Benefits of using Asana for your Business

Finding a platform that will keep you excited, focused, and reach your goals sounds unthinkable. After trying a ton of different platforms, I’ve landed on two that help me with short term and long term planning. Asana has been a instrumental in keeping me on task for my short game. Airtable has helped me itemize what I need and plan for the long-term. Here are the benefits to using Asana for your business. I hope this inspires you to spice up your planning!

What is Asana?

Before we dig into the benefits, you gotta know what Asana is. Asana is a Project Management platform that helps you stay on top of all the moving pieces needed for a specific project, no matter how big or small.

Asana helps you see everything that needs to be done at-a-glance, and in general, its purpose is to allow you to organize projects and to-do’s in a very clear, easy-to-use interface. 

The hierarchy of levels in Asana goes: Organization or Workspace; Team; Project; Task; Subtask.

Asana allows you to organize your projects and tasks by hierarchy.

You can see all of the projects on a “Project” section:

Once you click into the Project, you will see your main tasks that can be separated by section. Tasks break down projects into actionable steps. Tasks can be to-dos, requests, reminders, or ideas.

From each section, you can break it apart into sub-tasks. Subtasks break down tasks into smaller parts. They help divide the task into multiple steps.

How is Asana different from Google Keep?

I kind of want to snicker when I hear someone say that this is Similar to Google Keep. Google Keep is built to help you capture notes and share those notes. Asana is a project management system that with tons of integrations to streamline productivity.

What are the benefits?

Here are just a few of my favorite beginner reasons why Asana has been amazing for my business. I’ll share advanced features in a second version.

1. The free version is robust

Let’s start with the most important. The free version of Asana is super robust and will give you what you keep to keep moving your business forward. There is a premium version that offers more features, but they are nice to have’s and not must have’s in order to use.

2. It’s Website, Desktop App, and Mobile Friendly

I love the flexibility that Asana provides in order to project plan at my desk or on the go. If I have an idea, I can quickly plug it into my phone while I’m running errands and then have it ready to digest when I’m on the computer.

3. Templates help scale repeated workflows

There are routine tasks that you will always need to complete. From a TPT product, YouTube video, or blog post (& more!), there are many different tasks needed for the project to be officially mark as complete. Instead of spending precious time creating these recurring tasks every time you want to start, create template projects and duplicate the project to save time and have exactly what you need.

4. Connect projects and tasks to other projects boards

 It’s important to have a clear view of how your work relates to larger projects, initiatives, and goals. This saves me time and the headache of adding my same task to multiple spots. Notice how the image below has one main tasks added to two projects. It’s correlated to my Teacher Marketing Academy October Launch and my weekly tasks.

5. Different views help with different projects

Asana has many different views for each project. There’s a list view, board view, and calendar view (even more in paid version). Calendar view is the major difference between Asana and Trello, and it helps you see when specific tasks are due and schedule your time accordingly (ie manage your time well).

 Keep in mind; Asana will only work for you if you are consistent about using it.

As amazing as I think this platform can be to organize your business, things don’t work unless you do. Whatever platform you choose, make it a habit and stick with it. I hope this inspires you to create a system that works for you! Which of these benefits of using Asana peaked your interest? Let me know in the comments!