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If you are running an online business chance are you will need additional systems in place to run your business smoothly.
Not to mention that this is an additional stress with finding your clients while also maintaining a business.
Today I will be sharing with you three epic tools that are FREE to use to start off from the ground with the potential of upgrading when your business as reach that stage.
Epic tool #1 for your online business
Most of you may know that I am not US based if not, you can know more about me and my journey through here in this previous post.
From day one you will want to start off with having a payment provider in place. This means you will be accepting payments from anywhere in the world. A lot of persons have recommended using PayPal because of instantly getting paid.
It’s also well known and received worldwide. But with being an international business and fees associated with having received payment, wouldn’t you want an alternative that has minimum fees?
I have been using the Payoneer platform from day one when I started out as a freelancer. The good thing about using this platform is that it is connected directly with my local bank.
While I do use Paypal as well to receive payments the disadvantage is that I have to send a cheque to my country and it does not connect to my local bank. Not to mention the fees associated.
While using Payoneer on the other hand you are allowed to increase your earnings by reducing your payment fees by up to 71%. This means that once you receive a payment you are only charged 1% of the total amount.
What does this mean for you? You can accept payments in USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD & CAD – and transferred to your own local bank account! Once you sign up you get a FREE $25 for joining
International virtual assistants or business that are not US, Canadian or European based do not have to directly send a cheque for weeks upon weeks to be sent to their local post office then to deposit to their bank.
This is one epic tool that I recommend you have, to start accepting payments for your business once you are online.
Epic tool #2 for your online business
Once you have clients or even customers you know that managing sensitive information is a priority. If you use your bank online, shop online or even accept payments anywhere, you know you need to have secure passwords.
Using your birthdays, or your name does not cut it for these hackers online. LastPass is also free to join. It allows you to secure your passwords in a vault as well as suggest recommended passwords for your sites you visit.
The only thing you will need to remember is your secure password to secure your vault. With anything that is of importance to you namely your business, you would have put measures in place to make sure it’s secure.
Having LastPass as your trusted password manager is no different and it’s always best to use the vault when accessing the site so you not are tricked in visiting phishing sites that pretend to be secure when browsing the net.
Epic tool #3 for your online business
If you send emails like me or even write a blog post like this one. You are bound to make mistakes. First impressions are everything!
Whether you are writing a simple hello to a friend or that prospective client you will want your Grammar to be in check! Grammarly does just that and more!
Even if you are a native English speaker, not even a speaker of English, once you run a business offline and especially online you know that this tool is a keeper.
It auto corrects everything! I love using this tool as well because it helps with grammatical errors, sentence structure, and the list goes on and on.
Check it out and see the difference it will make when you send that next email.
There you have it! The 3 epic tools you should definitely start off with when starting your online business.
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Until then, happy hiring, and best wishes for your business.
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I love Grammarly! As a lifestyle blogger, I find myself using it often. Thanks for the suggestions I will surely check them out. Cheers.
No problem Feira!
This is exactly what I have been looking for! Thank you for sharing
Good to know that and thank you for commenting.
Grammarly is great. Haven’t used the other two. May be I’ll give it a try. Nice post.
Thank you Ketki!
I haven’t heard of the first two, but use Grammarly every now and again. It’s a great tool!
Yes Heather it’s the best!
I already use grammarly, it makes proofreading so easy. I would definitely try LastPass, it’s so irritating sometimes when I get confused among passwords.
Yes Monidipa that’s why I also switched to use the vault, it was becoming too time-consuming to know all these sites passwords.
I just downloaded Grammarly. It really is a great tool. I didn’t know about it before. I corrected everything only through word
That’s awesome, I was doing the same thing until I discovered it too.
Very informative and useful article..these tools will be of immense help..
Regards
Thank you Krish!
This is very helpful one to online businesses. And greatly agree with the importance of first impression.
Thank you Chai!
Thank you for the suggestions. These are very helpful!
You are welcome.
Very helpful! I understand the difference of being in the United States as compared to those who live in other countries. I used to have lots of trouble getting connected when I was in Indonesia and Philippines.
Yes, Nina, it can be very frustrating when your clients are overseas based and there are hiccups with your payment locally.
Payment, security and good grammar. All very important. Thanks for sharing.
Jared no thank you!
Tried Grammarly and found it quite useful. Thanks for sharing.
You are welcome, Neil!
Very useful info for newbie blogger like me! Would love to try this for myself too. Will keep you posted as to how it worked out!
Sreekar I am glad that you will be taking my recommendations, please keep me informed.
Such a useful article! Thank you for sharing these resources
No thank you!
I never heard of Payoneer before, good to know paypal is not the only option.
For sure Evelyn!
