With more teams than ever working remotely, you might be experiencing weaker communication
and collaboration than usual.
But research actually shows that employees who work from home are in better health and
more productive than those who commute long distances, and over the past decade and a
half, the number of people working remotely has skyrocketed 173%.
So this work-from-home life might just be a trend that’s here to stay!
Here at AppSumo, we already had employees working remotely throughout the States, so
we’re excited to take a deep dive today into the tools that have worked for us.
These products have streamlined our workflows and kept us efficient whether we’re inside
or outside of the office.
First up, our best team communication tool goes hands down to Slack.
Slack specializes in streamlining your team communication.
It provides an always-on digital communal space for you and your team to talk shop and
collaborate instantly and efficiently.
Conversations can be organized into different channels for different subjects for an effortlessly
uncluttered inbox.
Next, for our video calls and screen sharing needs, we rely on Zoom.
Zoom has proven itself to be one of the most reliable tools out there for video calls and
screen sharing with solid video quality and an intuitive interface.
Most video conferencing tools glitch, freeze, and lag, yet Zoom continues to stand head
and shoulders above the alternatives.
However, we do want to give a couple of shoutouts.
First to Remo Conference, a virtual platform for hosting interactive digital events featuring
keynote presentations, panels, and networking.
This digital event space is easy to navigate with segmented round tables that instantly
connect you to a shared video chat.
You can also monetize the conference with sponsors in banners, as well as run giveaways
and promotions.
Cha-ching!
We also want to shout out MeetFox for its all-in-one package that lets you coordinate
meetings, run video conferencing, and send invoices with zero effort.
Goooodbye grunt work!
And a bonus: MeetFox is available on AppSumo right now as a lifetime deal.
Next up, for no-code workflow management, we use Process Street.
It’s basically super-powered checklists that walk your team through recurring processes.
This is an *invaluable* tool for streamlining processes within all of our teams across departments
and state lines.
You can automate workflows by easily prioritizing tasks and following clear, well-written processes,
create custom process templates, assign tasks, schedule recurring tasks, and track progress
from the dashboard.
Yeah, it can do it all.
And hot tip, Sumo-lings: you can get your hands on a free trial of Process Street right
now!
Last up, file management.
Of course there’s always ol’ reliable, Google Drive, which lets your team store files,
documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and pretty much anything else in a single, secure
location.
But I want to give an honorable mention to Icedrive, which makes cloud storage as secure
as it is accessible with zero-knowledge, 256-bit Twofish encryption.
You can quickly drag-and-drop your files or upload them into the web app or mobile apps.
You can also mount the drive to your Windows desktop for all the functionality of an external
hard drive with version histories saved in the cloud.
Then, share with your team using public links and direct user-to-user sharing.
Sumo-lings, we have even more recommendations on our blog!
Click the link in the description to learn about the best tools for integrations, password
management, spreadsheet databases, screen recording, and more.
And give this video a thumbs up if you want more AppSumo hot tips on how to make remote
teams work!