Of all the remote communication and collaboration tools, Zoom leads the pack. In April 2020, about a month into the pandemic, Zoom hit a record 300 million daily meeting participants. That’s insane growth considering Zoom only had 10 million meeting participants a few months earlier in December 2019. And it wasn’t just companies that adopted… (more) 29 Zoom Alternatives
There is a ton of excellent software dedicated specifically to customer relationship management (CRM). With so many great choices, you owe it to yourself to be happy with your CRM tools. And no, they don’t have to be expensive. In fact, some of the most powerful solutions are free forever. Read on for five of… (more) The 5 Best CRM Software Tools You Can Actually Afford—and How to Decide
Dozens of products have popped up in the past decade to solve a difficult problem for modern offices: collaboration. Dropbox Paper joined the fray a few years ago, and it has undergone some recent upgrades, seeking to become a more viable option for the busy office. It doesn’t quite offer the same structure to its… (more) Dropbox Paper Review: Is It Good Enough?
In today’s work world, employees can be anywhere and everywhere. Still, whether they’re working at home, at trade shows, at customer sites, or in the actual office, they need to be able to communicate effectively with each other. And that’s exactly the focus of Quip. As a cloud-based task collaboration software, Quip is designed for… (more) Quip Review: Is It Good Enough?
I consider the conference call tool to be one of the most important tools for any company. I couldn’t run a business without it. Even when everyone’s working out of an office, I demand having conference call software that I can always rely on. Business is hard enough, we don’t need to make it harder… (more) The 5 Best Conference Call Software to Survive 2020
G Suite is ubiquitous for a reason. It’s easy to use, has massive integrations, and it makes it simple and fast to set up calls, meetings, events, and projects in Google Calendar. Notion is another of the most powerful tools on the market today. It gives users free rein over a huge variety of structures and functionality… (more) How to Use Google Calendar With Notion
Microsoft (formerly Office) 365 for Education looks like a great deal. It comes with Microsoft’s productivity suite with additional communication and collaboration applications. It’s also advertised as free. In this post we’ll be asking: Is it really free? What do you get? How does it compare with G Suite? First things first. Is it really… (more) Is Microsoft 365 Really Free for Students and Teachers?
Browsing Office 365 plans? Don’t get out your credit card just yet. There are some options you should try first. I know, the prospect of a free Office 365 download sounds kind of farfetched. But it’s not. If there is a legal way that you don’t have to pay, you’ll find it here. Of course,… (more) The 5 Best Ways to Get Office 365 for Free—Guaranteed
As office work migrates to the cloud, document management software—also known as document management systems or DMS—have become a requisite for good business. Even if you’re not totally paperless, you can bet on needing to accommodate vendors, partners, and customers who are. So which document management software is best for most people? There’s no shortage… (more) The 6 Best Document Management Software Tools for 2020
Life can get a little crazy at times. Keeping up with day-to-day tasks requires a robust system. For our parents, that may have been a big family calendar or a to-do list on the refrigerator. Those worked to a point. But these days, with so much vying for our attention, nothing but the most powerful… (more) The 7 Best Task Management Apps for 2020