I love the Grammarly instant checker. because I know in my self I have a grammar lapses! this tools I really like and it really helps.
Good to know Maysz!
I have been using Grammarly too but did not even heard about the other two’s. I will also try those. Thanks for sharing…
You are most welcome.
Payoneer seems like a great option. It would be great to have the flexibility of accepting different currencies.
Vaishali it sure does with offering that option.
These tools are really very amazing. I’ve used LastPass and Grammarly but didn’t hear anything about the first tool. Thanks for letting me know.
That’s good to know you have been using these tools.
great information
Thank you.
Very informative article. I love grammarly.
Thank you Melissa.
Thank you for sharing. I currently use grammarly and love it!
That’s so good to know Felicity.
Thank you for the awesome tips!
No problem Cassie!
Thanks for sharing this. I use Grammarly and its really good.
That is so good to hear that!
I don’t have an online business but I do have a Payoneer account but I mostly use PayPal. I never thought of using Grammarly to be honest. I should look into using it.
Shanese that’s good that you are using one of the recommended tools. Let me know how it goes when you try it out.
LastPass is an absolute God send! I use it for my professional life as well as my personal stuff. Great list of digital tools!
It really is a life savior Meygan!
I agree with you on Payoneer. I didn’t know until recently about this and it is as convenient as you said. It sure needs to be the next Paypal leading
Prabashi yes, it does, in my opinion, is a way better option.
I too use Grammarly and other plug ins regularly. Thanks for the heads up!
No problem!
You always do justice with topic and words.You have shared a very informative post.
Thank you Amit!
Grammarly and Lastpass have proved extremely useful
Swati, I think so too.
I have a plan to start an online business soon. This is what I’ve been looking for. These tools are epic!
That is awesome and congrats to you.
Useful info…… I am bad with remembering Passwords so LastPass would be a good choice…and payment options too…… thanks for the tips…. .
No problem Jeferson.
You have covered the most important 3 tools of online business; grammar, security and payments. I would like to try LastPass as I tend to write all my passwords at a place which is so obvious to find out. Thanks for sharing!
No thank you Charu!
I find LastPass very helpful. In the past, I had to make an xls file to write down all my accounts and then jot down my password as well. BTW, I really like your blog, you always post helpful tips. Thanks as always.
Thank you Sheena!
Thanks for these tips! I’m using most of your recommendations 😀
Good to know Blair!
Grammarly is a must as we all make mistakes! So far, we’ve been pretty great at proofreading but this would definitely make life easier, Thanks for sharing
No problem, thanks.
Thanks for these tips. i’m a big fan of LastPass. I usually check my grammar myself, but maybe I should try Grammarly….
I highly recommend it, Debbie!
I love Grammarly! It saves me from making so many mistakes 🙂 I will have to look into the other two tools!
That is awesome Shar!
These are all great tools that can help you run your business so much smoothly. Grammarly is great.
I have to agree too.
I love grammarly but I’m too cheap to buy it, lol. This is an awesome list though!
Thank you Jasmine!
We have to say, these certainly are epic !
Thank you!
Great tips! Fun to step up to the challenge of running your own business!
It sure is Mary!
I just revamped my blog and I’m working to monetize it, so these tips are super helpful! I’ll have to keep this bookmarked 🙂
Thank you so much, Sydney!
I have heard about Grammarly from friends, and they were all very happy with it. But I need to see all the others you mentioned as well xx
Teona you will see the difference!
Thank you for this insightful post, those are great tools and I am already using some of your suggestions.
Thank you, Pati!
What great tools! I have to check that Payoneer as I have some issues with PayPal as well. I am using LastPass for a long time already and I could not think about A better app. It saved me so much time when I had to keep restarting my password all the time. And Grammarly seems great! English is my 2nd language so it will be super helpful for me!
Ada that’s good to know that you have been using one of the epic tools. Let me know how the others are when you decide to use them.
I use Paypal for most of my transactions and it’s great. Grammarly too is a very useful tool for all type of writers. But, I’m not sure I would be comfortable with storing my passwords with a third party…though it might be helpful for teams accessing a single account.
– Nandita
Nandita it does help especially working as a virtual assistant and having to use different accounts.
Thank for your recommendations for Grammar tool. I really need this and thanks for your tips
Your welcome Fibi!
These tools sound amazing for any business online! I use Gramarly daily and love it!
You are so right Nati!
I love these tips. I too use Grammarly, I love it.
Thank you Carmen!
Wow! So many great tips! Thank you for sharing all of these helpful tools!
No problem!
These are all great tips! I swear by Grammarly. It is so helpful in proofreading everything I write!
You are right about that Tonya!
Thank you for sharing I will definitely implement these/
That is awesome Brandi!