Skip to main content

Follow the plan

Career adviser Curt Rosengren recently heard a new school official talking about her 120-day plan for her new job and he wondered why the rest of us don't look at today as Day 1 of a 120-day plan, creating goals and specific action steps to make substantial progress towards those goals.

Source: The Occupational Adventure

Cast a big net

The average conversion rate for a website - the ratio of orders to overall visits - is 2.9 per cent, according to Forrester research. In small-to-mid-size business, consultant Kevin Gold estimates it is closer to 1.5 per cent.

Offer some downtime

Allow your staff some slack in their days to relax their minds and bodies.

Source: Knight Views

Taskbar tip

Source: Search Marketing Standard Taskbar Shuffle

( http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm) allows you to shift items around on your taskbar so that the programs you are working on are in preferred order.

Source: Neat Net Tricks

Follow related authors and topics

Authors and topics you follow will be added to your personal news feed in Following.

Interact with The Globe