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WUNDERLIST
With a plethora of ‘list’ apps on the market, you may already be using one, but let us stop you now, because Wunderlist is, quite frankly, the best to-do list app out there. Getting started is simple, yet the more you explore, the more features you find. Forward emails, arrange related items in folders to keep them organised, add due dates and attachments, and get notifications via emails, in-app messages and more. The clever bit is that your lists can be shared with others, meaning better communication and a clearer way of working on more complex projects. You can assign tasks to others as required, and a comments system allows your team to discuss the latest issues.
This is the best one-stop social media manager app on the market right now. It enables professional users to create, schedule and track the performance of all their social media posts from one place. Scheduling is ultra-flexible, with the ability to set up different date and posting times for each of your social media accounts. Posts can be created in your spare time, then added to the program’s queue with Buffer automatically publishing them according to each account’s schedule (it’s more simple than it sounds, honestly). Its analytics allow for tracking metrics including clicks, likes, shares, comments, re-tweets and more, helping you better understand which posts work for you – as well as enabling you to improve your social media reach in the future.
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By Juliette Wills
TRELLO
This is a smartly designed service for managing, organising and sharing everything from simple todos to major project-management tasks. By dragging ‘cards’ onto a Trello board, you’ll be able to represent single tasks for each one with priorities and deadlines attached. The cards can also serve as more substantial checklists, with attached files and pictures, containing hyperlinks to point somewhere else. It’s also useful for organising things outside of work such as holidays, family get-togethers and even as an ideas board for birthday gifts – yours or someone else’s!
I’m good at a lot of things, but driving without a navigation app isn’t one of them. I was born the wrong way around as well as upside down, so it’s little wonder that I still have zero sense of direction and panic if I have to drive somewhere unfamiliar. At least, I felt like this until I discovered Waze, a superb navigation and travel app that does more than tell you where you’re going. It’s honestly changed my life. You can see how to best avoid construction and traffic jams, and you’re presented with several routes according to those factors. It’ll tell you where the nearest petrol station or coffee shop is, and you can also help other drivers by reporting things like accidents to the app, so they know what areas to avoid. Because you have it on your phone, it also avoids the problem of having to hide your satnav system from potential thieves every time you park your car.
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