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4 Social Media Policies For Small Business

Now that business and Social Media are getting closer, we need to find ways to introduce Social Media policies so that employees understand what is expected of them when working on sites like Facebook and Twitter. 4 Social Media Policy guidelines To get your Social Media guidelines in place, follow these steps: These are four guidelines to […]

Annual Expense Report with conditional text settings on Excel spreadsheet

Combination of different conditional text settings Download: Annual Expense Report File format: Excel How to change conditional formatting Select the cells you want to change. On the Home tab, click Conditional Formatting. (It’s in the Styles section) Click Manage Rule from the drop-down menu. How to use the Excel template Enter values in each of […]

3 Social Media Policy Mistakes to Avoid

If you’re writing Social Media Policy Documents for LinkedIn, then you need to include guidelines that show staff how to interact with others so that they do not, by accident, cause any damage to the company. Social Media and LinkedIn LinkedIn is different than Facebook. It’s a professional network. People come here to do business […]

Annual Expense Report with Traffic Lights on Excel spreadsheet

Traffic lights on excel spreadsheet Download: Annual Expense Report File format: Excel How to change conditional formatting Select the cells you want to change. On the Home tab, click Conditional Formatting. (It’s in the Styles section) Click Manage Rule from the drop-down menu. How to use the Excel template Enter values in each of the […]

Annual Report spreadsheet with directional settings applied to data

Annual report spreadsheet with directional settings applied to data Download: Annual Expense Report File format: Excel How to change conditional formatting Select the cells you want to change. On the Home tab, click Conditional Formatting. (It’s in the Styles section) Click Manage Rule from the drop-down menu. How to use the Excel template Enter values […]

Annual Expense Report with Data Bars – Excel

Annual report with data bars Download: Annual Expense Report File format: Excel How to change conditional formatting Select the cells you want to change. On the Home tab, click Conditional Formatting. (It’s in the Styles section) Click Manage Rule from the drop-down menu. How to use the Excel template Enter values in each of the […]

Annual Expense Report – Blended gradients chart data – Excel

Blended gradients applied to the charts Download: Annual Expense Report File format: Excel How to change conditional formatting Select the cells you want to change. On the Home tab, click Conditional Formatting. (It’s in the Styles section) Click Manage Rule from the drop-down menu. How to use the Excel template Enter values in each of […]

Annual Expense Report – Gradients applied to chart data – Excel

Gradients applied to the chart data Download: Annual Expense Report File format: Excel How to change conditional formatting Select the cells you want to change. On the Home tab, click Conditional Formatting. (It’s in the Styles section) Click Manage Rule from the drop-down menu. How to use the Excel template Enter values in each of […]

Annual Expense Report – Conditional Text & Pie Chart – Excel

Annual expense report with conditional text and pie chart Download: Annual Expense Report File format: Excel How to change conditional formatting Select the cells you want to change. On the Home tab, click Conditional Formatting. (It’s in the Styles section) Click Manage Rule from the drop-down menu. How to use the Excel template Enter values […]

5 Step Approach to Business Plan Writing

You have an idea for a business. You know what you want to sell, who you can sell it to, and how much you stand to earn from it. There’s just one more thing you need: a business plan. Many people dread the idea of preparing a business plan. They think of them as complicated, unnecessary documents that exist only to make it more difficult for them to get started as an entrepreneur. They are wrong.

9 Mistakes to Avoid When Starting Your First Business

In 1996, I downloaded Netscape Navigator 2.0 and got on the web. It was incredible. If you weren’t there, it’s hard to explain the sheer excitement of getting your first AOL account, dialing up to go online, waiting for your first page to slowly download, and then going WOW!

The first day I went online—it was a lovely Sunday, I still remember it—I stayed online for 7 hours straight. I was transfixed. The world outside melted into the background. Hook, line and sinker. I was pulled in.