Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets A nice Christmas gift to her boss who is a dad of five children.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

DECEMBER 8, 2011

The week between Christmas and New Year’s is generally accepted as “down time” But, your business doesn’t have to lose momentum because folks are sipping eggnog and opening gifts. Put the word out in your ezine, blog, and social media, before you head out for the holidays. Have an end-of-season sale.

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Service Untitled

JULY 7, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. If the customer is a high value consumer, a customer care professional may send out a Home Depot gift card. The website is also easy to navigate, user friendly, and provides information pertinent to all card members.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 28, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Gift cards. Your volunteers might appreciate gift cards either for your services or for other services/products (i. a nice gift card to a national restaurant chain). Write them thank you letters. What do you do to reward your volunteers?

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 28, 2010

And yet the product he is selling is geared towards those wanting to provide a retrospective of someone’s life- perhaps a gift you give toward the end of someone’s life. This isn’t a sales blog but certainly that sales conversation is all about make or break moments. A sensitive product. That really works for you?

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Step It Up VA Coaching

DECEMBER 23, 2010

But, your business doesn’t have to lose momentum because folks are sipping eggnog and opening gifts. Put the word out in your ezine, blog, and social media, before you head out for the holidays. You may not have time to create a new information product before the holidays, but you can bring back a favorite for a couple of weeks.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. The encoding stage refers to the process of putting information into memory. The storage stage refers to retention or maintaining information in memory. The retrieval stage refers to recovering information from memory. Thanks for visiting! Stay organized.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk 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? One I would add would be to blog as we. You want a little more. Do you think.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

You can make the reservation directly through this site and the information gets forwarded over to the restaurant itself. So next time you want to make a reservation via phone, hang it up and try OpenTable.com instead! Then you receive an e-mail with the confirmation of all of this. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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Success

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Depending upon your business style and structure, follow-ups may involve a personal visit, phone call, email, text or an online survey. Offer sales, discounts and gifts as surprise perks. Surprise gifting for clients and employees can work wonders, too. But when gifting, you want to do more than remind your client that you care.

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On The Job

JANUARY 26, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, January 26, 2010 3 Ways to Give the Best of Yourself Mute. To catch a deep breath when there are ringing phones and buzzing pagers and deadlines and endless workloads?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 18, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. For most organizations, e-mail has become the preferred means of communication, both formal and informal. Use informative subject lines – Be specific, treat subject lines like headlines. Thanks for visiting! Comments No comments yet.

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 20, 2010

The book is divided into ten categories: Greeting Customer-Focused Involve Associates Involve Customers Make it Easy Make it Right Offer Value Phone Conversations Say Thanks Be Visible Each section offers quick and easy-to-implement suggestions for ways to put customers first in your business.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Thank you so much and I intend to come back to your blog often.

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Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

It’s understandable that with so many ways to pay (mail, online, over the phone, and in person), keeping track of money is a chore few of us stay on top of. Mint also has a phone application, allowing you to view your finances no matter where you are. Although SmartyPig is free to use, there is a processor fee for gift cards.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 19, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. When someone fails to provide all the information she needs to do her job, she explains: “I understand that you need this report by tomorrow. One colleague always submitted incomplete information for a monthly report. Don’t answer the phone or e-mail.

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The Office Professionals Place

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Follow-up does not mean frequent phone calls, emails, meetings, or standing over someone’s shoulder. Lets grow together!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

When you find information that you know a contact would be interested in, pass it along. Forward interesting and pertinent links, blog posts etc. I post, blog and share current business ideas, projects, clients and ventures. When you chat, they can't hear your voice, when you are on the phone, they can't see you, etc.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

"I recently stumbled across your blog and have thoroughly enjoyed reading your posts! Dear KC, So glad you like my blog and hope I can be of help! Whoever controls the flow of information, controls what happens. Get your boss' personal information now. Names, contact information, relevant data.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 28, 2011

  She and I were on the phone catching up and she asked me if I would do a Twitterview with her.      I work w/ intelligent, highly motivated, busy entrepreneurs, executives, producers & other pros… You learn how to do more w/ your time, space, information & thoughts - you get focused & get things done.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Money/gifts contributions etiquette. When it comes to donating money to causes, gifts, or anything else where a lot of people are also pitching in, don’t be shy to ask how much everyone else is contributing. Answer the phone so the caller only needs to say yes or no. Instead of this conversation happening: Me: ’s office.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets or Gifts or Ideas for Administrative Professionals Week.

