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Inventing Time

by Bill Haisman on 01/20/12

Time. It is that thing we run out of almost every day. The lack of time is indicated every time you find yourself at your desk while at home, the family is having dinner. It is indicated every time someone says, "Hey, why don't you join us for lunch today?" and your reply is that you ... don't have time. It is indicated every time you say, "I wish I could get "that done," or, "I wish we were doing a better job at 'this'/'that."

Time is that thing that you seem to never have enough of.

So, how can you make more time? As the manager of your company, department, or team, one answer to this is simply to make the tools, resources, information, and instructions more easily available to your staff, managers, agents, etc ... The easiest and most sure way to do this is not on paper, not in a booklet, not in a meeting or on email. The easiest way to do this is with a company intranet.

An intranet is a company's common gateway to all of the tools and resources that should be used each day. It is the access point for any instructions and information that helps everyone in the company do a better job. The company intranet is that focal point that answers questions before they take up your time. It is that focal point that centralizes all the tools and resources so you don't have to continue to answer the question, "What do I use for...?"

If your company is not using an intranet today you are forcing everyone in your company to work harder for less return. You are robbing yourself of valuable time to do things that are more important that answering common questions. In today's economy, if your company is not using an intranet as an integrated part of how you manage your company - not only are you telling everyone in your company you don't care about being a modern business but you are forcing them to work harder and less effectively than those companies and individuals they compete against.

When used effectively, an intranet is like a time machine, it will find HOURS of time for you each and every month! It might even get you home in time for dinner with the family!

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A Way to get "Such and Such" Done

by Bill Haisman on 12/29/11

New Years is that time when we get to draw a line in the sand and say, "I'm going to do such and such better than I did last year."

A company intranet is the "such and such" gateway for your staff and agents. Whether it is firming up how your key vendors work with your company, providing common gateway access to company tools and services, or just making sure everyone has access to the latest instructions and company documents, an intranet provides that common access point.

It is impossible to be successful in today's markets and economy without being a better, smarter company. Real Office Assistant intranets are the perfect way to start the new year.

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A RealOA Intranet Helps You Beat the Economy

by Bill Haisman on 08/08/11

News about the economy is everywhere; you can’t escape it, or so it seems. And this makes me think of our customer’s. Are they getting the best benefit from their RealOA intranet as they can and should? I’m happy to note that based on a spot audit of our customer’s, both large and small, a serious percentage are definitely getting the benefit they need and should expect. Without too much interference from us our customers are to a substantial level using their RealOA intranets more effectively today than they probably were a year or two ago. Why? Because their company needs it. Their RealOA intranet has become that centralized communication center reducing the effort needed by management to keep everyone on course, informed, and motivated. Their RealOA intranet has become that centralized hub where agents know they can find the tool, resource, instruction or reminder that they need to get something done.

In most cases, the salaried administrative staff has been reduced, and the current staff, rather than producing printouts and paper for much of what they do have learned that doing the work once, posting it on the Real Office Assistant intranet, and informing the office of such SAVES THE COMPANY MONEY and helps agents work better and smarter at the same time.

Our customers’ have learned that in a tough economy one of the most important tools in keeping their company competitive is their Real Office Assistant intranet.

· We see an increase in posting real time floor/opportunity time calendars.

· We see an increase in the discussions and instructions about using FREE social networking resources to build a referral base.

· We see an increase in the inclusion of key vendors (HUGE time saver and benefit when a frustrated customer is on the other end waiting).

· We see an increase of agents using the group messaging to keep transactions in-house.

· We see an increase of documents being updated and new instructional documents being uploaded.

Our customers’ have become lean, mean, fighting machines knowing that its required in this economy. They also know that as the market returns they’ll be in a position to remain a lean, efficient company.

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