Your business can skyrocket if you use Business Automation Software.
But first, you need to understand this:
Time is of the essence. Time is money. Time is the only “thing” that’s irreplaceable. And time is what you’re spending by not using smart tools to automate your business or site.
We’re not talking about alien concepts or becoming a hacker. Although, after we’re done, you might very well feel like you’re up to the task.
Re khethile tse ling tsa software e sebetsang ka ho fetisisa ea boiketsetso ea khoebo, lits'ebeletso, lisebelisoa le tharollo tse ka thusang ho nolofatsa likarolo tsa seo u se etsang, letsatsi le letsatsi. Ho u khutlisetsa nako eo u neng u e senya ho fihlela joale.
Mosebetsi o fokolang.
E entsoe hape.
E khahla?
Na re tla tsoela pele?
1. Nextiva
Nextiva e fana ka sohle se o se hlokang ho tsamaisa bareki le lipuisano ka katleho sethaleng se le seng. O sa tsoa bitsoa tšebeletso e molemohali ea khoebo ea mohala ke US News le World Report, Nextiva e fana ka sesebelisoa sa mohala se matla se u lumellang ho qoqa le bareki ka mehala ea tafole, laptop, App ea mobile, le sistimi tse ling.
Melemo ea Nextiva e kholo haholo. O ka lemoha hanghang moreki e mong ea u founelang, a fihletse nalane ea bona ea akhaonto le tšebelisano e fetileng le k'hamphani ea hau ka se tšoanang, le mehala ea litsela ho tsoa mafapheng a fapaneng.
Likaroloana:
- Bitsa Pop
- Mobile App
- Ho etsa melaetsa ka mongolo le molaetsa ka mongolo
Pros
- Ho Tšepahala Haholo, Ts'ireletso le Ts'ehetso
- Theko e theko e phahameng
- Phomolo ea ho Sebelisa
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- Eseng li-API tse ngata joalo ka lipolanete tse ling.
- Melemo e mengata ea ho ithuta.
2. Buffer
Like SumAll, Buffer is all about automating your social game. The twist with Buffer is that it doesn’t connect to dozens of different services to bring you grand-scale insights on your social performance.
Instead, it supports a select few social services: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and Pinterest (the last one only with Pro and Business Plans). And it’s all about “pushing content to them”.
Unlike SumAll, Buffer doesn’t feel like “a lite IFTTT for social media and marketing”. Consider it a business automation service that gives priority to the posting and scheduling side of things.
Ka khokahano e u thusang ho qaqisa dikahare bakeng sa ts'ebeletso e 'ngoe le e' ngoe, ebe e e hlophisa hore e romelloe ka bo eona ka nako e nepahetseng.
Likaroloana:
- Can work through a browser extension – no need to visit any site.
- E ts'ehetsa lits'ebeletso tsa media tse tsebahalang haholo
- E fana ka mofuta oa Android e nang le likarolo tsohle tse ruileng
- Li-analytics tse sebetsang mabapi le ts'ebetso ea sechaba (litefiso tse lefuoang feela)
- Ho sebetsa ka moralo (li-tiers tse lefuoang bakeng sa tšebetso ea tšebeliso ea linako tse fetang 10)
Pros
- E mahala bakeng sa ts'ebeliso ea motho ka mong (ho fihlela ho li-account tsa 3 tsa sechaba, mosebelisi a le mong, 1 tse hlophisitsoeng)
- Very easy workflow – “push content” with the extension, schedule it through Buffer’s dashboard
- Litefiso tse fanoang bakeng sa litlhoko tse fapaneng le boholo ba khoebo
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- 3 akhaonto / likheo tsa 10 li lieha ho ikutloa li le thata haholo
- “Only” supports five of the most popular social networks
- The free tier doesn’t excel in anything compared to alternatives
Price:
Free for personal use with basic features. Paid tiers starting from $15 for Pro version and up to $399 for “Large Business” plan (monthly).
3. Sechaba sa Litaba tsa Sechaba
Sechaba sa Litaba tsa Sechaba is a tool to measure the performance of social media brands. You can go directly to the source of each mention of your brand and engage with the audience. It is easier to monitor brands’ online conversations and listen to what people say about brands on different social media channels.
