Beyond the commonplace tools (Google Spreadsheets, Dropbox, Evernote, Google Apps, etc) and the obvious (Contactually!) – I’ve listed out some tools that I use daily, if not multiple times daily, to assist me.
- Trello – We use Trello to organize anything we’re working on – from product feedback to ideas to my personal to-do list.
- Join.me – This is our go-to conference + screensharing application. It’s so incredibly simple to share your screen, get someone to join the conference, and pass control around, it’s a great example of power through simplicity.
- LetterFeed – Every day, you’ll get a digest of what changed in the Google Spreadsheets you have access to. It gives me some great insights that I may not otherwise know. You have to see for yourself.
- Mention – Mention goes deep and delivers mentions of Contactually that I wouldn’t have found otherwise via Google Alerts or Twitter.
- Intercom – Intercom is a great tool for your application in general, but what I specifically use and love it for is the morning email, which gives me some idea of who signed up yesterday.
- CloudApp – This tool has become so interwoven into our team that the rare time it’s down, you can hear groans and curses in our office. Not only can you easily capture a screenshot and get a shareable link (for dropping in a bug ticket, email, chat), but you can very easily share a file just by dropping a file onto the icon in the toolbar. More recently I’ve been using Skitch for screenshots too, as it adds the ability to annotate screenshots.
- Omnigraffle – As product leader, I <3 Omnigraffle. <3 it.
- Alfred – If you have a Mac, use this to replace spotlight. Cmd + Spacebar and you can do anything you want. I primarily use it for finding files, opening applications, and performing some quick math.
- Buffer – I use buffer personally and love it.
- Signals – Who opened my email?
- Boomerang – Primarily for it’s Send Later functionality, I also use it when I want to ensure I get a response on something.
- Currently – Currently provides a more attractive + useful blank tab experience for Chrome.
Great list – I’d never heard of some of these. You use Trello over Asana? Will need to look at Mention – sounds Workstreamer-ish
Great post. Instead of Alfred, try Quicksilver, much more functionality I think
@Jonathan I had tried Quicksilver when it came out – just never really worked for me. Alfred, with some subtle differences, “just works”
@Sam Yeah, We tried Asana, but it never really stuck. Trello’s flexible kanban layout works for us.
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Seems like you missed one important one… how about Contactually?