October 12, 2012

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Check out YFS Magazine’s editors’ picks to find the best products and services for your small business.

1. Take your brick and mortar retail store digital with LightSpeed

Twitter: @LightSpeedPOS

LightSpeed is a next-gen Point of Sale system that aims to help physical retailers adapt to the digital age. The company offers a range of sales workflows in a complete retail solution for iGeneration retailers including front-counter POS and back-office management on Mac, interactive selling on iPad and Mobile, tightly-integrated eCommerce, and scalable server technology that is multi-user, multi-store, and extensible via a developer API.

2. Keep track of your design and development teams projects using Sprint.ly

Twitter: @Sprint.ly

Sprint.ly project management software aims to bring the entire company into the software development process by showing managers and non-engineers a top-level view of what the programmers are doing. The goal of Sprint.ly is to increase transparency and communication between developers, designers, PMs, and business operation.

3. Upgrade your subscription-based business model with Chargify

Twitter: @Chargify

Chargify aims to simplify recurring billing for Web 2.0 and SaaS companies by makes it easy for startups to incorporate support for subscription payments into their products.

4. Create online sales proposals with Quote Roller

Twitter: @quoteroller

Quote Roller was created in 2011 to solve a critical business issue – delivering beautiful purpose driven sales quotes to potential clients. Quote Roller‘s web based software aims to increase your sales and team productivity via automated proposal creation. The online app enables users to create, track, and manage sales proposals, all in one place.

5. Check your marketing copy with Grammarly

Twitter: @grammarly

Before you send out company emails or approve marketing copy take Grammarly for a test drive. The user-friendly online English grammar checker aims to improve your writing by offering grammar check, instant proofread, and plagiarism detection. The site allows you to upload any text and instantly check it for grammar, punctuation, and style – over 150 points of grammar altogether.

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