Fridays' Tech Tip with Laura Moreno

Maybe you know by now if you listen to some of my podcasts or follow my blog or social media.

If not, it is my pastime, yes. I find a new tool; I sign up. I play with it and find out possibilities for me, my business and, as a result, for my clients and you.

So today, one tool I discovered while searching to optimise a workflow for a client.

Gmass: it is a service that allows you to send mass emails and emails campaigns inside Gmail.

Tell you more in my latest podcast :-)

In this part 3, I will talk about the essential tools and skills you need to grow and scale your business.

In my last podcast, I talked about the 3 only tools you need when starting a business or test a business idea. 

Today I bring you part 2 of 3 of Tools of Trade in digital tools to empower your business.

There are many digital tools to use.  

Sometimes it is hard to choose which is 'right' and more, which one will work for you. 

So my aim on helping you on making digital tools easy and make them digestive; I'm creating a list of my tools of the trade. 

Actually, I'm creating three different lists because the tools I use maybe not be the tools you need. So depending on the stage of your business and what you should focus on. 

In today episode, I will list the 'starting stage tools'. So if you are starting a business or you have a business idea, and you don't have much time and money to invest, or maybe you have time but no money to invest. 

There are many digital tools to use.  

Sometimes it is hard to choose which is 'right' and more, which one will work for you. 

So my aim on helping you on making digital tools easy and make them digestive; I'm creating a list of my tools of the trade.

Actually, I'm creating three different lists because the tools I use maybe not be the tools you need. So depending on the stage of your business and what you should focus on. 

In today episode, I will list the 'starting stage tools'. So if you are starting a business or you have a business idea, and you don't have much time and money to invest, or maybe you have time but no money to invest. 

Let's make our lives easy with digital tools; how?

Group them! 

#1 Groups your emails accounts

#2 Group your calendars

#3 Groups your bank accounts

To simplify your life, group accounts, email, calendars, bank accounts in one app or account and make the technology for less but better.

Do you consider using shortcuts to speed your workflow?

Do you feel overwhelmed with technology and digital tools?

You are not alone! I feel like that too.

Let me tell you the secret; sometimes we feel overwhelmed as we want to do things quickly, know to an app work since day one and finally, we don't have the patience for it.

So, what you can do about it?

1# Start Small

2# Small steps

3# One thing at the time

Yesterday, while on a call with one of the women networking session, we talked about productivity, tools, and tips.

So in this episode, number 4 already! I bring you three technology tools you can use to help you to be more productive.

Turn off all the notifications in your mobile and laptop/desktop computer, sound and visual notifications while working.

Keep your browser tidy and less distractive using a Chrome or Firefox extension called OneTab.

You can organise these save tabs in groups and rename the group as the project name.

Using Google Keep to keep ideas, things you need to do later, tasks that come to your mind while working. In that way, you will remember them and be out of your mind so they won't distract you ;-)

Tools I mention in the episode:

OneTab Chrome Extension ->

OneTab Firefox Extension ->

Similar to OneTab for Safari - Tabs Saver ->

Google Keep ->

Money!!

Yes, let's talk about money, and as women and women entrepreneurs, this is an issue.

We need to get our finances in 'control' and not in a freak way but in awareness, clever way to know where and how to use our money, and find best ways to use it.

So in today Friday's Tech Tip episode, I talk about money, mindset, and just two exercises with simple technology to track your expenses and be aware of where your money goes.

Tools and apps I talk about in the podcast:

MoneyBoard App (iPhone): https://www.moneyboardapp.com/

Keep App: https://keep.google.com/