Top app for organisation of thoughts and notes: Evernote
It’s a great way to store and organise your documents, images, voice notes and store them all in one place. There is a paid version, but I’ve had Evernote for years and have yet to need to upgrade. I also write a lot. I noticed Apple have updated their notes app – finally – with the ability to store notes in notebooks. It’s a great feature for organising thoughts I have on different subjects. Something we all should want to aspire too, if only for the purpose of productivity. Take a closer look here: https://evernote.com/
The app I couldn’t live without: Instagram
This is just for life. It’s just my favourite app for fun, photography, and user-friendly. If you haven’t heard of Instagram, and I’m sure you have, it’s an app for editing your photos and sharing publicly or privately. It’s a mobile app, so whilst you can pop it into google and browse profiles from the web, it shines best when you download it from the app store to your phone. A few months back Instagram added a business account function, which anyone can switch too, so if you’re a blogger, author, designer or someone who uses Instagram to market or build their brand in any way, then I highly recommend that you follow the steps below, and get some key insight information on your audience for free. Why is this useful? It will help you work out who’s most interested in what you post, what posts get the most engagement, which city and country locate your largest audience, and of course best time and day to post to your specific audience. The facts are presented in a user-friendly way, so don’t be overwhelmed if this is not something you are used to dealing with. It is extra useful to you, though. Oh and one last point before I move on, it also allows you to set a call to action so whether you want people to be able to email you from Instagram, call you, or visit your website/blog you can set that information to appear in your profile. Did mention this is the hottest app of 2016? Download here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/instagram/id389801252?mt=8
Top app for creating images: Over
This has been my go to app for a while when it comes to creating images for Instagram. Although there are other similar apps out there that let you add text and artwork to photos, I felt Over produced professional creative & design that was easy to use. It actually bares a lot of resemblance to Photoshop in that it allows you to layer text, images and artwork. As I’m on the go or busy, I find this is the perfect go-to app to create branded content by adding a transparent logo onto white or brand colour square, with a quote or information I want to communicate to my audience. It’s quick, easy and a great way to raise brand awareness. This app is free, but to unlock lots of other fonts and make use of the quick and easy stock image library that Over has provided through a partnership with Unsplash (free royalty images) you do need to upgrade to the pro account for that which costs less than £8 per month. Check out the app here: http://madewithover.com/
Ok maybe there’s 4 top apps and not 3. My go to app for scheduling content is: Buffer
It’s super easy to drop my text and images into the app and link up to all my top social channels (except You Tube and Instagram) and I don’t have to think about it again. There is some work to do in the beginning to set how many times you want to post each day, and of course linking up your profiles to the app, but it’s super easy to use so you don’t have to be tech savvy to use it. There’s also an upgrade version of the app, which allows you to connect unlimited profiles, as apposed to the three profile allowance you get with the free version. There is also the option to upgrade to Awesome account, which allowed you to ask Buffer to generate posts for you using blog posts from your blog and website (if you have one), which is quick and easy way to promote and generate lots of content to keep your feeds consistently active. Www.buffer.com
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