[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":330},["ShallowReactive",2],{"schema:\u002Fblog\u002Fonline-tools-for-running-your-business":3},{"elements":4,"system":325},{"post__title":5,"post__summary":9,"post__content":12,"post__author":106,"post__reviewer":178,"splash_title":182,"splash_subtitle":185,"publish_date":188,"updated_date":192,"url":194,"read_time":197,"tags":200,"seo__meta_title":203,"seo__meta_description":205,"seo__add_no_index_tag":207,"seo__canonical_url":210,"related_articles":212,"categories":216,"hero_image":266,"mobile_hero_image":278,"thumbnail_image":287,"show_on_index_page":296,"hide_splash":302,"hide_author":306,"hide_reviewer":310,"hide_tags":313,"show_jump_links":317,"featured":321},{"name":6,"type":7,"value":8},"Title","text","Top online tools to make running your business easier ",{"name":10,"type":7,"value":11},"Summary","Take advantage of these free online resources that could benefit your business and make your life easier. ",{"images":13,"linkedItemCodenames":14,"linkedItems":23,"links":102,"name":103,"type":104,"value":105},[],[15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22],"faed9d78_a109_01c1_fa37_2735ac1efaf0","n8fdebb70_b611_017c_eec1_e0e9e8300042","n34f22c93_230a_0149_c3fb_c87d8d39c8a2","n723d0ac9_54d9_01ab_9760_6e148792ab71","n69f863e8_a849_01b1_8709_748bb9081eac","n5f9a2d9a_8ada_018e_a063_cf879654251e","eab9be7c_596a_0187_7450_a0d1dd321e97","n1dc86130_c605_011e_8d39_af9e3142d2cc",[24,39,48,57,66,75,84,93],{"elements":25,"system":32},{"text":26,"anchor_id":29},{"name":27,"type":7,"value":28},"Text","7 online tools to help you run your business \n",{"name":30,"type":7,"value":31},"Anchor ID","7-online-tools-to-help-you-run-your-business \n",{"codename":15,"collection":33,"id":34,"language":33,"lastModified":35,"name":34,"sitemapLocations":36,"type":37,"workflowStep":38,"workflow":38},"default","faed9d78-a109-01c1-fa37-2735ac1efaf0","2022-07-07T09:58:00.202124Z",[],"anchor_tag",null,{"elements":40,"system":45},{"text":41,"anchor_id":43},{"name":27,"type":7,"value":42},"1. The project management tool",{"name":30,"type":7,"value":44},"monday-com",{"codename":16,"collection":33,"id":46,"language":33,"lastModified":35,"name":46,"sitemapLocations":47,"type":37,"workflowStep":38,"workflow":38},"8fdebb70-b611-017c-eec1-e0e9e8300042",[],{"elements":49,"system":54},{"text":50,"anchor_id":52},{"name":27,"type":7,"value":51},"2. The note-taking tool ",{"name":30,"type":7,"value":53},"evernote",{"codename":17,"collection":33,"id":55,"language":33,"lastModified":35,"name":55,"sitemapLocations":56,"type":37,"workflowStep":38,"workflow":38},"34f22c93-230a-0149-c3fb-c87d8d39c8a2",[],{"elements":58,"system":63},{"text":59,"anchor_id":61},{"name":27,"type":7,"value":60},"3. The productivity tool",{"name":30,"type":7,"value":62},"trello",{"codename":18,"collection":33,"id":64,"language":33,"lastModified":35,"name":64,"sitemapLocations":65,"type":37,"workflowStep":38,"workflow":38},"723d0ac9-54d9-01ab-9760-6e148792ab71",[],{"elements":67,"system":72},{"text":68,"anchor_id":70},{"name":27,"type":7,"value":69},"4. The storage and sharing tool",{"name":30,"type":7,"value":71},"google-drive ",{"codename":19,"collection":33,"id":73,"language":33,"lastModified":35,"name":73,"sitemapLocations":74,"type":37,"workflowStep":38,"workflow":38},"69f863e8-a849-01b1-8709-748bb9081eac",[],{"elements":76,"system":81},{"text":77,"anchor_id":79},{"name":27,"type":7,"value":78},"5. The social media tool",{"name":30,"type":7,"value":80},"hootsuite",{"codename":20,"collection":33,"id":82,"language":33,"lastModified":35,"name":82,"sitemapLocations":83,"type":37,"workflowStep":38,"workflow":38},"5f9a2d9a-8ada-018e-a063-cf879654251e",[],{"elements":85,"system":90},{"text":86,"anchor_id":88},{"name":27,"type":7,"value":87},"6. The organisational tool",{"name":30,"type":7,"value":89},"sidekick",{"codename":21,"collection":33,"id":91,"language":33,"lastModified":35,"name":91,"sitemapLocations":92,"type":37,"workflowStep":38,"workflow":38},"eab9be7c-596a-0187-7450-a0d1dd321e97",[],{"elements":94,"system":99},{"text":95,"anchor_id":97},{"name":27,"type":7,"value":96},"7. The accounting tool",{"name":30,"type":7,"value":98},"brightbook",{"codename":22,"collection":33,"id":100,"language":33,"lastModified":35,"name":100,"sitemapLocations":101,"type":37,"workflowStep":38,"workflow":38},"1dc86130-c605-011e-8d39-af9e3142d2cc",[],[],"Content","rich_text","\u003Cp>At \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002F\">Bionic\u003C\u002Fa>, we&nbsp;know running a business can be tough and time-consuming. But it doesn’t always have to be - the tech is out there to help increase productivity and make&nbsp;those day-to-day tasks a little bit easier to manage. And the best part is, most of them are free.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Communication with your team, note-taking, project management, social media scheduling and accounting can all be made&nbsp;simpler&nbsp;with easy-to-use apps, programs and online resources.&nbsp;And while the tech does some of the heavy lifting, you can&nbsp;get back to running your business or maybe enjoy some much-needed free time.