Best Business Apps for Freelance Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists
- ALCHEMY BEAUTY ACADEMY
- Sep 19, 2021
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 21, 2021
Whether you are just starting your beauty business or you’ve been operating as a freelance makeup artist and/or hairstylist for a few years, you’re likely always thinking about ways to improve and streamline your day-to-day processes. As beauty biz owners we have to wear many hats, so finding ways to make some of the admin tasks easier is always a good idea. Luckily, in this digital age, there are more tools than ever to help.
Are you looking to automate some of your core business processes—and save yourself time and money in the process? If so, this guide is here to help!
We’ve compiled a list of the top small business apps and broken them down by category, as you’ll see below. Use this guide to learn more about what these tools can offer and find the best apps for your business.
Social Media Planning & Content Creation
Planoly: With PLANOLY, you can plan & schedule Instagram posts, manage multiple accounts, & create a cohesive social media feed from your computer and phone.
Plann: Plann lets you draft, preview, design, schedule and prepare to post to Instagram from one all-inclusive app.
Canva: This free graphic design platform allows you to easily create social media posts, business cards, videos, rate sheets, Zoom backgrounds, and more using professionally designed templates. You can even upload your own photos and add them to Canva's templates using a drag and drop interface.
CRM Systems
CRM is defined as a Customer Relationship Management system and is a software system that helps business owners nurture their relationships with their clientele. These can help to alleviate some of the burden of the admin side of our business in the beauty industry by creating automations and workflows.
Dubsado: Dubsado is an all-in-one business management toolthat allows you to send contracts and invoices, handle project management, create questionnaires and other forms, manage bookkeeping, track your time, send and receive emails and SO much more... all from ONE app
Honeybook: HoneyBook is a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) solutiondesigned for small businesses. The solution helps users manage business processes from inquiry through to invoicing. HoneyBook lets users manage projects, book clients, sign contracts online, send invoices and handle payments.
G suite: The Basic edition is a suite of collaborative productivity apps that offers your business professional email, shared calendars, online document editing and storage, video meetings, and much more.
Payment Processing
Square: Accept payments faster, from anywhere. Square's secure payment processing solutions are quick to set up, offer fraud protection with no monthly fees.
Cash App: Cash App is a peer-to-peer money transfer service developed bySquare Inc. that allows users to send and receive money. ... Cash App also functions similarly to a bank account, giving users a debit card — called a “Cash Card” — that allows them to make purchases using the funds in their Cash App account.
Venmo Business Account: Business profiles allow Venmo users to accept payments for the sale of goods and services from customers on Venmo
Found: Found is the ultimate companion for every self-employed professional. Independent contractors to small business owners, Found has been designed to act as the banking, invoicing, bookkeeping, tax and financial management tool of your dreams.
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Website
Wix: Wix is a super user-friendly, website building platform. Our intuitive technology and powerful built-in features give our users the freedom to design professional websites with ease that look amazing on any device.
Our own website was fully created on WIX so feel free to browse www.alchemybeautyacademy.com and check out what we have been able to create.
Affiliate Links
As you establish yourself as an expert in your field, your clients as well as colleagues will inevitably want to know some of your favorite products and recommendations. This is where affiliate links will become a lifesaver. Not only will it make things easier for you to keep links to your favorite things, but you will also receive a small kick back for any purchases made from your recommendations.
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