Zoom
I spend, at minimum, 5-hours per week on video calls — and Zoom is my go-to. Meetings rarely have issues, I can record locally or to the cloud, I can livestream directly from the app, and it integrates perfectly with my Google Calendar. I just wish I had bought stock in them before the pandemic!
Price:
Free / $149 - $250yr
Loom
Communication, Video Production
Loom is one of those tools that I don’t know how I ever lived without. Explaining technical things via text isn’t easy — but with Loom I can quickly record a video sharing my screen, my webcam or both and instantly have a link to share with anyone.
Price:
Free / $12.50mo
Kiwi for Gmail
Communication, Email, Productivity
I have to constantly manage 4 different inboxes, and while there are a lot of tools that handle this, I just love Kiwi for Gmail. It’s nothing fancy, and doesn’t have any bells and whistles — but it works great and never gives me any problems or slows my computer down.
Price:
$30 - $58.99yr
