Project Management
Online Project Management Made Easy With ProWorkflow
If you own a creative or tech service business, you know how difficult it can be to manage projects, staff and your clients. You have to keep your team organised, manage and assign tasks to staff, distribute information, keep clients up to date on progress and ensure quotes and invoices get sent out on time. The most important aspect of this is that you need a communication channel where your team and your clients can collaborate on projects and tasks.
Many online workers rely on their email account and perhaps a spreadsheet to keep track of their projects and communicate with the other members of the team. However, as soon as you start managing more than a handful of projects and clients or have to work whilst on the move then emails and spreadsheets aren’t going to cut it. You will inevitably start looking for some form of robust project management software.
ProWorkflow is an online project management software tool which allows you to manage all of your projects from a central location. ProWorkflow is currently helping many thousands of customers globally to optimize their business processes, manage staff resources, track projects, tasks and time and keep on top of it all!
Let’s see the features of ProWorkflow.com in full detail:
Features of ProWorkflow.com
When you first login to ProWorkflow, you will see the following dashboard:
The dashboard consists of 4 main expandable sections – Projects, Tasks, Time and Invoicing. Then there is a navigation sidebar which contains many more options to manage your projects, create or assign tasks and perform other activities.
The “Search” section, placed at the right top of the screen lets you search for projects, tasks, companies, contacts and notes. This is handy, when you quickly want to know the details about a particular project, task or client.
The “Recent Items” column lists all the recent activity of your account. It shows the projects and tasks you were recently working on so you can save valuable time by jumping straight to the item you need.
The Projects Section
The projects section allows you to create and manage your projects. You can access the Projects section from your dashboard or from the sidebar.
Clicking “New Project” opens a new browser pop up window where you can add all the details regarding your project. This includes adding a title, client, specifying a category, choosing priority, adding deadlines and more. There is a WYSiWYG editor which lets you add a description to your project.
In addition you can add more staff to your project and choose a project manager. Staff added to your projects will automatically get an email notification that they have been assigned to upcoming project or task.
When you have finished adding all the details, you can start adding tasks from the “Project Details” page. You can also enclose a variable in the task name to help better identify tasks.
Adding time to tasks is easy. Just click the time link next to any task to add time, either manually or through a start/stop time tracker.
The recorded time is attached to the task and added to the total time spent for the project. In addition it’s added to the user’s weekly timesheet. There are plenty of time summary reports you can access later if needed.
One of the great time saving features is the ‘Edit All Tasks’ screen where you can bulk edit your project’s tasks. Use this screen to assign tasks to staff, add start and due dates, allocated times and a task description:
I particularly liked that most information on the “Project Details” page could be edited by inline editing – double clicking where the fields show green:
Send Messages to Your Team Members
The “Message” section lets you send quick messages to all or some of your Team members. To send a message, click “Add” under the Message panel and this will open a WYSIWYG editor where you can type the message and send it to selected staff.
The messages sent can be set as private or public and there is an option to send an email as well as just have the message appear on screen. The messaging in ProWorkflow is a great way to collaborate on a project as all project members are on the same page, literally! Conversations are stored and archived with the project so there’s no more hunting around or missing emails.
Upload Files and Documents to Share with your Team Members
The “Files” section lets you create folders and upload files from your computer. You can upload images, documents or any other file which you want to share with other members working on the same project. Files can also be uploaded to individual tasks.
The File sharing feature is useful for two reasons. First, your uploaded files can be organized in folders and sub-folders so you can quickly share a folder with any team member and let him view or download any files that he may need. Second, all the uploaded files are kept safe in your ProWorkflow account and you don’t have to use third party websites for uploading your files.
Project Timeline
The Project timeline lets you list all the projects and tasks which are assigned to a particular day of the work calendar. The timeline is similar to a gantt chart and can be a great help with planning workflow. You can also use the timeline to see the workload for a particular staff member, project or client.
The project timeline is a very easy way to know how much work is pending, how much progress has been made and what tasks may be due or needing work done on a particular day.
