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As an SME, remaining digitally present is of the utmost importance if your business is going to thrive and facilitate growth.

In our electronically driven era, most people will go online to gauge information about products and services that they are interested in, so having a strong online presence is going to help your business grow as well as ensuring that you remain competitive and keep attracting new custom.

It’s estimated that 2.5 billion people will be using smartphones by 2019, so engaging with apps is also important if an SME is going to be successful.

Read on to find out about five of the best apps for SMEs at present.


NowFloats

For most consumer-focused businesses, setting up an online store is imperative if they are going to increase their sales and stay ahead of the competition. Luckily, technology firm NowFloats makes this possible and can help companies by taking care of all of their online needs. Whether it’s helping them to achieve an online presence, ensuring they meet SEO requirements or helping them to find relevant leads for content updates, NowFloats can help SMEs get to where they need to be online.


Shopmatic   

Founded in 2014, Shopmatic’s headquarters are in Singapore but also has offices in Gurgaon and Bangalore, India. The international e-commerce company has been launched to help business owners sell their products and services online. From developing a cutting-edge web store to listing their business on social media channels, Shopmatic ensures that businesses effectively manage everything that they need to in order to grow their business.


Podio

As an SME, one of the most important things that you can do is stay on top of your projects and tasks. Podio is a useful app that helps you to effectively manage leads and clients, diary dates and expenses, ensuring that you always stay on top of things and don’t let anything slip your mind when the workload is piling up.


Bufferapp

Effective and timely posting on your social media channels can help you to increase engagement and grow your brand, and with the use of this app you can ensure that your posts are always sent out at the right time. Bufferapp will schedule tweets and updates for you at the most opportune times while you continue with other pressing tasks.


Gratitude

Sometimes a little bit of reflection at the end of the working day is all you need to ensure that your mindset stays positive. Gratitude helps with this by encouraging users to write down five good things that have happened throughout the day. 

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Running a small to medium-sized business can take its toll on your health, as any business owner knows all too well. The stresses and strains of taking responsibility for the key  decisions of your company and mounting pressures on smaller business owners can add up to bad news for your wellbeing.
While the pressure can be immense, there are steps that you can take in order to alleviate stress and ensure you don’t compromise your health in the name of success at work.
Schedule Your Sleep

If you aren’t sleeping enough you probably aren’t functioning to the best of your ability professionally, either. Sleep deprivation can creep up on the owners of SMEs with little warning, but the small compromises on your time will soon bleed into other areas of your life if you don’t set the appropriate boundaries. Aim to get a minimum of 6-8 hours sleep each night, and to wake and go to bed at roughly the same time each morning and night, including during the weekend. You’ll soon see the positive results of proactively taking charge of your own sleeping patterns.


Adopt a Healthy Lifestyle

Consider your food choices as the fuel you use to power you through the day’s activities. No machine can keep running on the wrong fuel so make deliberate healthy choices which aren’t governed merely by convenience. After a long day at the office it might be tempting to slump on the sofa with a takeaway, but you’re better served by taking charge of some meal preparation which helps you function better during the day and sleep better by night. Aim to incorporate regular exercise at least three times a week which can also help to boost mood and lessen stress.


Understand Your Finances

Ensure all financial decisions made by your company are carefully considered. Gather together all the information you need to get a full and complete picture of your SMEs financial state. Even if there is room for improvement, it is better to know than to bury your head in the sand, and avoiding seeing the numbers in black and white will only cause more stress.


Make Conscious Plans

Once you’ve discovered your true financial position, you can now begin to make deliberate and rationally-led plans. Ensuring you remain healthy – and your company’s finances don’t take a hit – is more intertwined than you might think; and a healthy, well-rested individual is in a much better position to plot the right course of action in the years ahead.

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