Digital automation and No Code: Save many hours of work

Automation digital and not code

Today it's time to talk about automation technology digital ( Digital Automation ) and the the No Code movement , and, how, in a few mouse clicks can save many hours of work by month.

We like the world of CAD or BIM software, but in all company, be it an architecture, engineering, design or whatever you have in mind, there is much more.

We are talking about the management of the company digital, data and organization ; from the projects, procedures with clients, budgets, Emails, to the thousand tasks They play every week. A huge job that we can simplify, be more efficient and faster, using a No Code software to automate a digital homework .

You want to know more about No Code tools and how boost your office…

What is an application No Code

A No Code application is online software designed to create workflows and data management with a simple visual and a simple administration before a important premise, its management is centered for people who DOES NOT know how to program .

His philosophy is based on not having to learn programming languages to be able to create apps, web pages, bots, data managers or whatever you have in mind.

And I endow this, in my office of architect, engineering, decoration or design… How can we take advantage?

As we know you like examples. the rigger Antonio Trujillo has all the management and organization of his commissions, architecture projects, work, rehabilitation in the No Code Notion tool :

Notion is a simple No Code information manager for use. The technician adapts Notion to your needs work creating your own data manager .

The video explains in detail the flow of job that runs virtually all of its business with a very cheap online program, but the important thing is to understand the potential of these tools and what they can contribute.

And you know the best, this is only a small part of the potential No Code… What else can we do?

Main functionalities of the No Code applications

The No Code world is very broad, especially in the field English that take us a few years ahead. But the We see the main functionalities in the following schema:

Functional tools No Code:

• Creation of apps, software, web pages, bost, information managers , etc., nor do they have to design a user interface or UI. you can do it all without know programming.
• As a database : Managing treatment, organization, classification and analysis of the information.
• Creating forms : Programs online No Code that generate forms to capture information, either based on a URL or that we can embed in a website,
• Automation : These are applications that connect online tools to each other seamlessly automated. You can connect two software online or 50 of a very easy way (Example; A form that creates a PDF automatically and then send it by Email – it is automating the process by connecting different tools each other)
• API Management : Abbreviation for Application Programming Interfaces and in a nutshell we could say that it is a protocol that allows the communication between two software applications through a set of rules (very similar to the Automations).
• Marketing : Here the technology No Code focuses on automating processes and tasks related to the world of Marketing.
• Sales (Sales) : The software is focuses on automating processes and tasks related to the world of sales, from a product digital to literally the sale of a flat.

The digital automations form a essential part of the No Code and are of vital importance for connect online programs to each other and interact.

What's more, you probably don't need to create an app or have your own information manager created by you, but, we are sure to automate some office tasks, yes.

So we need to understand what is automation tasks digitally and how to take advantage of them…

What is automation digital

The automation of digital processes is using some No Code software that performs one or more digital tasks of our daily work without the intervention human .

Target! Gain productivity and organization ; you can automate the generation of invoices, budgets, work and project control, improve the internal and external communication, automate the marketing and a thousand more possibilities.

A simple example. Let's say I have a house company prefabricated, with a website and a form that they can fill out potential customers looking for a quote. And today, we an Email from a user arrives:

The image above represents just a small example of how to automate a digital process that, Many of us repetitively perform all the days.

By the way, if you are thinking that here you can hardly personalize the Email you are wrong! you can create super personalized, professional PDF budgets or put in the Email, directly what you want and everything automated.

Okay! But what advantages does it really bring? automate a digital workflow …

Advantages of automations digital

Of course, the mechanize works digital media has advantages and disadvantages. I'm not going bluntly. So the following schematic simplifies the advantages of automating a business :

• Time saving : Much more productive by simplifying routines and repetitive actions from day to day day.
• Efficiency : Tasks that are performed manually and repetitively.
• Optimization : Reduces and refines by maximum human resources used between, for example, company and client.
• Control of information : We have a clear database on customers, company information company or workers.
• Better Customer Management : Possible Errors are reduced and the relationship between the client is optimized – company, although a priori, it does not seem so.
• Monitoring what we do : We can know what we do, how we do it and what results we are getting.

And the disadvantages? Obviously, all this is not so pretty and At this point, I would highlight three barriers:

• Need to clarify very well the processes or tasks that are carried out in the office to be able to choose the software more suitable.
• Good No Code Software and for automate tasks , have a cost, but not It's nothing special.
• It is necessary to train. Although, I can confirm that for him 95% of companies, it is not even remotely a barrier if you compare with the results you will get.

And now… Where do we start?

How to start in the world of automations

The easiest way to start in the world of Digital automation is acting on processes, repetitive actions and tasks that are managed in the company every week, which are mainly the ones that we they take up a lot of time.

Here, knowing what we do in our business comes into play from a detail perspective. we can't know what automation to perform if we do not have detailed steps that we do for work "X".

Although it may seem complicated at first (later on we will indicate where to train), automating tasks repetitive of a business is simple, and, in addition, you will be able to better organize the company and the data.

The following video of Gisela Bravo (Top in Automation) by Sharing Away is an excellent introduction to the Digital Process Automation technology with examples.

Document the steps we perform in a task, it is important. Some tool to create flowcharts or mind maps are in the article about tools digital for productivity.

You can automate everything! And, for example, the Integromat tool (One of the most known) already shows you that it can connect hundreds of tools in a few clicks, even with pre-made templates designed for ease of use.

And at this key point, we have to know which applications digital are the best and where can we train free…

What No Code tools and to automate there is

Although we are only going to present a small part of the broad No Code ecosystem, which does not stop growing. we think you can represent the best No Code tools currently on the market:

Note: Of course, surely we have left some interesting. In addition, they perform combined tasks, for example, several of the Database applications you can create also forms to capture information (Airtable).

Free courses in No Code and training in automation

Unfortunately, in the face of this new technological trend – in the Spanish-speaking field – we don't have all the resources we need they would like, but, even so, little but with quality there is quality.

We start the free No Code courses with:

• Nocode Hackers were with whom We started to get into this topic. have several Airtable free courses , introduction to no-code, Zapier and Notion, consult from HERE (There is also some payment). 100% quality! And good explained.
• On the Sharing Away platform, specialized in this innovative technology to learn how to create, automate and grow your digital product without program. They have a free introductory course on No Code you can watch from HERE. As a note, in addition of the paid courses (they're great) have a community of powerful Spanish speaker.
• Integromat is the most powerful tool in automating processes, from easy tasks to very complexes. In this Sharing Away Youtube channel you have a Integromat free course , the most basic to the top.
• No Coders Academy is also a portal Hispanic. Good resources, free video tutorials every week that you can see HERE and some courses.
• Notion is already a very mature platform with many followers. There are different free courses on YouTube and We recommend these videos by Elena Madrigal to introduce us in depth.

Infographic digital automation – Summary

Well, nothing, we have assembled an infographic as a summary of the article…

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