Create and Manage Invoices
You can create invoices from ProWorkflow’s “Invoicing” section and manage the billing. An Invoice can be made from a quote, from a project’s tracked time, a date range of time tracked or manually. Here is how the invoice panel of ProWorkflow appears:
We’ve only scratched the surface of what this powerful application is capable of. To find out more and try for yourself, sign up for a ProWorkflow account here or get the free 14 day trial account here
Why Use ProWorkflow for Project Management?
Although there are a lot of web based project management applications, here are a few reasons why you should choose ProWorkflow for managing your projects:
1. You can have unlimited projects, tasks, clients and contractors!
2. ProWorkflow is highly configurable, the look and feel of the application can be tailored to match your brand and a range of settings allow you to optimize ProWorkflow to suit your business. Administrators also have granular control of user permissions for both staff and clients.
3. ProWorkflow extends beyond its web application with iCal integration, a free iPhone app and desktop Time Tracker. They also offer a range of invoicing integrations as well as a fully featured API for custom development.
4. Projects, tasks, invoices and quotes can be easily created using templates.
5. There is a dedicated help center with video guides to help you get started with ProWorkflow and learn more.
The monthly pricing of ProWorkflow is as per industry standards and they have 3 different plans to choose from. You can view the complete pricing plans and feature comparisions at this page. ProWorkflow is a well established solution – in this competitive space it’s good to know that there is a company that has been around for almost ten years.
Having Project Collaboration Issues? Pivotal Tracker Gives Peace Of Mind
If you are working on a software or coding project as a group with each member working from a remote location, then chances are you will fall into some collaboration problems. Particularly for the project leader or client it would be difficult to coordinate everything and manage it all. Pivotal Tracker provides a solution to this problem.
Pivotal Tracker is a great collaboration tool for people working on a software or web coding project. You start work on a project by first creating an account on the site. After logging in you can create and name a new project.
Your project will start with 4 empty columns: Done, Current, Backlog, and Icebox.
You will also get a “tips” box in the bottom right corner helping you get familiarized with how Pivotal Tracker works.
Before you begin adding tasks to your project, I suggest you head on over the button that says “View” and click on “Members.”
The resultant window is where you can add others to your project.
You can add members and categorize them as Owner, Member, or a Viewer.
Returning to the main project, each task is called a “story” in Pivotal Tracker. Click on the “Add Story” button and enter the details of the task that will appear under the Icebox column.
You can categorize each task as a feature of the program, a bug, a chore, or a release. Points can be set for the task that you can use to signify its priority or the program’s progress level. Remember to assign the task to the relevant group member. Once you click on the “Save” button, your task will be saved and you can drag it to the “Current” or “Backlog” column.
Then the relevant group member will take a look at the task and complete it. Finished stories can be reviewed by the project leader or client who has the power to accept or reject the task.
Accepted tasks are moved to the Done tab.
Pivotal Tracker has a smooth flow and will take little time getting used to. For coders working as group, the site can be of great use.
Doit.Im: User Friendly Task Management Tool
Are you looking for a simple task management app? Chances are that you have already gone through most of the web has to offer. Unfortunately many task management tools become too comprehensive and form a confusing clutter of tools and features. This is probably why you have not been able to find that simple app you were looking for. Fortunately I have found a greatly user friendly task management tool and am about to share it with you – Doit.Im.
Doit.Im is a free web app that offers task management services. It offers comprehensive options yet packs them into a neat and tidy interface. You create an account on the site and find an item-less dashboard like in the image below:
You can add your tasks in the top bar located right next to the site’s logo.
Each added task shows up in the “Inbox” tab in the left pane. You can edit the task and add details such as beginning and ending time.
Optionally you can set task reminders that will notify you of each task.
When you have added many tasks and set their priority levels, you can choose to put the high-priority ones above using the “Group by” button in the top right of the center pane.
Alternatively you could sort your tasks according to context or project.
