5 remote tools to boost productivity
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5 T O O L S T O H E L P R U N Y O U R B U S I N E S S A N Y W H E R E
TA K I N G I T M O B I L E
Over a fifth of Americans worked from home last year. While it provides benefits such as a stress-free environment and increased flexibility, it does leave one question on the table: What’s the best way to stay connected and organized?
Luckily there’s more than a few tools to help you maximize your at-home work efforts! First up is…
B A S E C A M P
• Keeps everyone on the same page
• Easy-to view project goals cater to each role
• Allows managers and staff to see progress of projects
J O I N . M E
• Excellent for remote contact
• Allows you to connect with audio and video options
• As a webapp, it does not require any downloads
T R E L L O
• Eliminates the clutter that comes with email threads and spreadsheets
• Great for tracking a project visually
• Easy to see completion time for a project and pending assignments
P I N G D O M
• Awesome tool for site monitoring
• You can see response time instantly
• If something goes awry, you’ll be the first to know
E X P R E S S V P N
• A VPN is a “Virtual Private Network”
• This software makes setting one up very easy
• Useful when traveling to countries with limited internet access