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Insights and tips on productivity, time tracking, and building better work habits.

macgill davis · February 25, 2026

Best Automated Capture for Agencies Using ClickUp

Step-by-step guide for agencies to replace manual time logging with automated capture using ClickUp and Rize. Covers workflow audits and integrations.

macgill davis · October 31, 2025

ClickUp for Accounting Firms: Dos and Don’ts

Accounting firms manage hundreds of clients and thousands of tasks monthly. ClickUp can streamline workflows if implemented properly.

macgill davis · October 2, 2025

Powering Agency Growth with Data-Driven Time Tracking

How automated time tracking replaces guesswork with objective data, helping agency owners tackle scope creep and make data-driven resource decisions.

macgill davis · September 18, 2025

Solving Scope Creep and Underbilling with Rize

How automated time tracking helps agencies combat scope creep and underbilling. Includes tool comparison, profitability formulas, and case study metrics.

macgill davis · September 16, 2025

How Momentum Studio Improved Billing Accuracy with Rize

Momentum Studio replaced manual time tracking with Rize to improve billing accuracy, reduce team tension, and find more time for creativity.

macgill davis · August 29, 2025

How Impulse Lab Uses Rize for Smarter Time Tracking

How Impulse Lab, a lean AI agency, uses Rize to track time automatically across client projects, measure planning accuracy, and recover billable hours.

macgill davis · August 5, 2025

Rethinking Timesheets: Automated Tracking for Agencies

How automating time tracking can improve your creative agency's profitability and free your team from outdated, manual timesheets.

macgill davis · July 11, 2025

Flex Time Management: How to Be Productive on Any Schedule

Learn about the advantages and challenges of a flexible work schedule as well as some flex time management tips to help you be successful.

macgill davis · October 14, 2022

The Top 10 Remote Working Tools You Need to Try (and Why)

When you don’t work in an office, you need remote working tools to facilitate communication, collaboration, and more. Discover 10 tools that can help.

macgill davis · October 6, 2022

Non-Billable vs. Billable Hours: How to Track Them

Billable hours bring in revenue, but non-billable hours keep a business running. Compare the best tracking tools and automatic vs. manual methods.

macgill davis · September 22, 2022

Workload Management: Optimize Team Efficiency

Learn how workload management optimizes team efficiency, prevents burnout, and balances task distribution. 9 actionable steps plus time tracking tips.

macgill davis · September 13, 2022

Timeboxing: The Ultimate Time Management Technique

Timeboxing is the simplest way to protect focus and finish tasks on time. The 5-step technique, the best timeboxing tools, and how to measure results.

macgill davis · September 2, 2022

How to Wake Yourself up at Work: 9 Science-Backed Tips

When you’re so tired you’re having trouble focusing or keeping your eyes open, try one of these tips for how to wake yourself up at work.

macgill davis · August 8, 2022

How to Find (and Track) More Time for Deep Work

Deep work is focused, distraction-free concentration on hard tasks. How to find more time for it, track deep work sessions, and measure progress.

macgill davis · July 26, 2022

Best Ways to Measure Employee Productivity (2026)

How to measure employee productivity with data, not guesswork. Covers AI time tracking, focus scores, output metrics, and tool comparisons for teams.

macgill davis · June 17, 2022

5 Tips To Overcome Time Anxiety and Boost Productivity

If you’re stressing about too little hours in a day, you might be dealing with time anxiety. These five productivity tips can help alleviate the daily dread.

macgill davis · June 8, 2022

3 Ways to Conduct a Time Audit (+ Best Tools for 2026)

A time audit reveals where your hours actually go. Three methods to conduct one, the best time audit tools, and how AI tracking automates the process.

macgill davis · May 27, 2022

6 Focus Tools to Help You Make the Most of Your Workdays

Want to accomplish more in your day? Use these focus tools to help you track your day, clear your mind, block distractions, and take necessary breaks.

macgill davis · May 11, 2022

How to Limit Context Switching and Stay Productive

Context switching contributes to busyness more than productivity. Learn three tips to stay focused and minimize the effects of context switching.

macgill davis · April 18, 2022

What is Time Mapping (And How It Improves Productivity)?

Time mapping helps you get more done in less time. Learn how to map how long tasks take, spot time suckers, and build more accurate project estimates.

macgill davis · March 31, 2022

22 Productive Things to Do When Bored (That Actually Matter)

Stop scrolling. Here are 22 things you can do right now that improve your skills, health, and career — from 2-minute fixes to weekend projects.