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MenuDo you know of an online tool for displaying various biz/productivity softwares on one screen like hootsuite does for social media feeds?
I really like the tools I use to manage my business. But I would like for them to be in one place.
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Try using Geckoboard. There is definitely a time investment in the setup, but you can get a great suite of products/metrics integrated into one dashboard. https://www.geckoboard.com/
There are quite a few dashboards out there that make all your stats super swell:
Geckoboard (http://www.geckoboard.com/)
Leftronic -- (https://www.leftronic.com/)
SumAll -- (https://sumall.com/)
Ducksboard -- (https://ducksboard.com/)
Cyfe -- (http://www.cyfe.com/)
Informly -- (http://inform.ly/)
HappyMetrix -- (http://www.happymetrix.com/)
Pick one. Do something awesome.
For something simple I would check out Numerous and it's integrations with IFTTT and Zapier
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