{"id":7376,"date":"2017-02-05T09:51:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T08:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelavailable.com\/?p=7376"},"modified":"2017-11-13T03:36:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T02:36:53","slug":"6-free-online-tools-boost-business-productivity-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steelavailable.com\/en\/6-free-online-tools-boost-business-productivity-today\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Free Online Tools To Boost Business Productivity Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time is money. If there is one thing that small startups and large corporations both love, it is efficient business procedures.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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At Steel Available, we want to push the heavy industry to embrace digitization and to work smarter. We therefore started a newsletter about work productivity and procurement strategies for our\u00a0friends in the industry and we\u00a0hope you will find it useful. You are most welcome to subscribe here.<\/p>\n

To start, here are 6 free resources that we recommend to help boost your company\u2019s productivity:<\/p>\n

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TEAM COMMUNICATION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Slack<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This instant messaging app made it into MIT’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies<\/a> list because it makes communication between colleagues easy on both desktop and mobile devices.\u00a0The platform\u00a0allows you to segment your messages under different \u201cchannels\u201d so that each person will only see messages that are relevant to their role.<\/p>\n

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SALES<\/strong><\/h3>\n

<\/a>HubSpot Sales<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A powerful tool to send and organize your sales emails, track metrics, and even find new prospects — no more messy inboxes and excel sheets!<\/p>\n

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Email Hunter<\/a>\"icon_hunter_1\"<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

You no longer have to waste time and guess email addresses because this gem lets you find email addresses associated with any company\u2019s website, including LinkedIn.<\/p>\n

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TRADE SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

myfairtool<\/a><\/span>\"icon_myfairtool\"<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

You can budget your trade show costs, scan business cards, capture leads, follow-up, and analyze your performance — a great solution to boost your trade show ROI. Even better? Our readers get free access to the tool here!<\/p>\n

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SOCIAL MEDIA<\/strong>
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Buffer<\/span><\/a>\"icon_buffer_1\"<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Buffer is a good content management tool; you can easily schedule and plan new posts across your Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, Google+, and Pinterest pages in one platform.<\/p>\n

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DESIGN<\/strong>
\n\"icon_canva\"<\/a>Canva<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s super easy to design beautiful graphics, documents, and presentations with Canva even if you have no design background or experience with Photoshop!<\/p>\n

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What other frustrations do you have about how the heavy industry operates? Let us\u00a0know — we\u2019d love to explore those topics more in the\u00a0future!<\/em><\/p>\n

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to receive tips and insights about productivity, procurement, and more!<\/em><\/p>\n

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If you want to have more information or you want to share your opinion, contact us at info@steelavailable.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please note that you might be interested in the other productivity-related articles:<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u2022 <\/b>Productivity is never an accident<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u2022 <\/b>Leaders win through logistics<\/a><\/p>\n

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We are Steel Available<\/a>, an online supplier relationship management and sourcing platform\u00a0connecting suppliers and buyers\u00a0from the heavy industry. We are developing the first ecosystem in the heavy industry. It allows clients to efficiently manage and automate their supply chains using web-based tools and services. Our goal is to reduce the hidden risk in value chains. We do it by providing the information that matters, from compliance to quality assurance, creating value for all stakeholders.<\/p>\n

To get more information you can\u00a0download our brochure<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Written by:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Diane de Beaudrap<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sales & Marketing Director @Steel Available<\/a><\/p>\n

diane@steelavailable.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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