Manymoon Helps Splinter Creative Save Time (8-10 Hours Each Week!) and Be More Productive

At a Glance

• Implement a project management and collaboration system that would help organize all the moving parts of managing their client's projects
• Build a centralized system to store documents, images, and creative that was accessible from anywhere
• Find a solution that integrated with the tools and processes already in place

• Developed projects and assigned tasks in Manymoon to keep track of all their client's work
• Integrated Google Applications like Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs into Manymoon, so they could continue using the tools they loved.

• Improved team efficiency—created a culture of productivity around projects and tasks
• Better able to track the progress of projects and collaborate together
• Saving 8-10 hours each week because all important project information is more easily accessible and streamlined

Splinter Creative is a full-service creative agency based out of Tempe, Arizona specializing in advertising, design, print, marketing and web.

Manymoon is a leading project collaboration application built specifically for customers who utilize secure online tools. Manymoon makes it simple to organize tasks, documents, events, and links with coworkers, customers, and partners. By seamlessly integrating with Google Apps, Manymoon helps organize and track projects so that anyone can efficiently collaborate and reduce email clutter. Manymoon is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and is proud to help thousands of businesses simplify their worklife.

Splinter Creative's main challenges were all related to their organization (or lack thereof) of information. They needed a project management and collaboration system that fit their style and allowed them to work the way they always have, but in a more organized way. They needed to have the ability to access their work from anywhere, as well as make comments, add files and update status on projects with ease. They also realized the value in the ability for creatives, sales, marketing, and admin people to know anything about everything.

Before Manymoon, Splinter Creative used a white board to keep track of client projects. They also spent a significant amount of time searching for project details on any number of computers. After looking at several other online project management solutions, they decided that a web-based application would best suit their business. Since they were already running Google Apps for their Enterprise, they looked to the Google Apps Marketplace for a solution, where they found Manymoon. While Manymoon didn't have the market share of some of their previously researched solutions, they found the Manymoon integration with Google a huge plus. Another important factor in their decision was Manymoon's focus on constant improvements in real time, coupled with innovative thinking on a daily basis.

Splinter Creative now uses Manymoon to organize critical project information and streamline all of their client projects. They can see what others on the team are doing, as well as keep track of each individuals' own priorities. They are also saving time using the comments feature, which allows them to add small bits of information to a project or task, without having to send an email or have a meeting. They love that they can access Manymoon from anywhere--no more paper time sheets--everything is online and readily available.

Splinter Creative is also now defining and maintaining their processes through Manymoon's tasks and milestones, giving everyone an accurate gauge on tasks, time, order, what's hot and what's not. Furthermore, they can go back and review every aspect of the project, including the project files, even for archived and completed projects.

Some of their other favorite Manymoon features include the ability to create Tasks: specifically, the ability for anyone to assign anyone else a task. It fuels productivity and leaves little ambiguity and is super fast to get up and running. They also love using Search in Manymoon, and have found it has helped tremendously in accessing important files, documents and contacts.

One of the most important results since using Manymoon, is the teams' ability to work collectively on projects. Before Manymoon, they were unable to accurately track the progress of a project's time-line. Now they can see when a task is due, whether or not they have all the necessary content, and address questions, all in one place.

The Splinter Creative team is now on the same page and on average, spending about 8-10 fewer hours per week searching the server, hard drives, job folders and email clients for documents, files or contacts. Most noticeably, the team now has more clear and defined goals for each person, each day, and details are not being overlooked. Manymoon is also making Splinter Creative be more environmentally responsible--helping them use 90% less toner and 80% less paper.