The files available via Practical Hacks’ FREE Downloads page hit the 1000 download mark this weekend. Thanks for downloading these files and I hope they have been helpful to you! A few notes and thoughts:
- The most popular file: the “90 day action plan” for interviewees,- 246 downloads as I write this. This isn’t too surprising, given the state of the economy and the fact that we’re all looking for a way to get a leg up on the competition in a tough job market. This is a file which was given to me years ago by my boss at the time, and is apparently very similar to a “secret career document” being sold for $79 on the internet. If you’ve downloaded this and used it, I’d love to hear some feedback!
- Second most popular file: the “Simple PowerPoint business plan format” file, at 194 downloads. This is a 3 page PP format I put together to help budding Market and Product Managers summarize their thoughts into a very concise format.
- Speaking of concise, new as of 1/4/09 is a file I’ve used for the last 8-10 years to summarize an organization’s External and Internal Analyses – conducted in concert with Strategic Planning – on one page each. I’ve used this to help communicate Strat Plans throughout organizations – it gives everyone the essential aspects of what’s happening in the external environment and what the organization’s critical internal issues are – on two simple pages. Check it out and download it if you think it’s appropriate to your organization.
- I’ve added a couple of favorite recipes – these will show up on Practical Hacks as feature articles at some point.
- I originally started the Download page when I made a file available for tracking expenses in conjunction with my post, “Do you REALLY know where your money is going?” but it has expanded quite a bit since that modest beginning. If you’ve used these files I’d really enjoy some feedback, good or bad… and if you have any suggestions for other topics of interest, please share them by commenting.
- You may also enjoy these related posts:
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- Do you REALLY know where your money is going??
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