Likaroloana:
It has lots of features for a better understanding on how the audience sees the brand. Here’s what it can do:
- Leka ho qoqa le batho ka litaba tsa mofuta oa 'nete ka nako ea sebele
- Utloisisa bamameli ka ho etsa litlaleho tsa litaba tsa sechaba le bohlahlobu
- Ho mamela sechaba le ho shebella brand
- Batla mehlala ea litaba tsa sechaba ho tsebahatsa ba susumetsang
- Fumana lintlha le maikutlo bakeng sa maano a macha a ho bapatsa ka litaba tsa sechaba
Pros
- Sesebelisoa sa botsoalle 'me se bonolo ho se sebelisa
- E bokella datha ho tsoa ho mecha ea litaba e mengata ea sechaba, baetsi ba litaba le liwebsaete / li-blog
- Web-based - e fumaneha hohle le sesebelisoa se fe kapa se fe se nang le sebatli le ho fihlella marang-rang
- Allows Zapier integration & Google Analytics authorization
Papiso ka lehlakoreng le leng - Litlaleho tse hlophiloeng ka botlalo ka lipuo tse +140
- Monyetla oa ho hula lintlha tsa nalane
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- Palo e lekantsoeng ea likoloto tsa mahala
- Litlaleho tse bosoeu tse tšoeu tsa sephutheloana se phahameng
- Ho haella ha ho kopanya lintho
- Ha ho na khetho ea tlhahlobo ea lehae
Price:
Ho qala ho tloha ho $ 49
4. MailChimp
MailChimp ke phetoho ea lenane la mangolo, ts'ebeletso ea boits'oaro ea khoebo e u lumellang hore o ngolle ba likete ba bangoli ba bangata ka tobetsa e le 'ngoe.
Its features allow different ways to automate your marketing campaigns, targeting specific (groups of) contacts, and scheduling when they’ll receive an email for optimal results. And they’re dead-easy to use: by choosing “scenarios”, like “Welcome new subscribers”, you can choose the type of procedure you want to automate and have it active and working in mere minutes.
And yes, just like many other online tools, MailChimp, too, can “integrate” with many other services – from Accelo and Airsquare to WordPress and Zapier.
Likaroloana:
- Automation based on scenarios employing “triggers” to activate on different occasions.
- E hokela lits'ebeletso tse ling tse ngata.
- Mats'oao a hahiloeng pele
- Morero o bohlale
- Litlaleho tsa litlhahlobo
- A / B liteko
- App mobile
Pros
- Bonolo ho sebelisa
- The free basic plan doesn’t feel (too) restricted feature-wise
- E thusa ho ntlafatsa mats'olo a mangolo, ho hlahisa sephetho
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- Morero oa mahala oa mantlha o na le thibelo ea ho fihla (ba ngolisitseng 2000, li-imeile tse 12.000 ka khoeli)
- Pricier tiers get even more expensive when you start adding more features to them – like advanced Marketing options.
Price:
Morero oa mantlha oa mahala (liteishene tse 7 tsa ho bapatsa, li-automation tsa ho tobetsa 1, litempele tsa motheo, Ho bapatsa CRM).
Expanded feature set on three gradually more expensive plans, Premium being the most expensive – and feature-rich – at $299 (per month).
5. TimeCamp
Knowing how much time we usually spend on assignments at work is essential, but if you’re still glancing at your watch checking what time it is, please stop – there’s a way more efficient method to do it! Choose a time tracker free alternative like TimeCamp, that delivers you automatic time tracking service.
Using automatic time tracking is extremely beneficial – TimeCamp not only tracks working hours in the background, but also fills your timesheets with computer activities with a few simple clicks. It’s perfect for both team productivity reporting and payroll.
Likaroloana:
- Free plan for unlimited users (includes automatic time tracking and timesheets, reports, unlimited projects and tasks, one integration, tags, project templates and many more),
- Billing rates
- Tsamaiso ea ho ba teng
- Tlaleho e matla
- Ho ngolisa
- Custom management roles and many more
melemo:
- Desktop app that works in the background, so there’s no need to fill the timesheets manually,
- Attendance module that creates a payroll system inside TimeCamp when combined with billing rates,
- Custom reports that can be adjusted to the users’ needs,
- Invoicing that allows to create invoices based on time entries and reports and send them straight to the customers,
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- A little complicated setup, but support is always there to help
- Some users find the UI too simple
6. AutoHotKey
Ho fapana le lisebelisoa tse ling tsa othomathike tsa khoebo lenaneng la rona, AutoHotKey ha se ts'ebeletso ea inthanete, ebile ha e fane ka lisebelisoa tse ikhethang tsa ho tsamaisa lits'ebetso tsa hau tsa khoebo. Ha ho na sesebelisoa se tšoanang le sona se u lumellang ho "hlophisa" Windows Desktop ka boeona, ho iketsetsa maemo a hau a ts'ebetso ho tloha qalong kapa ho rekota le ho khutlisa mohato o mong le o mong.
