Ideas, insights, and inside looks at how modern teams collaborate, manage work, and scale smarter – with a dash of product updates and stories from the trenches
At Top Stories, we help brands leverage their stories in building long-lasting relationships with their followers. We like to think of ourselves as an outsourced communications department that encourages brands to pinpoint their target audiences, meditate on the content they want to communicate, shape ...
Customer Stories • • 3 min read
It would be an understatement to say that agile marketing is having a bit of a moment. While it was initially viewed as a novel framework, it has since become an essential part of every discerning marketer’s toolkit. How did agile marketing become all the rage?It’s simple, actually. Taking a page ...
Marketing • • 8 min read
Hello everyone,It’s time to wrap up 2022 with a recap of all the work we’ve done on ActiveCollab in December! Last month, we talked about new search options and the list view we’re preparing for ActiveCollab 8.0. This time, we’ll go over new details in your project info and the time options we’ve ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
Delegation is an essential leadership skill. Especially for growing businesses. As your client base and service offerings grow, you come face-to-face with the fact you can’t take care of everything on your own. You realize you need to start delegating and fast. If you don’t, you’ll either lose ...
Team Collaboration • • 10 min read
Hello everyone,Welcome to the November edition of ActiveCollab's recaps! Before we begin discussing what we've been up to in the past month, let's review what we talked about last time: sorting tasks by their start date in My Work and in-line editing of titles of tasks and task lists, and quickly changing ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
How clear are you on the difference between urgent and important? And when the time comes to work out if a task is one or the other (or perhaps both), can you do it? How do you decide?These are all questions the Eisenhower decision matrix, a task prioritization technique can help solve. If we follow ...
Project Management • • 9 min read
Hello everyone,Welcome to the latest ActiveCollab updates! Last month, we talked about our work on the upcoming version 8.0 of the app, specifically the list view and task filters. This time, we'll go over a new addition to My Work and the progress we’ve made with ActiveCollab 8.0.My WorkMy Work is ...
Recaps • • 1 min read
Question: What’s the best way to present your project to a group of stakeholders? A: A project roadmap, B: A 20-page Project Initiation Document, or C: A project plan?If you're struggling to answer this question, don’t worry, you’re not the only one. We get it: project management can get a bit ...
Project Management • • 9 min read
Hello everyone,We're ready to bring you the latest updates in our September recap! In our previous post, we mentioned availability notifications and the file options that will be available when ActiveCollab 8.0 is released. This month's edition brings news on our progress in building the new version.List ...
Recaps • • 1 min read
Hello everyone,Welcome to the summer edition of ActiveCollab's recaps! Last time, we talked about default tax rates, comment timestamps, and the brand-new version of the app. This time, we'll go over the already available features and the ones you'll be able to access once ActiveCollab 8.0 is released.Availability ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
Companies must be aware of how the marketing environment affects their decision-making processes. Failing to do so could make them face a potential downfall and even go out of business. On the other hand, companies could always explore potential revenue opportunities if they are aware of the marketing ...
Project Management • • 5 min read
At AnitaLovett.com, we are heavily invested in the creation of story-based copywriting. We believe everyone has a story, and every story deserves to be well told. We use our trade skills to forge high-quality words that work.Our StoryMy name is Anita. I’m the Founder and Lead Wordsmith at Anita Lovett ...
Customer Stories • • 2 min read