In addition to its current features, the site is developing its smartphones apps which will be released soon. Overall, Doit.Im is a great new user friendly task management app that will attract people tired of complex task management tools.
Check out Doit.Im
10 Collaborative Brainstorming Web Apps When You Work As A Group
The internet has recently seen a lot of progress in the field of online collaboration. When we are working on a project as a group and group members have to work remotely, online collaboration becomes a wonderful way to bridge the physical gap.
Below you will find 10 websites which I feel are great for brainstorming and working as a group. Check each one out and see which one suits your group project best.
1. Zoho
Zoho is the name for a collection of services. The entries you see in the image above are only few of what Zoho has to offer. We can sign up for an account and use Zoho’s services to easily gather ideas and create plus modify files / documents / images / presentations as a group. Click here to visit Zoho.
2. Mind42
Mind42 is free to use website that lets us brainstorm individually or as a group. We can create an account and record our ideas through simple mind maps. Mind maps can be group brainstorming a lot more effective because they save time when it comes to filtering our ideas. Click here to visit Mind42.
3. Imagination Cubed
Imagination Cubed is a very simple to use website that facilitates group drawing. We are provided a canvas on which we can draw with a red virtual pen. We can insert various shapes and text, draw straight lines, and change the canvas’s color. Our pen’s motion is also recorded and a “replay” button shows us exactly the motion our pen followed. We can invite our friends to our canvas via their email address. Once they join in we can draw simultaneously on the same canvas. Click here to visit Imagination Cubed.
4. Edistorm
Edistorm is a website that lets us add notes to a very large canvas. We can move around notes to prioritize them and sort our ideas. Under the free account we can create public and self brainstorming sessions. For a fee we can create private brainstorming sessions which let us share our canvas with users we invite only. Our invited users can view our canvas and add notes to it as well. Click here to visit Edistorm.
5. WiseMapping
WiseMapping is another website that lets users create mind maps as a group. The interface is user friendly and saves users’ time in figuring out the controls. We can embed ready mind maps in any website. Through WiseMapping we can also save our mind maps as image files or PDF documents. Click here to visit WiseMapping.
6. Think
Think is an online tool that lets users create interlinked mind maps. We can link one node of our map to many nodes and then shift them around as we see fit. The simplicity of use is what makes Think unique. Click here to visit Think.
7. Bubbl.us
Bubbl.us lets users sign up for an account and create mind maps as a group. The mind maps created on the site are colorful and have a variety of colors differentiating map nodes which makes them easier to spot and read. Click here to visit Bubbl.us.
8. Sneffle (Virtual Paper)
Sneffel gives users a whiteboard to draw on. The URL of the whiteboard can be shared with our friends for collaborative drawing. We can embed the whiteboard on our blog or website as well. Click here to visit Sneffel.
9. Glinkr
Glinkr, another online mind map creation tool, is great for online collaboration. We can create colorful mind maps that are easy to read. Plus we can attach additional descriptions and links to our nodes. The interactive interface lets us easily move the nodes of our map. Our maps can be exported to an XML file. Click here to visit Glinkr.
10. Solvr
Solvr is a free to use website that lets us post a problem and then share that URL with our friends whom we want to ask the solution from. This can be helpful when we want to reach a solution as group. The approach is that of an online forum but dedicated to problem solving. Click here to visit Solvr.
Mavenlink – Cloud Based Software To Manage Your Projects And Clients
If you run an online business, you know how difficult it can be to manage different projects and work with multiple clients simultaneously. Your email is not the perfect place to store all the data because often things get mixed up and this may eventually hurt your business.
If you want a better way to organize your projects – you must use a project management system. A project management system gives you, your team members and your clients an online dashboard where you can see the development of a project and collaborate with multiple people and clients.
Mavenlink is an interactive workplace and one of the best companies to focus extensively on improving the interactions between business, consultants and clients. Using Mavenlink, you can manage all your projects from a central place, create timelines and documentation, accept contracts and manage your resources.
This saves you time and money and more importantly, your clients and team members enjoy the work flow and ease of use.
