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Key Takeaways:
- There are several tools available to help manage small businesses in a remote setting, including Loom, Trello, Slack, Zoom, and Google Docs.
- These tools can help you stay organized, communicate with your team members, and collaborate on projects in real-time.
- By utilizing these tools, you can ensure that your team is working efficiently and effectively, no matter where they are located. It's important to experiment with different workflows to find what works best for you and your team.
s more and more small businesses move to remote settings, it can be challenging to manage your team effectively. Fortunately, there are several tools available to help you stay organized and connected with your team members.
In this article, we will discuss some essential tools for managing your small business in a remote setting.
Loom for recording
Loom is a video recording tool that allows you to record and share videos quickly. With Loom, you can record tutorials, presentations, and product demos, and share them with your team members. You can also use Loom to record quick updates and feedback for your team members, which can be more efficient than typing out an email or text message.
Loom is great for small businesses because it allows everyone on the team to review each other's work asynchronously and provide feedback. You can also use Loom as a way of making sure everyone is up-to-date on projects, especially if everyone has different roles in the company.
Trello for task management
Trello is a free, easy-to-use project management system that can help you and your team organize and manage projects of any size.
With Trello, you can create boards to organize your projects into manageable lists and assign tasks to different people. With Trello's drag-and-drop interface, it's incredibly simple to move things from one column (or "list") to another as the project progresses.
Trello makes it easy for you as a manager or leader of a team to see what everyone else is working on at any given time.
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Slack for communication and file sharing
Slack has a number of features that make it a great tool for remote employees. It is an all-in-one communication and file-sharing tool for your small business that works with your existing apps and data.
It seamlessly integrates with hundreds of apps like Google Drive, Dropbox, Salesforce, Twitter, Zendesk, and thousands more. And it comes with built-in search so you'll never miss a message or file again—they're all there when you need them.
Zoom for video conferencing
Zoom is a video conferencing tool that enables you to connect with your remote employees, clients, and vendors. It’s a great tool for managing work in a remote setting because it’s affordable and easy to use. You can use Zoom for free on its mobile app (iOS or Android), desktop app, web app, or through its Slack connector.
Google Docs for collaborating
Collaboration is key for small businesses. Google Docs offers a suite of tools that can help you and your team work together more effectively.
Google Docs allows you to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, and surveys. You can also share these documents with others in real-time so they can see your changes as you make them. This is a great way to collaborate on projects with other team members or clients.
You can also use Google Drive to store your files online and access them from anywhere, at any time. You get email alerts when someone makes changes or comments on a document so you don't have to worry about missing anything important.
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There are many remote work management tools out there, but you don't have to commit to all of them.
You can use one or two tools at first and add more as you need them. I hope this article has helped you choose the right tool for your business needs!
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