June 9, 2010 Coral Gables Florida was the location for the first video blog. Shot “fly on the wall” style with a FLIP HD VIDEO CAMERA.
The meeting lasted 30 minutes. Click below for an excerpted version.
Can social media serve a purpose in growing your small business?
Yes social media is a great consensus and strategy building tool that belongs in a toolkit for cloud based collaboration software solutions. I like to think of organizations as having an “ecosystems”. A system of essential elements and tools that allow to company to grow harmoniously.
If the product is a mass market “consumer” product then it can derive a lot of traction from a social campaign directed to the right demographic. Parameters such as geo-locations tagging, crowd sourcing, tweeting, facebook and traditional media tactics should be examined in relation to a marketing budget. Consider where you can achieve maximum penetration for your marketing dollar before launching a new campaign.
Selecting the right scheduling software for your company
From call centers to service companies, from real estate office to public relations companies, from government agencies to freelance design firms everyone needs to manage schedules. Fortunately, online solutions for scheduling exist that make the process a simple and intuitive one – reducing your stress level while maintaining an accurate flow of scheduling information. When looking for a simple scheduling solution there are a number of factors you need to consider in order to find the best solution for your needs.
Traditional programs vs. Web applications
Printing schedules is always a problem. A web based scheduling solution gives you and your employees the ability to log in and collaborate on your staff schedules in real time. Being entirely web based, there are no IT requirements other than a web browser and no need to download or install software. Online scheduling software not only provide a convenient, central location for all scheduling data but also offer a quick and easy solution that can be accessed anywhere, from any web browser.
Simple & intuitive interface
The key to staff scheduling is in its ease of use and access to everyone’s calendar. Effective online scheduling software needs to provide an intuitive and informative interface. Administers can quickly add, view, and amend schedules as well as employee information and other details. In turn, employees receive email notifications of events and will receive reminder notices. They can easily log in and view and accept their schedule. Complex interfaces tend to lead to an unwillingness to use the software.
Smart phone access
You should consider services that offer a smart phone experience. This enables all users who have smart phones to see their schedules from their phone browser via a special URL. This URL is automatically updated like an RSS feed.
Additional features
Just because an scheduling software program offers easy staff scheduling doesn’t it shouldn’t offer more advanced options. You need to be able to Generate reports about staff, allow some people to see the personal events of others, publish company events to the web, track RSVPs to events, and insure that there are double booking controls in place. A portal page allows staff to be updated of any important dates or announcements. Budget tracking will let you forecast and keep track of your costs. All these features make for powerful but simple scheduling software for your organization.
Online Document Sharing Between Working Groups
Your business is expanding- you have more staff, more contract workers, more locations and more people telecommuting. If you frequently need to share documents, data and files with associates or customers, you have probably experienced the frustration caused by incompatible email systems. Sending files, especially larger files, via email is an unreliable method of file sharing that poses security risks. Files can inadvertently be forwarded to, or received by, individuals whom you would not want to have them.
Files that are too large, or are of an unacceptable type for a particular email system, are returned as undeliverable. The files could simply vanish, wasting your time and your client’s time. This could cost you dearly in terms of lost business. The solution to these potential file sharing hazards is to use a purpose-built online file sharing software.
Same-Page’s eStudio suite of online collaboration tools includes online file sharing designed to enable users to share files of any size and type. You can view and edit the files online and easily transmit them to another user. Same-Page eStudio has a built in a four-tiered online file sharing workspace with access control. Sign out files, build a comment thread, mark a file for review and set a version as file all with a browser. Administrators can set up multiple levels of user access to the file sharing system.
The online document sharing software can be accessed from any computer connected to the Internet. In addition to online file sharing, the suite includes web-based project management, online calendars, contact management, discussion and chat boards–everything your business needs to enable your employees to communicate effectively. All equipment and software is managed and updated by our expert IT staff. In minutes you can have the eStudio online file sharing software working for an unlimited number of your employees for a low monthly fee that starts at only $50 per month. Sign up for a free 30 day trial here.