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Know the best software to manage a workshop covering customer lifecycle, bookings, vehicle and spare parts management, mechanic management, quotes and invoicing?
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These days there are so many management platforms such as Asana, Active Collab, Trello, Podio Teamwork PM. Which one do you use and why?
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Stuart Reynolds, Partner at Fullstack Advisory
At Fullstack we use Asana, and we find it the best for our team because of a few things:
As you mentioned in your question, there are quite a few available options these days! As with anything, the best starting point is being clear about your criteria. A good foundation would be to consider your required features, pricing, permissions, integrations and mobile access.
Project management also goes beyond the software, into project leaders, scalable processes and ongoing process refinements. We geek out on project management a little bit!
We have a blog post about this too, in case that’s helpful.
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You can visit here https://www.estorelogistics.com.au/services/3pl/ . You willsurely get what you are looking for.
Hi everyone, I hope some of you can share your wisdom on the bottomless pit of info that is CRM. I'm the owner of a media recruitment and connections website, Rachel's List, which connects...
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Steven Freeman at Evolved Sound
Zoho is a good middle of the road CRM which can do a lot out of the box reliabily. Pipedrive CRM is sales focused, so lacks many other core features your will expect and need from a CRM. Sugar CRM is excellent if you have lot of development capability as you can built in just about any complex or unique feature you like, at less ongoing costs compared to the per seat model. As said it is best to work backwards from what you currently need and even harder what you may need in the future to choose the right option. The problem is you often don't realise what you may need as you aren't aware of what CRMs can do at a much enhanced and automated level. For more complex requirements it is worth engaging a CRM consultant that is across the leading market place options and not aligned to any particularly product.
What can you say about InterAct Software? I'm specifically interested in feedback about manufacturing, payroll and GST compliance.
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Brad Lyons, Consultant at Thinkedu Pty Ltd
Vtiger.com. Cheaper, better.
There are heaps of programs out there. Some free others for a fee. It really comes down to what your business does and what else you use. I use vtiger for some companies and custom software for others.
I also use Hipchat to connect them together and have alerts. IFTTT is good for connecting different products. Really comes down to what your business needs.
Know the best software to manage a workshop covering customer lifecycle, bookings, vehicle and spare parts management, mechanic management, quotes and invoicing?
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I am wondering if anyone is aware of a product (ideally open sourced) that can look at buyer/user behaviour, develop dynamic content for individual users and track how the individual user is...
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Hamish Anderson, Founder and Director at Mesh Consulting
Hey Tania,
There are many different options out there, some of which are going to be more or less appropriate for you depending on your budget or the CMS you use.
A good solution for the dynamic content, Sales funnel, nurturing component of your question is Wishpond. Easy to use, powerful and good price and full of features (AB testing, pop ups, integrations etc). Of course there are solutions like hubspot, but these are pricey and often overpowered.
An alternative though one I do not have experience with is Leadsquared. Again It does what you are looking for I believe.
Was not sure what you meant by the ability for retargeting ads (that is more likely to be a code snippet on your site if I interpret correctly) though - sorry.
Without wanting to be too presumptive either, happy to discuss further if you like, or answer any other questions around this, or if needed help with any of the strategy.
Hamish
Hamish Anderson , Founder and Director at Mesh Consulting
By the way, sorry neither are open source, I have not come across a good one yet.
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Philip Brookes, Director at Aktiv Digital
I use a 13" MacBook Air and I *love* it's battery life, light weight, and robust construction. I travel a lot, and when a carry-on bag is limited to 7kg every gram counts. When I'm at my desk, I have it hooked up to a 24" external screen, position it on a stand, and use a wireless Apple keyboard plus a wireless Logitech mouse to have essentially a dual-screen desktop configuration.
Irrespective of which brand of notebook you purchase, I'd definitely recommend you invest in an SSD (Solid State Drive) - they're so ridiculously faster than a traditional Hard Disk Drive (HDD) that it'll blow you away. You might think it's just one small part of the equation, but you'd be wrong - the specs of my Macbook Air are nothing special (1.8GHz i5 with 4GB RAM) but due to the blazing fast SSD this machine has handled everything I've thrown at it including Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Aperture, Microsoft Office suite, Dropbox, Google Drive, and scores of apps/windows active simultaneously - with a HDD you'd need to double all the other specs to make that possible. I can't recommend SSD highly enough.
Steven Freeman , at Evolved Sound
Agreed having the fastest SSD as your primary drive helps make things fly.
Scott Yang, Founder at OzBargain.com.au
Yes git for both development and deployment. We also use Trac + git integration for bug tracking / project planning, and Sentry for off-site error logging.
James Hanford , at Kmart Australia
Thanks for the links, I'll checkout those projects and see if I can find uses for them. Have you ever considered using angular (https://angularjs.org/) to give ozbargain a more webapp feel.
I would like to hear how others in this community are using open-source within their venture. What are your experiences with it generally or specifically? Does your venture have a specific strategy...
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Andrew Egan, Director & IT Specialist at Adept IT
I'm an IT provider, so I'm across open source on at least a general level. I do have a linux server that's used for web development test site.
I've got a client who has a linux-based file server and a separate linux proxy. It was already in place when I took over 2 years ago, but it's going strong and solid. It rarely needs reboots or patching.
OSS does require a bit more understanding than a windows platform - there are notable differences and if you're not technically inclined it may be difficult to adjust.
I don't usually see linux on desktops but I'm definitely aware it happens. I have a general policy of "what's the best fit for this specific scenario" - but that can encompass all sorts of things, including ongoing supportability. It's harder to find good linux engineers than good windows engineers
Cassidy Poon, Head of Digital & Social Media at LogicalTech Group
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Have anyone explore Podzy? Podzy is the world’s first totally secure, client side alternative to Dropbox. It provides enterprises with a private platform for implementing a secure on-premise alternative to Dropbox. Podzy, which offers a file sharing and storage service akin to Dropbox but which is secure, private and hosted on the customer’s premises – has been chosen as the winner in the Tools section of the Victorian iAwards. Podzy will now go forward to compete for the national title against other state winners in the national iAwards.
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