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Added for You - Spreadsheets Aren't Just for Sums!
Houses are above the reach of most potential buyers. The former demand meets dead stock. People back off after listing their homes out of fear of loss. The market is experiencing a great setback. It’s true, real estate is not performing as well as it did a few years back.Estate owners are unhappy with the prices the buyers quote. Buyers are scared to buy an estate at a price, higher than its present worth. Mortgage brokers and Realtors are out on the streets searching for new avenues. The once bloo
And if you add an additional column for 'Responses' you can simply monitor your success rate too!
Track Potential Clients and Follow-ups
If you regularly have enquiries from potential clients, whether they're phone calls or directly via your website, you can set up a spreadsheet to track this data. You can see where your enquiries are coming from, which method of marketing is the most effective, and if the prospect turned into a client.
You can also add an additional column for 'Follow-up Date' and perform a sort on this column so that you know
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Human Tech Tips -- Tip #1. How do we take your customer service and kick it up a notch?This is a big question so where do we begin?As an overview, it's a given that the answer is three-fold: People, Process, and Technology. Let me say right from the start, my bias is on the people side.My questions for you to ponder are:1) Do you collect and measure any data? After all, what gets measured gets managed, and what gets managed gets better.Does just the mention of the word 'spreadsheet' cause your mouth to go dry? Do you immediately think of sums, formulae, and figures?
Well fear not any more! I'm here to give you some tips on how you can use spreadsheets in your every day business to help you keep organised and on top of your work - and there isn't a formula in sight!
'To Do' List
How do you manage your day-to-day tasks? Do you have a notebook for your To Do lists and cross out each one as you go along? Or do you have little yellow post-its stuck all over the place? Is this really the best way of managing your daily tasks?
Spreadsheets are a great way for you to organise your To Do list. Set up headings in the first row and add your tasks below. You can then sort your list by any column that you choose, making it an interactive To Do list. And best of all, your list is contained in one place.
Create a shortcut to your To Do list and place it on your desktop so that you can access it easily, or just keep it open and minimise your screen each time you're not using it.
Log Registration/Password Data
Another great way to use spreadsheets is to keep track of all those websites that you've registered at, and need to insert a username and password in order to gain access to.
Even though I try and keep to the same username/password I sometimes find that a website will require you to insert your username or password in a certain way, with digits as well as letters, or a minimum of six characters etc. etc. and then it starts to get confusing remembering which username/password for which site!
Set up a spreadsheet with Organisation, Website Address, Username, and Password as your column headings, and keep track of this information in one easy-to-use place. As your list starts to get longer, you can also sort your data into alphabetical order, making it even easier to find your registration details.
Create a Simple Mailing Database
Another great use for a spreadsheet is to set up a simple mailing database. Perhaps you've researched a target market and want to send them a mailing. By creating a spreadsheet to input their name, address, phone number, email address, and website you can easily keep a track of your data.
You can also use this data to carry out a mail merge via Word. Create active hyperlinks for the email and website addresses and you can email or visit their website directly from your spreadsheet.
And if you add an additional column for 'Responses' you can simply monitor your success rate too!
Track Potential Clients and Follow-ups
If you regularly have enquiries from potential clients, whether they're phone calls or directly via your website, you can set up a spreadsheet to track this data. You can see where your enquiries are coming from, which method of marketing is the most effective, and if the prospect turned into a client.
You can also add an additional column for 'Follow-up Date' and perform a sort on this column so that you know
Although you will find plenty of emphasis on the way a company markets itself and its’ services, very little attention is usually given to individuals and how best they can market themselves. The reality on the ground is that good personal marketing has become critical in an increasingly competitive and shrinking jobs market.Today, any professional man or woman who does not carefully market themselves and their skills to prospective employers, and on a regular basis, is asking for trouble. It does
Spreadsheets are a great way for you to organise your To Do list. Set up headings in the first row and add your tasks below. You can then sort your list by any column that you choose, making it an interactive To Do list. And best of all, your list is contained in one place.
Create a shortcut to your To Do list and place it on your desktop so that you can access it easily, or just keep it open and minimise your screen each time you're not using it.
Log Registration/Password Data
Another great way to use spreadsheets is to keep track of all those websites that you've registered at, and need to insert a username and password in order to gain access to.
Even though I try and keep to the same username/password I sometimes find that a website will require you to insert your username or password in a certain way, with digits as well as letters, or a minimum of six characters etc. etc. and then it starts to get confusing remembering which username/password for which site!
Set up a spreadsheet with Organisation, Website Address, Username, and Password as your column headings, and keep track of this information in one easy-to-use place. As your list starts to get longer, you can also sort your data into alphabetical order, making it even easier to find your registration details.
Create a Simple Mailing Database
Another great use for a spreadsheet is to set up a simple mailing database. Perhaps you've researched a target market and want to send them a mailing. By creating a spreadsheet to input their name, address, phone number, email address, and website you can easily keep a track of your data.
