Online Discussion
Keep Everyone on the Same Page
Not all collaboration revolves around visual deliverables. Email is the communication choice for collaboration for many people, and it works well - kind of.
Email is okay as long as the conversation is short and between two people, the attached files are small, and you or the email server do not delete important email thinking it is spam.
The most significant issue with email is ensuring everyone has a consistent and up-to-date view of the evolving discussion. When emails go back and forth among three or more people, the email thread becomes hard to read, and the likelihood of communication breakdown increases exponentially. Our online discussion eliminates these shortcomings of email communication.
The online discussion tool is designed to eliminate the problems with email, and can be used to discuss any topic. To each participant, the online discussion looks exactly the same, whether at home or on the road, using PC or Mac, Safari, Netscape or IE. And, unlike email, there is no problem uploading and downloading large files into an online discussion.
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In email, replies are simply sequential. With Marketing Central's online discussion tool, you can reply to a reply to a reply, and each reply will be clearly indented, ensuring everyone will understand who was responding to what. Try that with email!
Online Discussion - Typical Usage
Discuss the pending launch of a competitive brand
Discuss how to position a product with the media
Discuss how to enter a new market
Brainstorm a new tag line
Online Discussion - Features and Functions
Unlimited size of postings with large file attachment support
Fully indented discussion replies
Complete audit trail on each discussion item displayed with localized day/time format
Security that provides "view only" or "active participation" by user
Archiving completed online discussions
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