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"faed9d78_a109_01c1_fa37_2735ac1efaf0\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Ch2>7&nbsp;online tools to&nbsp;help you run your business&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Check out&nbsp;Bionics'&nbsp;pick of the best free tools to aid your business and start enjoying a&nbsp;more&nbsp;efficient&nbsp;way of working.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"n8fdebb70_b611_017c_eec1_e0e9e8300042\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Ch3>1.&nbsp;The project management tool\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Monday.com&nbsp;is a popular project management site that could be&nbsp;really&nbsp;beneficial to your business&nbsp;and&nbsp;increase&nbsp;your team’s productivity&nbsp;levels.&nbsp;It's easy&nbsp;to use and all members of your team can access it and make changes&nbsp;to project plans&nbsp;they’re&nbsp;working on.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The site itself&nbsp;provides&nbsp;a stellar service to over 100, 000 businesses worldwide and stresses that&nbsp;it’s&nbsp;not like ‘any other project management site’.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monday.com&nbsp;also allows&nbsp;you&nbsp;to&nbsp;track ad campaigns,&nbsp;dig out&nbsp;bugs, and&nbsp;manage video content for your site.&nbsp;You can&nbsp;assign different&nbsp;tasks&nbsp;to&nbsp;other team members&nbsp;and keep track of the progress of each one.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;free to use and you can try it out&nbsp;at&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmonday.com\u002F\">https:\u002F\u002Fmonday.com\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"n34f22c93_230a_0149_c3fb_c87d8d39c8a2\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Ch3>2.&nbsp;The note-taking tool&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Evernote is another great tool to have&nbsp;in&nbsp;your business’s&nbsp;belt. It’s&nbsp;a tech-enhanced&nbsp;way to record ideas and is&nbsp;great for note-taking. Evernote ensures&nbsp;recording information from&nbsp;meetings&nbsp;is&nbsp;so much more&nbsp;efficient.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The&nbsp;app&nbsp;allows you to create notes&nbsp;as&nbsp;text, pictures,&nbsp;audio,&nbsp;or web content.&nbsp;This&nbsp;versatility&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;huge&nbsp;plus point, especially if&nbsp;you or a member of your team works better through visuals rather than traditional note taking. This gives everyone&nbsp;the&nbsp;option&nbsp;to work&nbsp;in&nbsp;the way they feel most comfortable.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evernote&nbsp;is free to use,&nbsp;but if you&nbsp;think you’ll use&nbsp;more than 60MB of note space per month, you may need to upgrade to the paid version.&nbsp;Check out&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fevernote.com\u002F\">Evernote.com\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;to find out more.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"n723d0ac9_54d9_01ab_9760_6e148792ab71\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Ch3>3.&nbsp;The productivity tool\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Trello is&nbsp;the ideal tool for keeping&nbsp;business&nbsp;plans and information in one place.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;essentially an&nbsp;online&nbsp;calendar&nbsp;that&nbsp;you can&nbsp;individually or collaboratively by&nbsp;inviting&nbsp;your team to view and add to it.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can create different boards for different projects and keep all your&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;information in one place, making it easier to keep on track and stay focused.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trello’s free version&nbsp;offers enough for basic planning,&nbsp;but&nbsp;the&nbsp;full version&nbsp;comes with&nbsp;more features, such as&nbsp;arranging&nbsp;your to-do list by colour or add stickers. This helps to make it more&nbsp;obvious what needs doing&nbsp;and&nbsp;when.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some other features of the paid&nbsp;Trello&nbsp;version include:&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n  \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Progress tracking\u003C\u002Fstrong>&nbsp;–&nbsp;This allows you to&nbsp;add task items&nbsp;like&nbsp;‘To-do’, ‘Doing’ and ‘Done’&nbsp;so&nbsp;you can easily monitor&nbsp;the&nbsp;progress you make.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fli>\n  \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>People management\u003C\u002Fstrong>&nbsp;– You can see which&nbsp;tasks your colleagues are currently working on&nbsp;and&nbsp;easily assign jobs and collaborate on projects.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fli>\n  \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Notifications&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fstrong>–&nbsp;You can get notifications that tell you when certain actions are added and completed by&nbsp;your&nbsp;colleagues.