You're so jet-set you don't know what time zone you're in rightnow. You brushed your teeth with one of those mini traveltoothbrushes this morning. And you're on a first-name basis withmultiple hotels' housekeeping staffs.

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Many successful advisors adopt a “See The People” mantra, butseeing them usually means travel — and all the hassles that comewith it. Fortunately, there's an app for that. Several apps,actually.

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We've tracked down a few of the best apps for producers on thego … whether you're two blocks away from the home office or half aglobe.

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Here On Biz

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For: Apple devices

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Cost: Free

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www.hereon.biz

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The innovative Here On Biz app allows you to put allthose LinkedIn contacts you've accumulated to real-lifegood use. Here On Biz lets users, whether they're at the office oran out-of-town business conference, know when members of theirLinkedIn network or groups are nearby. See that a prospect you'vebeen trying to land is down the street? Use the app's chat tool toinvite him to lunch. Want to talk shop at the hotel bar after along day of conference sessions? The app can help you find fellowpros to meet up with. Avoiding lonelinessand buildingbusiness relationships? Sounds like a win-win.

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Fresh Xpense Capture

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For: iPhone, iPad

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Cost: Free

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www.ziaconsulting.com/products-2/freshxpense/

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If filling out reimbursement reports isn't your kind of welcomehome party, try Fresh Xpense Capture. The free app allows users tocapture expenses, take pictures of their receipts and send all theinfo to their Xpenser accounts. (Bare bones Xpenser accounts arefree; more robust options cost about $9 a month, per user.) Fromthere, the recorded meals, mileage and other expenses can beorganized, exported and reported, no Xeroxing of wrinkly receiptsneeded.

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Bump

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For: Apple and Android devices

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Cost: Free

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http://bu.mp/company/

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Say you've just met a prospect, but you're fresh out of businesscards. Or you want to share some important documents with a clientat lunch, but you forgot to put them in your briefcase. Tough luck,right? Not if you have Bump. Bump users can share contact info,documents, photos and video by simply knocking their devices —phones, tablets or computers — together.

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Dropbox

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For: Apple and Android devices

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Cost: Free

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www.dropbox.com

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Still emailing documents to yourself so you can access them fromdifferent devices? You might as well be wearing pantaloons andpedaling one of those old-timey bicycles with the giant frontwheel. Thanks to Dropbox, you can now save documents, photos andvideo to the cloud and access them anywhere, anytime on whateverdevice you happen to be using. In fact, when Iasked advisors to tell me about their favorite apps,Dropbox made more than half their lists.

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LogMeIn

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For: iPhone, iPad, Android devices

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Cost: Varies — free and paid versions for Apple products; $29.99for Android version

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https://secure.logmein.com/

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You're out and about, meeting with clients, working efficientlyon your iPad. And then you realize you forgot a super importantdocument that's saved on your desktop at work. Before you rush backto the office, tires squealing, try LogMeIn. The app gives usersremote access to their desktop computers, so they can TCB,worry-free. Also cool: The app can wake up your sleeping computerand promises a high level of security.

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