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10 Favors You Can Do for Yourself Every Day

Success

I admit it, I’m pretty addicted to my phone. I am trying to lessen my phone dependence for Lent. In my article on ideas for shaking up 2013, I mentioned the dependence we have on habit. Don’t sleep with your phone. Make sure you get the mental break you need to clear your head and not be in constant contact.

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Discover the One Key Thing that is Killing Your Business Networking #business #productivity

Stephanie LH Calahan

That means a personal email or phone call, not adding them to your mailing list. After, I book a half-day after an event to do any or all of the following: - Follow up with a phone call if I've had a particularly compelling connection.   Related articles. "Business People love "win-win" scenarios.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

Far fewer employees have laptops (39 percent), mobile phones (40 percent) or tablet computers (13 percent) available to them at work. This is particularly important for employees in open plan offices, to allow them to balance constant contact with colleagues with moments of privacy and disconnection.

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Reaping the Soft Benefits of Email Marketing

Small Business CEO

In my previous article, Making Money: The Economics of Email , I discussed the customer acquisition cycle and how email marketing fits nicely into that effort, acting as the grease to speed the process along. Email has direct financial benefits, but there are also a number of other benefits that are difficult to track.

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Productive Networking: 22 Ideas to Organize Business Cards for Effective Followup

Stephanie LH Calahan

Add them to your contact management system. In addition to the name, phone numbers, company, and e-mail, include where and when you met the person, who introduced you, and why you might want to contact him/her in the future. If your system enables you to categorize or label contacts, do so! contact manager.