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>You can try the free version&nbsp;at&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftrello.com\u002Fen-GB\">Trello.com\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"n69f863e8_a849_01b1_8709_748bb9081eac\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Ch3>4.&nbsp;The storage and sharing tool\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>As you’d expect with anything developed by the search giant,&nbsp;Google Drive&nbsp;is&nbsp;one of the most popular ways to store information&nbsp;and has become invaluable to businesses across the globe.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the more user-friendly cloud storage systems,&nbsp;Google Drive is&nbsp;essentially an&nbsp;online filing cabinet where you can upload and share your documents with your team or&nbsp;colleagues.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It ensures all documents and projects are kept safe in the same place and&nbsp;it’s&nbsp;simple to go back in and edit via the system.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;also free to use, which is a bonus but if you&nbsp;require&nbsp;more than the standard amount of storage, then you do need to pay&nbsp;a little extra.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are&nbsp;several&nbsp;other&nbsp;Google tools&nbsp;aside from&nbsp;Google Drive&nbsp;that are handy for businesses though.&nbsp;If you’re used to using Microsoft Office tools,&nbsp;Google Docs,&nbsp;Google Sheets, and Google Slides will all look familiar.&nbsp;And Google Drive offers an&nbsp;effective way&nbsp;to make, save and share documents with ease. You can create presentations and spreadsheets too, which is&nbsp;a useful&nbsp;option&nbsp;to have&nbsp;if you often have team meetings.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the nature of your business requires you to share a lot of documents,&nbsp;perhaps with&nbsp;people in&nbsp;different locations&nbsp;or who are&nbsp;working&nbsp;remotely&nbsp;then&nbsp;Google&nbsp;Drive can help make this easier.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Find out more&nbsp;at&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.google.com\u002Fintl\u002Fen-GB\u002Fdrive\u002F\">Google\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"n5f9a2d9a_8ada_018e_a063_cf879654251e\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Ch3>5.&nbsp;The social media tool\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>A tried-and-tested&nbsp;social media&nbsp;scheduling&nbsp;app, Hootsuite&nbsp;allows you to take control of&nbsp;your social media marketing strategy and line posts up for the weeks ahead.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Operating all your social accounts from the one place can&nbsp;free up a lot of time, especially if&nbsp;you&nbsp;dedicate&nbsp;a block of&nbsp;time&nbsp;at the start of each week or month to set up your social posts.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If&nbsp;you&nbsp;prefer to work more on the fly and need to&nbsp;come up with&nbsp;content ideas and&nbsp;post&nbsp;every day,&nbsp;using&nbsp;apps&nbsp;like&nbsp;Hootsuite make it easy to get all your posts&nbsp;scheduled&nbsp;in one go&nbsp;so you&nbsp;don’t&nbsp;have to worry about them&nbsp;throughout the day.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hootsuite&nbsp;is also&nbsp;really easy&nbsp;to use and&nbsp;allows you to efficiently&nbsp;manage multiple social media accounts from one place. You can link your business&nbsp;Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts&nbsp;and view&nbsp;all&nbsp;scheduled&nbsp;and live&nbsp;posts.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;free to use, but there is a cap on how many accounts you can link. If you&nbsp;need to link&nbsp;more&nbsp;accounts then&nbsp;you may need to upgrade to the paid version.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another&nbsp;great feature&nbsp;in Hootsuite is its&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;tracking, you can see what keywords are working well and attracting more traffic,&nbsp;which is&nbsp;handy&nbsp;moving forward with your social marketing plan.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Visit the&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsignuptoday.hootsuite.com\u002Femea-uk-pro-sem-branded-test-2\u002F?utm_source=google&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwsqmEBhDiARIsANV8H3ZmpNd8bDR-F7-au9UCst-NZssNfFuFFsbqNtbEMTzs5Rx84bgsqFkaAsdaEALw_wc)\">Hootsuite&nbsp;website\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;to sign up&nbsp;or enquire about how it can aid your business.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"eab9be7c_596a_0187_7450_a0d1dd321e97\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Ch3>6.&nbsp;The organisation tool\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Sidekick&nbsp;could be your new wingman&nbsp;if you have trouble keeping your browser&nbsp;organised. If your tabs are out of control, browser windows all over the place, and desktop apps don't integrate well with the rest of your work on the web, Sidekick can help.