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Review: SpringSled

By Michelle

SpringSled is a new project management tool that looks really enticing–but does it stack up to their claims of “the world’s simplest project management tool”? Watch the video for more details, and here’s my notes:  SpringSled is currently in beta, and you can sign up here… Except that once you get 5 sign-ups from your […]

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Review: Sandglaz

By Michelle

Sandglaz is a great, easy to use project management tool that’s affordably priced & would work well for teams or solo users. Here’s a few notes: Drag and drop interface (y’all know I love me some drag and drop) for dates and priorities The default view on “My Tasks” is a section for each day, on […]

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How I replaced my day job income in 90 days

By Michelle

May 16th was the last day at my day job, almost exactly three months ago. When I left, my salary was $47,500, which converted to a take-home pay of about $3,300 a month. My projected income for August is roughly $3,700…which means that, come end of August, I should have replaced or exceeded my day […]

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Review: Brightpod

By Michelle

Today’s review is of Brightpod, an awesome project management app intended for marketing teams (though it could work for most teams, really). Here’s a few notes to go with the video: Pricing starts at $19/mo for 15 projects, 5 GB storage, & unlimited users (there is a free plan limited to 2 projects/3 users/100MB storage) […]

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The return to freelancing, month two: July recap

By Michelle

I wasn’t going to keep doing behind the scenes/monthly recap posts but last month’s got a fair amount of positive feedback, so I thought I’d keep going! How I spent my time: As you can see, I tracked 103 hours on the nose in July – which breaks down to about 25 hours/week. Towards the […]

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Review: Droptask

By Michelle

Droptask is an awesome visual task/project management tool. Its super flexible setup means that it would work just as well for solo workers as a team, and its reasonable price ($6.50/month) makes it accessible for pretty much anyone. Check out the review to see how it works, and here’s a few more notes: The version […]

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Review: Streak for Gmail/Google Apps

By Michelle

Streak is an amazing, flexible (and free!) app that can be added to Gmail or Google Apps email accounts. The idea is that it lets you set up different “pipelines” (for example, a sales pipeline, or you can also set up one for tracking guest posting pitches) and then it gives you a pretty, easy-to-use […]