Do you choose to work from home? On the road? Or are you perhaps an employee of Yahoo!, obliged to head into the workplace to carry out your duties? There are all manner of reasons which might account for the huge increase in people that are working from home, whether out of choice or necessity. A couple of influencing factors include:

• Working on a consultancy or project basis rather than long-term contract
   
• Reducing the need or desire to commute
   
• Work irregular hours, evenings or weekends when office buildings may be closed
   
• Having a small businesses saving money on office premises
   
• Online

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May is a great month for bank holidays, and for people who don't have to work these public holidays it can be a real perk and a nice opportunity to let your hair down, catch up on your social life and generally just relax.

However, if you’re not careful you could end up spending all of your precious time off with a weight on your shoulders, thinking things like ‘oh no, I have one less day to do all these things that I need to do to reach my deadlines’ and panic can strike!

By assisting you to time manage your jobs effectively, using our Activities and Calendar modules, OpenCRM can help

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It is imperative to keep track of your data, files and other important information. As recently shown with the Doctor Who potential plot revelation controversy, it can be so easy to lose track things and this can have dramatic consequences. When you have too many plates spinning, it is likely that one, two or all of them will fall.

So, why not put all your plates together safely in the cupboard. Stack them neatly so you know where to find them, as and when they are needed.

OpenCRM is like this cupboard, it will help you to collaborate all your different business data and documents into one safe

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Implementing CRM into your existing business workflow can seem a daunting affair. Like many things in life, the first step is often the hardest. I find that whether I’m planning to hike up a large mountain or give the house a spring clean, taking small steps to achieve my goals is the best way to go about things.

At OpenCRM, we very much advise the same approach to the implementation of our product into your business. By following some small logical steps in the right direction, you will be up and running in no time at all.

For example, at first it may be a good idea to try and familiarise

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This week I read an extraordinary news article about an artist called Daan Roosegaarde and a civil engineer called Hans Goris, based in the Netherlands who are teaming together to advance the safety and efficiency of our roads. By combining their skills in both technology and creativity, they believe they can revolutionise our motorways.

They seem to have many, what some might think to be, rather wacky ideas about how to do this. Including glow in the dark road lines, weather patterns on the tarmac which indicate the weather conditions, wind turbines that pick up the wind created by cars

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