Professional Software: 5 Software to Boost a Business | Wimi

A few good entrepreneurial practices to increase efficiency are never too much. Wimi shares with you below an article from one of our partners giving you some keys to understanding the benefits and functioning of services essential to the launch of your business.

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Are you a managing entrepreneur, marketer or even an entrepreneur?

Do you want to save your time and develop your business?

Top! We've put together the 5 software you need to know designed to help you save time and be efficient.

This software allows you to create a site, to optimize your team management, your internal communication or even your CRM!

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The online project management platform Wimi was founded in December 2011.

• For what?

It is a software of project management and a collaborative work platform. Wimi makes it possible to centralize team work.

It is a SaaS software (Software as a service), i.e. you subscribe to software that you can use remotely. So you don't need to install the software, it follows you everywhere with you with a simple internet connection.

• For whom?

For all people who want to work as a team effectively (from students, to individual entrepreneurs, including VSEs or for CAC 40 companies).

• How does it work?

You can benefit from Wimi by creating an account or by being a guest.

Subsequently, depending on your subscription, you can benefit from many services such as team collaboration by creating a workspace containing chat channels, document trees, tasks coupled with a Gantt chart, group calendars, private messages as well as video conferencing and screen sharing.

Wimi also offers Wimi Drive for sharing and synchronizing documents..

• Why choose Wimi?

1. You have a Wimi bot that shows you the functionalities as you go.
2. You benefit from the advice of a Wimi member live from the chat.
3. Explanations and online video tutorials.
4. Easy to use and complete software
5. Possibility to invite external contributors free of charge and without functional limitations to your business/organization (guests)

Project management software number 1 in France.

Webinars for everyone, all users can benefit from the training presentation webinars once a week and for free

Wimi therefore offers numerous functionalities.

• What price?

There are 4 offers from O€ to 18€/month. You can get started with 14 free days.

Orson.io is a French company created in 2012 and located in Paris.

• For what?

Orson is a website creation software /website builder in SaaS (Software as a service) That is to say that you subscribe to software that you can use remotely. So you don't need to install the software, it follows you everywhere with you with a simple internet connection.

• For whom?

This software works on the Drag and drop principle (drag and drop), which is very practical and allows freedom in creating the site.

It is also very simple. You assemble blocks or you have pre-assembled blocks and you integrate modules into these blocks.

• Why Orson?

1. Orson bot that follows you during the creation of your site and gives you suggestions for improvements.
2. Well provided tutorials on their site. You get advice from an Orson member live from the chat.
3. High quality support
4. Incredibly easy tool for a very good quality rendering
5. 100% Made in France

Orson organizes free workshops that allow you to more easily learn about the software but also to get advice from a professional on SEO!

• What price?

Free for 15 days then €2 per month for a one-page site or €20 per month for a site with an unlimited number of pages.

Domain name and hosting are included, possibility of having an external domain.

Aircall is a software created in Paris in 2014.

• For what?

It allows support teams and sales teams to manage telephone conversations.

Aircall allows you to set up your call center in a few minutes.

It is SaaS (Software as a Service) software, which means that you subscribe to software that you can use remotely. So you don't need to install the software, it follows you everywhere with you with a simple internet connection.

• For whom?

For all people/businesses who need a call center

• How does it work?

It's very simple, you register on the Aircall site and then you will have access to the platform that will allow you to...Manage your telephone reception.

You have a lot of features such as:

• The possibility of obtaining special numbers in more than 40 countries so that you can always be reached.
• Possibility to add or remove numbers in 1 click, to create a queue to make incoming calls wait.
• You can also take part in team call management by assigning and commenting on calls to refer them to a collaborator by leaving a comment that will appear in their to-do list.
• You will also have access to performance analysis (missed calls, average duration of a call, etc.), but also to collaborative solutions such as time routing and mobile forwarding.
• Finally, Aircall allows integration with your CRM software.

• Why Aircall?

1. No hardware to manage: a connection, a computer or a smartphone are enough.
2. A software that allows an analysis of the performance of your call center.
3. A chat with members of the Aircall team.
4. Comments: Full telephone support.
5. Possibility to make an appointment virtually to have a demo.

• What price?

“Premium” $30/per user per month billed annually and “Enterprise” $50/per user per month billed annually

Intercom was created in California in 2011.

• For what?

Intercom is a tool for chat and comments. It is a customer relationship tool. It allows you to communicate with your customers, users of your software or with visitors to your website.

It also allows you to send targeted emails, customer segmentation and customer support

• For whom?

For any business that needs a chat and feedback tool

• How does it work?

You register and then you will have access to the services offered by Intercom.

“Respond” will give you the opportunity to communicate with your customers and prospects. For example, this product offers multi-channel messaging, and decision-making analyses that allow you to know the performance of your team.

“Engage” allows for example to send targeted messages at the right time and to the right audience. To measure and optimize: to assess the impact of messages and propose improvements.

“Educate” allows you to create, organize, and publish articles in your help center to help people find answers and use your app.

• Why Intercom?

1. A member of the Intercom team answers you directly through their own chat
2. Recommended solutions according to your needs
3. Very complete demos by theme
4. Webinars made available (in English), to learn about best practices on customer engagement, assistance... (etc.)

• What price?

Possible products from 49S$/month to 53S$/month and 2 possible subscriptions: Lite 155US$/month and Standard 181US$/month.

Mail Chimp Created in the USA in 2001.

• For what?

Carry out your emailing and newsletter campaigns

• For whom?

Both to the general public and to professionals

• How does it work?

All you have to do is create an account and then it's up to you to play!

• Why Mailchimp?

1. Live chat with one of the team members
2. Very easy to use
3. Courses available on their site on various topics (in English)
4. Complete tutorials on the Mail Chimp website (in English)
5. Mail chimp is free for up to 2,000 contacts and 12,000 emails sent per month
6. A reference in the world
7. A comprehensive statistical analysis service

• What price?

From 0 to 199$/month.

Article written by Agnès Abkari

Web editor at Orson.io