You can also use this data to carry out a mail merge via Word. Create active hyperlinks for the email and website addresses and you can email or visit their website directly from your spreadsheet.
And if you add an additional column for 'Responses' you can simply monitor your success rate too!
Track Potential Clients and Follow-ups
If you regularly have enquiries from potential clients, whether they're phone calls or directly via your website, you can set up a spreadsheet to track this data. You can see where your enquiries are coming from, which method of marketing is the most effective, and if the prospect turned into a client.
You can also add an additional column for 'Follow-up Date' and perform a sort on this column so that you know
If your product or service can be given as a gift, a publicity windfall awaits at the end of the year - but you need to start working in June. Each December, media outlets cover the newest, the hottest and the most unusual Holiday gifts. The reporters assigned to develop these pieces typically depend on two sources of information:1. Phone interviews with local store owners- and -2. Press materials that have been sent by publicity seekers.Let’s deal with Point 1. Here’s a co
Even though I try and keep to the same username/password I sometimes find that a website will require you to insert your username or password in a certain way, with digits as well as letters, or a minimum of six characters etc. etc. and then it starts to get confusing remembering which username/password for which site!
Set up a spreadsheet with Organisation, Website Address, Username, and Password as your column headings, and keep track of this information in one easy-to-use place. As your list starts to get longer, you can also sort your data into alphabetical order, making it even easier to find your registration details.
Create a Simple Mailing Database
Another great use for a spreadsheet is to set up a simple mailing database. Perhaps you've researched a target market and want to send them a mailing. By creating a spreadsheet to input their name, address, phone number, email address, and website you can easily keep a track of your data.
You can also use this data to carry out a mail merge via Word. Create active hyperlinks for the email and website addresses and you can email or visit their website directly from your spreadsheet.
And if you add an additional column for 'Responses' you can simply monitor your success rate too!
Track Potential Clients and Follow-ups
If you regularly have enquiries from potential clients, whether they're phone calls or directly via your website, you can set up a spreadsheet to track this data. You can see where your enquiries are coming from, which method of marketing is the most effective, and if the prospect turned into a client.
You can also add an additional column for 'Follow-up Date' and perform a sort on this column so that you know
You might have a strong case in arguing that no one is indispensable in their job, and i would agree to some extent, especially in today's uncertain jobmarket. So how can you indeed become indispensable in your job? Well, it is really about having a certain mindset that if utilised will enable you to distinguish yourself from the crowd, providing you with confidence and security in your long term career.I have said in previous articles that in order to succeed in your career you need to think like
Create a Simple Mailing Database
Another great use for a spreadsheet is to set up a simple mailing database. Perhaps you've researched a target market and want to send them a mailing. By creating a spreadsheet to input their name, address, phone number, email address, and website you can easily keep a track of your data.
You can also use this data to carry out a mail merge via Word. Create active hyperlinks for the email and website addresses and you can email or visit their website directly from your spreadsheet.
And if you add an additional column for 'Responses' you can simply monitor your success rate too!
Track Potential Clients and Follow-ups
If you regularly have enquiries from potential clients, whether they're phone calls or directly via your website, you can set up a spreadsheet to track this data. You can see where your enquiries are coming from, which method of marketing is the most effective, and if the prospect turned into a client.
You can also add an additional column for 'Follow-up Date' and perform a sort on this column so that you know
People are much like freight trains. Sometimes it’s hard to get us started moving, but once we’re going, it’s hard to stop us as well.That’s why you should start your promotional messages with questions and statements that cause your readers to say “Yes.” Once your prospects are on a roll with “yes” answers or thoughts of agreement, it becomes much easier for them to say “yes” to your offer or to your request for donations.Try to give them 2, or 3, or even 4 reasons to think or say yes, or
And if you add an additional column for 'Responses' you can simply monitor your success rate too!
Track Potential Clients and Follow-ups
If you regularly have enquiries from potential clients, whether they're phone calls or directly via your website, you can set up a spreadsheet to track this data. You can see where your enquiries are coming from, which method of marketing is the most effective, and if the prospect turned into a client.
You can also add an additional column for 'Follow-up Date' and perform a sort on this column so that you know who to follow up with and when!
Monitor a Project/Activity Planning
Because spreadsheets also accept date formats they are a great way to track projects or plan activities. You can easily use autofill to create a date timeline too. Use the column headings for your dates, and the rows for your activities.
As you work along the timeline, you can hide the columns with past dates, showing only those columns for current and future dates. And if you want to be really creative, use different colours for the cells to represent different activities, i.e. blue cells = to be done; red cells = overdue etc.
There are so many more projects that you could use a spreadsheet for that don't require you to input complicated formulae. When I was compiling this list for you, I thought of twice as many again, all of which would help you to organise your day-to-day business activities.
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