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Reach goals faster by getting organized

Getting things done is probably the universal characteristic we can find to describe every possible job on Earth (and the universe, in case you’re an astronaut). In the era of new technologies, however, the concentration at work has never been more difficult. It’s especially valid in professional environments, which require spending a lot of time before the computer, like in case of UI or UX designers. Avoiding all possible distractions the Internet has to offer while maintaining a high productivity profile could be an arduous task. Go through our glueglue listicle and get ultra-organized to reach goals faster!

1. Visualize your tasks and don’t let yourself forget about them

First off, don’t keep your tasks just in your head. Make sure you have them written down in a place you often check or see. It’s what makes your goals more official and meaningful. Visualizing will also help you memorize and clear out the tangled thoughts.

Choose the mean that would suit you best. It could be a simple to-do list, a table with subtasks written on it, or an evaluation chart where each assignment has its end date.

2. You’re not alone

If your project is a team effort, there’s a great variety of online tools like Dropbox paper orAsana that can help you and your coworkers survive in the bundle of responsibilities and deadlines. With the Dropbox paper, you can work together on single documents, share your thoughts and assign tasks to each other. It’s especially useful when you create the texts for a website and brainstorm from different locations.

Asana is an app we can’t imagine our day without either. The tool provides a separate board for each project you can customize adding different columns, rows, and categories. You can create tasks, subtasks, comments on the progress you’ve made and share the files. More importantly, everyone can have an overview of the responsibilities, and – if you integrate Asana with Slack – you get notified on Slack once the assignment is set up or finished. How cool is that? 😃

3. It’s the final countdown

People love countdowns. Whether it’s counting the number of kilometers in the car, calculating the kilo loss or measuring the kids’ growth on the wall, we like the sense of progress and witnessing the outcomes. Visualizing your thoughts doesn’t only help remember and order the tasks, but also enables you to go through your projects with motivation and satisfaction.

Keep yourself on a good track and nail assignments one after another. Seeing how well you perform will motivate you to tick off all the things from the list as soon as possible. And who doesn’t like getting rid of distressing duties?

Set a weekly schedule and assign to each workday 3 most pertinent projects you need to do and stick to that. It will be easier for you to focus on only those three things and spend less time worrying about other tasks. At the end of the week, you’ll have a clear outline of your productivity ups and downs.

4. Famous two-minute rule

The two-minute rule described by David Allen in “Getting Things Done” is a very efficient way of beating procrastination. Having prepared the list of tasks beforehand, think which one of them can be done in less than two minutes. Stop postponing those little pebbles on your path to success and have them done before you know it.

Now, the catch is, don’t think about those 2-minute issues while working on other projects, because that will make you deconcentrate and start doing millions of things at once. Instead, check your list during the transition times, after you finish one project and get ready to start another one.

5. Evaluate

The secret sauce to being ultra-organized is the evaluation. Remember when we said people love counting down? Well, it’s not only a great tool to keep up the good work but also serves as a great evaluation sheet. Knowing your results will allow you to analyze your strong and weak points. With the list of tasks (un)done, you’ll notice what days and projects required the most effort and, by analogy, you’ll know how to plan your week ahead more effectively.

Besides, being aware that you’d go through a self-evaluation at the end of each week will make you more determined to close as many tasks as possible to feel the sweet taste of accomplishment and enjoy the relaxing weekend.

Try it for yourself

For centuries we’ve lived according to the cycles of nature. The idea of a new beginning is somewhat fascinating and magical. With the New Year, the new week and the new day, we like making a change and improving ourselves. Whether it’s a 2018 resolution or a just a need for more productivity in life, choose your own timing and use these 5 tips to get ultra-organized and reach goals faster than ever before.

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Why choose glueglue?

We are a digital product agency with more than 10 years of experience and highly specialized skills in both design and development.
Over time, we have consolidated an agile and effective method to work best with all types of clients: from the start-up that needs some kind of support to the multinational corporation that wants to integrate a team with design and executive agility, our most appreciated peculiarity.
We are positioned in a medium-high market segment and are able to offer excellent value for money. Direct supervision by glueglue's founding partners of each project ensures the highest quality of service and finished product. We are on the top list of the best User Experience and digital product agencies on Clutch, the most widely used database of digital consulting agencies in the world.

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How does glueglue work and what are the areas of expertise?

We always start with a careful analysis of the customer's needs considering not only the product needs but also the medium and long-term business objectives.
As a first step, we often deal with the visual identity, evaluating the positioning by analyzing the competitor and identifying areas for improvement in terms of branding and image.
Then, we move on to the UX/UI area: we study the user experience of your product or service through a UX Review with 3 dedicated professionals to identify the points which it is necessary to act to improve the usability of the site or app examined.
In the following phase, we design the User Journey Map, i.e. the map of all the paths that the user follows, interacting with the product and the brand . Identifying all the contact points is of strategic importance in order to immerse ourselves in situations of real use and understand where value can really be created for the end user and therefore for the product.
We will then move on to the phase of creating the wireframes, with the sharing of an interactive prototype that will define the functionality and structure of each single page and interaction of the product.
Once the wireframes have been consolidated, we will move on to the design phase of the graphic interface, with attention paid to the smallest details in so as to ensure a positive and truly satisfying user experience.
At this point, our developers come into play for the implementation part. We use the most current technologies such as React, Flutter, Gatsby JS, Symfony, Node.JS and others to create products with high standards of quality and stability, working and pixel perfect.

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What distinguishes glueglue from other top design or product agencies?

To offer maximum value, the glueglue team works on a limited number of projects. In this way, our professionals can dedicate an uninterrupted focus to always obtain excellent results.
Each project is managed on the basis of precise deadlines and intermediate meetings with the client. We take care of the unique needs and potential of each product and consequently, each solution created is exclusive and highly customized.
Thanks to the experience of 10+ years in the digital sector, we have developed a successful method to achieve the highest goals in the areas that matter: strategy, design and development.

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Can you do web design?

We work on all types of digital products, from iOS and Android apps to webapps and complex platforms.
Furthermore, part of the team specializes in creating marketing websites, i.e. websites totally focused on promoting the product or services.

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Do you also do branding or should I look for another agency?

Being a full-service agency, we also offer branding services such as naming and logo design. Among the products we create for our customers, the brand guidelines stand out, i.e. the detailed guidelines document for the corporate image. We are totally comfortable working on existing guidelines or in collaboration with a branding agency.

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How much does it cost to entrust you with a digital project?

We like to always be as transparent as possible and we believe that talking openly about the budget is important to understand how to get added value from the partnership for both parties. Given this, since each customer has its own peculiarities and presents different challenges, we do not use a price list, but we invest time to understand the customer's reality well and provide a specific approach and an appropriate price.
Indicatively, the price of user experience and graphical interface design projects can vary in a range between €10,000 and €30,000, depending on various factors such as the client's needs and the complexity of the project.
The cost of the projects in area Branding is positioned between €5,000 and €15,000, always taking into account any possible peculiarities.
As regards the more technical part, the cost for the development of iOS and Android web and mobile apps ranges from €20,000 upwards .
Website development starts from a minimum of €10,000. Our average hourly rate for single consultations is €60 per hour.
If you want to get to know us better, you can schedule 30 minutes free by appointment.

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Do you also work with early stage startups, therefore with limited resources?

Of course, we love startups! Over time we have met many enlightened and highly talented entrepreneurs.
We have invested in some startups, preferring work for equity. Our experience has always been positive, contributing to the achievement of various rounds of investments for a total value of over 30 million Euros.

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