50 productivity hacks for popular small business tools

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S M A L L B U S I N E S S T O O L S

Productivity Hacks

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SMALL BUSINESSPopular Tools

The Free, Flexible, andVisual way to organiseanything with anyone.

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CALENDAR POWER UPGives you a monthly andweekly view of your cards,with iCalendar feed export.

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GET INSPIREDDon't like starting fromscratch? Use these boards

for inspiration!

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Enjoy another's creativity!

RECURRING TASKUse this hack for

automating those tasksthat are never complete.

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FORMAT YOUR WAYNeed to emphasise text,or add your personal

formatting to your cards?

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Your text needs formatting!

DRAG YO BOARDHave multiple lists andhate that little scroll bar

on the bottom?

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Click background and drag!

RESOURCE BOARDGet to know everything todo with Trello by Trello

themselves.

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Stay up to date!

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTSWant to save 1-2 sec ofeach task? Get well

acquainted with these.

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EMAILS INTO CARDSNo more copying and

pasting from emails. Nowsend and relax.

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Becoming more productive!

EXPORT TO EXCELTake a snapshot of yourproject's status without

loosing any data.

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CARD BY URLThis simple drag and drophack will bring over all theneeded info with less time.

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Drop it like it's hot!

CHROME APPSCheck out all the different

Chrome Apps andExtensions available.

I'm a Chrome Fan-boy!

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Get email, cloud storage,

collaboration tools andother business apps withGoogle Apps for Work.

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Apps for Work

VOICE TYPINGYou speak and Googletranscribes it. Brilliant.

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Only available on Chrome!

SAVE CUSTOM STYLESCreate and save your

custom formatting stylesfor all your documents.

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RESEARCH TOOLEasy to find the much

needed information fromwithin your document.

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No more tabs!

BUILD YOUR OWN MAPCreate a detailed map, addimportant addresses, and

share with staff or customers.

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BUILD YOUR OWN SITEGoogle Sites gives you thepower to build an intranet,wiki or a proper website.

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All with no line of code!

EMAIL COLLABORATORSHave important information tosend about a specific document.

Email them instantly.

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Great little feature!

EMAIL A DOCUMENTFor those times you need to send

a Google Doc file to thoselaggards without Google.

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You should tell them to upgrade as well!

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTSIt is said that knowing keyboardshortcuts is not only productive,

but is super cool. Cmd+/

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Docs! Sheets! Slides!

AUTOMATIC SUBSTITUTIONHave you own shortcut you want

to create? Try automaticsubstitution.

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EDIT MICROSOFT DOCStill collaborating withthose stuck in Microsoft?

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Must get!

TECHNICAL BONUSIf you are a power user and have sometechnical skills... Google App Scripts

will blow you away.

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Technical Productivity!

BEST ADD-ONSHave the power of third-partyadd ons to maximise yourGoogle Doc productivity.

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Brings all yourcommunication together

in one place.

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CREATE A TO-DO LISTBest way to manage yourpersonal and team tasks is

in the same place.

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SET REMINDERSSend yourself or your team members areminder for anything: important

meetings, to-do items.

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Don't forget again!

WORD NOTIFICATIONGet notified for anyspecific word being

mentioned.

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AUTOMATIC SLACKBOTTired of repeating yourself to

common questions. Set up Slackbotto do the mundane answers.

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Go Slackbot!

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTSBecome a slack ninja and stopwasting time with that mouse.

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Say yes to the keyboard!

HIDE THE CHANNELSHave too many channels? Use thistrick to show only those specificchannels with a direct message.

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CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTMake work more fun. Get your

favourite character involved in yourdiscussion.

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Alllllllrighty-then!

HUBOTThe tech-bot that can help to

dramatically improve and reduceemployee efficiency

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SHRUGGIESWho doesn't love a ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Can beused in all forms of situations ofconfusion and don't knows.

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Try it - /shrug

EMOJI POLLSEmoji reactions is the newest (andbest) way to collect votes. Use it forlunch, work or presidential polls.

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Get your emoji on!

TEXT FORMATTINGFormat your messages to addemphasis, style and coolness.

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Format away! click me

EMAIL INTEGRATIONSkip your inbox and receive emails

directly in Slack.

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Email to Slack!

BOOT 'EM OUTHave someone constantlyannoying you or the team.

Take some action.

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/kick @username

Online email marketingsolution to manage

subscribers, send emails,

and track results.

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FREQUENCY GROUPUtilise the power of segments tooffer your subscribers different

newsletter frequencies.

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UNSUBSCRIBE SCRIBEPersonalise your unsubscribe textand page. Delete the unsubscribe

email - you don't need it.

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Handy tip!

HIDDEN GROUP FIELDSYour secret way to segment yoursubscribers without them knowing.

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INTEGRATIONSEasily sync your data, import

content from other sources, andmore.

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Work your way!

CONNECT TO CRMConnecting your CRM with

Mailchimp gives you the power ofdata with targeted communication.

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Connecting!

AUTOMATIONThe biggest productivity power ofemail marketing is automation.

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LEAD SCORINGUtilise the custom field options andcreate your very own lead scoring.

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GOOOOOAAAALLLL!

PRE FILL DATAGive your subscribers this new

productivity hack by automaticallypre filling their data into the form.

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It's just like magic!

AUTOMATION HACKSWant to learn some more hacks?

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Makes it easy toautomate tasks between

web apps.

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BIG LIST ZAPIER HACKSThis monster list is all youneed for your Zapier hacks.

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BIG LIST IFTTT HACKSThis monster list is all youneed for your IFTTT hacks.

(If This Then That)

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Such a clever name!

POPULAR IFTTT RECIPESSteal other people recipesto get your productivity

flowing quickly.

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