Something to help your team add content to your social media sites

It seems everyone is talking about Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Linkedin these days. Here is a small, inexpensive device which might be able to help you add content to your websites, blogs, or social networking sites.

I picked one of these a few weeks ago and have been taking pictures with in on a recent trip. The device is a Kodak Zi6. You can pick one up at most electronic stores. It is very easy to use for taking pictures and videos. As you can see from the picture the Zi6 has a usb adapter built right into it.

Take a look at the following YouTube video which highlights all of its features.

Recent Tempworks trip

A few weeks ago I traveled eastward to Wisconsin. I was able to stop in at a few of TempWorks current customers as well as a few prospects. I wrote about one of my days during this post.

Anyway, during my trip I was able to try out a my new garment bag. It works great for a two or three day trip.

Another highlight, besides the customer visits, was my stop at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. Even though I am a Vikings fan, I will post a few pictures (below). It will be interesting to see if one of the most famous Packers becomes a Viking here in the next few months.

Good job, Alisha

I personally have been involved in many demos the last few weeks. These demos have been with new prospects, as well as current customers. Alisha Arnold, our corporate trainer, has been involved in many of these discussions.

The people involved have mentioned to me how well Alisha knows our products. They have also mentioned she does a great job of showing all of the different functionality TempWorks has to offer. She has been showing our Enterprise product, as well as WebCenter, DocCenter, Time Clock, just to name a few.

Alisha has been working with TempWorks since 2005.

Good job Alisha!

Recent Press Release About TempWorks Payroll Services

Prime Industrial Recruiters Reduces Overhead and Improves Productivity by Outsourcing Payroll

Prime Industrial is operating at a faster and more efficient pace after streamlining their front and back office functions.

St. Paul, Minn. (PRWEB) May 23, 2009 -- Prime Industrial Recruiters of Tulsa, OK , recently implemented TempWorks Payroll Processing services, cutting their costs, saving time, and allowing them to focus on revenue generating tasks.

Oddie McClendon, from Prime Industrial Recruiters explains, "Previously, we utilized three different systems for our staffing software, payroll and billing so our data was not conveniently accessible. As we began to expand across Oklahoma we needed to merge all three systems so that everything was fluid." McClendon goes on to state that "we needed something that was integrated, so that we didn't have to pay three separate vendors. TempWorks Payroll processing seemed to be a great option, we've eliminated the extra steps and the process is now so simple."

Prime Industrial's Tulsa Branch Manager, Joy Moody conveys that "human error was forcing us to re-cut checks because the payroll process went through multiple back-office employees before it was complete. It was such a waste of time for everyone involved, and was costing us money." Moody continues to acknowledge that "Having TempWorks process our payroll has saved us time, money and grief because we have access to everything in one integrated system."

TempWorks has provided recruitment, payroll and billing systems to staffing firms since 1997, and added payroll processing, employer of record and payroll funding to its inventory in 2006. TempWorks currently processes payroll for customers in all 50 states, and has added several strategic, high-volume payroll accounts since the first of this year.

TempWorks Director of Operations, Kevin Prow acknowledges that, "Prime began using TempWorks in August of 2008 and quickly added payroll services in October. Since then, Prime has been able to speed up their day-to-day tasks and eliminate the worry that comes along with payroll processing. Now TempWorks handles all of it and Prime can focus on tasks that affect their bottom line instead." David Dourgarian, President of TempWorks Software, comments that "We are committed to providing our customers with solutions that will increase productivity and profitability, and are excited that we are helping Prime do just that."

About TempWorks Software
TempWorks Software incorporated in Minnesota in 1997 and provides a full suite of enterprise staffing solutions. Designed to automate and streamline all facets of a staffing firm's daily operation, TempWorks Software offers fully integrated front and back-office staffing software, web portals for customers, employees, applicants and vendor management, and many additional modules. From recruiting to payroll and everything in between, TempWorks Software puts technology to work for staffing firms and their clients. For more information about TempWorks, please visit http://www.tempworks.com or contact Director of Public Relations, Laura Baratto, at 651-452-0366, or by email at laurab(at)tempworks.com.