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>&nbsp;The app&nbsp;can be&nbsp;easily&nbsp;added to&nbsp;your business&nbsp;e-mail accounts, regardless of&nbsp;whether you&nbsp;use&nbsp;Outlook, Gmail or Hotmail&nbsp;- all&nbsp;can be integrated&nbsp;with no hassle.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sidekick&nbsp;offers a range of useful&nbsp;features, including:&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n  \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Email tracking\u003C\u002Fstrong>&nbsp;– This&nbsp;option&nbsp;allows you to see when recipients open e-mails&nbsp;you’ve&nbsp;sent&nbsp;and&nbsp;also&nbsp;if they click any links inside the e-mails.&nbsp;This can be&nbsp;useful&nbsp;if you are wanting an insight into&nbsp;customer&nbsp;engagement or statistics on the&nbsp;content you are producing.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fli>\n  \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Contact profiles&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fstrong>– Sidekick&nbsp;can also pull&nbsp;information about a&nbsp;chosen&nbsp;e-mail address from around the&nbsp;web&nbsp;and&nbsp;can&nbsp;compile it into an easy-to-read profile.&nbsp;This profile can include information on a&nbsp;contact’s location, professional&nbsp;history&nbsp;and&nbsp;phone number.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>To find out more, go to&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.meetsidekick.com\u002F\">Sidekick.com\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"n1dc86130_c605_011e_8d39_af9e3142d2cc\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Ch3>7.&nbsp;The accounting tool\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>BrightBook&nbsp;offers&nbsp;free accounting and bookkeeping software.&nbsp;It's&nbsp;simple to&nbsp;use and&nbsp;helps&nbsp;businesses&nbsp;manage&nbsp;revenue&nbsp;simply and&nbsp;effectively.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With&nbsp;BrightBook&nbsp;you can&nbsp;log bills&nbsp;and&nbsp;payments,&nbsp;create&nbsp;and send invoices&nbsp;and&nbsp;also&nbsp;manage the status of transactions.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s user-friendly&nbsp;and&nbsp;you&nbsp;don’t&nbsp;need any sort of accounting experience to use&nbsp;it. BrightBook&nbsp;was created to be a lifeline for&nbsp;business owners&nbsp;who&nbsp;didn’t&nbsp;know much about&nbsp;bookkeeping&nbsp;but needed to manage cash flow properly.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To see how BrightBook can help you, visit&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmybrightbook.com\u002F\">mybrightbook.com\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cstrong>Choose the right tools for your business\u003C\u002Fstrong>&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Being a Bionic business is about more than switching&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-energy\u002F\">business energy\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;or sorting your next&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-connectivity\u002Fbusiness-broadband\u002F\">business broadband\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;deal with our tech-enabled experts. It’s about working smarter&nbsp;and using tech to increase productivity.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are a lot of&nbsp;effective&nbsp;online tools out there designed with small businesses&nbsp;like yours&nbsp;in mind. Many&nbsp;of these tools are&nbsp;available for free&nbsp;or at least have options that allow you to try for a period to see if they can help your business.&nbsp;It’s a good idea to try out a few first and then choose the ones that work best, especially if you need to use the paid versions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And don't forget that switching business essentials with Bionic is a quick and easy way to save time and money. Call \u003Cstrong>0800 077 3615\u003C\u002Fstrong> to talk to our experts about energy, insurance, connectivity or finance products.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"name":107,"type":108,"value":109,"linkedItems":111},"Author","modular_content",[110],"author___chloe_bell",[112],{"elements":113,"system":171},{"name":114,"title":117,"linkedin":119,"twitter":122,"intro":125,"body":132,"slug":139,"image":143,"seo__meta_title":155,"seo__meta_description":158,"seo__add_no_index_tag":161,"seo__canonical_url":168},{"name":115,"type":7,"value":116},"Name","Chloë Bell",{"name":6,"type":7,"value":118},"Content Journalist",{"name":120,"type":7,"value":121},"Linkedin Address","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Fchlo%C3%AB-ivy-lily-bell-183658162\u002F",{"name":123,"type":7,"value":124},"Twitter Address","https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Fbionic_business",{"images":126,"linkedItemCodenames":127,"linkedItems":128,"links":129,"name":130,"type":104,"value":131},[],[],[],[],"Intro","\u003Cp>Chloe has a passion for reading, writing and anything creative. 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