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Professional. Administrative Professional.

Office Dynamics

After a full day of managing an agenda, his comment caught me completely off guard. Nancy runs a creative writing and editing business, “Phrase, Ink” and published her first poetry book, “Paper Wait” in 2008. He cited an example where someone worked month on, month off as a sea-going launderer, earning $400,000 annually.

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Sugar Not The Icing On The Small Business Cake.

The Small Business Blog

many manufacturing companies need cash-flow in form of loans, to take that away from them means killing their cash-flow and sometimes their business. I know of companies that are constantly back to the banks because they need to supply a big amount of product however self sufficiency should be the top of a business’s agenda.

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On the job tips for new Admins.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Put it in a folder for your boss’s signature in completed form, i.e. envelope clipped to letter and attachments. If you are sending the letter by regular mail, courier or registered mail, make sure you have the proper postage, courier slips or forms filled out. I usually put a sticky note on it for that as well.

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

Laughing all the Way to Work

When I receive an initial request for a meeting, I use a meeting form and write down the information I need: who is requesting the meeting, what is the purpose of the meeting, where it will be held and a phone number or an e-mail address and dates that are available. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy?

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

In its simplest form minutes are a record of discussion, decisions and actions to be taken and the date by when it needs to be completed. Below are a few tips so the task is not as daunting: Filling in the blanks I take minutes on a laptop so it is easy to make a template ahead of time which is based on the agenda.

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Social Impact of Working From Home | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

I was here when he came home with the latest music CD, I had to listen to – not always easy, I admit – or the latest sport-shoes form addidas had finally arrived at the shops. Daniel Lowton Said on March 31st, 2008 at 8:14 am Stefan I found this article to be very interesting. Social Impact of Working From Home [.]

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Should Bloggers Charge for Posts? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Are Men With Pens building a foundation for charging for (parts of) their content or is it just a discussion with no underlying agenda? I suppose the issue is not how to charge for content, but how to attract readers that are willing to become customers in some form or fashion. Wordsmithing is an art form. I would pay for that!

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