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The latest News and Information on Project Management, Methodologies, Productivity and Tools.

Retainer agreement: Is it right for your agency?

How do you create long-term relationships with clients? You want to provide enough value to keep clients coming back for more, but this is tough when you don't know if the client will stick around. That’s why many agencies use retainer agreements: to ensure reliable relationships and revenue. But (like everything else in the business world), retainer agreements come with both benefits and drawbacks.

The Wrap-Up: 3 key takeaways from the 'Value Based Pricing Myth' webinar

Time and materials. Abstract time and materials. Flat fees. Value-based pricing. With such a dizzying array of pricing models available today, it can be tricky to know which one is right for your agency. If you’re feeling confused by it all, then read on. We recently brought together the brains of three pricing experts for our monthly webinar series – and we think you’ll be surprised (and even inspired) by what they had to say.

The rise of digital nomads: Opportunities and challenges for businesses

You see them on Instagram or Tik Tok, laptop perched on a table in a café overlooking the beach in some dream holiday destination. They usually caption it with something like “Today’s office” to make all their friends stuck in a dreary downtown cubicle jealous. They’re the digital nomads. Kids in their twenties living the dream, armed with just a laptop, a decent education, and a sense of adventure. Except they’re not in their 20s anymore.

7 employee productivity tracking tools for large businesses

When you oversee large hybrid or remote teams, you need a reliable solution for monitoring and improving employee productivity. Yet you’ve likely found that most tracking tools fall short when it comes to enterprise-level needs, such as: In this guide, we’ll cover the best employee productivity tracking platforms for enterprise users so you can invest in the right software for your team and budget.

Top 15 remote working software for efficient teams

To lead a remote team successfully, you need a tech stack that lets you manage projects, communicate with employees, and deliver resources efficiently. If you’re relying on a mix of email, spreadsheets, and synchronous meetings, you’re probably: With the right remote work software, you can automate most team management tasks and work on leveling up your employees instead.

Mastering Efficient Time Tracking in Basecamp: A Step-by-Step Guide

Effective time management is a crucial aspect of project management success. It enables teams to keep track of development and guarantee on-time project completion. A popular project management application called Basecamp has functionalities for tracking time. We’ll go into recommended practices in this article and give you a walkthrough for Basecamp’s time tracking system.

7 steps for prioritizing your workload

Do you find yourself juggling multiple tasks and projects, feeling swamped, and not knowing where to start? Tight deadlines, looming tasks, and heavy workloads can be intimidating. They leave you overwhelmed and stuck, unable to figure out where to begin and ultimately derailing your productivity. But fret not! Prioritization is a powerful skill that will help you take control of your workflow and optimize productivity.

3 Easy Ways to Track Time with Scoro's Work Management Software

Discover the easiest ways to log your time in Scoro and streamline productivity. In this video, we'll explore three effective techniques: Real-Time Activity Logging: Keep track of numerous small tasks by starting the timer in the task view. Pause when taking breaks and mark activities as done when finished. You can also use the stopwatch from the top menu for convenience. Retrospective Time Entry: For larger tasks, log time retrospectively. Add time entries to tasks in Scoro once you complete a significant portion of the work. Alternatively, log time directly from your timesheet.

Agency Time Management Report: Make every billable minute count with these 4 key learnings

Mention the word “timesheets” to someone who has worked at an agency and it’ll probably send shivers down their spine and have them running for the hills. It’ll conjure up memories of frantically going through emails and to-do lists on a Friday, and somehow making things add up to 40 hours for the week. We’ve all been there! For an industry so dependent on good time management for success, it can be difficult to explain why most agencies struggle to do it effectively.