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Top 10 startup toolkit which can enhance your business

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Starting anything is never easy and when it comes to a startup, some really complex thoughts come rushing to us- How to manage teams, HR and Payroll, Communication, Designing posters, Creativity in endeavors, staying ahead of competitors, etc. Having a clear picture and idea is one thing and handling all of the business is yet another. And that is why we are here to give you some interesting must-have tools that will enhance your business for sure. Go on!

With a huge number of applications and software accessible, it’s difficult to figure out which ones are the best ones for your business.

Two parameters are associated with the best software for your business-

  1. Features
  2. Cost-effectiveness

The tool depends on what kind of business you are growing. But we will cover a very wider list.

  1. Cannot afford content mistakes, apply Grammarly – Content is King. A grammar mistake can spoil the credibility of your business. Grammarly comes at the rescue and provides you with not only content free of grammar mistakes but it also does plagiarism check.

    COST – 
    1. The basic version is free.
    1. Explore this page to know more about pricing – https://www.grammarly.com/premium
  1. Draw without hustle, use Canva –  Articles with an image once every 75-100 words tend to get 2X social shares than articles with fewer images. Videos, GIFs, images, are the next big thing in the industry and without this content becomes boring. Having said that, you don’t have to juggle between different photo editors and softwares. Use canvas and draw seamless video content.


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  1. To manage your work, go Trello – Tracking things become really difficult when you are working in a team. These apps provide you with the best support for managing work in the form of tickets. You can divide the work in the form of a pipeline, comment about work on a daily basis, and review other’s work as well.

    This app comes with the functionality of adding a connection with mail. Anything one person does will be reported to others who are involved in that task.

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  1. Communicate using Slack – Replace a lot of communication within your company with a messaging app. Emails are important but for informal information that has not to be stored for the future, slack comes handy. Anyways, throwing a bunch of emojis to your colleagues not only bring a smile on their faces but also lighten up their mood.


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  1. Keep an eye on competitors, use SemRush – If you are growing a company, you have to be always vigilant about your competitor’s techniques not to bring them down but to learn from them.

    Semrush is an all in one marketing toolkit for businesses that help you in carrying out competitor’s research easily and effectively. SemRush’s other prominent services include technical SEO audit of your website, semantic core collection, ideas for generating organic traffic by looking for backlinking opportunities, and lots more.


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  1. Do your analytics with Mixpixel – The main goal of Mixpixel is to track events on your website, product, or app by observing customer/audience behavior. It is more product-oriented than marketing oriented. Along with product managers, it’s used by marketing teams, especially to identify user behavior and optimize funnels.

This tool’s usefulness can be weighted from the fact that you will see counts, trends, which users used them, and in which order.


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  1. Manage Workforce using Gusto – When things come to handling things in a business on a personal level, it can really get messier. Pay Salary, manage employees, manage leave, and attendance of your workforce using Gusto. Trusted by many giants in the market, the pricing of Gusto fits small enterprises as well. 

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  1. Recruit talent inside Recruiterbox: Having a company is like a pipeline and the employees of the company are like water. Every person has a different set of values that he/she adds. In this, depending on the demand of products an inflow and outflow of employees become compulsory.

In the world where a lot of talent is there, there are other not so good people as well. Because of this, finding the right people for your company is difficult. But not with Recruiterbox.

This productive app helps you to create authentic job openings, receive genuine applications, and review the candidates effectively which saves your time and work.

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  1. Social media suits Hootsuite – This list wouldn’t be complete without Hootsuite, the most popular social media marketing management tool among startups. This agile tool can help you manage over 35 social media networks from just one dashboard. With Hootsuite included in your social media marketing mix, there’s no more clutter and missed out opportunities from social networks. Hootsuite saves the day, every day.

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  1. Calendly –  Last but not least, this tool is extra important because it is a powerful scheduling software, easy to use, and simple which aims to save time, accelerate sales, and improve service quality. It eliminates the old-school way of using email for scheduling appointments, calls, interviews, demos, and more.

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Along with using the best tools for your business, you can learn from people who volunteer to teach. They are life saviors, angels who share their life learnings with you. Respect them and follow what they say. Life becomes really easy this way.

GrowthHacker.tv is a place where you can watch interviews of successful entrepreneurs who have made a mark in the digital world and are consistently working to know more. The interview videos play on the website in a loop, which is accessible to guests for free. But if you want to access a video from the past, then you have to signup, which is paid.

There are tons of other tools that can fit your business. It is crucial to have good tools, but it is also crucial that the tools should be used in the right way. Keep experimenting, keep learning, and be dynamic. Remember, everything boils down to this quote-

“If my only tool is a hammer, then every problem is a nail.”

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