If you’re a lover of Evernote, there’s another app that needs your attention: Notion. Notion is an all-in-one workspace that positions itself as ‘one tool for your whole team’ and ‘the all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.’ With key support offered for functionality across areas including product management, engineering, HR, design, sales …
Remember the sounds of an incoming fax? Prevalent in office set dressings in 90s movies and a daily tool in the business operations of companies around the globes, the fax machine played a powerful role in the workflows of many industries and operations for decades. Dominating as the easiest way to get documents, at …
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Embarking on small business automation is a bit like deciding on the scale of a home renovation – you could decide to make a small change, or to pull out the tiles in every room and design afresh from the ground up. However, even those small changes can make a notable difference to how …
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For those of us with an entrepreneurial mindset, we get a kick out of the thrill of the chase – of looking for new opportunities for lead generation, of identifying potential new market segments, of inventing new products that can pull in an entire new customer base in one fell swoop. We love the rush …
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No matter how our workflows and habits change as new technologies emerge, the need to communicate with our teams, clients and collaborators will always remain a top priority. Face-to-face meetings with clients have morphed into email chains and Dropbox links. Conversations that previously took place on a coffee break or huddled around a whiteboard take …
Video calls have a tendency to get a bad rap. When they do, it’s generally deserved – perhaps as a result of a conference call gone wrong, buggy software and apps, or the most unfortunate of moments when someone doesn’t quite realise the camera’s still on. Video call etiquette – I can’t help with that. The rest? …
Remote work isn’t quite the buzz term it used to be. With flexible work conditions becoming more common across all kinds of industries, our ideas of a ‘day at the office’ are changing rapidly, incorporating technological advances and greater desires for work-life integration into new solutions for all kinds of workers. A 2018 study by …
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We’re suckers for productivity clickbait. Articles proclaiming productivity hacks, workflow techniques,and five-step-programs whet our curiosity time and time again. With the same 24 hours in the day as the next guy, it’s easy to fall into the trap of believing that there’s a ‘secret’ you may be missing out on when it comes to squeezing …
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You’ve probably come across a chatbot before – perhaps far more often than you’ve realised. This relatively new form of communication has begun to flood apps and the online space with a flurry of activity. After all, when it comes to 24/7 customer-facing conversation, robots have the upper hand – no rest required. Chatbots are …
Even with the plethora of digital communication tools available to us, I remain a big believer in the power of voice. There’s nothing quite as personal as voice communication when it comes to creating an authentic communication experience for your customers or clients. Plus, for some, it’s perceived as the fastest way to get the …