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SOCIAL INFLUENCERS SHARE THE TOOLS THAT HELP THEM KEEP THEIR EDGE

Faster, Leaner Productivity.

SCHEDULING

Rachel Foster
Fresh Perspective Copywriting
@CopywriterTO

I use TimeTrade to schedule appointments. The software lets you place a link on your website or in an email to direct people to your calendar so they can schedule an appointment with you. TimeTrade notifies you when someone schedules an appointment and puts it in both of your calendars. I conduct lots of interviews when I’m writing case studies and white papers for my clients, and TimeTrade saves me up to two hours a week in back-and-forth coordination. http://dlvr.it/T6hjQ

MEETINGS

Russ Henneberry
Tiny and Mighty
@russhenneberry

GoToMeeting has literally changed the way I work. I am able to create meetings for up to 15 people with a conference line and it gives me the ability to view anyone’s computer screen. I use it for demos, training, marketing webinars and troubleshooting clients websites. While I realize that it is still critical to meet with people in person, I never realized how inefficient it was to travel for meetings. In my estimation, GoToMeeting has doubled my output.  http://dlvr.it/T6hp5

PROJECT TEMPLATES

Doug Kessler
Velocity Partners
@Dougkessler

Econsultancy’s project templates are fantastic. For anyone who doesn’t know this digital marketing community, you’re in for a surprise. It’s packed with great content and reports, including pre-built templates that detail all the components of a successful web or digital marketing project (examples include web development, email marketing and brand analysis, among many others). I use them to guide my client agreements and to document our internal processes.  http://dlvr.it/T6j9H

FASTER ALL OVER

Katie McCaskey
Katie McCaskey LLC
@KatieMcCaskey

TextExpander ($35) gives Mac users the ability to set keyboard shortcuts for phrases you type frequently. For example, “Please review the attached proposal,” can be reduced to characters you set, such as “prp”. TextExpander measures how many hours you’ve saved, too.  http://dlvr.it/T6jC3