Five boards that quietly run a small business.
You don't need fifty features. You need five boards that do the boring remembering for you — what each one is, the columns to add, and why it earns its place.
Free plan available • No credit card to start
Start with one, not five.
Pick whichever board fixes your loudest problem this week. You can add the rest later — most people never need all five.
The simple CRM
A fancy way of saying "a list of every person who might pay you, and where they are in the conversation." Most small businesses keep this in their head. That works until it doesn't.
The column that matters is Next step date. Add one automation — "when the date arrives, notify me" — and no lead goes cold because you forgot.
The content calendar
One board for everything you post — social, blog, email. Each row is one piece moving from idea to published.
Switch to calendar view and you'll see an empty week coming before it happens, instead of noticing on Friday.
Client onboarding
Every new client should get the same smooth first two weeks: welcome email, contract, kickoff call, file access. This board is that checklist, duplicated per client so nothing depends on memory.
Save it as a template inside monday.com. New client? Duplicate, rename, done.
The weekly task board
The "what is everyone actually doing this week" board. One group per person, or one per day — whichever matches how your team thinks.
"Stuck" is the underrated one. It turns "I didn't want to bother anyone" into a red block the whole team can see and fix in minutes.
Invoices & payments
Not accounting software — just a clear list of who owes you money and whether they've paid, so nothing slips into the "I'll chase that later" void.
Add "when Follow-up date arrives and Status isn't Paid, notify me." Politely persistent, automatically.
Build your first board this week.
The free plan covers two people, and every paid plan has a free trial — so you can build a real board before spending anything.
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