ActivityTracker vs the WhatsApp group

Keep the WhatsApp group. Stop counting the week in it.

Your team already talks in the group, so leave it there. ActivityTracker counts the calls, meetings and closes, then posts the week's rankings back into it.

The short version

Keep the group for talk, cheers and quick questions. Count the week in ActivityTracker, where the numbers add up without anyone scrolling back.

Who should stay with which

Stay with the group alone if

  • you're a team of two or three who sit together every day
  • you only need to share news, not count anything

Add ActivityTracker if

  • you ask "how was your week?" on Friday and piece it together from messages
  • a rep goes quiet and you notice a month later
  • you want the week's rankings in the group without typing them up

Side by side

Compared onTeam WhatsApp groupActivityTracker
Talking, cheering, quick questionsYes, where the team already isOne cheer or nudge a day, posted to the group
Counting calls, meetings and closesYou add up the messagesEach tap adds up on its own
This week's rankingsSomeone types them upPosted to the group on the day and time you pick
Spotting a quiet repYou notice the silenceOn your Gone quiet list after 7 days with nothing logged
Friday updateA round of messagesA check-in with the numbers already filled in
Client chatsOn each person's phoneOn the client's record, if you link your WhatsApp number
PriceFree with WhatsAppSee pricing

Where the group is strong

Everyone already has it open. WhatsApp lets you put related groups under one Community with an announcement group that reaches everyone at once, and group calls take up to 32 people. For news, cheers and a quick "who can cover my client at 3?", nothing needs replacing.

The three differences that matter

Numbers that add up

A posted number scrolls away by lunch. In ActivityTracker each call, meeting and close is a tap on the rep's phone, and the week adds up rep by rep.

The quiet rep shows up

Silence in a group looks like a busy day. Anyone with nothing logged for seven days lands on your Gone quiet list, longest first, so a slow week gets a call before Friday.

Friday without the round of messages

Each rep files a short check-in with their numbers already filled in. You get an email when they file, and a grid shows who's in and who's late.

Switching in three steps

  1. Set up your team's activities and what each is worth.
  2. Invite the team from the group. Each rep logs from their phone.
  3. Pick the group and the time for the weekly rankings post.

Questions

Keep the group. Count the week.

Book a walkthrough and we'll set up the weekly post to your group with you.