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NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Round up #3, Prescott Style Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 7:48 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant Election Day 2008! This one feels like Christmas. I voted early by mail this year. Get Loosely Speaking Products.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/11/10 by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 10, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world. Organizations are working to help them size up.

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AUGUST 7, 2007

Smart Business Start-Up by Stefan Töpfer on Aug 08, 2007 Whatever you are planning a personal business or a small business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer businesses, the time has never been better for starting a business. Anyone between the ages of 13 (apparently) and 81 (?) Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Prepare now for when business picks up again Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 12:54 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Business Strategies/Perspectives Here’s a list of things to do now, if you are in a work slowdown, so that when things pick up again you’ll be ready!

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MARCH 24, 2010

A lot of policies were focused was on helping small businesses with a “£2.5 In summary: - SME’s can double claims for investment allowances during their first year of business, allowing claims of up £100,000 from taxable profits to be invested in to the business. - Not policy. billion one-off growth package”.

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AUGUST 1, 2010

Make certain that you have strong, unconfusing policies on employment. A good recordkeeping policy is essential. A good record-keeping policy is essential. These must be well communicated to employees and strictly enforced. Stay within legal guidelines regarding employment. Select employees carefully during the hiring process.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

Someone asked him if people took advantage of Nordstrom’s famous return policy. He went on to say that only about ten percent of their customers took advantage of Nordstroms policy to make customers happy. “You don’t make policy based on ten percent,&# he was quoted as saying. “You make policies based on the 90%.&#

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OCTOBER 31, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Tips for Office Costumes at Halloween By The Professional Assistant on Friday, October 31, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity H appy Halloween everyone! Then a bunch of co-workers show up in costumes. Do you like to dress up in fancy or scary costumes for this occasion? What are you dressing up as?

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MARCH 7, 2010

Include policies on issues such as discrimination & discipline so that your position is clear and in writing. Top 5 Tips for Writing a Staff Handbook by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 08, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

My daughter finally made her selections and I retrieve my checkbook only to discover that I can only write the check for up to $40 of the purchase. It doesn’t sound like this is a location edict, but more of a companywide policy. Anything over that, I will have to find another method of payment. Sounds like a personal problem.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Cover Your Tracks: E-mail Archiving By The Professional Assistant on Friday, September 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , System Security D o you back up your e-mails in Microsoft Outlook ? There are two ways of backing up your e-mails. Are you familiar with this?

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MARCH 17, 2010

It started with a bad experience and when he called to complain and went up the chain of command he had his first encounter with John Fleming. He cracked up laughing and called to share the ironic experience with his new best friend the GM. &# Yes, she had and that was why she was calling.

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APRIL 21, 2008

Takeover Disasters by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 22, 2008 The process of taking over another company can be a very exciting time for you and your business, but it can very quickly turn into an unpleasant experience with serious lasting consequences. bookmarks for April 17th through April 22nd | AccMan Said on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:59 pm [.]

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Any topic can be split up into components. I have the tendency to panic but I find it helpful to embrace the nervous tension because when I’m “psyched up&# , I tend to do a better job. However, all the grooms I’ve talked to have all said that they just made it up as they went along.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The following is an excerpt from the book The Milkshake Moment: Overcoming Stupid Systems, Pointless Policies and Muddled Management to Realize Real Growth by Steven S. April 2008;$19.95US/$21.99CAN; 978-0-470-25746-3 Copyright © 2008 Steven S. Most managers simply get up and do what they want to do.

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DECEMBER 4, 2008

Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 11:41 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant I could blame it on the economy. ktcosmos Comment // December 6th, 2008 // 4:06 pm Melodee, We are a house divided: I like the Cubbies, my husband is a Dbacks fan. Melodee Patterson Comment // December 6th, 2008 // 5:01 pm choke Cubbies!?!

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

It isn’t a prob – I just used the regular equipment, but it messed up the computer thumb drive. How often do we follow the rules and policies to a tee and make our customers suffer the consequences? Well, that’s what happened to me yesterday and today. So today I decided to ask for help to fix the problem.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Home About Me Advertise The E-tiquette of E-mail By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , MS-Outlook E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing all the Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog. Jane Watson of J. Who are you?

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JANUARY 11, 2011

of GDP in 2008. auto industry - small shifts in its GDP share add up.    Last year's 4% increase means we spent about $100 billion more on health care than in 2008.  .  The good news is U.S.   The bad news is, due to the recession, health spending hit an all time record of 17.6% of 2009 U.S.

