Collaborating online is now easier than ever. Sync your documents with our cloud based platform, and work on docs simultaneously to create an endless number of amazing products together. Co-workers, clients, or customers can now easily communicate with each other to create amazing products.
Collaboration is a fundamental online activity for teams of all kind, but it can be hard to manage with your traditional file sharing systems. You need something that makes creating files easy, managing permissions painless, sharing seamless, and most importantly keeping track of it all easy as well.
InVideo
InVideo gives you the scope to easily design videos and share them online while you’re in a webinar or video conference. The easy accessibility and editing features on InVideo help you get creative with your data and its portrayal using corporate templates for your video presentation.
InVideo is an online collaboration tool that can be accessed from all the commonly used browsers. Its user-friendly interface helps you figure out what’s best for a corporate video and how to share it online on your organization’s social media handles and other websites.
Pros
- 4000+ handcrafted templates. From numerous meme templates to educational tutorial templates, InVideo covers all possible video creation purposes.
- 8M+ iStock Media Library and 1M+ Premium Media Library from Shutterstock and Storyblock
- A feature to convert the article to video easily
- An easy way to cut, trim, crop, create a composite, apply brand presets, etc.
- Auto text-to-speech + ability to add your own voice-overs
- 24/7 live chat support + community of more than 20K creators and marketers
Cons
- Users are allowed to work on one project at a time
- Can be accessed only through a browser
Go Brief
Brief is a team collaboration tool that boosts productivity by enabling team members to prioritize and focus on important tasks while minimizing distractions. In 2018 and 2019, Brief was featured by Apple among the Apps We Love.
It has an elegant dashboard that combines chat, video, team hubs, to-do lists and file sharing.
Pros
- Turn any message into a task with one click
- Create hubs that let you organize your teams, chats, tasks and files
- Available on the web, desktop, iOS and Android
- Has a user-friendly interface
- File sharing of any size
- Offers exceptional quality video and audio calls through integration with Zoom
- Has an elegant dashboard
- This tool is free at the moment
Cons
- Has few integrations so far
Adobe XD
For designers, AdobeXD makes quite a bit of sense. The software allows for real-time collaboration between team members on design projects.
The solution has a creative cloud that allows others to edit and make any needed adjustments on design in real time. With this solution, teams can design and prototype websites, mobile apps and more in real time.
Pros
- Replete with great native UI elements
- Has a tutorial to help you get your way around
- Very clean interface
- Easy to fill the UI with content
Cons
- Fairly hard to animate the UI
- No CSS export
ProofHub
ProofHub is a remarkable project management and team collaboration software. It enables managers to work jointly with their team members to plan and deliver projects spotlessly. You can organize and assign tasks to the team members smartly. The in-built chat app helps you eliminate remote communication barriers.
ProofHub provides you an online workspace where you can organize files, share notes and monitor everyday progress. There’s an online proofing tool that helps you review and approve files. Comprehensive Gantt charts help you plan your project effortlessly by placing it into easy-to-understand visual timelines.
Pros
- Free trial
- Easy to set up and understand
- Simple pricing with no per-user charges
- Powerful collaboration features
Cons
- Limited third-party integrations
HeyOrca
Finally, a collaborative social media management tool designed for agencies.
HeyOrca’s social media calendar allows you to effortlessly schedule and collaborate on social media posts, manage content approvals, and report on your results… all in one place.
It’s a visual platform built for social media managers that need to collaborate and communicate digitally on content – whether it’s with a client or internal team. Here’s how Alicia from Conversion Interactive Agency describes her experience:
I love that our content creation and client approvals all happen in one simple, easy-to-use platform. It really opened the door for more direct collaboration with our clients and empowered our team to build stronger relationships with them. HeyOrca’s support team is unmatched – any questions or suggestions are addressed lightning fast and they’re always friendly and great about following up.
HeyOrca enabled us to make the switch from spreadsheets — a clunky, outdated process, to a completely seamless workflow that enabled our team to work smarter and more efficiently.
