BEST PRACTICES

Remote Work From Home Start Guide

This is the high-level process for jumping into remote work to maintain your operations quickly and completely.

Formal Telework Policy Template

This is a template intended for employers building company-wide formal telework program. However, you’ll find within it many elements that we recommend you incorporate (at minimum) into a remote work for continuity policy. You may find that having a policy in place at-large is valuable to your organization now and moving forward.

Dos/Don’ts For Telemanagers And Teleworkers

People who work from home need to be organized and focused on their work. If you’re looking for some advice about what you should and should not do while working from home, download this handy checklist.

ACCOUNTING

QuickBooks Online

Services Provided: Information Storage/Sharing, Project Management, Security/Encryption

Cost: $12–$75

Gusto

Services Provided: Information Storage/Sharing, Project Management, Security/Encryption

Cost: $6–$12 per user

ALL-INCLUSIVE

Google Suite/Hangouts

Services Provided: Video Conferencing, Audio/Phone, Instant Messaging, Information Storage/Sharing, Project Management, Security/Encryption

Cost: $6–$25 per user

Office 365/Teams

Services Provided: Video Conferencing, Instant Messaging, Information Storage/Sharing, Project Management, Security/Encryption

Cost: $0–$12.50 per user

COMMUNICATION

ZOOM

Services Provided: Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing/Webinar, Security/Encryption

Cost: $0–$19.99

ZOOM Phone

Services Provided: Audio/Phone, Security/Encryption

Cost: $14.99

Slack

Services Provided: Video Conferencing, Instant Messaging, Information Storage/Sharing, Security/Encryption

Cost: $0-$12.50

Loom

Services Provided: Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing/Webinar, Instant Messaging

Cost: $0-$5 per user

RingCentral

Services Provided: Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing/Webinar, Audio/Phone, Instant Messaging

Cost: $24.99-$49.99 per user

GoToMeeting

Services Provided: Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing/Webinar, Audio/Phone, Instant Messaging

Cost: $12-$16 per user

BlueJeans Meetings

Services Provided: Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing/Webinar, Audio/Phone

Cost: $9.99 and up

CRM

LiveAgent

Services Provided: Project Management

Cost: $0–$39 per user

INFORMATION SERVICES

Dropbox Business

Services Provided: Information Storage/Sharing, Security/Encryption

Cost: $12.50–$20 per user

Genius Scan - PDF Scanner

This app is available only on the App Store for iPhone and iPad.

Services Provided: Information Storage/Sharing

Cost: $0

Tiny Scanner - PDF Scanner App

Services Provided: App that turns your phone into a document scanner and scans everything as images or PDFs

Cost: $0

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Trello

Services Provided: Information Storage/Sharing, Project Management, Security/Encryption

Cost: $0–$20.83 per user

Asana

Services Provided: Information Storage/Sharing, Project Management

Cost: $0–$24.99 per user

SCHEDULING

Acuity

Services Provided: Information Storage/Sharing, Project Management

Cost: $0–$50