Season’s Greetings from the Excel Rain Man team! Below are some EXCEL-lent goodies for you!

1. Holiday Gift from ExcelRainMan.com
Happy Holidays fellow Spreadsheeters! Despite the depressed fiscal state in which we find ourselves, it is always nice to send (and receive) some holiday cheer!! So… In celebration of this wonderful spirit, the Excel Rain Man team is pleased to present you with the free gift of an Excel Holiday Card Helper! (OK, so it’s actually a Database… “Helper” just sounds much cuter, don’t you think?)

The Holiday Card Helper can assist you in spreading a little cheer of your own by organizing your ever-growing list of correspondents. Just type (or cut & paste) your contact list details into the Helper and voila! You have a permanent holiday card database (oops, forgot we weren’t using that word) buddy-basket! The Holiday Helper also includes a sexy-ish Mail Merge option that allows you to create and print names/addresses right onto labels, so you don’t have to spend hours writing them out by hand (your manicure can thank me later). Did I forget to mention that this present can be re-gifted?? Feel free to forward the below link to friends and family!

This tricked out spreadsheet gift can be downloaded from the Tips & Tricks section at ExcelRainMan.com.

2. Tips & Tricks #2
Make your spreadsheets printer ready… save a tree and impress your boss!

Having trouble fitting your spreadsheet onto one page? Do you ever print a document that has a zillion pages containing one random column? This is everything you need to know to make your spreadsheets professional looking in no time.

Download Tip #2 (Making you Spreadsheet Printer-Ready) free of charge from the Tips & Tricks section at ExcelRainMan.com.

Check out the latest free tips, tricks and goodies from the Excel Rain Man team and improve your spreadsheeting skillz today!! .

Note: Has your company upgraded from Excel 2003 to Excel 2007?
Were you an excel ninja a few months back and now your company’s recent “upgrade” from Excel 2003 to Excel 2007 has you feeling a little down in the dumps? Calm down and stop complaining… It will get better, I promise! However, until you get your “Excel Esteem” back, the Excel Rain Man team will be offering all Tips & Tricks in both 2003 and 2007 versions. Now that’s spreadsheeting you can believe in!

3. We are Hiring!!!
Now there’s something we could probably use to hear a little more of! Are you an Excel HERO and proud of it? Can you bedazzle a spreadsheet in no time? Do you always think of quicker ways to do something just for fun? Perhaps you should consider joining the Excel Rain Man Squad! Perks of joining the team include…
Getting to use Excel all the time… which is enough incentive for me!

Name your own hours

Work from home with no dress code (That’s right, no Business Casual BS here my friend. Feel free to spreadsheet in the same pair of oversized Miami Basketball shorts and nasty cut off tee that you slept in! We won’t tell!)
Make some extra cash while you are working another job, in school, traveling or watching TV. As long as you can spreadsheet better than the rest… we don’t care!

Check out the Join Our Team page to see what positions are available, and Apply Now if you are game. Fill in your info and upload your resume as well as any Excel master pieces that you are proud of.

4. Excel Rain Man’s Top 10 Holiday Gifts
Can’t decide what to get that special someone this year? Below are some of our favorite gifts to give and receive 🙂

1. Personal cooking lesson and/or dinner with Tall Order – select a 4 course menu that suits your needs and taste and Tall Order Chefs will bring everything needed for a customized cooking class/dinner in your kitchen! (Learn more at www.tallorderonline.com)

2. Gift certificate to The Kula Yoga Project – Best hipster yoga in NYC, and by far the most talented instructors around! Every class is a great class (28 Warren Street near Church Street in TriBeCa)

3. Gift Certificate to Jack’s Coffee – Organic, Fair Trade, Shade Grown Coffee and so much more (West Village: 138 West 10th St btw Greenwich Ave & Waverly Place/South Street Seaport: 222 Front St btw Beekman St and Peck Slip)

4. Dinner at Bobo – The West Village’s hottest new restaurant. Open every night for Dinner and Brunch on the Weekends (181 West 10th St at Seventh Ave South in the West Village)
5. Gift Certificate for work requests and private tutoring from the Excel Rain Man. Sorry for the shameless plug 🙂 !! (917-388-3492, info@ExcelRainMan.com)
6. Personal Yoga lessons from Jen Guarnieri. What’s even better than yoga at a studio?? Yoga in your living room!! (Check her out online at www.jengyoga.com)
7. Beautiful hand-made jewelry from Lark and Lotus – Designer Suzannah Murray finds her inspiration from the mysticism and culture of New Orleans, grown from West African Voodoo… Now you have to check it out! (Available Online and at 8310 Willow St, in New Orleans)
8. Reusable shopping bags from Gecko Traders – Skillfully crafted by a Fair Trade Co-op in Cambodia, these bags are made from recycled rice & feed bags. Perfect for Green grocery shopping! My future mother-in-law (Donna Hamilton) found this before all of the stores… as she does with everything!
For more excellent and chic gift ideas (her famous list will be out this week), check out Donna’s blog ,… she even blogged Excel Rain Man!!

9. An engagement ring from Marisa Perry – What better way to suprise that special someone than popping the question over the Holidays!! (154 Prince Street in SoHo)

10. The New York Times Weekender – get the best paper delivered to your door on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. (Save 50% @ www.nytimesathome.com)

Don’t fret in the cubicle any longer… send your Microsoft Excel woes to the Excel Rain Man team and get back to Srabulous, where you belong!

Feel free to Submit a Request… There is no charge for inquiries!

In case we don’t chat sooner, Happy New Years to all!