Zoho News
- Zoho Social gets a HUGE update
- Here are all the new amazing additions:
- YouTube has been added to Zoho Social!
- Still would recommend posting from YouTube, but the reporting and tracking are amazing!
- Content Library
- RSS
- Media Library
- Cloud Picker
- LinkedIn Lead Generation
- zShare Capabilities Enhanced
- New Premium Plan
- Included UNLIMITED brand add-ons
- UTM parameters added for Social Channels
- YouTube has been added to Zoho Social!
- Here are all the new amazing additions:
- Zoho CRM Updates
- Great way to start off the new year with some yearned for updates.
- Custom views are now lockable
- Web tabs are now accessible by portal users
- Removal of system-defined fields “exchange rate” & “currency” Hallelujah!
- And more…
- A nice announcement covering motivator for CRM.
- Great way to start off the new year with some yearned for updates.
- Zoho Inventory’s February Updates
- The big winners in this update are Bulk printing of shipping labels (up to 50) and an online summary of orders.
- Zoho Book’s February Updates
SurePayroll Integration is here (Anyone else excited for this? I know we are!)- Branches added to Global editions
- Zoho People’s February Updates
- 3 new additions for the month:
- Continuous Review feature updated
- Weightage changes to KRA, competency, and skillset
- Completed Certifications can now be downloaded by admins
- 3 new additions for the month:
- Goodbye to Free Remote Sales Office
This bundle released last spring during the pandemic is now $3 per user a month. It will remain free if you already have it until March 1, 2021.
- Zoho WorkDrive Standard Plan Upgraded
A handful of updated features for standard edition users including a 10GB storage limit increase per user(doubled from before).
- Telephony Extensions Deprecated
- The following extensions will no longer work starting March 1:
- Ozonetel, Sipgate, Ring.io, Asterisk 1.4, Elastix 1.6, Avaya
- The following extensions will no longer work starting March 1:
- Zoho Projects Keyboard Shortcuts
- Here is a helpful list of keyboard shortcuts for Projects.
Notable Mobile Updates
- Zoho Projects iOS App (v3.3)
- Zoho Desk Android App (v2.4.16)
- Zoho Mail iOS App (v2.6.13)
- Bigin iOS App (v1.2.19) Gets 2 New Updates
Implementation of the Week
- Campaigns Workflow Assignment via CRM Deal Stage
- Deal pipeline is a long process (>6 months)
- Contacts with related Deals within certain sections of the CRM Deal flow should be entered into an engagement drip
- Custom function written to sync Deal stage into Contact record
- Specific CRM views in Contacts set up to sync to Campaigns mailing lists which enter pre-designed workflows
This Weeks Read
- 5 reasons why your business should be on YouTube – By Max Thorpe for the WeVideo Blog
- To paraphrase The Buggles – “Video may have killed the Radio Star, but it can make your business soar”
- “If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how many words is a video worth? A million? Forrester researcher, Dr. James McQuivey, estimates that one minute of video is equal to 1.8 million words.”
New Blogs, Videos, and Resource Guides
- New Zenatta Case Study
- New Resource Guides
Application / Plug-In of the Week
- TubeBuddy #1 YouTube Channel Management Toolkit
- We fell in love with this plug-in this week!
- Bulk processing of videos
- Tons of templates and recommendations
- Promotion tools
- Amazing analytics & research management
- Versions include: Free, Pro $7.20/mo, Star $15.20/mo & Legend $39.20/mo
Tips and Tricks
- Zoho Campaigns Beginner’s Guide How To Send A Campaign
- This 17-minute video tutorial is a step by step guide on how to send a campaign. We throw in some pointers on best practices along the way.