How do you manage your business software and services on the Internet? With applications and connections spread across tens of sites it’s easy to get lost in a muddle.
We manage our business combination of software and services using a front page in Front Office Box. What’s in it?
- Planning and operations management (in FOB of course).
- Office systems, email, documents, etc. (Google Apps)
- Business and social networks. (Linked In, Twitter, Facebook, plus quite a few more).
- Publishing sites. (Our WordPress and Posterous sites).
- External services e.g. Web Analytics, Banking, etc.
We could organise bookmarks in folders, and use the browser software to open all the pages at once. That’s just the way we used to do the job, but it grew out of control. We now have more than 15 sites we’ll work with on a daily basis. That number could be a lot higher if we wanted to destroy our productivity, but we don’t. We want to spend as little time as possible managing our systems, so we have more time for clients, or golf, or having fun.
That’s why we added customisable external links to the Dashboard. Now all Front Office Box users can have their own window on the Internet -their own business systems mash up, and change it as their combination of software and services develops. It’s just a small thing, but important enough. It saves time and confusion, and that’s a double win as far as we’re concerned.
Here’s a short video showing how I use external links in my own Front Office Box. It’s not a demonstration. It’s a real business system managing a real business.
My Front Office Box Dashboard is the first place I go when starting work. That’s where I find all my reminders, can access my plans and relationships – and the front page to my Business Internet Mash Up of software and services.
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