Mavenlink’s in built system guides you, your team members and your clients through out the completion of a project – from proposal to payment.
The Mavenlink Project Workspace
You can start using the Mavenlink project workspace by signing up for a free account here. Mavenlink also supports logging in using your Google or Google Apps account, Myspace, Yahoo, Facebook, AOL or using an Open ID.
Once you have signed up, login to your Mavenlink project workspace and you will see the Mavenlink dashboard as shown below:
The most prominent part of the dashboard is the projects section. This section contains a summary of the project status as well as the recent posts of the projects on which you are working.
To start working on a project, first you will have to create a workspace where you can add details about your project and invite clients or consultants to your workspace.
When the workspace is ready and you have invited the clients or consultants, you can start posting messages on the workspace and upload the necessary files. Your project collaborators will be able to view your message, comment on it or they can post a new message on the workspace.
This is very useful, all the conversations of a project are organized and you don’t miss any important message or guideline.
By default, the posts are visible to all the members of your project. However, you can choose that a post may go out to a specific member. The members of your project can reply to posts directly from their Email, without having to login to Mavenlink dashboard.
This is how the projects tab looks inside Mavenlink dashboard.
You can go to a workspace by clicking on the project title. The activity feed tab provides a listing of all the posts across all of your projects, so you can use this to know the recent activity across all your work.
There is also a feature known as Project tracker. This enables you to add or manage tasks and deliverables required to complete your project. For each of these, assignments can be made, dates can be set and status can be tracked.
You can also add key dates and milestones which act as a deadline for tasks to be completed.
Recently Released Trusted Networks
Working with a mavenlink network provides organizations a single place to manage their internal and external communication. To create a network in Mavenlink, sign in to your Mavenlink dashboard and click “Create a Network” from the status bar.
Then provide a name and headline for your network along with a meaningful description. Then hit Create and your network is ready.
The public facing site provides visibility to visitors, partners and potential clients. It also provides anyone to quickly engage with your network. You are able to customize your network’s brand identity and more importantly, visitors are able to quickly see who is in your network and the strength of the team.
If they have immediate needs they can quickly contact the network director and begin a conversation. If any visitor is interested to learn more about your team, he can click through to the “Our members” tab. This tab provides vital information about individual network members.
The contact us tab provides a very simple interface for the client engagement process. Visitors are brought to a contact page with your unique messaging. They can learn more about your network or go to a project workspace.
Mavenlinks network technology also allow its members to interact freely in a private collaborative space, viewable to only network members.
The team can share information to the group or message individual tem members about client opportunities. Network administrators can notify the wholle network group about upcoming events, key dates and important announcements.
Other Useful Features of Mavenlink
Google Integrations: Google Apps users can take advantage of Mavenlink�s recent integrations to Google Docs, Google Contacts and Google Calendar. Dates within Mavenlink sync to your Google Calendar. You can embed collaborative Google Docs within any workspace and define permissions for other workspace participants to view or edit (without separate email invitations). And all of your Google contacts are available to use within the Mavenlink system
Manage Online payments: You can easily request Paypal payments right from your Mavenlink dashboard and keep a log of payments. This is useful because you can officially document which of the team members have received payments.
Set Permissions: Not all members of your team have the same skills, thus you can assign specific capabilities to selected members. For example: John may have the permission to read all the posts about a project but he may not have permission to download the files or reply to any post or message.
Create Schedules and Budgets: You can create a timetable for each of your projects, this ensures better organization and systematic developement. Deadlines can be set and your team members work under a common calendar. You can also define dollar amount for your projects – this decides how much money you are going to spend on a particular project.
Know the benefits of using Mavenlink for your business and the complete features of the amazing client – consultant project management system.
Also have a look at the Mavenlink community and the blog, you can read what independant professionals are saying about Mavenlink, know the tips and tricks and engage with other active users who are using the Mavenlink platform.
