James Ketchell
Serchen
12 reviews written · 4.8 average
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★★★★★
Absolutely love Notion! The most versatile tool we use at Serchen. We moved over to using them initially as a company wiki page but over the course of the next few months, the use cases have expanded daily. The fact that you can do it all without the need to distract your development team is a huge bonus.
★★★★★
Weve been using buffer for almost 10 years now and recommend it constantly to other business owners. Simple to use and has countless integration options with other tools we use, such as slack and wordpress. Incredibly competitively priced compared to many of its rivals too!
★★★★★
One of our most essential tools for running the business. Slack not only helps us communicate better as a team, but also pulls together our software stack into one central "portal". Dont be fooled by its simplicity (or name) either. Infinitely customisable to your needs you can keep it simple, or scale things up to handle multiple departments and systems. Its a piece of software I'm continually recommending to others.
★★★★★
Excellent product with unrivaled feature set. Has quite a steep learning curve and requires more admin than simpler rivals. Could be overcomplicated for some business needs. Pricing is at the top range but in line with the level of features offered. Easily capable of scaling with 99% of business needs, so the chances of outgrowing the software is highly unlikely!
★★★★★
Used asana for over 2 years having tried a who’s who of alternative solutions. Can’t recommend them highly enough. The combination of industry leading features combined with deep integration to other software we use within our business makes them easily our top choice for managing internal and external projects.
★★★★★
We've been using daily updates for quite a few years. We've tried utilising project management software like basecamp to consolidate things in one place. Nothing quite worked as cleanly as we wanted. If you work in a distributed team then its pretty much a must to be able to share information at this level. idonethis has really nailed it. Dont be fooled by the simplicity of the design. Its software that just works exactly as its intended.
★★★★★
We've been using this for client billing and hours management for about 6 months. Its an indispensable tool for our business. Only thing I'd like to see improved is the mobile app which is lacking in some key functionality.
★★★★★
Pocket (formerly "Read It Later") is a must have app for information junkies. Its definitely one of my most used apps, across all platforms. I personally access it via the web and iOS apps. You can save articles with one click from a huge range of services, including Flipboard, twitter, Zite, etc. You can even email content to a email address and the articles appear in your reading list within the app. This is a lifesaver for anyone who's on the road a lot and particularly for frequent flyers, as all the articles are available for reading in offline mode. Great service and one I use multiple times a day. Best of all its still free.
★★★★★
Been using dropbox for several years now and still finding new uses for their service. Where they lead many are following, but I'm still to find better. Databackup, online storage, file transfer, document sharing, etc etc etc. My most recent use has been dropping icloud for photo backups and switching to dropbox camera backup via their iOS app. What I like most is the simplicity. I'm pretty old school and like to be able to see folders and files. Call it transparency for want of a better word. Great service. I dont give 5 stars lightly....
★★★★★
I'm an absolutely huge fan of evernote and have been an avid user for a few years now. I've got it running on my imac, iPad, iPhone and Air (yes, yes, apple fanboy). Dont worry they cater for android too and even have a windows and web version as well. I use it with a whole range of other services too, which allow me to cross post items into the software from over the place, including via email. If you're anything like me and need to get things out of your head and onto paper in order to relax, then this is most definitely a service for you. Oh and they even have a free version!
★★★★★
We use the online version of Balsamiq (mybalsamiq) at Serchen. As a previous reviewer has already said, we find it incredibly simple to use for techs and none techs. Speaking personally I used the software as a core element during the design phase of the current release of serchen. I was able to cut pages up and assemble them very quickly so that the dev team really understand how I wanted the final pages to look.
★★★★★
We've been using Sprout Social for around 6 months now. Given the nature of our business we have obviously tested it extensively with all the leading competitors. Happy to say the service has passed with flying colours. Its our default client for managing all our facebook and twitter activity. Customer support has also been superb. Quick and accurate. These guys are role models for the saas market. Others should take note! We'd love to see some pinterest and google+ integration too.......
