Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

So promoting your personal brand is imperative. That doesn’t mean you have to do ‘jazz hands’ every time you say something, or hire a troupe of cheerleaders to follow you about. They see what’s written on your business card. Blowing your own trumpet should be much less obvious than that.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Thankfully, your home doesn''t have to be your only sanctuary. With these five easy steps, you can transform your workspace into a professional oasis that fuels productivity and promotes relaxation. The purpose here isn''t to organize but to rid your workspace of items and belongings that you no longer use.

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Eco-Office Gals

JUNE 24, 2013

More businesses are jumping on the green bandwagon, and you can increase the eco-friendliness of your office and promote that lifestyle to customers too. From flyers and business cards, to posters and notebooks, making recycled paper a part of what you do can save money for your business and help the environment.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 10, 2017

It is imperative to be proactive about self-promotion in order to showcase your skills, achievements and personal brand. Getting buy-in IS ACHIEVABLE and I managed to successfully get the following approved: Business Cards. Business Cards: I was the first PA within my last company of 30+ Assistants to request Business Cards.

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Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Follow me on t witte r. You probably heard about “cartoons drawn on the back of business cards&#. But circumstances made him realize he had this crazy calling to dominate the world by drawing cartoons on the back of business cards – an art he has been devotedly practicing everyday. Hugh MacLeod.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 23, 2013

This is what I did: I used social media to promote the event and my attendance at it. I also wanted to make sure I attend a good mixture of talks and training sessions and I also wanted to speak at the very least half of the exhibitors and exchange business cards. I tweeted about the show, the speakers and the content.

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Office Organization Success

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Very often solopreneurs owners know they have a need to partner with a Virtual Assistant (VA), but are not really sure how a virtual assistant can help them grow their business – they don’t fully understand what services the VA provides. Need to send seasonal cards to your clients? 3 Sending out your promotions.

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Small Business CEO

MARCH 2, 2010

Small business owners are flooded with more priorities than they can handle, ranging from raising capital to streamlining processes to everything in between. Whether a function of not enough time in the day and/or limited know-how, marketing, advertising, and promotional tasks are quick to slip through the cracks.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

As entrepreneurs/business owners, we take great care in setting rates, creating packages and tracking the hours we and our teams put in; but are our rates really paying for our expenses? Any money you spend to run or grow your business must be paid for somehow, and not necessarily out of your own salary. Gas isn’t cheap!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Isn't that what you hear all of the time? Maybe you have not even started down that social media road because you don't see how being on those sites can help you grow your business. I connect with those I wouldn't cross paths with offline, in a format that is quick, effective, unobtrusive and fun.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2007

Here are 5 ways to score brownie points with your boss and get that promotion or raise (or both) a little faster: The one thing that I’ve learned over the course of my career is to try getting to know your boss. This doesn’t mean that you have to go out for beers or go to a movie. Don’t break your promises.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 26, 2008

Youre there to get paid and get that promotion or raise, so make yourself and your manager proud. Until next time, T ake care - of your clutter! Do you get sucked into the gossip of others? Im sure that this has happened to all of us at one point or another. Gossip has never been a positive matter. Send me your comments!

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 16, 2008

Are you trying to get that raise or promotion that you so well deserve? Until next time, T ake care - of your clutter! One of my readers asked me this: I am an Executive Assistant to the CEO/President. She is the largest share holder of the company, obviously. She can be very trying at times, just a very difficult person.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Dear T, Thank you for being an avid reader and for submitting a question! :) I hope my blogs have been helpful to you! Is this a position that I can receive more responsibilities after a year or two or get promoted within the department? May I have your business card before I go? What is your hiring timeline?

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Business Cards Are Nice Too Now, what do you do if you have some human powered work force, some OCR software to do the dirty job for you and a lot of audience (Shoeboxed is pretty popular, you know)? So, the next logical step was to give you a complimentary service, in the form of a business card transcribing service.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 6, 2008

She has been here a little over 1 1/2 years and has recently been promoted to an Administrative Assistant. Until next time, T ake care - of your clutter! This is a typical work day for her: She comes in late EVERYDAY (not just a few minutes, but 15-25 minutes with an excuse for WHY shes late - traffic - and she lives 10 minutes away).

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Some examples would be managing a company website, creating, editing and writing a company newsletter or creating promotional materials, invitations and brochures for marketing events. Until next time, T ake care - of your clutter! Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2008

Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? 6 Comments » | Trackback | Share This 6 Responses to “ How much money do you really need to start your micro business?

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Success

DECEMBER 26, 2022

I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn’t make up my mind which of the figs I would choose.”. No cold calling, no website or marketing, no business cards or networking events. Some of his advice will make readers uneasy, but that makes it no less true. Decisiveness.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? Bootstrappers don’t waste their money – they make money. You want a little more. You want the whole tree." 1 week ago More updates.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 14, 2010

No, really, I don’t. And isn’t that part of why you read this in the first place? Write down anything, and I mean *anything*, that would potentially be a new blog post, book idea, promotion, whatever. Even if you can’t flesh it out right away, you have all these bits and pieces of information stored somewhere.

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Tips From T. Marie

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Is business blogging dead? No, the business blog is not dead. I’ll repeat, the business blog is not dead.” . In fact, just today I was hanging out over at HubSpot reading their December 2017 post , Does Business Blogging Still Get Results in 2017? Business blogging takes time. Don’t blog for yourself.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 25, 2010

Doesn’t have an office and most of the time doesn’t have business cards either (the new dial tone being twitter , of course). I don’t have a specific room, I sit down at whatever office may be free. For a digital nomad the world is the office. Or so I thought. I drink a tea and sometimes I pick a sandwich.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

It’d be nice to have a website, but I don’t really need one. I have my offline business and that does well. I’m not here to push people into doing something they don’t want to do or don’t need to do. That wasn’t the case here. He hasn’t signed it yet, mind you.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

It’s like dating – don’t make a move for a home run when we haven’t even gotten to first base yet. “I don’t GET why you want to guest post – my readers aren’t even your target market. You’re into athletics; we’re into business and writing. What a twit.

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Brilliantly Better

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

The smallest building block of this circle is your business card (if we’re talking about business relationships). I gave up business cards a while ago. I don’t consider myself as someone who does business anymore (although my business side still pops up every now and then, as you already know).

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? Build an identity for your business online by using ready-made stylish templates. You want a little more. You want the whole tree."

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

We work tirelessly to put up good content that people can use to improve their income, and we don’t get paid a penny for it. These aren’t your average 15-minute fire-offs, folks, no matter how fast Taylor and I can type. We can’t. Written by James - 106 Comments “I’ve been blogging for five years.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Don't Write Your Book. I turn my words into visuals and interactive exercises so that I can touch even those who aren't "word people" For workshop attendees and those who love follow-up e-books of related topics from previous blogs with some fresh bits make a great freebie. None are guaranteed. Let the articles begin.

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