Whether you’re looking for an impossibly lost toy or figuring out how to make a costume for your child at 10pm for tomorrow morning, mom-lightbulb-moments get us through. And it seems that there are times that a new lightbulb might flicker and you get the idea to start a business. You act on your ideas and boom, a mompreneur is born.
Digital tools are a must for moms who run families and run a business at the same time. The right knowledge, plus the right resources, can make all the difference for a happy business and a happy family life. Here are three you can use right away:
Canva for Business Graphics
Graphic design is more than aesthetics. It’s your way of communicating with your audience, and eventually leads them to become paying customers. Your website, social media pages, and printed materials tell your story and make your business worth noticing.
Canva is a powerful design tool on an easy-to-use platform. Through thousands of templates, you can create any material that looks like it’s professionally done. At a minimal fee of around Php299 per month, you gain access to tools, photos, and templates that create effective design for your audience.
Google Workspace
G Suite has now evolved into Google Workspace. We’re all familiar with Google services. By using Google workplace, you get access to premium features across Google services that help professionalize your business. Whether you’re a one-man team or a flourishing start-up, you can use Google Workspace for customized email addresses, and features that help you consolidate information about your business such as Google Drive, Calendar, Google Meet, and Google Drive.
Paymongo
Once you’ve registered your business, you can set-up a Paymongo account to process payments online. You can professionalize receipt of payments, track sales, and customer records. You can even accept credit card payments which widens your net of prospect clients.
Focus Booster
Being a mompreneur entails a lot of multi-tasking. Focusboosterapp.com helps you group your tasks in chunks using the Pomodoro technique, a technique that involves working in 25-minute spurts, with a five-minute break interval. The free account allows for 20 free sessions a month, a basic pomodoro timer, and a productivity report. The paid plan allows for downloadable reports and client tracking.
Notion
Are you at a point where you have a small team doing amazing things for your business? Notion.so is like a digital office where your team can keep all their files and activities centralized. Notion allows for real-time collaboration, activity charts, and easy editing that makes your team’s work speedy and easy to manage.
BPI BizKo for Financial Management
Receiving payments is a very exciting time for any business owner! Finding clients who appreciate your services (and pay for them) is an unforgettable experience. However, when the nitty gritty details of a business come in, you could set-up yourself for unnecessary stress if you are unprepared to manage your finances.
BPI has launched the BPI BizKo app to help Micro, Small, or Medium Enterprise (MSME) Businesses manage their finances anytime, anywhere. This small but powerful app allows you to monitor your accounts and business milestones, collect payments online, manage payroll for up to 20 employees, and basically feel like you have a whole management team behind you.
The best part? All you need is a BPI account and a small monthly fee ranging from P50 to P100 per month.
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