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Your business models may differ slightly from those of traditional businesses, but organizations in the nonprofit realm need project management tools just as much as anyone else. The problem? Many nonprofits can’t cough up the cash for a monthly subscription to an app in a field that is already relatively expensive. Fortunately, there are several […]

If you are a newcomer to the project management world, you would be forgiven for not immediately grasping the difference between task management and project management. After all, both tasks and projects are things that need to get done, and it would be helpful to…manage them. All playfulness aside, the difference between the two concepts […]

That New Year feeling is slowly starting to wear off as we make our way towards the end of January. But the time for new beginnings is not yet past; after all, it is never too late to start again. Maybe you are in the midst of setting up your company, making a brand new […]

Earlier this year I wrote a blog post describing the top three project management apps for small businesses. In the interest of fairness, I figured I should round things out and post a similar list, this time focusing on apps that can handle the demands of a larger business. I actually thought it might be […]

Basecamp (read our review) calls itself “everyone’s favorite project management app,” and I think this description is largely accurate. Affordable, reliable and easy-to-use, Basecamp is by far the most popular project management software to date, with more than 2.5 million accounts and a 97-percent customer satisfaction rate. In case you were wondering, Basecamp is also one […]

I once heard that time is akin to a stalking predator. Oh, you can try to outrun it with doctors, medicines, new technologies, but in the end, time is going to hunt you down and make the kill. Okay, apologies for the obscure nod to Star Trek Generations, but Malcolm McDowell manages to ham up […]

Since it launched in 2011, Trello (see our review) has been the byword of cheap (free!), effective project and task management. It has won users over with its silly attitude, “board view,” integrations, and cute husky dog mascot. Sure there were other apps with more features, sure there were other apps with better communication tools, but […]

In 2017, Wrike (see our review), one of the best-reviewed project management applications on the market, turns 10 years old. It’s been a prosperous almost-decade for the company, which began in 2007 as a small outfit offering a real-time Gantt chart solution. In the years that followed, Wrike has grown into a project management powerhouse with over […]

Smartsheet (read our review), a perennial project management choice, turned 10 this year. This program is one of our favorites here at Merchant Maverick and there are all kinds of reasons to want to use this spreadsheet-based software. In honor of the company’s anniversary, though, I am going to highlight the top 10 reasons you should […]

Basecamp currently exists in 3 iterations. This article is about the most recent edition: Basecamp 3. Products discussed below may or may not be compatible with earlier versions of Basecamp. Earlier this year, the folks over at Basecamp released the third iteration of their flagship product, ingeniously called Basecamp 3. You can read our full […]