Let Your Customers Rate Your Emails With Nice Reply
Leaving a good impression on your customers is the key element in the success of any business. The way you communicate with your customers reflects on how high you value them. Attention to little things is of utmost important because you want your business to have loyal customers who come back for your services every time.
To give your customers what they want, you first have to know their wants. One way to go about it would be to collect feedback from your customers about a particular issue that you feel needs improvement. “Nicereply” is a perfect example of this.
Nicereply is a free to use website that helps you improve your interaction with your customers. This is achieved by improving the email messages sent to customers.
The way it all works is quite simple. You create an account on Nicereply and obtain a link which you should add to the signature of the email. A small description could be included in the signature, asking customers to click on the link and indicate their satisfaction with the email message. When they click on the link, their response is observed by Nicereply and recorded in your Nicereply account. You can view the overall statistics of a certain email message and see how successful it is in satisfying customers. The nature of the email can be anything: from an automated response to something offering tickets and coupons.
The customer service representatives in your company can have individual accounts at Nicereply. This will form a healthy competitive environment in which each employee will be motivated to excel amongst his peers when it comes to customer satisfaction.
Nicereply works as a wonderful tool in determining whether or not your emails are up to the mark. Click here to visit Nicereply.
Project Managers Turn Into Zombies Over Time! Have You Looked At Yourself Lately?
Stress and long hours are part of every project manager’s life who battle to get the most out of the resources at hand to achieve the scope. The main goals are to be on time, within budget and deliver quality; a combination that can be impossible to plan and achieve and can be devastating for some project managers.
We all know that achieving these 3 things together is theoretically impossible. Most often, project managers sacrifice quality and budget just to achieve the set deadlines or have a strict budget and sacrifice quality and push deadlines. There are exceptions where all bricks align and delivery is within the planned scope; however to achieve this requires a lot of planning, effort and time which we don’t have at disposal.
Project managers are people that need to multitask and manage not only the project but all aspects of the project including organizing and motivating the people. We can group this into five main areas: planning, organizing, coordinating, motivating and controlling.
Planning a project can be extensive and exhausting mostly because the process towards defining tasks, assigning resources, estimating costs, setting milestones is usually very complex. On the other hand, the project manager needs to track and coordinate the project progress on a daily basis. The project manager needs to be sure that all project members understand and are striving towards achieving the project goal. And, of course the project manager must control the project flow and make appropriate adjustments if necessary.
Is it too much for one person to deal with?
Having the right skills is not enough; having the right tools is as important in order to be efficient and successful.
We have seen a lot of new project management solutions on the market piping out like mushrooms. Some of them cost even thousands of dollars. Some of them lack crucial project management features. Most of them lack advanced project management features. So, how to pick the best one at an affordable price and still have all the needed features? We all know MS® Project, however a professional license can cost close to one thousand dollars.
Seavus Project Planner is a project planning and tracking software, used to plan and track projects, manage resources and track project costs. Project Managers use Seavus Project Planer to organize work and project delivery as well as to manage resource schedules and scope changes.
The software provides all of the desired productivity and it’s simple to use, very effective, and most importantly, it will help you win over biggest threats of your project success.
How can you utilize Seavus Project Planner?
Define project plans with reduced efforts
As mentioned above the project planning process is the initial and crucial component of the project lifecycle. If the planning is not done properly, the chances to fail in the next phases increase exponentially. Seavus Project Planner provides the easiest environment where project managers can set rational expectations for the objectives that need to be accomplished. The intuitive and easy-to-use workspace makes the schedule building, resource allocation and cost assignment effortless and accurate.
Effectively manage resources and costs
Most projects, if not all projects face limited budgets and resources. It is pure magic for the project managers to successfully balance budgets and resources. Seavus Project Planner’s advanced project cost tracking features empower the project manager to achieve effective cost tracking and avoid spending more than the project actually has. On the other hand, resource management is eased with resource availability tracking and over allocation management, hence allowing assignments’ adjustments to avoid conflicts in tasks.
