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Testimonials
"Thanks for considering my feedback. The more I learn this program, the more terrific I think it is!"
Sheri Pfautz
Captiva
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"Everyone at TimeFox Rocks!!! I continue to be very impressed with the service and level of communication from your company. Thanks a lot."
Greg Milsom
Salar, Inc.
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"You guys are great! I LOVE your product...and your service too! Keep up the great work!!!!"
Steve Hershberger
Comblu Indiana
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FunctionFox
is committed to helping smaller creative companies improve their business. TimeFox, our web-based time and project-tracking tool, is designed to help smaller advertising, design, marketing and PR firms manage their business, and do more with their valuable time.
Is retaining valuable team members, finding better ways to reward, motivate and inspire your creative team part of your New Year's resolution? This month FunctionFox proudly presents an article by The Creative Group on ways to boost team morale and retain your most important commodity!
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Feature Article: How Green is the Grass at Your Company?
Customer Profile: Hollinden
Advertising and Design News
FunctionFox Referral Program
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How Green is the Grass at Your Company?
by The Creative Group
In recent years, creative departments turned their attention to budgetary concerns as their companies went into cost-savings mode. As a result, programs designed to boost staff morale frequently fell through the cracks. Now that the job market is improving, managers are realizing they may lose employees who decide the grass is greener at other firms.
The good news is that it doesn't take a lot of money to create the type of work environment that will convince your creative staff to stay. Following are some suggestions for improving employee retention in your group:
Keep it exciting. In a recent survey commissioned by our company, 34% of advertising and marketing executives polled said they're most thankful for interesting work. People want to work on engaging and meaningful projects, particularly within the creative field. In fact, many industry professionals will sacrifice job security for compelling work.
Encourage employees to develop different approaches to routine tasks or take on new projects. Sometimes you need to mix it up. Often there is a creative way to accomplish objectives more efficiently. For example, rather than submitting designs to individual employees for approval, have everyone review and discuss the work at a group meeting. Also suggest that staff members attend industry conferences and events and share what they've learned with the team. They'll increase their creativity as well as everyone else's.
Get to know people. Take the time to find out what motivates each employee in your group. What type of projects do they enjoy most? What are their professional goals? Some people may be driven by the opportunity to work on high-profile marketing campaigns while others may prefer ongoing assignments. The better you understand individual needs, the easier it will be to customize workloads for each person. You'll send the message that your firm cares about your employees' long-term potential with your company.
More...
The Creative Group is a specialized staffing service placing creative, advertising, marketing and web professionals on a project basis with a variety of firms. For more information, visit
www.creativegroup.com.
If you have an article that you would like to share with FunctionFox customers,
please contact us at 1.866.369.8463 or email
info@functionfox.com.
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Hollinden
Goodbye painful number crunching
With TimeFox, Hollinden spends more time with clients, less with accounting.
A professional services marketing firm located in Houston, Texas, Hollinden deals with numerous clients in a variety of professional services firms. With business growth came a problem: monthly billing started to become a time-consuming process.
"We wanted to spend more time strategically assisting our clients with their marketing needs and less time on accounting," explains Christine Hollinden.
"We needed a way to track our time by client, project, task and employee. TimeFox was the way."
Prior to using TimeFox, each Hollinden employee tracked time on an Excel spreadsheet or Word document. As each monthly billing period and payroll date came around, each document was printed out and gathered for processing. No wonder Christine talks about "painful number crunching"!
In addition to saving uncountable hours in running reports, TimeFox has given Hollinden the ability to analyze employee time by client and task. It has also become a valuable tool to track billing for monthly retainer clients to ensure they are staying on track with allotted time. TimeFox is extremely helpful in measuring both profitability and productivity.
More...
If you would like your company to be featured in a TimeFox newsletter,
on our website or in our promotional package,
please send your request to
info@functionfox.com.
For more articles and resources, see www.functionfox.com/resources.html.
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Discover the Creative Suite 2 Seminars
presented by Creative Professional Association (CPA)
Touring Event
January – February 2007
Attend the Adobe Creative Suite 2 Seminar Series and increase your productivity and effectiveness with Adobe's latest creative tools including Adobe Photoshop® CS2, Adobe Illustrator® CS2, and Adobe InDesign® CS2. You'll discover tips and techniques from industry professionals and noted authors including David Blatner, Christopher Smith, Mordy Golding, Larry Happy, and Jennifer Smith. This 10-city North American tour presented by Creative Professional Association (CPA) is a cost-effective way to boost your skills and productivity with Adobe's powerful creative tools.
http://www.creativeprofessional.org.
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If you refer someone to FunctionFox, and they purchase a TimeFox subscription,
we'll give you a month's subscription to TimeFox! Refer 12 new customers,
you'll get a whole year's subscription on us!
Don't miss this chance to pass the word and realize considerable savings!
Here's how: Ask the person you refer to enter your name/company under 'Referral (Client or Friend)'
when they sign up for a demo at
www.functionfox.com/demo
or tell a friend at
www.functionfox.com/referral_program.
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For a TimeFox Demo, go to:
www.functionfox.com/demo
To arrange a guided tour of TimeFox, please send your request to:
info@functionfox.com
To order a TimeFox subscription, go to:
www.functionfox.com/purchase
If you would like your company to be featured in a TimeFox
newsletter, on our website or in our promotional package,
please send your request to:
info@functionfox.com
You can opt out of the About Time Newsletter at:
www.functionfox.com/newsletter/no_thanks.asp
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