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Year: 2015
5 ways to get more out of Google Chrome
Google Chrome was the most commonly used Web browser in 2014, according to StatCounter. Still, many people aren’t aware of all it can do, says Gizmag tech writer Stu Robarts.
To you, your workload is a mountain; to everyone else …
… it tends to look like a molehill. That’s just the inescapable way we perceive things in the office. Confine all complaints about how much is on your plate to the people who can appreciate and actually do something about it: those above you. Co-workers on the same level or beneath you will never truly […]
8 acts that could cost you a promotion
It’s promotion time again, and again your boss passes you over and offers the promotion to a co-worker. But why? The reasons that your boss may be overlooking you for a promotion are simpler than you think.
4 Google services worth checking out
Google has a host of great services you probably aren’t using, says Ben Medlock, co-founder of keyboard app SwiftKey.
Taming SharePoint Document Management
One of the hardest things to do is to get people to put things in the right places. Even when you had “sub-sub-sub-sub” folders on your network drive, people still put things in the wrong spots. With the Content Organizer feature activated in your Document Center site, all they will ever have to do is upload their documents into a Drop-off library. SharePoint does all the routing based on content type and other parameters you set up. Here is how it works.
This egregious example of time theft makes the recourse quite clear
Q: “I have a co-worker who is running a Web-based business on company time. ‘Linn’ spends hours monitoring her website, taking orders, sending invoices and arranging for shipments. At the end of the day, she prints out her documents and takes them home. Our boss appears to be completely unaware of these activities. He occasionally asks other employees to help Linn out because she’s so busy. However, she’s just busy making money for herself. Is there anything I can do?” Outraged
What the best customer service reps do
One of the most cost-effective ways for companies to get great word-of-mouth marketing is to provide excellent customer support and service. Great customer service teams share common traits that you can copy, says Gregory Ciotti at Help Scout, a help-desk software tool. Ciotti shares some he’s observed.
What are people thinking? 3 survey tools
Free survey tools enable you to query your customers, staff or followers about a particular topic. You can set up a two- to three-question survey in under five minutes with any of these online survey tools.
1-Minute Strategies: May ’15
Follow the unwritten rules of networking … Extend your Wi-Fi with plug-in device … Stop wasting so much time on planning.