There was a webinar on Friday the 27th about the new release. Thanks to everyone who attended. If you would like to download the presentation, it is available. A link to download a recording of the webinar itself will be available after Wednesday. There is a repeat webinar on Wednesday, Oct. 2. If you have other questions about this webinar, contact me at stephen@bitrix24.com Tags: webinar, Fall
On September 25 we released a new version of Bitrix24 which is now available to all users, paid and free. The changes include a few major things and a bunch of minor interface tweaks that improved user experience.
We invite you to participate in a webinar that will explain the new Bitix24 features and capabilities available to our cloud users as of September 25. The webinar will take place on Friday, September 27 and there will be a repeat session on Wednesday, October 2 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time.
Now, what do we have in our magician's hat for you?
Interactivity and improved user experience: Get important information real-time, remove the noise, and keep the whole thing under control;
Document editing does not have to be in MS Office. Now it can be done in your Bitrix24!
Confused if you need Skype or Google Hangout? The answer could be Bitrix24 this time;
Projects and Tasks: No more complex options. Fighting the routine is now as easy as never before!
Emails were the only thing we lacked in Bitrix24. Now the connection has been established!
Mobile CRM: Complete and truly functional;
Your company at a glance: Feel the Company Pulse! Now the whole team works as a single unit! Details are on the webinar registration pages!
HR departments, recruiting and staffing agencies are among the top Bitrix24 users, so this post will explain how to use Bitrix24 as your free human resources information system as well as inform you which premium HRIS features are available in the paid plans and the self-hosted version of Bitrix24.
You can work with documents in Bitrix24 without an office suite now. Thanks to integration with Google Docs and MS Office Web Apps, you can open, view, and collaborate on documents stored in your Bitrix24 portal via your Google and Microsoft (Live ID) account.
Bitrix24 presents several tools for business communication which let you stay in contact with your colleagues and stay updated about ongoing work and system events.
The built-in Web Messenger lets you write, call, and see colleagues directly through your browser
Mobile Apps for iOS and Android keep you connected outside the office
Using the Desktop App for Windows and Mac, you can close your intranet and still stay in touch and work with documents via the Bitrix24.Drive
All messages sent via the above-mentioned tools are saved in the intranet, indexed for search, and available at any point in the future for reference.
For many people their first extensive use of a cloud service that was not email was Skype or Dropbox. So it’s natural that a many small companies depend on these consumer-facing services for their operations. At first glance, it seems like no big deal to conscript a consumer service into the business world, but there are several side effects which Bitrix24 eliminates while providing a superior service.
Free Dropbox alternative
As you probably know, the document library in Bitrix24 is extremely powerful, allowing flexible sharing, direct editing, workflow and approvals, commenting, liking, automatic versioning, previews, and creation of external download links, among many other features. Furthermore, users of the free service art provided with a generous 5Gb of space from the start. Read more... Tags: alternative, bitrix24, bitrix24.drive, desktop, documents, drive, dropbox, file management, files, free, intranet, skype, storage
In this blog post the main idea of the Business Processes module is explained. Here you can also find a brief tutorial on creating a simple sequential business process for document approval that can be used in the Document Library in Bitrix24.
As you may or may not know, Bitrix24 has recently been featured in Natalie Sisson’s new book, The Suitcase Entrepreneur as one of the must-have tools for mobile and solo entrepreneurs who want to run their business from anywhere. You probably already know how Bitrix24 makes it easy for you to communicate with others, manage projects, increase sales and effectively collaborate, so let’s take a closer look at Natalie’s other picks for mobile entrepreneurs:
Leads form the start of your prospects journey through the CRM sales cycle and are usually generated in a number of different ways.
Fr om traditional forms of lead generation such as reply coupons, person to person telemarketing and field sales, to web enquiry forms or outsourcing leads from data management companies.
Managing leads effectively can benefit your business in a number of ways:
• Reduce marketing costs • Improved business forecasting • More sales per customer • Improved segmentation of clients • Personalized promotional offers • Up selling
Bitrix24’s CRM manages email correspondence with contacts, companies and leads and can receive and append incoming email to the appropriate CRM object or record.
Sending messages from the CRM
Sending emails from the CRM can be done individually or in bulk, files can be attached to messages, and pre-made templates can be implemented.