One of the great aspects of this exercise is that employees get to review all the work that got done during the past 12 months. It also brings completion to the year. One season completes and the next season opens up. I love this metaphor. Excuse me while I get a little weepy. What aspects of 2011 are we talking into 2012? What aspects are we leaving behind? It’s all included on the flip charts.

Websites which Google has trust in do not appear in the sandbox. So how do you gain trust?

Rather than demonizing the Sandbox, you should plan strategically and get your website in the Sandbox as soon as possible, to attract limelight of Google.

the strides they have made in the previous stages. If they do not have a

The first thing I noticed was the high frequency with which a Googlebot spidered the pages of my site. The Googlebots were visiting a few times everyday and visiting all the pages of the site. It struck me that if Google had gone to the trouble of writing and implementing the ‘Sandbox’ filter as part of their algorithm and regularly spidering the sites within the Sandbox then the Sandbox wasn’t simply an area into which new sites get put in order to delay their inclusion in the SERPS. Instead it can be considered as a probationary period for new websites during which Google pays close attention to the sites development.

The time has come to present a streamlined list of critical rules for planning. There are only 120 of them. As you can see, we have really pared them down. So, music please! What?OK! OK! Simmer down! Take it easy! (You get overwhelmed so easily.) We will go with just seven rules for successful strategic guessing/planning. Is that better?

A company running with a high-performance team has many advantages over its competition. I have a particular client in mind. This company has done a remarkable job of growing in very challenging business conditions. I have seen them change marketplaces and customers.

strong commitment to maintenance and a support structure in place, they

The two simple steps are :

Your planning team can do this by defining critical issues facing the growth of the company. These are issues that will be, or presently are, confronting the company.