About Prime Industrial Recruiters
Prime Industrial Recruiters began in 1996 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Prime's focus is exclusively on industrial staffing, both temporary and long term. The goal at Prime Industrial is to continue to be the best industrial recruiting agency anywhere. For more information about Prime Industrial, please visit http://www.primerecruiting.com

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The story behind TempWorks Enterprise

Paul Czywczynski, TempWorks CTO, does a great job of describing the journey of TempWorks Enterprise over the last few years in the following blog post. I enjoyed reading the story, as well as seeing the various screen shots of how Enterprise has progressed (for the better...first screen design below).



You can read other posts by Paul here.

Milestone

My blog posting today is #100.

I know many others who have been blogging for years and have hundreds or thousands of postings. I hope to get there at some point.

I am a believer in celebrating the small things. As I have stated a few other times, sometimes you just need to start. Like the person in the picture, you might reach 100 at some point too.

Thank you readers. I look forward to writing my next 100 posts.

Rich Peterson celebrates his TempWorks Anniversary with another sale

Last Friday was Rich Peterson's fourth anniversary with TempWorks. Rich has been a valuable member of our sales team during his many years at TempWorks.

Rich celebrated his anniversary by bringing in yet another sale before the holiday weekend started. I believe this latest sale brings the total up to nine in the last three weeks for our sales team.

Thanks Rich for your many years of service, as well as your many contributions to TempWorks success.

Great day for a 12K

This morning I woke up early (before 5am). I tried talking my wife into staying home, but she wouldn't have any of it. I felt I had not been training as much as I needed to, and was not confident on how well I might do.

We got to Stillwater about quarter after six and the race started at seven. We arrived at the Stillwater High School and boarded the bus to take us downtown for the race. Surprisingly my brother, Matt, and his two brother-in-laws (Rob and Joe) were also on the same bus when we boarded.

Once we got downtown I also ran into TempWorks Revenue Machine, Casey Kraus. His wife-to-be was running in the 12K too.

It was a great morning. The weather was great. The view was awesome. Everything was perfect.

It was my first 12K (7.46 miles). The 10K I participated in last month, I wasn't able to run the whole way. This one I was able to run the entire time in an hour and twenty-two minutes. Mainly because my wife and my brother were pushing me most of the way.

I don't get to see my brother as much these days as we are both very busy. I felt very fortunate to spend this time with him, even if it was running the whole time. I also had fun spending time with Rob, Joe, and my wife. All of them are great people.

A day in the life...

Yesterday I mentioned I hit the road this week to visit customers and prospects. Today I am going to discuss a little of what my day looks like when I am away from home on a business trip.

5am - my alarm goes off. I wasn't planning on getting up this early, but I forgot to change my alarm from the day before

6am - check email, write thank you's for meetings from the day before, listen to the news, read my favorite blogs

7am - run a couple miles on the treadmill, 12K coming up this weekend

8am - shower, shave, get ready for the day, have continental breakfast at the hotel, take vitamins

9am - follow up on emails, make phone calls, schedule a few product demos for next week, drop off thank you's at the front desk to be mailed, drive to first appt

10am - meeting with current customer, discuss how their current upgrade is progressing, discuss the new things TempWorks has come out with in the last few months, arrange demo for DocCenter

11am - drive to next appt, check email, make phone calls

12pm - grab lunch (fast food)

1pm - presentation with prospect, discussed core product software as well as all ancillary products, also interested in funding

2pm - drive to next appt, check email, return phone calls

3pm - meeting with current customer, very positive comments regarding our support team, especially Melanie Kramer our support center manager, also let me know TempWorks always has great marketing information/presentation

4pm - drive to hotel, check email, make phone calls

5pm - check into hotel, drop off bags, turn the tv on to ESPN's SportCenter

6pm - eat a decent dinner at the hotel

7pm - call home to talk to my wife, payton, and tatum to find out how their day had gone, find out how many days of school they have left, inquire on how the soccer game went this evening

8pm - turn on the lakers/nuggets game, catch up on email, news, surf the next

9pm - think of ideas to write about on my blog, write my blog, watch the game

10pm - decide to turn off the computer, and get ready to do it all again tomorrow.

Life on the road, all very glamorous...

Two more sales this week at TempWorks

I know the week isn't over, but two more sales have come in this week. Earlier this week I mentioned we had quite a few contracts come in over the last few weeks.

Again, nice work sales team.

Not content with our recent successes, I am on the road this week visiting customers and prospects (500 miles in the car today).