{"id":461410,"date":"2021-01-18T12:59:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T10:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=461410"},"modified":"2021-01-18T12:59:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T10:59:46","slug":"the-best-productivity-tools-for-your-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/461410\/the-best-productivity-tools-for-your-small-business\/","title":{"rendered":"The best productivity tools for your small business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the COVID-19 pandemic has hurt many South African businesses, it has also opened new opportunities for entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>These new opportunities have also provided scope for existing businesses to adjust or expand their current offerings.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vodacombusiness.co.za\/business\/sme\/smart-productivity-solutions?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article%20January\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here to learn more about Vodacom Business SMART productivity solutions.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vodacom Business understands that businesses are looking for technologies that can help them get a leg up in the new normal, and has an extensive range of SMART productivity solutions that can help them achieve this.<\/p>\n<p>These productivity solutions are detailed below.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Microsoft Office 365<\/h3>\n<p>Microsoft Office 365 is the perfect suite of tools for the modern business.<\/p>\n<p>It includes a great operating system, enterprise-grade security tools, and critical productivity apps such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.<\/p>\n<p>Priced from just R82 per month, Microsoft Office 365 is the perfect tool to modernise your business.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Microsoft Teams Voice Breakout<\/h3>\n<p>The national lockdown has highlighted how crucial it is to have an Internet-based, cloud-hosted PBX solution.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Teams is a popular tool for this purpose, offering high-quality video calling for small and large groups alike, and is included as a key part of the Microsoft Teams Voice Breakout solution offered by Vodacom Business.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Teams Voice Breakout also unifies other critical PBX tools such as calling, chat, meetings, calendar, web conferencing, and email.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, this solution offers PBX features such as auto attendant, call hunting, voicemail, and direct dialing \u2013 all\u00a0 available from as little as R20 per user per month.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Fiskl<\/h3>\n<p>Your small business needs a simple yet comprehensive invoicing solution that keeps your finances running seamlessly.<\/p>\n<p>Fiskl is the answer as it enables you to capture expenses, track hours, and invoice your clients through an easy-to-use mobile or web app.<\/p>\n<p>The app also allows you to log mileage by integrating tracking via Google Maps, and you can pre-set your mileage rates to ensure automatic billing takes place.<\/p>\n<p>You can get Fiskl now from just R65 per month.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">AWS Virtual Server<\/h3>\n<p>If you need a server solution, AWS virtual servers should be one of your top considerations.<\/p>\n<p>These offer the ability to keep websites, web applications, blogs, ecommerce sites, and other software instances running and secure.<\/p>\n<p>AWS Virtual Servers are available to your small business from just R68 per month.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Google Workspace<\/h3>\n<p>Google products have become a core part of the day-to-day operations of most businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Google Workspace allows you to access popular Google tools and products &#8211;\u00a0 including Gmail, Docs, Drive, and Calendar &#8211; in one place.<\/p>\n<p>Google Workspace lets you work from anywhere, on any device, and even offline.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">OneNet Business<\/h3>\n<p>Telephony systems are moving from traditional landlines to cloud-based solutions.<\/p>\n<p>One Net Business combines fixed and cellphone services into a single product, making it easier to access and answer all calls from one platform.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vodacombusiness.co.za\/business\/sme\/smart-productivity-solutions?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article%20January\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here to learn more about Vodacom Business SMART productivity solutions.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom Business understands that businesses are looking for technologies that can help them get a leg up in the new normal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":461412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[27,1712],"class_list":["post-461410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-vodacom","tag-vodacom-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461410"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461712,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461410\/revisions\/461712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}