According to a survey by Workopolis, 90% of people believe that telecommuting contributes to more productivity. However, these are the people who have had a practice of working from home, unlike most employees today, who find themselves in an...
Activities to Improve Teamwork and Collaboration in the Workplace
The best work teams are those that are well-structured, know how to communicate and interact with each other. Motivation, participation, organization, commitment, trust, common objectives and problem solving are the seven fundamental characteristics...
How to Select the Best Live Chat Software for Your Business
Live chat software has been booming before the pandemic, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Allied Market Research projects its value at $997 million by the year 2023, with a compound annual growth rate of 7.5%. The software-as-a...
5 Tips to Implement Work From Home Policy in Your Company
Implementing a work-from-home policy has been a solution for numerous companies in addressing the prevalent issue of burnout. Failure to provide employees with remote working options has resulted in mass resignations for some companies unwilling to...
How to Motivate Your Team to Get Things Done Together
Motivated teams work better together. They’re happy with their work environment. They’re happy with themselves. Naturally, they’re more productive. It’s great news for everyone involved. However, motivation is fickle. It’s not easy to pump up your...
Holiday’s Hottest SaaS Deals
Christmas is coming around and for us at Chanty, that means two things. One, spending time with our family and loved ones. Two, shopping around for amazing SaaS deals. Just because Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us, that doesn’t mean that...
How to Improve Your Remote Team Collaboration with Tech
Technology has revolutionized the workplace, making the option of working remotely an attractive business lifestyle choice that promises both efficiency and convenience. However, as advantageous and appealing as remote teams may sound, there...
The End of Skype: What Does it Mean for Team Communication?
2019 was a milestone year for Skype for Business: it was the team communication application’s five-year anniversary. But that moment was bittersweet; that same year marked the end of Skype for Business. Microsoft made the announcement in mid...
The Top 5 Workplace Challenges and Ways to Overcome Them
Gather wildly different personalities together; throw tight deadlines, difficult clients, and passive-aggressive communication into the mix; and blend. What you have is your average workplace, complete with its own unique culture and challenges. And...
Top 6 Financial Tips Every SaaS Founder Should Know
Starting your own software as a service (SaaS) business is an appealing way to become an entrepreneur. Just come up with your software solution, deploy it, and become indispensable to fellow business owners everywhere—right? Of course, it’s never...
How to Write and Assign Tasks to Gen Z for Super Engagement
Recruiting Millennials, selling to Millennials, writing for Millennials, we are all Millennials… How to engage Millennials, make them feel comfortable at work, consider their ambitions and emotions… What to do for Millennials to be...
Automate Your Workflows and Boost Productivity with Chanty + Zapier Integration
Team communication is a great way to improve your work productivity, but on its own, it’s not enough. To get the most out of Chanty, we’re introducing the integration with Zapier, the best automation tool out there – so that you can connect Chanty...
How to Keep Your Team Happy and Productive?
Happy employees are more efficient and productive, and they tend to stick around longer than their unhappy counterparts. This is why it is important to learn effective strategies to keep your team happy and productive! Happy employees are more...
Keys to Overcoming Virtual Team Communication Challenges
Creating virtual teams of remote workers can be massively beneficial to businesses, but are the communication challenges starting to put you off? Don’t worry – there are ways to overcome them. The benefits of working with virtual teams There are...
Here’s Why We Need to Give Up Multitasking
You’ve probably already heard that multitasking is inefficient and doesn’t save us any time. But, you probably also think that you’re different and have a higher capacity to multitask than most people. Plus, you’ve got so much going on that you need...
Exclusive Interview with Josh Fechter on Growth, Productivity, Mental Health & Helping Others
Last week our Chanty team has visited Growth Marketing Stage conference where we’ve interviewed Josh Fechter – co-founder at BAMF media. We believe, many leaders and company founders reading our blog should find Josh’s thoughts quite...
Negotiations Training 101: Ban the Word “Should”
Should: we have all heard it, we have all said it. When dealing with others, whether on a professional team, in a business negotiation, or even in our own homes, people often allow themselves the luxury of thinking about what other people “should”...
Welcome Chanty 0.3.0 Grand Release 🎉
This fall we are taking Chanty, the world’s most popular team chat to the next level. I’m going to show you what is by far the most advanced Chanty update we’ve ever released. This is Chanty 0.3.0 –Inspired by recent Apple event On a serious note...
10 Productivity Tips from Movers and Shakers
“We’re just drowning in information: we’re starving for wisdom”. Tony Robbins. I’m an awful skeptic. Each time I see an article on productivity, I knit my brows and grumble. Because I’m not sure if tips listed there were...
We’ve Tried Stride vs Slack. Here’s Our Verdict
Stride was discontinued as of 2021. Team chat wars are heating up! In spring, Atlassian’s Stride got the general release, as experts suggested in its “latest bid to slow down Slack”. At Chanty, we were curious about this news, because it’s always a...
How to Deal with Cultural Barriers for Communication in the Workplace
Being a part of a multinational company with coworkers of different nationalities, religions and beliefs can be tricky. The upper management is usually oblivious to the everyday happenings that occur in their offices until such time comes when they...
7 Ways to Develop Your Communication Skills
You think that more communication at work would lead to more distractions and procrastination? You’re wrong! Your career success is basically determined by your ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, superiors, and the audience. ...
What Is Cross-Site Scripting and the Types to be Aware of
It’s a dangerous hack that accounts for over 80% of security vulnerabilities since 2007, cross-site scripting attacks can go from being a nuisance issue to becoming a significant security problem for companies that handle sensitive data. What is...
4 Tips for Shorter Meetings (Without Productivity Loss)
The success of a business is not only achieved by long-term goals and plans, but also by ensuring that the day-to-day workflow is efficient and maximizes time. Of course in this day and age, employee satisfaction is integral in every decision making...