Pros
- Rated 4.8/5 stars on G2
- Free 14-day trial
- Very low learning curve
- Unique pricing model – every calendar comes with unlimited users, social posts, media storage, support, and up to 10 connected social accounts
- Calendar format allows you to easily manage scheduled posts & plan future content
- Visual editor shows you exactly how posts will appear on social media while you create
- Easily share scheduled posts with clients or managers for approval or feedback
- Instantly pull social media reports & share them with clients or management
Cons
- No optimal posting times (Coming soon)
- No paid post promotions (Coming soon)
Google Keep
Google also has a note taking tool – Google Keep – that rivals Evernote.
The tool allows you to quickly take and save notes, photos, voice memos, and checklists; and share them with the rest of your team. It seamlessly integrates into the mainstream Google, and lets users set reminders.
Pros
- Has a beautiful colors that enhance the user interface
- Simple and easy to use
- Fast and responsive on both web and mobile
Cons
- Limited way to organize notes
- Has limited features, no bullet points or numbered lists
Salesmate
We also found a tool for your sales reps <smiles>. It’s called Salesmate, a sales CRM Software for small and medium-size businesses.
It has an intuitive and easy to use interface that allows sales reps to be more productive, increases their sales and allow them to engage deeply with customers.
The solution provides sales reps with the right insights, integrations and data to help them sell faster and deliver more personalized experiences to each customer.
Pros
- Built-in text sender allows for quick sending of promotional messages
- Integrated calling tool, connect with a single click
- Has a great level of transparency
Cons
- Requires a bit of learning to use properly
Concept Inbox
Another visual design collaboration tool that allows you to keep everyone up to speed, Concept Inbox ardently keeps track of versions so that team members and external stakeholders can return to a particular design at any point in time.
Project leads can get real time feedback on prototypes with in-context annotations and email notifications when someone makes a comment on a design.
Prevue
When you’re a designer, you eventually have to present your designs to your clients. Prevue allows you to create beautiful presentations and receive feedback from the client in real time.
Prevue is priced to be affordable for small businesses. Plans start for as low as $5 per month and go up to $25 per month for agencies.
Logo Maker
Designhill’s artificial intelligence and machine learning based logo maker tool creates cool logo easily within minutes that says a lot about brand.
Designhill logo maker offers 1000+ custom symbols and fonts that goes with the array of industries where one can easily create cool logo within minutes with our unique logo generator.
With 3 simple steps, you can build a professional logo with powerful features:
- Start with Inspiration (Enter your company name and select logo design styles, colors and icons you like).
- Browse & Customize your design.
- Get Ready-To-Use Files.
WebEx
WebEx is for businesses that rely heavily on meetings that need a full-featured communications software solution. It offers much secure team workspaces in the cloud. With WebEx, businesses can streamline their businesses and help solve real human problems.
What’s unique about WebEx?
- HD video conferences with collaboration and file-sharing capabilities.
- WebEx mobile app for iPhone, iPad, Android, and Blackberry.
- Get your own personalized meeting room
ClickMeeting
ClickMeeting is a browser-based web conferencing tool that comes along with dynamic features. It is mainly used to make webinars more effective and online meetings more collaborative. You can connect seamlessly with others regardless of location and operating system. Overall, ClickMeeting is a perfect tool that fosters effective communication and collaboration.
What’s unique about ClickMeeting
- Easily engage your audience and allow more room for interaction.
- Offers high-quality and live seminars
- View and export detailed info and derive useful predictions and trends
- Share screen and videos with other attendees
- Getting started is hassle-free and only takes a moment
Conclusion
Collaboration can be a powerful force for improving productivity and business results, but it’s only as effective as the online tools implemented for this purpose. In this book you will learn how to establish a productive online collaboration environment by applying my strategies and proven techniques. A good collaboration strategy is vital to the success of any company or organization. Learning my strategy enables you to navigate through the sometimes contentious waters of multiple employees collaborating on a single project. With a collaborative plan, even your most ‘difficult’ employees will feel a sense of personal ownership and participate equally in successful projects.