Wunderlist is “Wunderful.”

I’m an organized person. [For those who know me well, that’s an understatement if ever there were one.] For some time, I searched for the perfect “to do list” app for…

I'm a dog person.

A cat person... A turtle person... A… well, you get the point. I love creatures of all shapes and sizes. This afternoon, I have the pleasure of dog-sitting my best…

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I visit websites -- lots of websites -- many of them belonging to ad agencies. I've found that browsing an agency's website can tell me a lot about the company…

“What’s my motivation?”

Today I scared the you-know-what out of my co-worker. While finalizing the 2012 budget for our company, I mistakenly quoted his salary as being considerably lower than what he’s currently…

That's the Power of CRM.

I just got off the phone with a prospective client. He told me to call him back "after the new year," a common response for this time of year. Now…

“I say ‘traffic,’ you say ‘production’.”

While traffic managers and production managers are often found within the same department, and their roles frequently combined, they each have very different functions within an agency. The traffic manager…

"Efficiency? There are plenty of apps for that."

I recently had the privilege of attending Second Wind Network's Traffic Management seminar in Chicago. There are many challenges facing the small- to mid-sized agency market; we simply must maximize…

“Getting to know you…”

In recent months, I’ve watched a CurrentTrack agency grow exponentially. I’ve worked closely with their traffic managers to review their workflow process and made recommendations about how it should be…

Keepin' it real... lean.

Recently, I found myself having a discussion and reading an article about the value of “lean” software. The concept of “lean” is informed by a philosophy of minimalism: don’t let…

Traffic Rules to Live By.

Embrace your role as a servant of the agency. While the role of Traffic Manager carries with it a certain degree of “power,” it’s nonetheless a servant role. The agency…

"Dude, where's that file?"

At Developware, we often tout CurrentTrack’s universal accessibility through an array of browsers and devices as a significant benefit. Our clients tend to agree!  Access to information about your business…

"I’m on Cloud 9."

There’s a lot of talk about the Cloud in the media lately. It’s a term incubated in the network diagram charts of IT departments, used to depict the concept of…