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Three AYC Media team members with different backgrounds and styles of work share their thoughts on working from home.

“It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It's a lot more difficult to perform one.” - Chuck Palahniuk

When it comes to service, every client has different needs and requires different ways of thinking to produce the desired end product. Some need more hands on time while others don’t require as much attention. However, there are three definite must do’s for every client, regardless of what you’re doing for them.

Recently we have started a new scheduling process at AYC, having traffic meetings daily and always reevaluating the schedule. There are many moving parts that are involved when determining the final schedule for the studio. It is important to break projects into milestones to help better tackle large projects. It is almost impossible to schedule a project from start to finish and never reevaluate the timeline of each phase–there are too many variables throughout the entire process.

We begin by breaking projects into smaller milestones to better determine delivery dates for each phase. Each task is broken into Pebbles, Small Rocks,...

Senior Project Manager Natasha Baglin recaps her experience at the Digital PM Summit, a conference targeted specifically at the project management community in the digital space.

“Jack of all trades, master of none". VP Marc Scholtytssek explains what impact this common saying has on our ability to perform our job roles efficiently.

The most important theme throughout any new web project is the process. It’s crucial all teams are aware how each step impacts what is to follow and long-term development. Setting the tone from the start is critical, so we’ve put together a list on what to expect throughout the process.

All work and no play? VP Marc Scholtyssek highlights the key points for keeping a healthy work/life balance.

Ever get caught up in these common project management mistakes? Molly Guyer teaches us how to better time manage, be proactive and effectively communicate.

Have you ever had a problem with micromanaging? Project Manager Josh Clark walks us through an Agile Activity to help show the benefits of using sprints within a scrum structure.

Senior Project Manager Natasha Baglin explores her pre-launch SEO checklist.

Project Coordinator and Email Marketing Specialist Jennifer Russel shares her top lines of defense for a never-ending to-do list.

Molly Guyer lets us in on a not-so-typical week in the life of a PM.

VP of Operations Marc Scholtyssek takes a look at where AYC Media is headed as we approach our fifteen-year anniversary.

AYC Media's new Project Manager, Molly Guyer, explores the latest methods for digital project management.

Project Manager Natasha Baglin shares tips to keep the anxiety down and the adrenaline up during launch time.