Top 10 Productivity Tools For Supreme Time Management

Time is called “God” in many cultures and in a way, time is what makes the whole world go round. In today’s world, everything functions on the basis of time, and hence, utilizing time in the best possible and the most productive way is what differentiates winners from losers, and successful people from unsuccessful ones. But in today’s technologically advanced world, there are various tools and apps that can help us stay ahead of others by managing the time we have at hand in a supreme way, and thereby, coming up triumphs in whatever we do. And with this in mind, here are top 10 productive tools for supreme time management that you can incorporate in your daily lives. Read On...

1. Evernote: The app – Evernote is a very useful app as it comes with a wide range of features. The app Evernote allows the user to save audio and text in the form of texts, organize and save images, set date and time-based reminders, and even save and upload attachments. But the best thing about Evernote is that it allows all of the above to be synced across multiple desktop and mobile devices. Moreover, there is a feature called the “Bookmarklet”, which makes it very easy for the user to clip articles from various web sources and destinations, and save them for reading later.

2. HootSuite: This app is primarily for all those Social Media geeks and masterminds out there. This is because this app enables the user to effortlessly manage all social media accounts of all the social media platforms that he/she is active on. With the help of this app, you can manage and monitor all your social media activities on one single easy-to-use dashboard. This single dashboard enables you to schedule posts, organize your followers, delegate assignments between team members of an organization, and even measure everyone’s performance.

3. Rescue Time: This app/tool helps in tracking what programs and websites you spend your time the most. With the help of this tracking tool, you can get accurate information about where you are spending your time, your most productive hours, your least productive hours, and so on. The tool Rescue Time also enables the user to block websites by offering customized filters. And all this is sure to increase your productivity.

4. ODesk: If a situation arises wherein you need to post a blog but don’t have the time or resources to do it, then ODesk is there to rescue out of such a situation. ODesk is perhaps the best place to hire a freelancer from. Before hiring, you can even check-out the available freelancers’ profile and thereby assess whether he or she is apt for your work. Thus, this tool is something that takes away a lot of load off your head, and thereby gives you ample time to spend on other important activities.

5. LastPass: This is a tool that will prove to be a breather for you if you are among the millions of people worldwide who are tired of remembering or saving multiple passwords. This is because with LastPass, you can store all your passwords at one virtual place. And the best thing about the tool LastPass is that just one LastPass can be used across several devices and online platforms. It even checks and audits your passwords and gives you information about whether they can be bettered and made more secure. But the USP (Unique Selling Proposition) of LastPass is that it uses multi-factor authentication for that single master password of yours, thereby making the security level for all your data highly top-notch.

6. Google Alerts: This tool can help you keep track if and when your business or brand is mentioned anywhere on the web. This in a way helps you get valuable links from anyone who mentions your business or brand. Google Alerts also enables the user to keep tabs on new, interesting and relevant content.

7. SaneBox: This tool is often called the Sherlock Holmes among the modern day tools. This is because SaneBox deeply and intelligently analyzes your past and present mail activity, and thereby effectively understands and then segregates the mails that are important to you and the mails that are not. In other words, SaneBox moves the less important emails that have newly arrived in your inbox into a folder labelled as “@SaneLater”. This enables you to retrieve them when you are done with your important tasks.

8. StayFocused: This wonderful tool is actually a free Chrome extension that helps you control and restrict the amount of time you spend on junk or unproductive websites. The great thing about this tool is that it can be highly customized according to your needs and requirements.

9. Pocket: This is a very effective app that enables the user to save all types of content, now be it texts, images, videos, etc. at one single secure place. For example, while surfing you find any article interesting but are not in a position or place to read that article at that time, then this is where the Pocket app comes into the picture. All you need to do is to click the Pocket button that will be there on your bookmark toolbar and the next thing that happens is that the particular article will be saved in your virtual Pocket. Moreover, Pocket can also be synced across all your devices.

10. Trello: This tool is perhaps the best way to stay organized without getting it all complicated. This is because visually, Trello is very well laid-out in a card and list pattern. Trello also comes with a drag and drop facility which makes it highly user-friendly for the users of the app.

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(About the author: Christopher Meloni is a Marketing Manager at Dealslands UK. Apart from his profession, he also has a passion of blogging and likes to explore new and innovative methods of marketing within his field.)