Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

I was interviewed by the lovely Elena Aylott from EMEA East about my blog and social media in general. Why did you decide to write a blog? I think a lot of assistants are in the same position and appreciate the blog because I approach it with that honesty. That inspires me to write this free blog!

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DECEMBER 30, 2014

So called experts claimed that blogging had died several years ago when Twitter and Facebook exploded in popularity. Blogs and other content marketing methods take their rightful place as king again in 2015. That means responsive websites, cloud storage of shared documents and ease of communicating via email and social media.

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MARCH 11, 2013

We get so caught up in a lot of the hype that’s out there, and judge our success against what other’s are doing, rather than what we are doing ourselves. Have you posted to your blog? Updated social media? This is when I update my blog, schedule social media posts, record my podcast audio etc.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 18, 2016

Over the last few years there are plenty more online communities and in more recent times we have taken networking to a whole new level with local networks, organised by assistants, springing up all over the place. First up we have the Edinburgh PA Network. Blogs I’m penning, personal notes (I’m a recipe hoarder!),

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JULY 29, 2013

Google Plus is Google’s entry into the world of social media, and competes directly with social media giant Facebook. The Google Plus button can and should be added to all of your blogs and websites, because the more followers your company has the more potential buyers they can market their newest products too.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 30, 2013

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact iOS Only Posted on 01/30/2013 // 5 Comments I’ve left my trusty MacBook Air at home for the first time ever while traveling. With Poster set up on both devices as well, my regular publication schedule won’t be interrupted either. Latest blog post: Except.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Turn Inaction into Action with The Ready Retreat Workbooks Posted on 01/07/2013 // Leave a Comment The blog has been dark over the weekend as I traveled and prepared for today’s panel discussion at New Media Expo in Las Vegas.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

And by spending times trying, you can wind up in trying times, situations, or work. ThatIsAll Latest blog post: Who’s in My Audience? Trackbacks Writing through the Ugly Middles says: 01/24/2013 at 4:33 am [.] Whether that’s a system, an app, or a workflow by using a system or app. Trying as a verb is great. As an adjective?

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Five Posted on 01/16/2013 // 1 Comment Three never seems like enough, does it? And make that whatever adds up to either number is worthwhile. Latest blog post: Anyone want to Beta? That’s why we get sucked back into checking off more of the lesser stuff.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact How an Editor Makes for More Productive Online Writing Posted on 01/29/2013 // 4 Comments When I was an editor, my goal was to make whatever a writer had submitted better and yet still maintain the voice and tone of the original work.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Posted on 11/10/2012 // 1 Comment There will be no posts going up at Vardy.me It’s because the blog is going to be going through the final phases of its redesign next week, including a move over to WebFaction for hosting. So in order to make the move as seamless as possible, I’m putting the blog on hiatus until next Thursday.

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JULY 10, 2012

And I’ll be back for 2013. The Second Time I Cried This Weekend Sunday was wrapping up and attendees had just watched some amazing personal stories from several WDSers – including a fabulous one about conquering “boob cancer” done through song by Michelle Ward – and J.D. 1 I actually welled up again writing this part of the piece.

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DECEMBER 30, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact 2012: My Year in Review Posted on 12/30/2012 // Leave a Comment Last year I offered up a year in review post , and i’m doing it again this year. You can pick up the books by going here. ) more regularly than ever before and will keep up with my other projects.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact The Fire Within Posted on 01/22/2013 // 2 Comments Today was supposed to be a day where I focused completely on my book launch party happening in my hometown later tonight. How you do that is going to be up to you. So how do you stoke the fire within?

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Mailbox: The Band-Aid for Email Posted on 02/08/2013 // 1 Comment I managed to score early access to the new Orchestra-created mail app for iOS, Mailbox. But I’m not convinced it’s the way people should go with email.

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AUGUST 5, 2012

2 By the end of this week, I’ll make my decision, and I’ll let you all know what it is on Monday August 13, 2013. Update: I’ll have results of my search up a week later, on Monday August 20, 2013 as a result of this.) start up business blog 5pts 1 Like PostBox is great. Perhaps it’s a case of burnout.

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JANUARY 11, 2013

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Achieving Clearance Posted on 01/11/2013 // 3 Comments This week is the first time in a while that I haven’t provided daily posts here. After having a great time at this year’s New Media Expo , I needed to not only recharge the batteries – I needed to achieve clearance.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

But I just can’t keep up. We have two children, both of whom need both parents to step up no matter what’s going on. But I just couldn’t get up. Latest blog post: Learn and Teach dcmba 5pts I completely get it. I mean, I’ve got a book to write. I’ve got work to do. And that is really, really frustrating.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JANUARY 30, 2013

I usually try to mix it up by writing about work and also personal stuff. I try to keep the blog mostly work related for my readers’ benefit, so I was extra delighted by the comments I’ve been getting about my personal new year’s resolutions post last time. And thank you to new readers who are following my blog!

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Productivityist

AUGUST 14, 2012

To celebrate the launch, he asked on his blog if readers would be willing to take on a challenge to help him promote it – and promote failure and fear in the process. What he asked of anyone willing to take on the challenge was to blog about fear and/or failure they’d experienced. The Blog I haven’t posted in over a week.

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AUGUST 2, 2012

1 I also was incredibly green to the blogging world when I started the site. I’ve interviewed the likes of David Allen (in an epic interview split into two parts here and here ), Seth Godin , Gretchen Rubin , Scott Belsky (another one split up here and here ), Leo Babauta (twice! Keep it up, we need you out there doing your thing.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2015

If you want to use social media, match the message with the medium. How we can turn the vapidity of “social media marketing” into something more substantive. It’s in this book that Vaynerchuk dives deeper into the social internet, into Web2.0. If you want to be more productive, spend more time on your core work.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

I began thinking about how I’m watching my son, Colton , grow up in front of my eyes every single day ever since I took on this stay-at-home adventure nearly two years ago. I reflected on how much my daughter, Grace, has grown up so quickly and can hardly imagine her at Colton’s age now that she’s going on eight.

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