Amazing Digital Tools you need for Online Business.

Business of any kind in 21st century has evolved from being totally an offline thing to more of online activity.

Any business person in this era who is not well represented in the online space will be beaten out of business easily. 

If you understand that to have a strong presence online will help reach more customers, and also scale up your business, then you must not joke with any digital tool that can aid, your business profitably.

Here is a list of some of the most useful tools you can easily access to help you build and scale your online business.

1. For graphics: Canva and Picsart.

You will need these tools to design social media graphics, presentation, posters, flyers, book covers, Web page and other visual content. It has numerous templates, fonts, and illustrations, effect to use. 

2. For stock pictures; Unsplash, Pexel, Pixabay, Remove.bg 

These tools will get you clear and beautiful picture for your post. You can get any picture to support any product or brand.

3. For Video editing look for: Inshot 

Adobe Rush 

Quik

VivaVideo

Edit your videos for social media campaigns 

4. Online meeting

For having video chat with a group of people in different locations. Online meeting, conference, seminars online training, webinar, etc; these tools will be useful:

Zoom 

Skype

Google hangouts

Webex

Microsoft teams

Podio.

5. Productivity and time management.

This category of tools help in managing events, scheduling appointments and reminder of work each day. They help in managing projects and tasks. 

Calendly

Trello 

Phone alarm.

6. Payment gateway.

To receive money from customers online easily without disclosing your bank details and you can receive payment from foreign customers. 

PayPal

Stripe

Paystack  

Payooneer.

7. Autoresponder and e-mail marketing.

List building has become so important for anyone who wants to survive in the online space today. And email marketing is one of the ways to build your list of ideal customers, and deliver amazing content to get then to trust you before you sell. These tools will be useful for that purpose.

Mailchimp

Convert kit 

Send form

8. Cloud storage.

To avoid losing your files on your phone and PC. You can start saving them in the cloud. This can also help you sync your files between devices. You can prepare a document at home and save it in the cloud then go to the office and access the file without going around with your PC everywhere. Some popular cloud storage tools include:

Google Drive 

Dropbox

iCloud

One drive

9. URL shortner.

There are needs to shorten your long links that filled with a stretch of letters that are difficult to remember. You can convert to a short alternative for free using these tools:

bit.ly 

rebrand.ly 

10. Social media management.

To manage accounts in social networks, schedule posts to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. Monitor all your channels. These digital tools are most useful:

Buffer  

Hootsuite 

HubSpot.com

Planoly.com