Working remotely has some pros and cons. If you appreciate staying at
home and working from your cozy space, it may be an ideal situation for you.
Yet, all the work must be done and you need to track the progress in
your team or do everyday tasks easily. To help you organize time and work or
many other options, we have prepared a list of apps that every remote worker
should use.
1. Yammer
Yammer could be described as a business
social network that is made to stay in
touch with your team and share information. Initially, it is used to
communicate and share an opinion on every level of the company. What is more,
you can use it for individual communication, too. Messaging can be in private
or public and you can comment on previous posts. Also, you can check analytics
to see your work and access.
2. Google Hangouts
Google Hangouts is made to stay connected with your
team and have constant communication. It is specialized in group chats, but you
can also call individuals and use video conferences. The best part about it is
that you can connect all contacts easily and that it is very easy and intuitive
to use. It can also sync with all your devices and provides you with all
conversations you have had before. What is more, you can leave voice messages
if you want.
3. Trello
This app is made to improve collaboration for
remote workers and help you reach team goals. It is widely used as a project
management tool and is very efficient with to-do lists. Also, you can easily
mark the status of a project or task and easily track the progress and tasks of
anyone from your team.
4. WorkflowMax
This app is also made to manage bigger projects
and help you track all jobs that need to be done. All tasks are completely
visible from begging to end and you can track progress or change the due date.
You can also tick completed tasks and write comments on previous work. What is
more, it syncs with all devices so you will always have access to most fresh
information. It is very good with time management and distance reports.
5. Toggl
Google is a very helpful app with time management
that shows you how much time you spend on some task. Initially, it was made to
help freelancers see how much time they invest and are they paid enough for
their work. It will also boost productivity in the team because you can track
the amount of time for each task and show your peers how to work faster.
6. Slack
Slack is another messaging platform that helps
you to communicate in real-time with your colleagues and send messages to your
whole team or individually. You can also form a group chat or share important
documents and keep them organized in one place. What is more, you can track the
status of a task and see what is remaining to do for each user. What is more,
it allows you to share your screen with others and make video calls.
7. Spark
Spark is a very useful app if you use more email
accounts and need to organize them by priority. It has a smart first page that
will show you only important emails. You can snooze some for later or mark them
as unimportant. Among many other possibilities, you can schedule emails to send
them when it is most likely for people to read them or set a reminder to send
or read the desired email. It is completely free for individual use or a
smaller team, but it is a good investment for bigger teams where you don’t have
to bother with emails anymore.
8. Zoom
Zoom is another communication app where you
primarily communicate using video calls for individuals or groups. It also
allows you to chat with the whole group or just one person and have a specific
folder for shared files. It allows you to share your screen with viewers and
control your status. The only problem you may have in the free version is that
it has limited time for meetings and you need to call it again after it is
interrupted. It allows you to host webinars and have voice calls if you won't
use the camera.
9. Google Drive
Google Drive is an amazing tool that allows you
to create or share documents with your team. There you can create private or
shared folders with important documents or shared content. Also, you can keep
all the important documents in one place and organize them easily. What is
more, you can manage them to be visible to others, but so they can't edit them.
It is a cloud app which means that all your devices will be synced in
real-time. It is ideal for real-time collaboration on some documents. It can
even keep your scanned documents so you should use a professional scanner.
10. Calendar
With this simple name, this app combines all your
calendars into one place. You don’t have to check for events on more calendars
since it is synced with all of them in real-time. Also, it doesn’t matter if
you create an event in some of the apps or the Calendar – they will
automatically be synced. You can also check analytics to improve time
management or productivity and help get the transcription of every meeting you
hold.