But that can be difficult without the right tools. That’s why I suggest you to use Invoice Ninja, an open source platform that has everything you need, from time tracking software to beautiful invoice templates.
Captain Form
Have you noticed that emails from potential clients often lead to a lot of back-and-forth just to get the basic information? This can be avoided by placing a contact form on your website with questions about their projects. That way, when a potential client contacts you, you will immediately know what they want and what their budget is. You can use Captain Form to add a simple wordpress form to your website.
Lorem Ipsum
Are you creating websites for your clients? Then you already know how time consuming it is to write the placeholder text from scratch every time. There is a better way, though. With Lorem Ipsum plugins you can generate lorem ipsum text with one click. It works with WordPress editor, Sublime Text, Atom, and more.
Botsify
It’s safe to say that most of your potential clients are using Messenger. So why not interact with them there? You can even use a chatbot to do it for you. Don’t know how to build one? No worries. Botsify can show you how to create a chatbot without any coding!
Novoresume
Yes, portfolio is the most important thing, but some clients still want to see your resume. Is yours a bit neglected? Then dust it off and update it. Keep in mind that the resume also needs to look good – it should be a well-designed PDF, not a bland Word document. You can use these resume templates to make your resume more visually appealing.
Want to start an ecommerce businesss, but don’t want to deal with the inventory nightmares? Then dropshipping might be a good fit for you. Oberlo lets you find products for your store in minutes, easily import dropshipped products from AliExpress into your store and ship them directly to customers.
WordPress shopping cart
Your potential clients should have the option to buy your services right there on your website. Add a Simple Shopping Cart to your website and then add “Add to cart” buttons to your services page. This will save you a lot of time on email back-and-forth and allow to easily accept payments.
Conclusion
You don’t need to outsource tasks in order to spend less time on them. As you can see, with the right tools you can be more efficient, and get things done faster. So take care of all those pesky tasks and then focus on what really matters – growth.
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