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Using GANTT Charts to Ensure Project Success
February 20, 2013
Getting your team on the same page isn’t always easy. When deadlines and milestones are not clearly defined, the risks for task slippage and project failure greatly increases. GANTT charts provide a visual framework into the work to be performed thereby improving communications between all parties which is highly necessary when complex projects are involved.
Swiftpage Acquires Sage SalesLogix
February 18, 2013
Sage has just announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its Sage SalesLogix and Sage ACT! Solutions to Swiftpage. Swiftpage provides a digital marketing platform for small businesses and like TimeLinx, is an existing Sage SalesLogix partner.
Increase Your Project's Success by Assessing Risks
September 26, 2012
Risk management as a best practice is critical to project success. It forces the team to consider the major issues and potential deal breakers on a project, and to proactively prepare and implement solutions.
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Is your CRM a CLM Tool? (it should be)
September 26, 2012
Customer Lifecycle Management, or CLM, is often misunderstood as Customer Relationship Management, or CRM. Customer Lifecycle Management, however, has a key difference from CRM - the added factor of time.
Cloud Leading the Way for Small Businesses to Deploy CRM
June 26, 2012
A recent survey conducted by Dell Cloud Business Applications and Techaisle show a dramatic increase in small businesses adopting CRM applications. Historically, these companies have been slower to embrace CRM applications than many industry analysts expected.
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PSA…what does it mean and does my service firm need it?
May 11, 2012
Improving customer acquisition, service delivery, financial health and customer management are the cornerstones of a robust PSA solution.
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Improve Sales Using CRM for Sales, Delivery and Service
April 24, 2012
Implementing CRM for service support can transform any organization. With access to quality data at their fingertips, your sales force will be better equipped to meet challenges that they face in the market.
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Increase Returns on Your CRM by Adding Mobile
March 26, 2012
While PDAs were used for years to manage emails, calendars and contacts away from the office, today’s PDAs provide much more.
Think You Don’t Need to Capture Time & Expenses with Fixed Fee Projects…Think Again
February 29, 2012
Think You Don’t Need to Capture Time & Expenses with Fixed Fee Projects…Think Again
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Sage Summit 2012 - August 12 - 17
February 24, 2012
If you haven’t heard, Sage Summit is in Nashville, TN this year with Partner Days running August 12 – 14, and the Customer Days occurring August 14 -17.
Accurate Expense Forecasting
February 23, 2012
Whether you're contemplating a startup venture or you've been in business for years, accurately forecasting your expenses can benefit your enterprise in many ways.
Reducing Redundancies and Increasing Cash Flow with Quote-to-cash
February 14, 2012
Successful business owners and operators know all too well the headaches and pains around getting paid in a timely manner. Unfortunately, many back offices are set up to slow the process of invoicing down to a snail’s pace resulting in receivables that can take weeks instead of days.
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Why extend CRM to include Project Management?
April 4, 2011
TimeLinx President Mark Engelberg, a guest blogger on Sage's community site, answers the question: Why extend CRM to include Project Management?
Is this your mess?
March 10, 2011
What passes for your project management and time tracking system is a hodge podge of multiple spreadsheets, paper documents and applications.
For a Professional Services organization, tying project management to your CRM is paramount
February 16, 2011
Professional Services firms’ business cycles naturally progress from marketing to sales to managing the services engagement. Therefore, it seems logical that integrating project management into a CRM system would be a priority.
Can you manage dollars and profits in your Project Management tool?
January 8, 2011
Can you easily, and in real-time, determine non-performing and under-performing projects and resources based on profitability?
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Eliminate the departmental disconnect
December 29, 2010
Service Performance Insight (SPI) reports that a huge disconnect still exists in service organizations between sales, marketing and service delivery.