Today there are lots of options in regards to software and platforms you can use for managing your daily tasks at work. Regardless of which one you choose to use, it’s going to take you some time to adapt, get used to it, and understand how it works. Nevertheless, here are a few that, after the initial learning curve, will help you be more efficient and productive.
 

Slack

DZone says Slack is a great app for team communication. You can use it anywhere you have an iOS and Android connection. It’ll reduce the number of emails your company sends internally. You simply set up “channels” for your various projects, teams, topics, and anything else you find beneficial. Once created it’s easy to navigate between these channels since it uses drag and drop functionality. You can also direct private messages with certain members of your team, share files, comment on files, tag people, and search through your full history with great ease.
 

Chrome

Since everyone needs to use a web browser, there’s no reason not to use Google Chrome - one of the most popular browsers available. This browser has a clean and simple UI. It works quickly and syncs your bookmarks on all your devices. There’s also a huge library of extensions and add-ons available and you can even search directly from your address bar.
 

Spotify

When you need a music service that lets you easily access millions of songs, play your favorite songs, discover new tracks, and build playlists, Spotify is it. There’s a great user interface that makes it easy for you to play music on all your devices. With a premium account you’ll even have access to your music offline.
 

YouTube

There are a lot of great personal and professional reasons to use YouTube today. You’ll find everything here from tutorials and tips from other professionals in the business to seminars you’ve missed. You can also enjoy a few funny videos too. 
 

Skype

This is another tool that’s quite commonly and frequently used, especially if you have a national business or you have clients in different countries. It’s also a great way to have remote employees who can still work in teams. With Skype you’ll have a good connection because it’s regularly updated.
 

Notepad++

G2 Crowd recommends Notepad++ for anyone who needs a good text editor for reviewing source code. It supports several languages in a MS Windows environment with Syntax highlighting and folding, PCRE, customizable GUI, and auto-completion, which is why people consider it the best text editor for enterprise users. You won’t get such a robust editor anywhere else for free. Then when you access the plugin repository you’ll appreciate the myriad of additional features that are available.
 

DocuSign

When you need documents signed easily and quickly for any reason, you need this program. It’ll help you get a signature anytime, anywhere, on any device.
 

DropBox

File storage and sharing is made easy with DropBox. It lets you have your stuff with you all the time, regardless of where you are as long as you have a desktop or laptop computer, or even an Apple tablet or your iPhone.
 

Survey Monkey

Survey Monkey provides web-based survey solutions that millions of companies trust today. They’re using them to gather people’s insights, so they can make better informed decisions. This is a very user-friendly site that allows you to design, implement, and analyze surveys that are both simple and effective.
 

Get Response

When you need to engage in email marketing you need the best web-based email marketing software on your side. This is where Get Response comes in. It can help you as a business owner build permission-based mailing lists, maximize their conversion ratios, increase your profitability, and build customer confidence. The program uses a variety of features to accomplish this. They also offer 24/7 customer support via online chat.
 

Word Press

When it comes to web content management, Word Press has gained a great name for itself. With this web software you can create a beautiful, priceless website or blog for free. This website is surrounded by a great online community too. It’s full of friendly developers who are open and willing to share information.
 

Visual Studio

Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) that’s used in the development of console and graphical user interface applications. These include Windows Forms (a.k.a. WPF applications), web sites, web applications, and web services. Its developer says you can basically solve any software development need with the use of Visual Studio.
 

DialPad

Finances Online says one of the tools you never want to be without is DialPad. This is a relatively new, highly useful web application that helps you improvise and take your business communication to the next level. You can use it to easily communicate with your clients, employees and other businesses via voice-based business phone system. This is very beneficial to your business in several ways including:
 

•        Simplifying cross departmental communication by enabling employees to connect with their colleagues
•       Connecting to your employees from anywhere, at any time since it uses a WiFi carrier for making phone calls
•       High-quality calls so you can rest assured that the unexpected won’t happen
•       Video calling features allow you to provide more hands-on assistance to your staff regardless of their location
•       Call switching is available to help you shift between carriers and from your desktop to smart phone and back again without ever interrupting any calls
•       Useful integrations exist to help you to extract valuable insights from your text and voice communication, so you can address any problems that are related to your business
   

Communicating via SMS and chat on your desktop or mobile device allows you to have discussions with individuals as well as groups, which is very useful when you want to drop a message or inform your colleagues of something that’s going on in real-time

All of this is quite affordable too. This is why businesses of all sizes are making use of DialPad today.