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Marketing is one of those extremely amorphous jobs that can cover many different areas of effort. At the end of each month, I struggle to recap my progress on many different areas of endeavor. A simple system solves that. Learn more

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time wizards Progress Tracking with ClickUp Track your daily accomplishments with Kanban tickets or calendar notes, and use AI to summarize them at the end of the month. 10/30/26 More

time wizards The Autopay Audit A printable checklist of every place recurring charges like to hide, from bank statements and app stores to ad accounts and that old Hotmail inbox. 10/9/26 More

time wizards Instead of Doom Scrolling A list of things to do when bored instead of Tik-Tok 9/11/26 More

time wizards Announcing Toodle-Do A free app that you can use to doodle AND create a daily checklist 9/4/26 More

time wizards Obsessed with Checkboxes Leveling up your daily checklist 8/7/26 More

time wizards A Go Bag for the Hospital Having a 'go bag' ready in case of a trip to the hospital may save you tons of stress. Here's what to put in it 7/31/26 More

time wizards Troubleshooting Control-Y A novel and practical way to store your toilet paper 4/17/26 More

time wizards SnagIt A better way to grab the contents of your screen 4/17/26 More

time wizards Making Your Money Talk Impact investing is available through many workplace 401K's, but what if your workplace doesn't offer it? 4/10/26 More

time wizards Podcast Promo Codes How to remember to use your podcast's discount codes 4/10/26 More

time wizards Get Your Cash from Uncle Sam Good reasons to get your tax refund in cash 4/10/26 More

time wizards Phil Nash's Presentation Tips A recommendation to read Phil Nash's article on presentation tips 4/3/26 More

time wizards Microsoft Word's Weird Page Breaks How to get rid of unwanted page breaks in Microsoft Word 4/3/26 More

time wizards Copilot Out of the Way How to avoid dealing with Microsoft Copilot in front of everything 3/20/26 More

time wizards Free Stuff Inventory Are you overlooking free stuff? 3/20/26 More

time wizards Trying On Glasses How to see your face when you're trying on glasses online, but you can't wear your glasses to do this 3/20/26 More

time wizards Right-Click to Update A reminder that you have to right-click to update tables of contents in Microsoft Word 3/13/26 More

time wizards Remembering Where You Left Off Inspired by Kevin Powell's advice on how to remember where you left off in a coding project, a few more tips for real-life bookmarking your progress 3/6/26 More

time wizards Hopping Selection How to select non-contiguous items in Word or Google Docs 3/6/26 More

time wizards PowerPoint's Master Slides There's something on a slide but you can't edit it 2/28/26 More

time wizards Set Excel columns to 'Fill' A little-known formatting feature in Excel will make long text display more politely 2/13/26 More

time wizards Make Your Templates Play Well With Others How to add a text box in Word or Excel to provide instructions for your collaborators 2/13/26 More

time wizards Stop DeflateGate Resources for keeping your car tires inflated more easily 2/6/26 More

time wizards Amenities with a Difference Inexpensive amenities that will help your office run smoothly 1/30/26 More

time wizards Two Words: Purse Hook Why you need not only a purse hook but also a backpack hook, and our product recommendations 1/30/26 More

time wizards Turn Gift Cards Into... A reminder to spend gift cards if you have them 1/23/26 More

time wizards The 4:55 Email Trick Sending yourself an email at the end of the day can help you remember important tasks. 1/9/26 More

time wizards OurGroceries and So Much More How you can use a grocery list app to keep track of other important things in your life 1/9/26 More

time wizards Undistractor for your Phone Download lock screen images to remind you not to look at your phone while driving 12/26/25 More

time wizards Aliases and Shortcuts on your Computer How to use aliases or shortcuts to cut out some of the work of navigating between folders 12/19/25 More

time wizards Help! My computer won't read my iPhone photos How to convert HEIC photos into universally usable formats 12/12/25 More

time wizards Getting Aptos Font to Print in PDF Troubleshooting: get the Aptos font to work with PDF's 12/5/25 More

time wizards Use a Gmail template to partially automate email responses A concise description for listing pages that's different from introPara 11/28/25 More

time wizards Boost productivity by expanding your definition of a task A mindset shift to help you get more done 11/7/25 More

time wizards Keeping your audience (and yourself) awake during Zoom meetings Tips for effective online meeting participation 11/28/20 More

time wizards Coffee shop noise Coffee shop noise without annoying apps 6/5/20 More

time wizards Leaders, don't ruin your team's meetings Dumb stuff not to do in meetings 4/4/20 More

time wizards End the confusion of two email clients Windows 'Mail' has been discontinued, but you can still experience confusion if you have both 'new' and 'classic' Outlook 2/28/20 More

time wizards End the password madness with our low-tech method A low-tech way to store your passwords 2/21/20 More

time wizards OSHA for the rest of us Everyone should know some basics about OSHA safety standards 2/6/20 More

time wizards Bend Time with Gmail Gmail has a Schedule Send feature useful for writing emails off work hours. 1/16/20 More

time wizards Page Layout with What? Using PowerPoint works in some situations for page layout 1/16/20 More

time wizards Volunteering - No Strings Attached How to find short, no-commitment volunteer opportunities 1/16/20 More

time wizards Un-Haunting Your Gmail How to change your last name and cull your contacts list in Gmail 12/20/19 More

time wizards Check On Your Recurring Payments in Paypal Protecting yourself from phantom charges 12/20/19 More

time wizards Where is halfway? How to figure out a meeting place halfway between two spots 12/11/19 More

time wizards One App to Run Your Whole Kingdom A few things that ClickUp does well 12/8/19 More

time wizards Schedule Tasks On Your Calendar You can make sure tasks actually get done by putting them on your calendar 12/6/19 More

time wizards Set a recurring date with yourself to peek at tomorrow’s schedule An easy way to troubleshoot your calendar 12/6/19 More

time wizards Keep Data Creep At Bay by Unsubscribing Why you should take a few minutes and unsubscribe from commercial emails 11/26/19 More

time wizards Use 'internal' email signatures to reinforce important reminders An easy way to remind co-workers of important tasks or events 11/22/19 More

time wizards Prevent tool fatigue with a balanced approach Things to consider when adopting a new system or process 11/22/19 More

time wizards Don't be 'That Person' Who Ruins an Online Meeting Tips to participate effectively in online meetings 11/15/19 More

time wizards A new approach to sharing materials after the meeting Why and how to share materials ahead of a meeting or webinar 11/15/19 More

time wizards Invite yourself to events so you don’t miss them An easy way to avoid schedule conflicts 11/8/19 More

time wizards Use a tomato timer to timebox unpleasant tasks How a tomato timer can help you stop procrastinating or limit the time you spend on nonessential tasks 11/8/19 More

time wizards Adding stripes to your Excel sheet – and a template that does it for you An Excel template with rows in alternating colors 11/1/19 More

time wizards Stop the Thieves of Time Surprising uses for timesheets, and an introduction to the Pomodoro method 6/28/19 More

time wizards Run, Don't Ruin, Your Online Meeting How to avoid embarrassing mistakes if you're running a meeting online 5/10/19 More

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