For the past two weeks in this column we’ve been looking at website statistics. First we looked at Hits and Visitors and last week we looked at Bounce Rate. Continuing the look at statistics there is a grouping called Pageviews and Average Pageviews.
The basic concept of pageviews is fairly straight forward. This is the total [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s my pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about “shoulding” or not, sharpening your skills, [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything
Competency: self-development
Who benefits: everyone
Consultant Usage:one-on-one coaching, teambuilding
What’s it about? This morning I gave a woman an envelope with a lot of cash in it. I asked her to distribute the money over the next 8 months to a college student who [...]
If you want someone to be your mentor, don’t just call them up and ask, “Will you be my mentor?” Here’s why.
Most people who will make a good mentor for you are successful. That also means that they’re busy.
Because they have lots of commitments already, they’re going to be leery of taking on any new [...]
“If I only had a little humility, I’d be perfect.”
CNN Founder, Ted Turner
I’m always impressed with people who generally lack interpersonal skills–they are very talented in alienating others, creating bad emotional contagion that rubs off on everyone and drains our relationship batteries.
We have some compelling new research that these people might actually have a very [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about not blowing your own horn too [...]
Websites generate a large number of statistics and it can often be confusing. Today I want to focus on one important statistic called bounce rate.
The concept of this is fairly simple. It measures how many people come to a single page of a site and then hit the back button. No matter how someone found [...]
At the beginning of a new year – be it calendar or fiscal – it’s traditional (often even required) to plan out the next year with all the lofty goals and tactics to be deployed to meet those goals.
It’s January. Do you have a plan? Do you really need one?
I understand that planning is necessary [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: What Can Coaches Do for You?
Competency: coaching
Who benefits: professional coaches
Consultant Usage: new research about your profession
What’s it about? Today’s post is shorter than usual because I just came across the article and I want to get it to you before it disappears into the archives. This post is also [...]
Following up on the blog entry I started on January 6th, today I’d like to wrap up my e-mail marketing tips with six ideas to help build a loyal e-mail following.
Build a loyal e-mail following tip #1: Be practical.
How many times have you read an article in an e-newsletter and thought “OK, now what do [...]