Gain project control and keep guard on the project progress
Seavus Project Planner is software that will help you not only to set rational expectations for the objectives to be accomplished, but to present precise information to every team member regarding their tasks and deadlines. Using Gantt charts, resource tables, tracking toolbar and customizable forms the project is clearly communicated to team members. In addition, the intuitive workspace provides opportunity to track and control the work of team members through the project lifecycle. Adding notes to tasks in Seavus Project Planner is simple, but has high impact in delivering the desired results.
Adequately present project information
Project stakeholders want/need to be up to date with the project status at every point of time. The project manager is obliged to present the project progress information to the stakeholders. Hence, stakeholders need to understand the project plan. Project managers can choose from different views, forms and tables to display project information effectively. Additionally, they can use the Copy option to copy data to MS® Office applications and use it for various needs.
For ex: Project managers can copy cost data to include it in reports in MS® Excel. Also, when presenting project status in board meetings project managers can copy relevant data from the plan created in Seavus Project Planner to an MS® PowerPoint presentation.
Instantly access needed options and views
Driven by the 1-click away concept, Seavus Project Planner is the only desktop project management solution that offers Quick Bars which allow the project managers to access options with 1 click. Quick Bars access your calendar, Gantt chart, network diagram, resource sheet, task sheet and other frequently used options using the function keys.
Integrate Seavus Project Planner with other systems in your organization
If you are a developer and in need to extend Seavus Project Planner’s options to better serve your project planning and tracking needs, you can make use of Seavus Project Planner’s open API (Application Programming Interface).
The open API allows you to get the most of Seavus Project Planner while integrating it with other systems in your organization.
Integrate Seavus Project Planner in an MS® Project environment
Project managers in organizations who use Seavus Project Planner can collaborate and share project plans with project managers who use MS® Project. This make is it possible to integrate Seavus Project Planner in an existing project management environment where MS® Project is the main tool used to plan projects. The goal of this integration is to reduce the license costs for existing MS® Project users by providing a fully compatible project planner for a far lower price.
Introducing Seavus Project Planner in such organizations drastically reduce project management costs, but also:
- Empowers collaboration among stakeholders using Google Apps
- Lets organizations create an environment where project managers use Seavus Project Planner and team members use Seavus Project Viewer, which additionally cuts costs.
Empower collaboration within teams
Having a collaborative project management environment in your organization is the key for project success. Thus, in order to motivate teams to collaborate and achieve superior results Seavus Project Planner launched the Google Apps Integration.
The Google Apps Integration empowers the project managers to continuously collaborate with project’s stakeholders. Namely, project managers are able to collaborate and share project plans created in Seavus Project Planner and store those on Google Apps.
Then, the project plans can be accessed and updated by all project stakeholders (Project Customer, Resource Managers, and Project Team Members).
Organizations that decide to collaborate with Seavus Project Planner and Google Apps:
- Achieve collaboration without the need for any server installation
- Utilize existing Google Accounts for project collaboration
- Access projects from anywhere around the Globe
- Reduce the Inbox clutter
Having a successful project plan is not a single thing to do. It means identifying priority needs and opportunities, discussing and testing various possible courses of action and afterwards choosing the most appropriate ones, analyzing and accepting what can be achieved, estimating both human and material resources needed to reach objectives, anticipating possible problems and getting acceptance from all stakeholders about clear targets and timetables for the work in view. All of this is built in Seavus Project Planner, so it is powerful guide in the planning and tracking of your project.
Introducing Seavus Project Planner as your project management tool completes the circle for success. You can forget about miscommunication, missed deadlines, over allocation and overspending.
Feel comfortable with your project and satisfied with your results. Win over failure; be organized, productive and effective with your planning. Be happy!
If you want to learn more how to improve your project management skills using Seavus Project Planner, you can follow Seavus Project Planner on Twitter (@projectplanner).
Tabzon: A Small And Easy In-Out Attendance Board For Offices
Different workplaces have different ways to mark an employee’s attendance. Sometimes a physical register is kept in which each employ signs in and out. Other workplaces use a fingerprint scanner or a code-entering gadget to mark attendance. Another way is for each employee to sign in via an email which can only be opened from the office.