Hape u thehe lisebelisoa tsa hau tsa Windows automation.
AutoHotKey ke eona motheo oa puo e ngotsoeng le serapa sa nako ea nako. U ngola sengoloa ka puo e bonolo, e utloisisehang, e u lumellang hore u iketsetse li-keytroke, metsamao ea likhanya le linoko.
Kapa etsa likhechana tse eketsang mantsoe, polelo, polelo kapa esita le lingoliloeng tse felletseng.
Kapa, ka lebaka la ho kopantsoe ha eona le Desktop ea Windows, theha li-interface tsa Graphic User tse lumellang ho kenella le ho qhekelloa ha mofuta ofe kapa ofe oa data. Tlhahiso ea Plaintext e na le pokello e ntle ea malebela ka mokhoa oa ho e sebelisa e le setsi sa ho ikatisa le tlhaiso ea mangolo.
We could add many more sentences starting with “Ors” but, really, with AHK – as AutoHotKey is usually called, the sky’s the limit.
The best part is that you don’t have to learn scripting to enjoy a lot of what it can pull off: members of its huge community have already created and posted online their scripts, pre-made automation solutions that can do pretty much anything, from auto-learning text expanders to blog posting tools.
Likaroloana:
- Puo e felletseng ea ho ngola e tsamaeang le Windows Desktop e lumellang mananeo a eona
- O khona ho tsamaisa sethothokiso, tobetsa likhatiso le linotlolo. Le maemong a rarahaneng, a mehato e mengata.
- E ka theha li-GUIs le mananeo a bonolo
- E ka qhekella ya data ka fofa
- E ka khona ho tsamaisa mekhoa e rarahaneng joaloka liforomo tse tlatsang auto le ho bokella lintlha tse tsoang libakeng tsa libaka
Pros
- Palo e kholo ea litharollo tse ikemiselitseng ho sebelisa tse etsoang ke basebelisi ba eona
- Extra tools allow easy creation of scripts by recording the user’s keypresses mouse moves and allowing their replication, turning them henceforth into an automated task.
- Puo e feto-fetohang haholo e lumella ho pheta-pheta hoo e ka bang eng kapa eng eo mosebelisi a ka iketsetsang ka eona ka panya le konopo.
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- No actual interface – you have to learn its language to create your own detailed automation solutions. Except if “auto-recording your key presses mouse moves” covers you.
- Li-script tse kholo, tse rarahaneng haholoanyane li tloaetse ho tsamaea butle.
- You have to Google to find solutions made with it – no central directory/repository or anything of that kind.
Price:
Free
7. Business Automation Software: IFTTT
With a name that, if you don’t know it’s an acronym, sounds like a Klingon sneezing, IF This Then That is a web-based automation tool that covers a lot of different bases. Useful to both the individual user and the multinational conglomerate, IFTTT allows creating tasks that can connect different apps, services, and tools. And thanks to The Internet Of Things, even light bulbs and “smart home appliances”. Like Alexa.
Its use is based on the core logic of every programming language: “IF This happens, Then Do That”. But in the case of IFTTT, it’s all a matter of choosing recipes, connecting boxes, clicking, to bring together different solutions for one common goal. With scenarios like “IF I get an email with THIS in the subject line, THEN tweet THAT link from our blog. Or turn off the light”.
As a bonus, you don’t need to be in front of your computer to take advantage of it – you can access and activate any of its recipes on your smartphone – joalo ka matheba a tala a bonts'itseng tataisong ena.
Likaroloana:
- Sesebelisoa sa mosebelisi se bonolo
- E ka sebelisoa ho hokahanya lits'ebeletso ka bobeli empa le lisebelisoa tse ngata tse hokahantsoeng ke inthanete
- Mofuta oa mohala
- E na le ts'ehetso ea, le bakeng sa, lik'hamphani tse ngata tse kang Amazon, Bosch le Samsung
- Bula API
Pros
- E lumella ho kopantsoe ha lisebelisoa tse ngata, lits'ebeletso, lisebelisoa le lisebelisoa tse bohlale.
