Futureproof Your Startup With These 5 Automation Tools

Team Magic Factory
Startups
April 5, 2021

Want to scale-up fast? Automation could just be the solution you’re looking for.

Level the playing field and give your startup the edge it requires to compete with big enterprises, by automating mundane and repetitive tasks. A study by Lenskold and Pedowitz Groups showed that a massive 63% of companies that use automation for marketing are able to outgrow their competitors. Moreover, automation saves you valuable time and money, two of the biggest startup concerns. 

What are you waiting for? Scale-up, Standardise and Streamline with these automation tools: 

Zapier

Zapier is a premier business automation tool which allows you to integrate more than 2000 apps and services. It is capable of saving your startup three valuable hours a day by helping you automate common triggers into action, by automatically sending information from one app to another. Some examples of how you can use Zapier to automate your workflow are:

  • Instantly share all new blog posts to all your startup’s social media channels
  • Save email attachments automatically to the cloud.
  • Directly create tasks on Asana through Evernote

Pricing starts at $19.99/mo. You can also start off, with their free version which allows you to automate up to 100 tasks. To learn more about Zapier, click here.

Hubspot 

Hubspot is the ultimate sales, marketing and customer service automation software. It is a powerful tool which your startup can use to formulate its brand image and improve relations with the customer. You will not only be able to generate new leads with this automation tool, but you will also be able to build customer loyalty. Hubspot allows you to automate a wide array of tasks such as:

  • Lead generation
  • Digital marketing
  • CRM
  • Customer grievance ticket creation
  • Meeting scheduling 
  • Seo generation 

You can get their free version which will include all the basic features of their offering or you can get the premium version which includes the full scope of their automated service. They also offer a demo and 14-day free trial. To learn more about Hubspot, click here.

Zoho People

Zoho People is the perfect 360-degree automated HRM solution. It is extremely easy to use and significantly scalable. The software offloads around 80% of your startup’s HR processes and allows you to focus your energy on more pressing and growth-oriented obstacles. The software is supported on iOS and Android mobile platforms and can be integrated with various other tools such as Zapier, GSuite, Zoho Payroll, XoxoDay and so on. Zoho allows you to automate a wide array of HR tasks such as:

  • Employee performance reviews 
  • Hiring and onboarding needs
  • Attendance, time and leave tracking
  • Shift scheduling 

Pricing starts at $1/mo. You can also start off, with their free version which accommodates up to 5 members. Zoho People also extends a one-on-one personalized demo. To learn more about Zoho People, click here.

Hootsuite

Make all your social media marketing and management efforts seamless with Hootsuite. With Hootsuite, you can easily manage all your social media accounts at one place and streamline all your marketing endeavours. It automatically recognizes the relevant social media influencers in your field and formulates a unique marketing strategy. You can also plan, publish, advertise on all your social media platforms at the same time and even monitor, analyze and engage with your social media reach.

The paid version starts at $16.52/mo.You can also start off, with their free 30-day trial. Hootsuite also has a free version which supports a single user and three social media accounts. To learn more about Hootsuite, click here. 

Xero

Xero is an excellent accounting automation tool and it is designed specifically with the needs of startups and small businesses in mind. With Xero, you can automate a wide array of financial activities such as:

  • Profit and loss tracking across various currencies.
  • Payroll and Tax calculation
  • Invoice, Inventory and quotation generation
  • Bill payments and expense tracking 
  • Financial and budget reporting

Pricing starts at $20/mo. You can also start off, with their 30-day free trial. To learn more about Xero, click here. 

But that’s not enough,

All these tools are wonderful and might even be able to play a major role in helping your startup scale-up but without the support of awesome developers, leveraging these tools becomes an impossible task. What you need is the right set of product development accelerators to work hand in hand with these softwares. 

You might find that these tools are great when it comes to functionality but lacking when it comes to its integrative capacity. Moreover, you might also find the need to have all these features in a single place, and that’s where we come in. 

You can onboard talented remote developers from us to help with this dilemma since we are specialists in the field of automation. We promise to work tirelessly to build your startup a custom-made interface tailored specifically to your needs at extremely cost-effective rates.

Partner with us now to automate all your routine workflows, to save time, to reduce errors and to cut costs. To know more about the magic of accelerated product development, click here. 

With a promise to give your startup the competitive edge of a unicorn

Signing off,

Team Magic Factory

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