TIS THE SEASON…
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Prepping for the HOlidays and New Year
As the year winds down, you likely have a lot of things on your mind. Maybe you still have some big projects to wrap up. Maybe you haven’t bought a single present for anybody in your life because you can’t believe that it’s already mid-December. Maybe you want to take a holiday break but you’re not sure how to truly unplug. Or maybe you are already eager to get a jump on business planning for 2023.
Regardless of where your head is at as we barrel toward the end of 2022, we have some resources for you!
Make Your Holidays Joyful
- Make your clients feel special this holiday with a gift to show how much you appreciate their business (and encourage repeat business). Here are 20 client gift ideas to get you started. (article)
- If you have scheduled yourself some time off as we move into the end of the year, high five! But if you struggle at enjoying your time away from work, here are 9 ways to make your time off stress-free. (article)
- Spread the holiday cheer to the unsung heroes in your life. Amazon’s program to tip your delivery drivers has already ended, but you can still send your gratitude. (article)
- Unwanted conversations can be hard to avoid during the holidays, but the idea of “grey rocking” could help you out. (article)
- Visiting relatives isn’t always a joyful experience. If you’re spending time with a toxic family this holiday, here are 15 ways to deal with them. (article)
2022 Trend Reports
- Do you want to see what your neighbors searched for in 2022? Google has a fun tool where you can see search trends by location. (tool)
- Or go global with Google’s other tool to see what’s trending search topics were in 2022 by category and region. (tool)
- Curious about how Gen Z users have utilized Instagram? A recent survey shares the insights. (article)
- TikTok has published their fifth annual ‘Year on TikTok’ report, and it has provided an overview of all the creators, moments, and trends on the app in 2022. (article)
- Have you embraced your inner goblin this year? You may have contributed to the “goblin mode” craze that made it the Oxford word of the year. (article)
- 2022 was another wild year across the board, and now we have fancy charts and graphs to illustrate all of it. (article)
2023 is Almost Here!
Now is the perfect time to show up as the CEO of your business and let it know who’s boss. Your first step? Scheduling your annual CEO Day! Our favorite boss habit for gaining clarity and momentum in your business, a CEO Day will help you turn your business goals into an action plan for the next 12 months.
And CEO Day Kit is a set of tools that makes it easy. This powerful toolkit has helped almost a thousand creatives just like you make the time to work on their business and create a plan to achieve their goals.
What’s Fresh
- 37 years ago, Steve Jobs said the best managers never actually want to be managers. And now there is science to suggest that he was absolutely right. (article)
- New Instagram feature alert! Content scheduling is happening; no third-party app required. (article)
- Twitter is a mess behind-the-scenes, and the makeshift Twitter HQ hotel rooms illustrate just how broken the US work culture is right now. (article)
- Speaking of Twitter, you’re going to start seeing different colored checkmarks for things like corporate entities. (article)
- There has been a massive scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion, and it could change the future of clean energy. (article)
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