- Hundreds of pre-made, ready-to-use “recipes”
- There really is a recipe that allows “turning on the lights when the pizza delivery guy is approaching”
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- O ka lahleha habonolo ka lebaka la linomoro tse ngata tsa likhetho tse fumanehang
- o ka find the occasional “broken” recipe
- Doesn’t allow much more complex scenarios than “this event triggers that result”
- Doesn’t allow multiple services connected to a singular trigger event
Price:
E mahala bakeng sa basebelisi, bahlahisi ba haha liapole. Merero e fapaneng ea khoeli le khoeli e fumaneha bakeng sa balekane ba khoebo, e fanang ka li-analytics le leseli.
8. Business Automation Software: phallo
Microsoft’s Flow is one of the more versatile tools of its kind, since with it you can set up both simple and complex scenarios, connecting many services or applications under the same “flow”. As expected, a Microsoft product would excel when interacting with other Microsoft products, giving Flow the upper hand if you use solutions like Outlook, Office 365 and Windows in your business.
That doesn’t mean it’s restricted to Microsoft’s products, though. Initially, Flow lacked support for many “external” services but today it allows “connecting” solutions from Adobe Creative Cloud to YouTube and from Asana to Zendesk and creating complex workflows between them. Like creating a purchase agreement from a template, converting it and sending it for signing, as Plumsail show in tataiso ena e pharaletseng.
Likaroloana:
- Mehato e mengata
- Khokahano e ntle ka ho fetisisa le lihlahisoa tsa Microsoft ka ntle ho tharollo e tšoanang
- Dikgetho bakeng sa maemo ka bobeli a ikemetseng le a susumetsoang ke basebelisi
- Ho iketsetsa liqeto ho ipapisitse le maemo
- Mofuta oa mohala
Pros
- Tlholo ea libaka tse tenyetsehang le mehato e mengata e kopanyang tharollo tse fetang tse peli
- Sethala se seholo sa litempele tse hlalositsoeng pele, tse itokiselitseng tšebeliso
- Supports many “connections” (to other services)
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- Khokahano e rarahaneng
- Lits'ebetso tse ngata tsa ts'ebeletso tse pharaletseng li ka sebetsa ka linako tse ling
Price:
Morero oa mahala o fana ka li-workflow tse se nang moeli empa ho tsamaisoa ho thibetsoeng ka khoeli le nako e atolohileng pakeng tsa licheke bakeng sa liketsahalo tse tsosang (metsotso e 15). Merero ea tefo e eketsa meeli eo.
9. Business Automation Software: Zapier
Zapier is another alternative in the Codeless Automation game, but the fact we mention it after IFTTT and Flow doesn’t mean it’s a lesser option.
Ho fapana le moo, Zapier eu lumella ho theha lipuisano tse rarahaneng lipakeng tsa lits'ebeletso tse ngata kamora liketsahalo tse bakang. Ee, hoo ho bolela hore, ho fapana le IFTTT, ka Zapier o ka ba le sesosa se le seng sa ts'ebetso ea liketso tse ngata, lits'ebeletso tse fapaneng, hang.
Placing itself right in the middle, Zapier also doesn’t get as complex as Microsoft’s Flow. It’s neither as powerful, but that’s because its makers probably realized that most people think loops are better in a bowl with milk (when a fruity cereal), or in code (when “logic loops”), than in their automation solutions. Ena poso e Inbound Joale e bontša kamoo o ka sebelisang twitter ka eona.
Likaroloana:
- Over 1500 “Apps” to connect to
- Multi-step “Zaps”
- Boemo ba ho beha mabaka
- Lisebelisoa tsa Ts'ebetso
- filthara
Pros
- The largest collection of “connections”
- E batla e le bonolo joaloka IF TTT, e matla joaloka Flow.
- Good collection of predefined “Zaps” can have you up and running in no time
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- Khetho ea mahala ea mahala
- Merero e theko e boima
- Almost as easy as IF TTT, as powerful as Flow. Emphasis on “almost”.