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MAY 13, 2010

Policies, recessions and unemployment aside, people lost faith in him and the moment that happens, whether you are a businessperson or a politician, you are in trouble. On Monday, Gordon Brown the British Prime Minister announced that he is to step down as leader of the Labour party. What was his main problem? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JULY 7, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.   This is little changed from 2008, but up from 14.5%

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JANUARY 11, 2008

The New York times however in their article The 4-Letter-Word Patrol is in Pursuit 2 takes a look at the negative aspects of swearing in the workplace and the push by some to clean up our language at work. 1 Networkworld.com, [link] , (accessed January 11, 2008) 2 New York Times, [link] , (accessed January 11, 1008).

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DECEMBER 16, 2008

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 2:02 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant With each successful update of WordPress, the more comfortable you become when receiving weird fatal error messages, which cause your blog to crash completely until you decode and address them. Comments: 2 2 Comments Posts about Wordpress 2.7

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MAY 24, 2010

Some of the commonly held myths and the corresponding reality checks are as follows: Family-Friendly policies are soft HR issues, mainly for women. Many companies offer their work-life balance policies to employees at all levels. Participation in family-friendly policies is a career-limiting move. Management will lose control.

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OCTOBER 8, 2008

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Reasons why work slowdowns can be good Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 11:12 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant My DH had his first-ever no work day in 35 years as a Land Surveyor. Not that he has never taken a day off. Loosely Speaking�A

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JULY 21, 2010

Comment by Medical Sales Recruiter on February 21, 2008 @ 12:21 pm Hi Ian, Your article raises some very important points though, fundamentally, we cannot manage time. Comment by Nickolove Lovemore on February 22, 2008 @ 2:29 am I think Nickolove is right on the mark, properly managing our activities is crucial to effective time management.

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DECEMBER 13, 2008

Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 10:37 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Family Life , Life of the Virtual Assistant I won’t tell you how long it’s been since I became a Google Adsense Publisher. Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change? But I WILL tell you I have only $4.59

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DECEMBER 13, 2008

Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 9:55 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant There’s a clipboard on my desk (pictured beneath my furry assistant at right) that is more valuable than any tech tool in my office. For entrepreneurs, it’s a little different, in that the slow down may have crept up on you.

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MAY 21, 2010

Lighten up… if you can – Humour can go a long way to keeping the listener’s attention. Related articles by Zemanta How to make a bridal speech (bridalwave.tv) Related Posts: 9 Key Steps for Preparing a Speech Top 5 Posts for February 2008 4 Basic Types of Speeches Communication Did you enjoy this post?

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 10:39 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Prescott Arizona I used to love (and be good at) gardening. Who wouldn’t love showing up once a week to pick up two tote bags full of flowers and veggies, picked just that morning?! Pingback // December 13th, 2008 // 10:46 am [.] Give a share!

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Too many objects add to the clutter and eat up valuable work space. Set up a good filing system. Don’t allow things to pile up. Have a good one, Chaz [link] Chaz’s Notes: Personal Development for the Modern Age Comment by Charlie on January 23, 2008 @ 6:51 pm your blog very inspiring me and this is very helps for me.

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OCTOBER 25, 2008

Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 10:47 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Knitting Every girl needs a pair of bell-bottomed yoga pants. I have made this once, previously, and it knits up quickly, in just a few hours. Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Off the needles! Baby hat and bell bottoms.

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MARCH 7, 2023

Frank Cottle [ 00:01:49] Well, Annoy, you and I had the opportunity to chat about a week or two ago, I guess it was, about some of the things that you guys are up to, and I was fascinated by a lot of it, the scope and the bandwidth that you cover. It’s up to us to say how should we do this? Is it a policies issue?

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

If you need to warm up your lunch, please try to keep it in the lunch room. Its up to the individual to analyze this culture in addition to the individual relationships around them. The constant noise from that drives me up a wall. In the mean time Im going to discretely tape up a copy of your etiquette rules somewhere public.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 6, 2010

Related articles by Zemanta 20 Quick Tips For Better Time Management (lifehack.org) Batch Distractions to Increase Efficiency [Distractions] (lifehacker.com) How to stop procrastinating (holykaw.alltop.com) Related Posts: Productivity Links Top 5 Posts for May 2008 Online Time Management Resources from Day-Timer Productivity Did you enjoy this post?

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NOVEMBER 7, 2007

by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 07, 2007 A few years ago I decided to change over to Apple computers from Windows based computers and up until now it seemed the right decision. unknown or illegal alias: uk.consumer@euro.apple.com Back to the phone, and I’m told someone will call me back – I give up.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

There’s a lot of common sense wrapped up in these steps. Comment by Mary on February 28, 2008 @ 3:10 pm I’d even say for #4 to thank anyone – mentor or otherwise. Psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky , of the University of California, has conducted considerable research in the area of personal satisfaction.

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