All these solutions are effective in marking attendance but are not effective in finding out where the employee is presently. In other words, if an employee is absent, the boss does not have a way to find the reason of absence.
To remedy this, a better sign in-out solution is provided by Tabzon.
Tabzon is a free website that acts as an in-out board. It can work as a wonderful attendance tool for businesses. To take advantage of the site, the boss creates a Tabzon account. This requires entering the name of the company and no kind of personal details. Upon successful account creation we are provided with a URL for our company’s in-out board. We can then proceed to invite our employees to Tabzon either from within our account or by sharing the URL.
When a user enters your Tabzon in-out board, each time he is about to be away from work, he updates his Tabzon status for other employees to see.
Using Tabzon employees will be able to specify the reason they are currently unavailable. This is something that will be a great help to the bosses and administration.
If you are heading a company, give Tabzon a try by clicking here and let me know in the comments what you think about it.
Easily Make Collaborative Notes And Share With Various Social Media Sites With Sync.in
Before online collaboration was more widely known, it might have seemed impossible for people who were far away from each to work as a group on a project. This ‘impossibility’ however was immediately done away with thanks to online collaboration.
In case you do not know what the term means, online collaboration is a group of individuals working on the same file or document online. Everybody makes changes and edits to the documents and these changes can be viewed by other group members. Currently countless websites offer this service. One such website is Sync.in.
Sync.in provides its users with a canvas to write whatever text they desire. This text, as I mentioned earlier, can viewed and modified by other group members.
For the free plan, click on the green button located on Sync.in’s homepage.
You will be redirected to the mentioned canvas where you can type whatever you want.
The text can be edited by using buttons located on top (bold, italic, underlined, and strike through). We can also choose to enter bullet points, indented text, and assign different colors to the edits made by each group member.
Group members can be added to view and edit our note by clicking on the green button in the top right. This button will open up a new window where we can invite contacts using their email address or our social media accounts.
In addition to all this, we can export our note to a file which can be saved on our computer.
Sync.in also has a desktop application which makes things a lot easier by saving time of the regular Sync.in user.
Give Sync.in a try and let me know what you think. Click here to visit Sync.in homepage.
Keep Track On Your Daily Life Activities, Money, Business And Traveling With 1DayLater
Productivity equals success and any successful person will tell you that the key to productivity is taking measured steps. We should carefully monitor our activities according to the time and money we spend on them. After making our observations, their analysis will reveal which activities our resources are being concentrated on; having this information at hand can lead to better decision making and ultimately an improved lifestyle.
All of this simply cannot be done using a physical diary. A computer is the best way to go. More specifically, 1DayLater is what you should use.
1DayLater is a free website that lets users enter tasks and enter the value of those tasks either in time units, money, or distance units. Once we have all our tasks fed into our 1DayLater account, we can view graphs of our activities and vary the graph parameters to see what our time/money/distance is being concentrated on.
Using the site requires signing up for a free account. This is how the dashboard looks like on first usage:
We can start logging our activities right away by entering the name of the activity in the project/client field, adding notes to it, and adding its value.
The value field might be a little puzzling for some users. Entering the time or money might not be as confusing as entering the distance value. Suppose you are going to drive your car for a particular activity; you can set the activities value in terms of the distance your car will be travelling. This will help you keep track of the distance travelled by your car and help you with any mileage claims.
After filling out the fields, we click on the GO button to the right. The activity is then added to our log of activities at the bottom of our dashboard.
Once we have a sufficient number of activities logged, we can scroll further down in our dashboard and view the four main tabs located there. The Analysis tab is what plot our activity stats in graphically and shows them to us.
The Export tab exports our activities to an Excel spreadsheet which we can download.
Overall, 1DayLater is a great idea and an option every computer user should explore.
Click here to visit 1DayLater’s homepage and be sure to share your experience with us 
