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Running a small business from a smartphone [infographic]

Categories: Applications, Infographic
By: , IntoMobile
Friday, February 22nd, 2013 at 2:25 AM

Roughly a third of American small business owners use smartphones to manage their companies, performing tasks such as banking and customer relationship management. But which smartphone apps are best for you as a small business owners?

A new infographic, prepared by SalesForce Desk, goes through the most popular mobile apps used by small business. Here’s the quick rundown:

  • Financial management: Quickbooks, Mint.com and Office Time.
  • File storage: – Box.net, Dropbox and (we would add) MediaFire.
  • Document editing: Evernote (which is also used for note-taking) and Documents To Go. Plus, let’s not forget GDrive.
  • Communication: Skype and Webex.
  • Customer support: Desk.com and Get Satisfaction Mobile.
  • Monetary transactions: Square, Google Wallet, PayPal (we’ve added that).

And here’s the infographic with additional details…

Running a small business from a smartphone

About The Author

Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

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