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How Company Passion Projects Can Add to the Bottom Line

Success

Similarly, Slack, the social platform X (formerly known as Twitter) and Buffer all started as side projects. It ultimately led to huge wins like Gmail AdSense and Google Maps—technology that has become mainstream all over the world and huge revenue drivers for the tech giant. What is a passion project and why is it important?

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How to Boost Online Sales

Success

Prominently display testimonials from happy customers, praise from experts in your industry, press mentions, social media followings (such as the number of Twitter followers) or awards. Here are seven ideas for opt-in success: • E-guide: A wedding photographer might offer an article titled “What I Learned from Attending 105 Weddings.”

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Love Your Career

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In a career, you analyze your options, make decisions, continually learn and grow, and take risks. In honor of Loving Your Career, we want to give away some tools that will help you learn and grow in your profession. Follow Us on Facebook , Linkedin and or Twitter. 2014 Conference On Demand ­– 2.

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Using social media to empower Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Despite my passion for social media I haven’t always been adept at it and was a twitter virgin until The Assist Conference 2015. If you are nervous of engaging on social media – my advice is to simply look, listen and learn. You can learn more about my opinion on PA headshots via this link: [link]. The world is your oyster.

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How to Talk to Your Boss About Race: A New Book Explores Language Used in the Workplace and How We Can Improve

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Appropriately, the phrase “Stay woke” reappeared in 2014 as Black death started to fill our Twitter timelines and Black citizens took to the streets in Ferguson, Missouri. I also know I learned I was Black in first grade. And that was the day I learned what Blackness meant. That much I know. I tried not to cry.

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Networking best practices for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

We don’t have many career advancing opportunities and networking can help us learn from each other. During our Assist Conference , which takes place in February 2015, one of our sessions will be solely dedicated to networking and learning best practices from some of the UK’s foremost movers and shakers!

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A day in the life: Matthew Want, PA, Marcham Publishing

Practically Perfect PA

Organising the schedule, liaising with trainers and regularly hosting the free online training Executive Secretary offers via twitter weekly. Back in 2014 Lucy received an email asking her if she would like to speak at Buckingham Palace. Including using interacting with customers, and suppliers. What has been your career highlight?

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