Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce Tech Talk - Best Apps for Business

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1. Lunch & Learn Tech Talk
 Best Apps for Business Dave Hyndman
 February 3, 2016
2. Agenda • Cloud, SaaS • Office Apps, Documents & Files • Communications • Accounting, Invoicing, Payments • Point of Sale • CRM • Internet-enabled Devices • A Few Others • Integrations … Internet Glue
3. About Me www.linkedin.com/in/davehyndman
4. Cloud, SaaS • Cloud: one of the biggest technology developments … ever • No servers • Inexpensive … or free • Flexible, scalable pricing • Most are web & mobile • Integrations & APIs • Apps talk to each other • e.g. Nimble CRM • IFTTT & Zapier
5. • Email, Spreadsheets, Docs, Presentations, Calendar … • Collaboration, Multi-user Edit • Examples • Shared Spreadsheet - Daily P&L • Forms - easy data collection • Office 365 subscriptions can include your desktop licenses of Office • approx. $5 / user / month
6. Files, Documents • Get to all your files from anywhere, on any device, and share them with anyone • Documents in the Cloud • Sync / Backup • Mostly invisible • Share, collaborate • Way better than emailing docs back and forth • Great for large files, videos • On all devices • Magic !!
7. Team communications • Team communication for the 21st century • Replace (a lot of) your email • Internal Instant Messaging • Shared with everyone … or private • Channels • Private Channels • Direct Messages • Searchable • Everywhere: Mac, Windows, Web, Mobile • Lots of integrations • Free (for most)
8. Accounting • Xero is online accounting software for your small business • Multi-user • You • Managers, Employees • Bookkeeper • Accountant • Invoicing • Online Payments • Connected to your bank
9. Invoicing • Online invoicing • Recurring billing • Online payments
10. Online Payments • Actually marketed to developers • A “back-end” service, used by Xero, Freshbooks • Easy, online setup • Have you applied for merchant services? • 2.9% + 30¢
11. Point of Sale • Onsite and Mobile • iPad, iPhone, Web • 2.65% / swipe • Next day deposits • Alternative: Lightspeed
12. CRM • Simply Smarter Social CRM
13. Internet-Enabled Devices
14. A Few Others • Websites • E-Commerce • Forms • Social Media
15. Internet Glue • Connect web apps to each other • Connect internet-enabled devices • API: Application Program Interface • A way for apps to talk to each other • If This Than That • Channels, Triggers & Actions
16. Other types of apps,
 areas of business?
17. Thank You Questions? Follow-up? Need Help? dave@davehyndman.com www.linkedin.com/in/davehyndman m: 902-940-0513