Comments on: Microsoft Tasks (Project Management at Its Finest) http://www.jaredreitzin.com/microsoft-tasks-project-management-at-its-finest/ JaredReitzin.com is a resource for the optimistic entrepreneur who is trying to build something from nothing on a shoe string budget. Learn how to find the right people, make and market a great product, budget your finances, and successfully communicate with employees, clients, and partners. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:30:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ryan Lash http://www.jaredreitzin.com/microsoft-tasks-project-management-at-its-finest/comment-page-1/#comment-1104 Ryan Lash Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:20:05 +0000 http://www.jaredreitzin.com/microsoft-tasks-project-management-at-its-finest/#comment-1104 Hey Jared, We got in The Groove about 5 yrs ago which enabled me to manage over a dozen people, clients, and over 3 dozen projects simultaneously: <a href="http://www.groove.net/downloads/groove/download-preview.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.groove.net/downloads/groove/download-p...</a> It was a GREAT tool b4 Microsoft acquired the company and 2007'ed it (TeamDirection Project syncs up with MS Project, enables you to create a dashboard report for EVERYTHING, etc). I am about ready to go back to using Outlook tasks right now (thank you soooo much for the reminder, I had erased that tool from my personal RAM :). -Ryan PS: It was really good too see you and Kat this weekend...as always! Hey Jared,

We got in The Groove about 5 yrs ago which enabled me to manage over a dozen people, clients, and over 3 dozen projects simultaneously:
http://www.groove.net/downloads/groove/download-p…

It was a GREAT tool b4 Microsoft acquired the company and 2007'ed it (TeamDirection Project syncs up with MS Project, enables you to create a dashboard report for EVERYTHING, etc).

I am about ready to go back to using Outlook tasks right now (thank you soooo much for the reminder, I had erased that tool from my personal RAM :) .

-Ryan

PS: It was really good too see you and Kat this weekend…as always!

]]> By: Entrepreneur Success Blog » Blog Archive » The Importance of Time Management http://www.jaredreitzin.com/microsoft-tasks-project-management-at-its-finest/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Entrepreneur Success Blog » Blog Archive » The Importance of Time Management Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:14:14 +0000 http://www.jaredreitzin.com/microsoft-tasks-project-management-at-its-finest/#comment-504 [...] The importance of time management has really changed for me every week for the past three years. I have never been that person who felt taking the trash out or cleaning the kitchen was beneath me. I have always taken the position that I work for my employees. I used to gladly go to Staples and buy office supplies or pick someone up from the airport when they came into town. But as the company started to grow, I realized that money was flying out of my pocket when I was spending time on these tasks. Take the Staples run for instance. In the 30 minutes it would take me to go to Staples and back, I could have made at least 10 important sales calls. I could have completed a phone call with a potential investor or evangelized mobile marketing to an analyst who was including me in his upcoming report. The amount of important work (which directly affects my bottom line) was literally endless. I realized I had to create a new habit–a habit of quickly analyzing every task. If it didn’t affect my bottom line, I didn’t do it. “But Jared,” you might say, “I run a marketing firm and my bottom line could be something as small as writing a blog article on Internet marketing in hopes that it would drive traffic to my site and a few of those readers would become leads.” It’s true–the bottom line is a long line, so not only do you need to properly manage your time, but you need to ensure you are managing your time by prioritizing tasks. (Read my previous post on what I use to manage tasks.) [...] [...] The importance of time management has really changed for me every week for the past three years. I have never been that person who felt taking the trash out or cleaning the kitchen was beneath me. I have always taken the position that I work for my employees. I used to gladly go to Staples and buy office supplies or pick someone up from the airport when they came into town. But as the company started to grow, I realized that money was flying out of my pocket when I was spending time on these tasks. Take the Staples run for instance. In the 30 minutes it would take me to go to Staples and back, I could have made at least 10 important sales calls. I could have completed a phone call with a potential investor or evangelized mobile marketing to an analyst who was including me in his upcoming report. The amount of important work (which directly affects my bottom line) was literally endless. I realized I had to create a new habit–a habit of quickly analyzing every task. If it didn’t affect my bottom line, I didn’t do it. “But Jared,” you might say, “I run a marketing firm and my bottom line could be something as small as writing a blog article on Internet marketing in hopes that it would drive traffic to my site and a few of those readers would become leads.” It’s true–the bottom line is a long line, so not only do you need to properly manage your time, but you need to ensure you are managing your time by prioritizing tasks. (Read my previous post on what I use to manage tasks.) [...]

]]> By: Jared http://www.jaredreitzin.com/microsoft-tasks-project-management-at-its-finest/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Jared Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:05:23 +0000 http://www.jaredreitzin.com/microsoft-tasks-project-management-at-its-finest/#comment-219 I would definitely try and get Office 2007, the user experiance is way better and there are a bunch of new features for this. I would definitely try and get Office 2007, the user experiance is way better and there are a bunch of new features for this.

]]> By: bootstrap business http://www.jaredreitzin.com/microsoft-tasks-project-management-at-its-finest/comment-page-1/#comment-212 bootstrap business Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:11:12 +0000 http://www.jaredreitzin.com/microsoft-tasks-project-management-at-its-finest/#comment-212 I think this is one features of MS Outlook that I didn't explore yet. I'll check it out and find out how this work for you. Thanks for sharing. I think this is one features of MS Outlook that I didn't explore yet. I'll check it out and find out how this work for you. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Jared http://www.jaredreitzin.com/microsoft-tasks-project-management-at-its-finest/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Jared Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:26:20 +0000 http://www.jaredreitzin.com/microsoft-tasks-project-management-at-its-finest/#comment-61 Rich the only thing I could find is the help info on microsoft.com but it does give some info on this feature within outlook: <a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/CH062556121033.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/CH06255...</a> Good luck! Rich the only thing I could find is the help info on microsoft.com but it does give some info on this feature within outlook: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/CH06255…
Good luck!

]]> By: Rich http://www.jaredreitzin.com/microsoft-tasks-project-management-at-its-finest/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Rich Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:51:46 +0000 http://www.jaredreitzin.com/microsoft-tasks-project-management-at-its-finest/#comment-60 Can you provide a link to more information on this product? Can you provide a link to more information on this product?

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