What It Takes To Be In The Software Industry
The software industry has been growing for a number of decades now. With the latest technology in everything from personal computers to electronic toys, kitchen gadgets, and cars working in the...
View ArticleHow To Absolutely Anyone - 10 Killer Sales Tips
Get Leads! This is the first question that a new salesman asks, “Where do I get my leads?” The answer is anywhere you can. Obtaining leads is an ongoing project. Talk about the business to anyone that...
View ArticleAreas of Focus
Running a business is a lot of work. Sure, on the surface it looks pretty easy: make cool stuff, earn money, and spend money. Unfortunately it is never quite that easy. The number of details and things...
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Secret Santa - Boozed or Baked
Looking for a Secret Santa idea, we use the attached template: http://tinyurl.com/barvh5o Secret Santa has been spreading Holiday cheer Delivering booze & baked goods to desks that are near!...
View ArticleI don’t want my excel or PowerPoint chart to plot zeros
Question - I created an Excel/PowerPoint chart and I don’t want the zeros to be graphed. I clicked the option to ”not plot empty cells” but I am using a formula to create the data. Because the cell...
View ArticleMake Your Business Accountable
Nowhere is it more true that business is all about dollars and cents than it is in the accounting world. Accounting is strictly about management of funds. It is a business that makes sure a client has...
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Sales Stages - what do they mean?
BearonBusiness wrote a blog titled: 25% of $X + 50% of $Y + 75% of $Z = Murky. It looked like Dan was finally going to share one of those complex formulas that he uses in excel. (You might be...
View ArticleManagerial Style and Workplace Stress
In the modern world we often think of stress as being inevitable - something that comes from the very nature of the business we do. When people think in this way it can lead them to take the attitude...
View ArticleSocial Media and Customer Service
Those who use social media just to promote themselves are often confused about why it doesn’t seem to work for them, why they get nothing in return for their Facebook posts and tweets, and eventually...
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Display Pivot Tables with the Row Labels Side by Side instead of in One Column
Question: How do I change the pivot table so that if I have 2 or more row labels, they can be displayed side by side, in different columns vs. stacked in one column? In other words, please make my...
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PowerPoint tries to open linked files when printing
A big thanks to Jason Tibbs for finding the answer to this question! I was going crazy when trying to print a PowerPoint that had links to external files. When I opened the file, I clicked Cancel when...
View ArticleConvert a Number with Currency in Excel into a Spelled/Written Word for use...
It makes me crazy when I have to complete a mail merge and the numbers that are so nicely formated in Excel turn into unformatted numbers in Word’s mail merge. This can be solved by using the TEXT...
View ArticleConverting numbers to words in excel without the dollars and cents
Converting numbers to words without the cents feature can be done with the below VBA code (there are no dollars and cents and no “exactly” in this macro) Type [ALT] + F11 to open VBA editor Select...
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Pivot Tables in 2007 - How to Stack Values vs. Displaying Side by Side
Thanks to Rachelle for helping me figure this one out. In Excel 2007, pivot tables have a lot of new options, but some of the old functions seem to be missing. For example, In the below table … I...
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Add manual data labels in PowerPoint graphs/charts
Drew Moldane came up with this trick to automate adding manual labels to PowerPoint graphs/charts. This is great for displaying related data in a straight line on any chart. It also displays words that...
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Net Installs - graphed
Net Installs are tracked and forecasted on a weekly basis. We use historical net installs as a rear view mirror and a forecast, to tell us where we are going. We use a stacked bar to depict net...
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Excel Tip - changing dates to the End of Month
You’ll often find that you need to show the end of the month in data analysis or when setting up a forecast template. The EOMONTH command is the right tool for this job. First, make sure your addins...
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Beginning of the Month Function in Excel
Yesterday Ting Liu, Finance Lead at Zayo Bandwidth, asked if Excel had a function to calculate the first day of the month. Great question … A prior post showed how to use the EOMONTH function....
View ArticleYoda Translater
LOVE THIS!! Convert any statement into Yoda speak http://www.yodaspeak.co.uk/index.php Acting like yoda are you. Herh herh herh.
View ArticleProducts are Cool, but Service is Critical
What drives customer loyalty or dis-loyalty? The numbers show that customers are only 25% likely to share a positive service experience and 65% likely to share a negative service experience. Conversely...
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