External Collaboration Should Always be FREE

You get your brand new Mac Book and can't wait to open up the box. But, within minutes, you stumble across a problem. You can't connect to your monitor through your HDMI cord, you can't even plug in your mouse without a USB adapter, and good luck connecting your headphones without a dongle. Apple products are known for their undeniably effective business model. With all  the necessary additions to fully make the most of your brand new hardware, you've got to fork out some serious extra cash to get the add-ons.

Collaboration software in a digital environment is exactly the same.

If you're working on any digital project, collaborating with various stakeholders, internal team members and contractors is as necessary as a dongle is to your new Mac Book.

You can't do your job properly without it.

So why should you have to pay any more to add on a feature to your existing work management platform that you're already paying a premium to use?

You shouldn't have to. That's why at PIQNIC, anyone who uses our platform can collaborate with unlimited external participants for free. Remote collaboration and team management shouldn't have to cost you extra. It is, after all, what the collaboration software is for.

Collaborate with anyone for free

Communication is at the crux of any digital workplace. If you work in a digital workplace, it only takes a quick review of your current processes to realise just how many interactions there are between various different people to get a project across the line.

Let's take, for example, the seemingly simple task of creating a blog post with a digital marketing agency (a real example, by the way).

• Step one: agree on a blog topic [a minimum of two contacts, and three touch-points]
• Step two: copywriter drafts blog posts and sends for proofing [a minimum of three contacts, and six touch-points]
• Step three: copywriter sends blog post for client approval [a minimum of two contacts, and two touch-points]
• Step four: the blog is approved and posted online [a minimum of two contacts and two touch-points]

Without considering any social posts to promote the blogs, teammates or external client contacts cc'd into email chains, or contracted copywriting work, that adds up to a bare minimum of five contacts and 13 emails (or chat messages) to get the job done.

Now extrapolate that number out to accommodate a large scale project, and you'll really get a feel for just how important it is to have multiple people across a single collaborative content. The number is exponential. 

Team collaboration software that gets the job done

It's not just about acknowledging just how often we communicate with multiple collaborators to get the job done - it's about understanding why that's important. The short answer is transparency.

In order for nothing to slip through the cracks, managers and contributors need to be across every aspect of a project at all times, and for any mistakes or changes to be traceable (and fixable, quickly), you've got to be transparent about the process from start to finish.

Not only is it helpful for everyone involved to know what progress is being made, but it also builds an environment of trust.

When you trust the people you're working with, you're less likely to spend time checking in on where they're at and how their tasks are going. This lessens digital noise and allows both yourself and your collaborators to focus on your own tasks at hand without distractions.

Transparency is a win-win and helps productivity. That's exactly why we put so much focus on our collaboration tools.

The ideal digital workplace

There's no doubt that the best digital workplace experience occurs when everybody is participating together. A lot of companies know this and base their pricing on its necessity.

If you take a bit of time to research your collaboration software app options, you'll find that you're either forced to purchase the add-on, or the number of external collaborators you can involve is limited.

We're dedicated to a world where tools in digital workplaces have all elements included - no extra costs, limitations or hidden fees involved. Digital transformation to make your team management easier and more efficient should be a PIQNIC. 

Keen to collaborate and give it a try? You can do just that - you guessed it - for FREE.