Working together is a must when aiming for success. People who work well together achieve great results and manage to change the world forever.
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” — Henry Ford
For a lot of people, remote work became a standard considering the global crisis that we’re going through. Standard meetings and other business processes are changing, and the need for good and effective tools is even higher now.
According to a study done by Nintex called Definitive Guide to America’s Most Broken Processes, they have identified some major issues:
55% of workers have trouble accessing tools and documents that enable good job performance;
49% have difficulties locating documents while 43% think that sharing documents is a difficult and complicated process.
After thorough research and some testing, we came up with a list of the best business collaboration tools for remote work. We organized them by type, so you can have a clear view of their purpose and what can you achieve by using these tools. Happy reading! 😊
Document collaboration tools allow multiple users to work together on a single document or file, at the same time, from different devices and locations using an Internet connection. The documents are usually hosted in a “cloud”, such as public Wikis (Wikipedia).
Archbee: A great platform that allows writing documentation, centralizing company’s information, and unifying knowledge. It has 25+ useful integrations that allow great flexibility, improves onboarding time, and increases team collaboration. It can be used as an internal knowledge base or as an external documentation platform for clients and customers. It was designed with some advanced features for developers to create document APIs, architecture diagrams, changelogs, write code, and others. A simple to use tool with complex capabilities, the go-to solution when it comes to documentation.
Google Docs: Arguably the most popular document collaboration tool because of its resemblance to Microsoft Word and being included in Google Suite, which is one of the most used workspaces in the world. With Google Docs you can create documents, share them with colleagues via official invite, or a specific link granting them editing permissions.
Real-time communication or synchronous communication implies the simultaneous exchange of information between two or more people, over text, voice, or video call.
No need to explain what email is at this point. If you managed to find this blog, I’m pretty sure you already know. But…just in case you don’t know, an email is a magical place where love and affection that you once received in form of postcards or letters, can now be felt in a 21st-century vibe; In simple words, “e” stands for electronic, so email is an electronic mail. You’re welcome!
G-mail: The most popular e-mail service with over one billion users, it offers a great deal of flexibility and customizability to its users. Users can arrange their inbox with filters, labels, and also utilize the wide range of third-party add-ons that extend its functionality. Easy to use and understand, free for personal use. It’s also included in Google Suite and integrated with Google Calendar which makes it easy for users to see their calendar directly from their email client.
Microsoft Outlook: An old school software that is mainly used to send and receive emails. It also integrates other functionalities where you can manage other types of data including calendar appointments, tasks, contacts and notes. First introduced to the public in 1997, Microsoft Outlook was included in many of the Microsoft Office application suites since then. On Windows 10, the application is usually pre-installed, which is pretty nice.
Dropbox: One of the OG’s of cloud file storage platforms, Dropbox is a great software with a simple interface, good security, and awesome integrations. According to eBool — 92% of the Fortune 500 companies use Dropbox, which means that the product is great and this fact is well known by the most efficient and productive companies in the world. The price is good for the amount of space that they offer, so if you need some cloud space, this could be a good option for you!
Regardless of what software you’re using, the most important thing is that your investment makes sense and you’re not spending money on something that doesn’t bring value into your business. Every year, more and more tools are coming on the market and it’s good to be open-minded about new concepts and solutions because they can make a big difference in your business. What was considered good software in 2015, might be irrelevant in 2020, because of how fast things are moving in the software business. Stay safe, open your eyes, and be smart with your decisions, don’t choose something just because other people think you should.
Originally published at https://www.archbee.io.
