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10 Ways Agency Experts Improve Project Profitability

Project profitability is crucial for agency growth and stability. Stronger profit margins mean leadership can invest more money into the business. And continue to scale at a sustainable rate. Even if you understand the importance of project profits, being tasked to find concrete ways to actually improve them can feel stressful. But no worries—we talked to agency experts to learn how they’ve boosted their project profits. Use their advice to help increase your own.

Building a strong compliance culture: A blueprint for success

In today’s rapidly changing business environment, having a strong commitment to compliance is essential; it’s not something that can be overlooked. An organization’s activities must follow the field’s laws, moral standards, and best practices. This creates a culture of stability and trust. More oversight from regulators and adding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors mean that companies need to make compliance culture a key part of their strategy.

Are your remote workers overemployed? Here are the red flags

Because more people are working from home, being overemployed is becoming more prevalent, which makes things harder for companies. People are overemployed when they have more than one full-time job, often without telling their bosses about it. This can give workers financial security, but it also comes with a lot of risks for businesses. To stay productive, follow moral standards, and make sure your online team works well, you need to be aware of and deal with the risks that come with overemployment.

Project Management Timelines: Your Ultimate Guide

Don’t use simple to-do lists to manage complex projects. These basic lists leave lots of room for errors, like missed tasks and dependencies. Which lead to project delays, frantic resource shuffling, and frustrated teams and clients. Instead, use a project timeline that provides a clear, visual roadmap of all parts of the project. We’ll cover the ins and outs of different types of timelines. And how to build a realistic one that still lets you adapt to unforeseen challenges.

How to Asana | Plan your day

Plan your day the Asana way with My Tasks and Inbox. Rather than tracking to-dos in emails or your head, start by visualizing your day's work in My Tasks. Here, you'll see all the tasks assigned to you across every project in your organization. Create new tasks for work you need to get done, organize your tasks with sections, or group them by things like due date or project. And choose your favorite view. Open the detail pane to find all the context you need to start working. And when you're done, complete the task.

How to Asana | Navigating Asana

New to Asana? Let's take a quick tour. From the top bar, you can access your settings, search for work, or create new items. Use the sidebar to move between different spaces in Asana, and invite teammates. Star important items to add them to your sidebar, and collapse it if you need more room. From any project, click on the right side of a task to see its details and add comments. Focus on today's task by using full-screen mode.

Why compliance in business is the key to long-term success

Compliance in business refers to the practice of adhering to laws, regulations, and internal policies that govern an organization. It is essential to make sure that companies run efficiently, morally, and lawfully. In addition to shielding businesses from legal problems, compliance fosters a happy workplace, which eventually aids in long-term success.

How to Asana | Getting started

Welcome to Asana. Let's get you started in just a few minutes. Everything starts with a project. Create one from scratch, use a premade template, or import an existing spreadsheet. With your project created, it's time to add tasks. The actionable, bite-sized pieces of work needed to get your project done. Give every task an assignee and due date so it's clear who's doing what by when.

How to Asana | Asana hierarchy

Asana is the only work management platform that connects all of your team's work. From big goals, down to the day-to-day tasks needed to achieve them. Everything starts with projects and tasks. Whether you're launching a product, handling work requests, or managing a marketing campaign, Each initiative lives within a project. Projects are made up of tasks. Actionable, bite-sized pieces of work. Assign tasks to team members and set due dates to keep everything on track.