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A Day in the Life of Renée Marino, a Broadway Star-Turned-Master Communicator

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Renée Marino looked onto the crowd during a 2013 Broadway performance of Jersey Boys and found herself staring at legendary filmmaker Clint Eastwood, who had shown up to scout actors for a film adaptation of the musical. Recently, two of her colleagues came to an understanding that when one sends brisk emails, it isn’t yelling.

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Stay on Track for Productivity

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You can mark these blocks on your email calendar—Microsoft Outlook or Google Calendar, for instance—so it sends you reminders to stop and start. A huge time-suck for home-based workers and entrepreneurs is checking and responding to emails. This article was published in May 2013 and has been updated. Sidestep time traps.

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Ep 226: Jen Johnsen – Executive Assistant at The Children’s Theatre Company

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Jen Johnsen has been part of Children’s Theatre Company as Executive Assistant since 2013, managing the Artistic and Managing Directors. Jean-Luc Picard CONNECT WITH JEN Jen on LinkedIn ABOUT JEN Jen Johnsen has been part of Children’s Theatre Company as Executive Assistant since 2013, managing the Artistic and Managing Directors.

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Ep 246: Jared Kleinert – CEO of Offsite

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ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live.

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Once Upon a Time in Marketing: The Power of Storytelling

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Upon being told the restaurant didn’t offer such a meal, she explained that her husband was in stage four cancer and had lost his appetite—except that he now craved a meatball sandwich. In addition to being shown at industry events and trade shows, these customer story videos were emailed to new customers upon buying the insurance.

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Why Traveling the World Is the Best Investment in Yourself

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This is what we do: My husband monitors travel sites and email subscription services for super-cheap flights or error fares. If you’re interested in the restaurant business, this is the perfect chance to note what thrives overseas, be it individual dishes, types of cuisine or certain franchises. It can literally calm you.

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Donald Kelly—The Sales Evangelist—Is Out to Create a Community of World-Class Sellers

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selling peanuts, or having a little restaurant,” he says. In 2013, while building his sales career, a friend of Kelly’s introduced him to podcasting. For example, most sellers send emails, make phone calls or write LinkedIn messages to prospective clients. You did what you needed to do to survive. You created opportunities.”.