10 FREE TOOLS TO KEEP YOUR PRODUCTIVITY FLOWING
Tech
Wednesday, February 25th, 2015
According to The Washington Post, there are many reasons that lost productivity costs the United States almost $2 trillion (that’s trillion with a “t”) dollars every year, some of them include:
- Chronic health issues to the tune of around $153 billion in lost time
- Commuting costs employers an extra $90 billion annually
- Facebook is said to drain $28 billion from the workplace
- Fantasy football is sucking almost $19 billion from employers
Staying productive can be difficult, but luckily technology is here to lend us a helping hand. It’s like brain candy, consider this as a digital guide to working smarter and living better!
Here are the top ten, free tools to keep you more productive:
1. Easier Emailing with Asana (Android and iOS): Asana takes the hassle out of keeping track of multiple email threads by putting them all in one location. Using the free platform, you can make projects and tasks for up to fifteen people.
2. Shopify’s Free Invoice Generator (available online): Using their online platform, send invoices with Shopify’s free online tool. After entering the information into their template, you can save, print and/or email a professional looking invoice directly to your client.
3. Stay Organized with Trello (available online, for Android and iOS): Using note cards, Trello keeps you better organized and more productive. Open a new card, upload file attachments, make checklists, take notes, add pictures and much more.
4. Keep Passwords Safe & Handy with LastPass (Android and iOS): A virtual vault for all your password and login data. LastPass will even auto-fill your data.
5. Put that Article in your Pocket (Android and iOS): No time to read that article at work or you found one at home that you want to access later, enter the Pocket app. Put it in your “Pocket” and it will also store videos, documents and photos.
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