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While Wufoo may be known for easily building interactive forms for one's website, the service can also be used to streamline a company's internal workflow and even eliminate the use of paper-based forms in some cases.

The popular drag-and-drop, embeddable Web-form builder can, of course, be used for front-end things like collecting customer data through surveys, building up email mailing lists and even simple payment forms, thanks to integrations with PayPal, Authorize.net and Google Checkout.

Here are some examples of how Wufoo can be used behind the scenes to help keep your operation running smoothly.

GridIron Software has finally brought Flow, its visual workflow manager, out of public beta.

This first stable version available for purchase ups the ante by allowing groups to collaborate on a workflow via the Share Maps feature, as well as adding direct access to Flow from within Adobe applications.

Flow was created with the help of visual designer Mark Coleran, who is known for his work on films such as The World Is Not Enough and the Bourne series. Though it's aimed squarely at creative professionals, Flow is probably the most advanced workflow manager out there, and is well worth a closer look by almost anyone.

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Over the past two years, we at Wistia have spent a great deal of time helping businesses effectively use web video. We continue to be amazed at the innovative ways people are using web video to help their companies. The vast majority of these companies, surprisingly, are not media companies: they're businesses that incorporate video into their sales, marketing, or training to help scale those processes more efficiently.