🚀 Here are my best finds for a Tech Smart Boss this week — Issue #175

Top Articles of the Week

Onboarding Email Newsletters: Best Practices and Examples — designmodo.com
The onboarding email newsletter is a part of the welcome emails that plays a crucial role in creating a comfortable environment for subscribers.

Top Software Directories To Submit Your Product — marketsplash.com
If you’re looking to submit your brand-spankin-new software product up to be reviewed — you’ve got the right mindset, right out of the gate

10 Signs That You’re Headed for Burnout — zapier.com
In December of 2015, I moved my family 3,000 miles across the country to take a new job. In August of 2016 — a mere eight months later — I quit my new job. But I didn’t quit for a new, higher-paying job, and I didn’t give a notice. I just stopped going. I…

Sales Velocity Is The Most Important Metric You Aren’t Tracking — learn.g2.com
Sales velocity can tell you how much money your business makes in a day — if you aren’t measuring it, you’re missing out on some insightful data. Comparing your business’ sales velocity over time can reveal the best ways to optimize your selling efforts. Learn how to track and boost your sales velocity to make the most of each and every day.

Product Marketing Strategy: The Key to a Successful SaaS Business | Process Street | Checklist, Workflow and SOP Software — www.process.st
Product marketing is more than just a synergy of product and marketing; it’s a discipline in and of itself. It’s also the groundwork for a product-first approach to SaaS success.

Cool Tech of the Week

I have a love/hate relationship with the Cool Tech of the Week this week. If you follow our podcast and YouTube videos, you know I love Slack. But you also know I am constantly trying to find a replacement for it by evaluating a lot of Slack alternatives.

So far, I haven’t found it. And with remote work being such a big focus at this time in the world, by having my business team all connected with Slack it really helps my business continue to run completely virtual.

Between the integrations with all our ecosystem of other tools and website events and the ability to do quick calls and screen shares, Slack just works.

Check it out if you business is looking to be more remote workforce enabled. The only option that comes close is Microsoft Teams, but unless you are in the Office 365 ecosystem, we recommend Slack.

Slack brings the team together, wherever you are — slack.com
With all of your communication and tools in one place, your team will stay organized and secure no matter where you’re working from.

That’s it for this edition

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