8 Apps Every Small Business Owner Should Know About

I was the 10-minute presenter at my BNI chapter last Thurs. Instead of the normal info about my business and our business model, I considered just teaching people about some cool apps we use here at Fiddler Online. So I polled the members of our chapter, via our Facebook group. Overwhelmingly, this was the subject…

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We Like Asana the Best: A Response to FitSmallBusiness’ Basecamp Comparison

This post is a response to a FitSmallBusiness’ article by Jeremy Marsan titled “Best Project Management Software – Basecamp vs. Asana & Others“. His article compares Basecamp, Asana, Trello, and Insightly. It rarely points to any shortcomings of Basecamp, while pointing to several in the other apps. It ultimately rewards it the top spot as best project management app…

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5 Apps to Help Your Team Work Faster & Better

It’s a new year. It’s time to shake things up in your company. If you’re looking at project management options that’ll let you and your employees/colleagues work more quickly. Here are five of the best. Asana Communication and task manager Free for up to 15 people and five projects iOS and Android apps By merging your…

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Join Me in a 30-Day Happiness Challenge

30 days to happiness challenge

Today everything changes! Shawn Achor’s TEDx video has long been one of my favorites. And though I’ve paid lip-service to it and it’s principles, I’ve never really, fully implemented them. His research has yielded an amazing approach to happiness, that’s the exact opposite of how most people perceive it. We think: “when X happens, then I’ll be happy.” But…

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Use Bad Ideas to Spark Good Ones

Daniel Pink posted a brief summary of a longer piece, by Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert. The idea is a new one to me, and apparently used a lot by writers in TV who have to come up with new plot-lines on a regular basis. They sit down with their group of co-writers and…

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