Price:
Free for up to 5 zaps, with up to 2 steps. Starts from $20 to increase the number to 20 Zaps and get support for multi-step Zaps and Premium Apps. “Teams and companies”, less restricted and more feature-rich plans, up to $600. (Prices per month. Don’t include “usage-based extra charges”).
10. Business Automation Software: HootSuite
Se qalileng e le moreki ea otlolohileng ea neng a lumella ho romella litlalehong tse ngata tsa Twitter, e se e le ntlo ea matla ea media e sebelisoang ke likhamphani tse makholo tsa Fortune 1000.
HootSuite has expanded its reach, supporting over 20 different social networks. It’s not just “a posting client” but also an Analytics solution that can monitor your brand’s performance 'me u fane ka leseli le thusang. Hape, li fana ka tlhaiso-leseling e ntle le li-blog tse u thusang ho ntlafatsa papali ea hau ea papatso le ho fihlela e kholo e latelang.
Empa sehlohlolong sa eona, HootSuite e lula e le e 'ngoe ea lisebelisoa tse ntle haholo tsa ho iketsetsa khoebo e nyane, e o lumellang hore o laole ho ba teng ha hau sechabeng ka ho beha kemiso ea liteishene tse ngata marangrang a mangata ho tsoa ho deseke e le' ngoe e loketseng.
Likaroloana:
- kemiso
- go baya leitlho
- Litaba tsa litaba
- Analytics
- Tsamaiso ea Sehlopha
- Mofuta oa mohala
Pros
- Kemiso e ikemetseng
- Kemiso ea bongata
- K'halendara ea litaba
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- Morero o sa lefelloeng oa mahala
- Meralo e atolositsoeng ea theko
Price:
Free for a single account, 3 social profiles and up to 30 scheduled messages. Less restricted plans start from $29 and reach “contact us for pricing, the number didn’t fit the page” levels.
11. Business Automation Software: mekotla
Ah, Tusker! Papali ea khale ho Commodore 64 e sa amaneng le Tasker, tharollo ea mantlha ea mosebetsi oa hau bakeng sa lifono le matlapa a Android kaofela. Empa ba do have something in common: they’re both “too retro” for the average user.
That’s because Tasker’s interface feels, due to its very nature, complicated. It really isn’t, but the huge number of options and sub-options hidden in menus and sub-menus, that allow you to automate almost anything on the device, can cause a migraine.
It’s not just a business automation tool. It’s a life automation tool, that will allow you, for example, to answer or mute an incoming call by “flipping” your phone upwards or downwards, to run the default camera app when you rotate it in a 100 degree semi-horizontal angle, to show a specific business-related note when That Important Contact tries to reach you.
Likaroloana:
- Makholo a makholo a bakoang ke nako, app e sebetsang, sebaka, liketsahalo le tse ling
- Ketsahalo e le 'ngoe-e makatsang, maemo a liketso tse fapaneng
- Ho feta liketso tse 200 tse ahiloeng, tšehetso ea plugin bakeng sa tse ling hape
- Loops, tse fapaneng, maemo
- E lumella ho fetisoa ha li-script tsa othomathike ho li-apps tsa standalone
Pros
- Standalone “offline” app, no need for an internet connection
- E khona ho otlolla ntho efe kapa efe ho sesebelisoa sa Android
- (Hanghang) theko e tlase
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- Sekhechana sa sekolo sa khale, se nang le lesapo
- Ha e na litataiso tse nang le mangolo le laebrari e bohareng ea maemo a neng a entsoe pele ho kena habonolo
Price:
$2.99
Ha ho na automation, ha ho kuku
The tools in our list are considered the best business automation software, services and solutions anyone can find today. By not using them, you’re doing a disservice to yourself.
Yes, to take advantage of them you’d need to invest some time to set them up to do your bidding. But that would be time well worth spending, for you’d get every second back. With interest.
Think of automation like this: it’s like having your own personal digital assistant (actually, more than one of them). Even in an ideal situation, you would have to spend some time to tell them what you want, how they could help you. Same thing.
The time you’ll “waste” to set those solutions up will end up saving you thousands of clicks, button presses and time spent micro-managing your business (and personal life), when you could be spending your time on the grander – and more important – aspects.
Joalo ka ho rera matsatsi a hau a phomolo Sehlekehlekeng sa Mêlée.
Joale u ka batla hore ba u etsetse eng?