Comments on: 5 Tools to Help you Manage a Small Business from anywhere in the World

By: BayCrazy

BayCrazy — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:46:05 +0000

I personally rather Gmail than Outlook; what I do is… have one ‘master Gmail’ account as a sort of epicentre and then… I forward any email from other accounts such as @domain accounts to that Gmail and then add those accounts to the Gmail with the domain incoming and outgoing mail servers so that I can simply log-in to one Gmail and yet manage all mail and reply to any mail to the addresses the mail was sent to…
This way you don’t have to actually switch between mail and the Gmail is essentially just a conduit – a master log-in to which you can add high-levels of security (such as mobile log-in) and then use for all mail purposes; and I prefer the look, feel and simplicity of Gmail as well.
So that’s another option!
As for these other tools, I know of them but haven’t really used them much myself… one thing I do know though is that Google are driving me nuts trying to force me to use Google+ all the time lol; they’re becoming everything they said they never wanted to be – spammy. They’re trying to force linkage of all their accounts and you can’t even sign in with your YouTube username now, they’re trying to force an ‘all in one’ mindset… personally I find it really annoying. As I like to have that separation factor between services and use.

By: DC @ Young Adult Money

DC @ Young Adult Money — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:00:46 +0000

In reply to Eyesonthedollar. Eyesonthedollar I need to spend more time on Google+ as well. I don't use it as much as I should.

By: DC @ Young Adult Money

DC @ Young Adult Money — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:00:31 +0000

In reply to StudentDebtSurvivor. StudentDebtSurvivor Dropbox is awesome. I love how you can share a link with others once it's updated so it's super easy to share and access files.

By: DC @ Young Adult Money

DC @ Young Adult Money — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:59:50 +0000

In reply to Carrie Smith. Carrie Smith Oh I will have to check out Freshbooks! I have been looking for a better invoice management system than Microsoft Word and Excel ;)

By: Carrie Smith

Carrie Smith — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:32:36 +0000

I would be LOST without Google Drive — seriously! It’s fantastic and super easy to share schedules and calendars with clients. I also love Dropbox, don’t know where I’d be without it either. :) Another tool I really love if Freshbooks, because it manages all the invoices, revenue and past-due stuff from clients. Plus it tracks my time so I can figure out my real hourly rate, and see which clients/projects are taking up too much time. I’m all about the systems!

By: StudentDebtSurvivor

StudentDebtSurvivor — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:32:30 +0000

I’m a little slow on picking up new technologies, but bf just showed me dropbox and I think it’s going to be a great tool.

By: Eyesonthedollar

Eyesonthedollar — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:14:50 +0000

Someday I’ll get going with Google +, but I do use Google Drive quite a bit. I can access things at from any of my offices where I’m working. Very helpful.