Solopreneurs who are starting to grow their businesses will delegate work to balance office and personal life. However, this task can only be done by hiring people online. So what happens when you do find a remote team to do some of your business work?
Do you use SMS or Skype to hand out instructions? No. That would make things more complicated. Instead, you should use project management tools. Here are some options to choose from with different advantages that suit your needs.
1. Airtable
Working with a remote team can be challenging especially if each of your co-workers has a preferred view of a project management user interface. But with Airtable, each of you can have it arranged in any way you want. Your screen will differ from one another but it will all still work the same way.
2. Productboard
Sometimes simplicity is the key to achieve remote team efficiency. Productboard gives you that. Its user interface is simple and looks like a spreadsheet. This management tool works best for prioritizing, consolidating, and documenting all project tasks.
3. Basecamp
If you’re looking for a platform that gathers all project-related documents while allowing you to post updates, Basecamp is your best choice. It has a chronological list of actions that makes it easy for you and your team to catch up on project developments and discussions.
4. Timely
Time is always of the essence when it comes to building projects. With Timely, you’ll be able to track your team’s working progress. The best part of it is that billing is easier because Timely’s system will automatically compute each team member’s invoice based on their progress.
5. Trello
Are you the type of boss who prefers to give your team more freedom and flexibility? If you are then Trello’s board is the ideal platform for you. You can set a title for each project category and under it, you can make individual task cards with more specific instructions plus a deadline. When a task is done, you can just drag it to the “Finished” column.
6. Jira
For solopreneurs who have ventures under the “software” category, Jira is the management tool that makes every remote developer team’s work easier. The user interface is a combination of Timely and Trello. You can monitor every programmer’s progress while just dragging and clicking task cards.
7. Wrike
Developer, writer, SEO, email marketing, or graphic design teams. You name it. All can be managed simultaneously by Wrike. This is why it’s the most suggested management platform for brands with multiple remote teams because you easily jump from one team to another. Wrike is also the best when it comes to collaborative projects with other businesses.
Just invite your business partner’s remote team to join yours in Wrike and you’ll have a smooth sailing joint operation that will sure drive commercial growth.
8. Slack
Slack is the Discord version of project management platforms. Its simple user interface and easy to use communication system deliver clear messages from sender to recipients. You can rest assured that documents, images, and other assets are sure to be distributed to other team members without corrupted data, bugs, or glitches.
9. Dropbox
It can be annoying to send files every time to each team member for reviews or when there are new tools to be tried. By using Dropbox, you’ll just need to drop files into the cloud storage space, send a link to your remote team’s dashboard, and let them handle the rest. The tool is also affordable starting at $8.25/month. There’s also a free version, where you have 2GB worth of cloud storage.
To choose the best project management tool for you, first, you must determine the size of your business, the size of your remote team, what tool functions you need, and what type of work your remote team does. If your remote team is small, start with the simplest and easy to use management platform. Then, go for the advanced ones once your brand grows.
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