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Things We Love 6/17

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

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Jennifer loves Workamajig. After years of working in an office with multiple calendars, imagine my delight when I began working at Talk and was introduced to Workamajig. Now, I have access to all employee calendars, and can schedule meetings with a few simple keystrokes. No more double bookings or meeting overlaps. I’ve also enjoyed a single database for all client, vendor and contact information. With a simple click, we can add a contact or business to a mailing or email blast list. And, did I mention Workamajig also handles our invoicing, purchase orders, time sheets, bank account reconciliations, and reports galore? Workamajig is truly the best software I’ve ever used.

Nathan loves TweetDeck for iPhone. I’ve been using TweetDeck for my Mac/PC for a while now and love it. But I’ve never been overly fond of the iPhone Twitter apps available, especially when having to pay for them (the quality just wasn’t worth it in my opinion). However, TweetDeck for iPhone is downright sexy. Not only does it allow you to have a TD (TweetDeck) account, enabling the syncing of your TD application between your iPhone and your computer, it gives you all the same functionality as TweetDeck Desktop, wrapped up nicely in a super slick interface. My only complaints are if you’re not connected to WiFi or on 3G (some of us unfortunately are not) it gives you an annoying popup notification about low connectivity every time you open the application. I also find opening links via TweetDeck a little agitating. All in all, if you have an iPhone and you’re on Twitter you have to check out TweetDeck for the iPhone (especially because it’s free).

Shawn loves Photoshop Magnets – I rarely run across something online and say “Wow, I really wish I had that.” That is until I saw these clever refrigerator magnets that look like the windows in Adobe Photoshop. They are from an online store that caters to artists and designers with unique design products ranging from coasters, doormats and magnets to lamp shades and hard drive cases.

Susan loves SquareSpace’s iPhone giveaway – The website software company, SquareSpace, is running a “30 iPhones in 30 days” promotion on Twitter to build their brand awareness. It’s easy to enter, just tweet using the hashtag #squarespace. One winner will be randomly selected each day around 5:00 p.m. And so as to not gyp the winner with an “old” model since the new iPhone streets soon, SquareSpace will be giving gift certificates instead of the phones. I so want to win one!

Tags: SquareSpace, Things We Love, Tweetdeck for iPhone, Workamajig
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Crack the whip and get your projects moving

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Keeping track of every project in your company is essential. Without an effective system it is almost impossible. So the question is, how do you implement a system that works for you?

First, you need to know how jobs move throughout your company. Track the departments and people are involved in any or all aspects of the project. Notice how much time they need for their parts and plan accordingly.

Second, once you have a basic understanding of the route a job takes, determine what information usually gets lost along the way. Are people ignorant of the budget constraints or do they simply ignore them? Does one person sit on a project for days on end delaying the entire timeline? Do your departments operate as silos and lose perspective of the client’s expectations?

Third, now that you understand where things go off track, you can employ an effective – and efficient – project management system. Your system can be as simple as a project routing folder that moves from person to person as the job progresses. Or you can find numerous web-based and desktop applications that help you keep track of everything from budgets to deadlines to accounting.

At Talk, we use Workamajig. And as Traffic Manager, I initiate each project, assign tasks, create deadlines, estimate expenses, create POs, purchase media, pay vendors, and invoice clients. I can track completion of tasks and closely monitor budgets to make sure projects don’t get lost in the fray.

No matter what system you decide on, make sure it works for you. When projects are running smoothly, you can save considerable time and money. Not to mention a lot frustration.

Tags: Project Management, Workamajig
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