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a lot of small businesses were born during lockdown, here are some of free/affordable tools and apps to help you along the way
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ok so you’ve started a business & you now have to create a logo, business card , presentation decks or make your social media pop with some dope templates
Canva is a free graphic design app that helps u create all of that &more. It has variety of different templates for ANYTHING & drag and drop feature which makes it really easy to use. the standard version works well but go pro to access the re-sizing feature
Now need quality images to make your social media, emailers and presentations look good. Unsplash and http://Nappy.Co offer free high res images. Unsplash has a lot of variety on their site except for quality images of black people, I really recommend Nappy & Co for that
Business is pouring in & to keep track of projects use Trello, a free project management tool that enables u to plan, manage tasks & track progress for projects. the visual boards allow you to pack loads of details into them and they’re flexible & shareable.
You’re very busy but that doesn’t mean you need to neglect your socials. Sprout Social & Buffer are there to assist you to plan,upload & schedule your social media content in one go. You can also view analytics from ur pages to see how ur audiences is engaging with ur content.
You have planned and scheduled your posts but you’re worried about what your insta feed is going to look like ,download Preview & Plann to rearrange your posts and curate the best instagram feed. Available on both Android and IOS.
Time to keep in-touch with ur customers by sending them personalized emails or special offers. Mailchimp allows u to create and send emailing campaigns to large a audience (free version is maxed at 2000 contacts) it has a drag & drop email builder which makes it easy to use
*be sure to comply with POPI when your handling your customers personal details*
Ok maybe you don’t have much to say to your audience but you’d like to tell them abt a flash sale or say HBD & stay top of mind .BulkSMS allows you to send SMS’s with over 160 characters,it has an advanced 2way functionality that integrates with multiple platforms meaning cont..
meaning you send texts from your website or any CRM platform using their rest API.
Let’s give your business more credibility and build a website, Wix has a variety of free templates to choose from, you can customize these to suit your business, AGAIN it has a drag and drop feature making it very easy to use.
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