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

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Client Onboarding: Fail-Proof Process Guide For Agencies & Consultancies

Sometimes, a first impression is all that matters, simply because we tend to base our entire opinion of something or someone based on that first interaction. This is also known as the halo effect, and it plays a huge role in your agency’s client onboarding process.According to stats, 63% of customers ...

Growth 9 min read

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Set your team up for success with ActiveCollab 8

Say hello to ActiveCollab version 8!Over the past couple of years, we've challenged ourselves to turn ActiveCollab into something more than a project management tool. We aimed to create a space where service businesses would manage all their work, people, clients, financials, and more.So we listened ...

Product 8 min read

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Workload management: What is it, why It matters & how to do it

According to the numbers, your average employee spends 51% of the workday on tasks of little to no value. Also, that same average employee gets interrupted about 60 times during the day.And when you read similar stats about how employees are stressed and overworked, it all points to a paradox of sorts ...

Productivity 9 min read

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Timeboxing: what it is & how to actually use it

Instead of looking for ways to increase the number of working hours in a day, what we should be doing is looking for ways to make better use of our time. According to a small experiment conducted by Steve Glaveski, author and founder of Collective Campus, switching to a six-hour workday increased the ...

Productivity 8 min read

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13 best agency time tracking software in 2025 – detailed analysis

For agencies, time is money. That’s why every service-based business needs a time-tracking tool. One that will help them understand not only where team time is being spent, but also identify which clients are money-makers, and which deals turned out to be complete, and utter budget-breakers.But choosing ...

Productivity 17 min read

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Modern guide to employee time tracking for ultimate team efficiency

One of the biggest misconceptions about time tracking is that it’s a way to A: spy on employees, and B: push employees to work faster and do more, in less time. The fact is, most businesses, to survive and remain competitive, need to know which jobs are bringing money in, and which ones are putting ...

Productivity 11 min read

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Pickle jar theory: proper time management without burnouts

Do you ever feel like there is never enough time to finish all your work? If your answer is “yes”, press 1!If we had a dollar every time someone pressed 1, we would probably be too busy counting our millions, but here we are. According to research, a staggering 82% of people don’t rely on a time ...

Productivity 7 min read

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9 Best ERP Systems & Software For Agencies in 2025

Choosing an ERP system that is going to be the right for your organization can be an overwhelming endeavor. Why? Well, because there are so many factors you need to consider.There is the price, the features your potential ERP of choice has, as well as the ease with which you can implement it. Do you ...

Growth 11 min read

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What are ERP systems & why your agency needs one

Data management, efficiency, financial management, security, collaboration, growth, automation, customer satisfaction, brand visibility… If you are running an agency in 2025, all of these things, and more, should be your concern.Sounds like a lot, doesn’t it? And it is, there is no question about ...

Growth 9 min read

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8 time management techniques & methods for ultimate efficiency

On a scale of 1-10, how good are you at managing time? Are you a teeny tiny, chaotic 2, or are you a self-proclaimed efficiency buff, sitting on a throne way up in the proud 9’s?Whether we realize it or not, most of us already use some type of time management system to structure our working day. Take ...

Productivity 10 min read

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Onboarding made easier with ActiveCollab Virtual Users

Almost every collaboration platform lets you invite people to your workspace in seconds.What happens when you need more time to prepare for onboarding?Say you’re having a new team member joining you in a couple of weeks or a client under contract starting in a month.No matter which platform you’re ...

Product 5 min read

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