In a recent post on automated time-tracking, we saw how AffinityLive, an integrated platform for managing clients, work and staff all in one place, can dramatically increase the productivity of professional services providers. Recently renamed Accelo, the platform brings an entire business together by combining clients, projects, issues, contracts, tasks and invoices into one application, and [...]
Do you have trouble keeping track of your team’s billable hours? Cloud systems consultants Big Blue Digital had this problem before they implemented AffinityLive, an integrated platform for managing clients, work and staff in one place. A year later, the company reported an increase in hours tracked and billable from 36 per cent to 62 [...]
I am a confirmed 'list' junkie! Love em! The very best list app I have found is Wunderlist. It's available on all devices - desktop, tablet and phone, is super easy to use and you can use it to collaborate with your team. My husband and I even share a shopping list that we both [...]
Have you ever counted how much time you spend creating proposals? If it takes you an average of five hours to create a proposal and you win one in three proposals, then in fact you spend 15 hours, on average, to land a job (not counting meetings and phone calls – I’m trying to keep [...]
Good time management shouldn't take a lot of time. The team at Squirrel is always looking to improve our productivity and use ourselves as 'test cases' for great strategies we hear or read about. These six steps come from the national best selling book The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes. It's an AWESOME read [...]
So you've attended a bunch of networking events and now have a pile of business cards sitting on your desk gathering dust, right? Document scanners can be a little clunky and if you’re at a trade show or conference, it’s nice to be able to capture them quickly and be done with it. The best [...]
How to work productively from home and stay sane
