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Elizabeth Saunders and the 3 Secrets to Effective Time “Investment”

I met Elizabeth Saunders through email. She reached out to us through our chat app and I got one of the weirdest emails in history from Justin who mans our chat box. “Some woman wants to talk to you, says she knows you and she seems adamant.”

I was intrigued so I sent her my patented ‘Who the Hell are you?” email which makes me sound like a cross between an ass and a crazy person. One line that I was particularly happy with “Is your book scratch and sniff? If it is I’ll promote the hell out of it”.

She navigated my initial test email expertly and when she told me about the book I knew I had to chat with her. This is the product of this conversation.

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The Productivity Gurus

In our quest for perfecting our productivity software, we’ve been observing many visionary entrepreneurs, innovators and business leaders who are wielding strong influence on today’s business landscape.  But when it comes to revolutionizing the productivity landscape, these are some of the people who we found were the most influential.

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Why Most Time and Attendance Software is Flawed

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Most time and attendance software systems are based on old technology. There are fundamental flaws in the attendance tracking that we are fixing with Time Doctor.

Here are some of the problems:

Breaks are not automatically accounted for

If an employee takes a three-hour break there is no way to automatically track this in most time and attendance software systems. Attendance software should be able to detect exactly when an employee is ‘at their computer’ or ‘away from their computer’ and be able to categorize such time as ‘away from the computer’, as ‘break time’ or as ‘work time’. Find out more


Hidden Gmail Labs Feature That Will Massively Boost Your Email Productivity

Gmail has some awesome email productivity features, so if you’re a person who gets hundreds of emails a day then you will want to make sure to check out this new awesome Google labs feature you can use to increase your email productivity.

Also we’ll cover several features within Gmail that you can use to increase your productivity.
 
The fundamental principles behind email productivity

A common problem with email is procrastination. You read an email and think, “I’ll deal with that later”, then you read it again the next day, skimming through and procrastinate again … and again. By the time you get around to completing the email you have probably read it 5 or 6 times and wasted a lot of time in processing emails.

The solution is to process all of your emails in one batch, handling every email completely. Find out more


The 3 Common Time Wasters at Work

No business can afford to have wasted time at work, especially when its growth and profitability is directly tied to employee productivity. Check out our new infographic that identifies the top three reasons for wasted time at work.

Staff.com presents The 3 Common Time Wasters at Work Infographic

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Software for Managing a Telecommuting Team

If you manage a team that telecommutes, you will want to make sure that your team is productive. The good thing is, there are many types of software that you can use to manage a remote team and ensure that they are working.

For example, these are issues you can solve with software:

  1. Time and Attendance
  2. Communication
  3. Measuring and managing productivity
  4. Project management software

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Wasted Time in the Workplace Infographic

Wasted time in the workplace is a massive problem. How big is exactly unclear, but from our research, the cost to business is in the millions (if not billions) in lost productivity every year. The infographic below explains just how much time we waste at work, the ways we waste it, and how businesses are grappling with the issue. The results are surprising, if not alarming:

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Everything you need to know about Internet & computer usage policies… and why your company needs one

...a policy without enforcement is not a policyIn a perfect world common sense and a solid work ethic would keep employees on task throughout the day, but the world we live in is full of online distractions. Personal email, games and social media are all elements contributing to a slump in workplace productivity; a 2010, Salary.com survey indicates that on average, around 64% of workers wasting one hour or less each day at work, while 14% waste 3 or more hours each workday (48% of this time is spent surfing the web which I’m sure isn’t surprising).

Once thought of as draconian or needlessly complex, the implementation of computer usage policies (often coupled with monitoring) is on the rise. The American Management Association, suggests that up to 45% of employers tracking content, keystrokes, and time spent at the keyboard (2008). Interestingly though, more than half of all businesses do not have social media and networking policies in place despite the fact that 76 percent use social networking for business purposes (Proskauer). By all accounts, there’s a massive divide – both in the way Internet monitoring is considered, and the way it is commonly policed.

There is an obvious need to computer and network usage in the workplace; an effective computer and network usage policy, with the assistance of sensible monitoring tools can help address a number of real problems that are costing businesses thousands of dollars in lost productivity every day. Find out more


5 Steps to double your income in your freelancing job (with the same effort)

When a potential client decides to do an internet search for your name, what will they find?

As a freelancer navigating the world of lowball offers and underbidding competitors, you may find yourself doing a great deal of work and wishing it added up to more cash in your hip-pocket. The good news: it is possible to start making more money without taking on more assignments or working longer hours.

Yes, you most likely become better at what you do, gradually over time, and the projects you’re working on now will eventually bear fruit in the form of referrals and feedback (but we’re not talking about that). There are positive steps you can begin taking now that will make a difference now.

These 5 tips will help any freelancer generate more revenue quickly, simply, and professionally.

1. Get real about time

Although it can seem like a real hassle, it’s actually beneficial in the long run to spend a bit of time tracking your actual versus estimated time spent working. You’ll probably find out a lot about how you spend your time. Once you’ve found distractions or inefficient processes, take the time to correct them. You’ll end up streamlining your work process and becoming more profitable. Find out more


SVN, Git, Mercurial, and CVS – Comparison of version control software

Comparison of SVN SoftwareIf your next big business idea is based on software development, involves an elaborate technical concept, or simply requires a large distributed team working on one task, you need to learn two words by heart: version control.

Version control (also called subversion control, or revision control) helps large projects from spinning out of control by letting individual programmers (or writers, or project managers), each tackle a project from a different angle without getting in each other’s way and without doing damage that can’t be undone. There’s a great visual introduction to version control here if you are completely unfamiliar with the concept.

Which version control is right for your project?

There are a number of solutions out there, and we’ve put together a definitive feature comparison so you can decide the best solution for you. It is a fairly technical topic, so if you don’t have a software background, read our comparison carefully, and consult with your lead technical personnel before you make any final decisions. Find out more


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