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
Looking for a better system for taking and finding notes? Look no further. These apps made our list of the best note-taking apps out there because they greatly simplify the lost art of note-taking. Rather than limit you to pen and paper or your phone’s native notes app, a specialized note-taking app equips you with… (more) The 8 Best Note-Taking Apps for 2020
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?
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
OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage offering. Under various names, it’s been around since 2007, but has been overshadowed until fairly recently by competitors Dropbox and Google Drive. Like Dropbox, it provides online cloud storage. And like Google Drive, it lets users edit, create and collaborate on documents directly from a web browser. So does OneDrive… (more) OneDrive Review: Is it Good Enough?
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
The market is thick with collaboration tools that promise to help your teams tackle every problem. Should you believe the hype? Not entirely. Some of the newer, exciting tools are unproven. Some of the mature products are freighted with unnecessary features. The truth is that some products are better than others. The best collaboration tools… (more) The 5 Best Collaboration Tools for Every Team
Airtable is an incredibly useful tool for organizing just about anything. I’ve heard it called “Excel on steroids.” Think of it as a spreadsheet/database hybrid you can use for project management, CRM, DMS, ERP, sales pipelines, and more. At the same time, Airtable has more flexibility and some capabilities that put it in a completely… (more) Airtable Review: Is it Good Enough?
The best video conferencing software molds to your needs—not the other way around. Whether you’re finding yourself bending circumstances to accommodate your current conferencing services (it’s definitely time for a change), or you are buying these services for the first time, get ready for the highest-quality picture, cleanest sound, and most complete control possible. There’s… (more) The 6 Best Video Conferencing Software and How to Decide