In today's age, everything is online, your bookkeeping and business management should be no exception.
There are a million apps and sites out there aimed at helping small business owners run their businesses and handle their books. The goal of using technology in this way should be to maximize your efficiency, save you precious time, and eliminate stress.
Here are our Top 5 favorite apps for small business owners
1. QuickBooks Online
Hands down Quickbooks Online is the #1 most used accounting software for small businesses today. This cloud-based platform lets you or your accountant access your financials from anywhere, even your cell phone when you're on the go. It makes capturing receipts easy (see our article on the IRS' receipt policy here).
*Send us a message and we can hook you up with a QBO discount code*
2. Canva
Canva is helpful when creating social media posts and advertising campaigns. "Canva offers a user-friendly interface, a wide variety of design templates, and the ability to create professional-looking graphics quickly and easily. It also provides access to a vast library of stock images and fonts"(Digital Scholar).
3. Calendly
Calendly is a tool for scheduling appointments and events. It eliminates the usual back-and-forth emails and messages involved in picking out a time/day that works for all parties. Calendly offers automation, booking, rescheduling, auto-reminders, and more. It even lets you set up an availability schedule so no one ever books outside your free time.
4. Stripe
As a payment processor, Stripe allows business owners to accept payments from most major participants. Businesses can also accept payments from mobile wallets and buy now, pay later services. Stripe even supports payments in a variety of international currencies. Stripe can help boost your sales by giving your customers a variety of ways to pay your business.
5. Gusto
Gusto facilitates payroll for employees and contractors, plus employee benefits, such as health, retirement, and more. The platform even includes extras, such as automated charitable donations and a wallet that helps employees have more control over how and when to use their money (Forbes). Gusto can automatically calculate and sync team hours, PTO, and more.
When you sign up at our accountant referral link here and run your first paid payroll, you'll get a $100 Visa gift card. If your business has 10 or more employees you’ll earn a $200 Visa gift card!
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