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Some tools for you to look at

The Business Tools

Our businesses have multiple elements (or departments), and each needs specific tools to get things done, e.g. finance, marketing, and project management. Some are specific to an element; others cross multi-elements of the business. Finding the perfect tool for what you need can be difficult, and here are just a few to give you an idea of where to get started.

The resources listed below are based on tools that I currently or have used to support my business. Some of them may have affiliate links attached, meaning I might get a small commission if you choose to sign up or enlist services from the provider.

Plutio

Plutio is an all-in-one tool that can do so much for your business in one place; project management, invoicing, sending proposals and contracts, forms and a dashboard that shows it all.

Plutio

Why I love it:

  • So many business tools in one place
  • Can send proposals and contracts to be signed in the inbuilt signature element
  • is UK based
  • Can create your own templates and wiki
  • Has a client portal
  • Can integrate with other tools

Angie Gensler - Social Media Content Club

Angie Gensler's Social Media club is a great monthly subscription for all those who are struggling with social media with 'The 100% Done-For-You Social Media Assistant'

Angie Gensler

Why we love it:

- An app that is a great tool to help create social media content with the daily posts planned out for you

- complete with templates in Canva.

- 4 ideas per day with one of them being the new AI feature

MissingLettr

Missinglettr is described as an all-in-one social marketing platform that turns your content into engaging social media posts and helps you solve distribution by finding the best influencers in your niche.

Missinglettr

Why we love it:

- it can pull your blogs through from your website

- can create templates for blog posts going out

- can set release of content over different time frames

SocialBee

SocialBee helps you manage your social media accounts from one place—create, schedule, publish, and analyze. Save time and grow your profiles with an affordable ..

Why we love it:

Creating posts using AI and Canva all in one place.

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- Turn any website link into a social media post. ????️ Generate images for your social media feeds.

Mailercloud

A great (and affordable) alternative to the big email marketing providers. Create your email campaigns with ease.

Mailercloud

Why we love it:

- it is so easy to set up and use

- it's a UK-registered company

- can be integrated with other platforms.

TobyKnow

Described as a social media toolkit providing all the tools you need for social media and to help you grow your business.

Toby Knows

Why we love it:

- monthly calendars with content ideas and templates

- image templates

- loads of additional content and guides

Canva

Canva is an online graphic design tool with a free and paid versions. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.

Canva

Why we love it:

  • it is good for (basic) graphic design
  • it has a wide range or images, fonts and templates
  • you can remove background from photos
  • it has an AI magic write function

Stencil

Stencil is a fantastically easy-to-use online graphic design tool and image editor built for business owners, social media marketers, and bloggers.

Stencil

Why we love it:

  • It is an alternative to Canva
  • It is easy to use
  • It has a large resource bank of photos

Styled Stock Society

The provision of stock photos & brand visuals for Women Entrepreneurs Who Are Ready to Stand Out

It enables businesses to use the images to create a dynamic and impactful brand.

Styled Stock Society

Why we love it:

  • themes and templates in a variety of colours
  • resources added weekly
  • templates help save time
  • professionally shot photos

Birdseed

BirdSeed is the ultimate “All-in-one” Online Customer Engagement Platform designed to meet the needs of website visitors and existing clients based on their personal interaction preferences or stage in the buying process.

Birdseed.io

Why we love it:

  • BirdSeed provides users with multiple website engagement tools that enable customers to connect with users how they want, whether by live chat and video or email registration, phone call request or knowledge library.
  • We can create personalised greetings for their website visitors via video or text message, helping users to build connections and direct customers.
  • Easy to embed on the website in a location and brand colours.

Grammarly

Grammarly helps people communicate with confidence across devices and platforms. The AI-powered suggestions appear wherever you write, coaching over 30 million people and 50,000 teams daily to improve the correctness, clarity, engagement, and delivery of their writing.

Grammarly

Why we love it:

  • Downloadable app that works in Microsoft suite
  • Chrome extension
  • Free and paid versions
  • New AI content function

Tucalendi

An alternative to Calendly, TuCalendi is an online appointment calendar for meetings and events.

TuCalendi

Why we like it:

  • It integrates with main diary (Outlook or Google)
  • Can set up with Teams and Zoom
  • Can take payments through linked online payment accounts