DocuSign Sightings: Saving Time & Money with ESIGN

"How An Electronic Signature Service Can Save you Time And Money" - This title caught my eye so I had to learn more. Alyssa Gregory of Avertua, LLC, a full-service virtual assistant firm, shared her thoughts on selecting and using electronic signature services.
Benefits of Electronic Signature include:
· Shorter sales cycles: Instead of waiting days or weeks for a contract in order to start work, your client or customer can give you the green light to get started within minutes, not days.
· Slash operating costs: Electronic Signature senders and signers don't have paper, ink, postage or long distance fax charges...nor do they have the costs associated with manual data entry.
· Copies for all parties: Signers and senders alike have access to the digital documents once they've been executed. Signers can download the completed document(s) to store them locally, on their own machines or print them out and file. Certificates of completion will also include time stamp and other information associated with the electronic contract execution process.
· Create an Archive: DocuSign provides users with an interface that enables them to manage their documents. This visibility and control means that senders can see which signers have signed, which still need to sign, if signers have even opened the document, etc.
· Increase Security: DocuSign's authentication and security processes enables signers to create their own unique signatures, protecting their identities and data.
DocuSign Professional, Professional Advance, and DocuSign Corporate also includes some of the premium features mentioned by Ms. Gregory, depending on which service you use:
· Customized branding
· Online reporting
· PDF encryption
· Auto-filing/archiving
· Reminder options
· Support of various document types
As well as features not mentioned by Ms. Gregory:
· Integration with Salesforce, for DocuSign Connect for Salesforce users
· Integration with all the major Real Estate forms for Realtors and other Real Estate agents
· Multiple Signer and Sequential Signer options
· Microsoft Outlook integration
· "Sign Here" tabs to ensure collection of all needed signatures
DocuSign automates the contract execution process so you literally don't have to run around town collecting signatures, overnighting documents, finding a fax machine that works or otherwise tear your hair out because all you need is an internet connection, a browser, and DocuSign and you're in business. Literally.