1. Team Communication: Microsoft Teams
    • Microsoft teams easily integrates with all Microsoft 365 products, and is free with a license to Microsoft 365. This streamlines our communication process by allowing easy uploads of files from Office Suite, calendar integrations, and automatic connection to work emails.
  2. Document Sharing: Microsoft OneDrive
    • With the use of Microsoft Teams, OneDrive integration is a no-brainer. It would be of no additional cost, and eliminates the need for an external software outside of the Microsoft ecosystem.
  3. Version Control: Git
    • Git is the most widely-used version control system available. With such broad usage, knowledge of Git can be considered an essential skill among developers. By using Git, we can assume that most, if not all, developers hired will adapt easily to our version control system.
  4. Prototyping: Marvel
    • Marvel’s prototyping software presents an intuitive UI and requires minimal knowledge of web design knowledge to be able to create and share prototypes. Their collaboration features also offer easy access across departments.
  5. Time Tracking: Harvest
    • Harvest offers valuable analytics based on time tracking input, including budget analysis and team work distribution. Additionally, Harvest offers integrated invoicing features which would significantly streamline our payment processes.
  6. Project management: Basecamp
    • Basecamp provides a plethora of project management tools and unique features that would usually require several different softwares. Several different viewing options for projects on large and small scales provides every employee an easily understood visual workflow. Basecamp also offers very competitive pricing, which is one reason it’s a big name in project management software.
  7. Code Testing: Rainforest QA
    • Rainforest QA is unique in that it allows automation of unit testing and quality assurance. What might usually require a team of developers can be accomplished in minutes using Rainforest QA. When it comes to more involved QA tasks, Rainforest has a large team of qualified developers who manually review and write tests. These functionalities provide us excellent value in situations where Software Engineering resources are limited.
  8. Digital Marketing Analytics: Semrush
    • Semrush offers a breadth of valuable tools related to marketing analytics. Using Semrush, we’ll have easy access to insight on how we rank against similar brands, what we could be doing better, and how we can improve our marketing strategy.
  9. SEO Optimization: Semrush
    • In addition to marketing analytics, Semrush also provides powerful SEO optimization tools. This includes an AI SEO writing tool to check our content’s SEO strength, integrated keyword research, and competitor SEO analysis.
  10. Page Speed Testing: Uptrends
    • Uptrends provides continuous website status monitoring from 230 international checkpoints. If any of our webpages are down or need our attention, we can receive instant notifications using an integration with Microsoft Teams.