Daylite is a complete business manager app for the Mac. The developers refer to Daylite as a complete Productivity Suite. Because it is.
As a freelancer myself, I can totally vouch for its usefulness. If your anything like me, you probably find running your own business (particularly if you work by yourself) like trying to plug fifteen holes in a bucket of water with your fingers. The trouble is you only have 10.
Daylite combines features such as project collaboration, shared calendars, task delegation, and sales tracking. Handy to say the least, and you can get all of these for £129.00 (single license) or £20 p/m Pay as you go – great value!
Daylite is also available in Multi-user licences for Offices and business’ with multiple staff which is useful.
Combining so many features into one application, a central location, is beyond awesome. No more remembering 25 passwords or having to login (and pay for!) into 7 applications at once.
Set-up
Setting Daylite up is easy. As in ridiculously easy. First up, enter your business info into the app after install.
Entering user and business information
Picking a Database template to suit your company.
Each template has a small brief in order to help you pick the right template.
Print & Design
This template database is designed for the Print & Design industry.There are preset categories, keywords, pipelines and other preferences that are customized specifically for Print & Design businesses. You can add, remove and change anything you like in this template to suit your personal use.
You can view a sample database for this template or create a new database from this template to start using Daylite right away.
Features
Welcome to the most productive hub ever. More productive than Coffee!
Here’s just some of the features:
- Contact Manager – add Admin, Collaborators and designers.
- Use your calendar to manage project deadlines
The Calendar. Looks like I need to meet with Barry soon!
- Add projects and manage them through Daylite. Add tasks, appointments (for meetings e.t.c)
Adding a new project. Ability to add stages, when started, status and even assign your own project code / number.
- Create groups, teams for example
- Adding Opportunities is one of the niftiest features. It allows you to add projects you’ve pitched for, whether you’ve won them, how much you’ve quoted for and more!
The Verdict
We think Daylite is awesome! With an iPhone app, and the option to add staff – you can turbo charge your business. I absolutely plan to use this in my day-to-day workings from now on. It’s somewhat like Basecamp, but native to the mac (with an easy to use Mac interface) and with more features (a full crm & pitch manager for example) and is available at a one off price (as opposed to paying per month indefinitely.)
A fantastic app, which we rate 5/5. If you need any sort of organization app, Daylite must be on that list. Daylite is the only option. I simply cannot find another app that touches it in terms of price, features, ease of use and stability. The app is so easy to use its unbelievable. Setting up my business took less than 2 minutes. Your whole business could reach a new level of connectivity in a matter of minutes. Staff and Employees will pick it up right away and you’ll see benefits instantly.
Daylite is available from the MarketCircle online store here: http://www.marketcircle.com/store/