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Productivityist

APRIL 8, 2014

I wanted to look into more direct options for the purposes of this experiment, and was hoping to have pricing information listed up front. I appreciate that some information offered on my end would be helpful to gauge what my needs would be in a VA, but I decided to go with a direct option this time around. Information'

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

First, what you have been up to recently that is exciting, fun or new, why and what sort of job you are looking for, and your contact information and an online link to your resume or a social media profile (more on this later). You can hang out with your friend and informally conduct an informational interview. That’s great too.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 6, 2013

This might seem like a no-brainer, but if your job requires you to be online constantly, the lure of cat videos, checking Facebook or reading the recent posts on your favorite blog are all a drain on your time. Related Stories The Rise of The Smart Magazine The 2013 Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide How to Avoid the Bad Meeting Trap.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

The worst is when no feedback can be given or when it can be given the information is so very unhelpful and out of your control, the only saving grace is that you did try your best. If they are not there, do not leave a voicemail, email them saying you tried them and then call them again and speak to them on the phone.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

  JaniceSimon   What clutters up Twitter -- convos between people who should either DM, email or talk on phone & those who repeat post several x's per day. Sherri Hoesel Papich All the games and nonsense "gifts" everyone sends to each other. Not valued.unfollowed. It's voluntary. To your success!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 10, 2012

It occurred to me that even the most basic information isn't common knowledge sometimes. It was for catered food at a place that did not take payments over the phone with a credit card. Have money for group gifts. Thank you cards, buying people coffee when you network or need advice, thank you gifts, and postage all add up.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, December 28, 2009 10 gifts to give your career As the gift-giving season draws to a close, it’s time to remember that you still have one more gift left to bestow: The gift of a better career.

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Virtual Moxie

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

He said he remembered that I had a “great fun personality” from our phone interview and wanted to know if I was interested in helping him with the project. I was very flattered by his email because even though I wasn’t the right VA for him on the tech front, I am glad he saw the other gifts and talents that I possess.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 19, 2013

State new and old information Whenever you are updating information - a meeting, notes, etc, it’s best to state the new information and put the the old information in parenthesis. IT as information technology vs it (a thing or item) or HR as human resources or an hour. . - I know you’re working on the __ deadline.

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5 Ways to Avoid Freaking Out About Networking Hear that? Instead, it’s time to get on the phone or go out to lunch. That growling noise?

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On The Job

JANUARY 12, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6 tips for handling a pregnancy and a career When I was pregnant with my first child, I was determined to be professional and discreet about the issue at work.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 14, 2012

Recently, we conducted an informal poll of the 1000 participants that signed up for Fire Up Your Biz - Enrich Your Life and found that over half of our respondents had questions around procrastination, lack of motivation and generally just not getting things done! I've written hundreds of blog posts and a couple of books this way!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 22, 2013

The second one now puts you in the role of the company ambassador organizing an informal event as if it were company approved/sponsored. Regardless, get a letter in writing on letterhead and their contact info for phone references from whomever. 2) What exactly did they say when you were let go? You can just write “Thx!”

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. I’m reposting with some update information. Round them all up and transfer their information to something a little more permanent, efficient, and user-friendly. What’s in My Blogging Toolkit? Thanks for visiting!

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Dragos Roua – Brilliantly Better The Personal Development Blog Home About me Top posts Archives Downloads Audio Recommended Products Contact Are You Copy Pasting Your Life? You copy paste your address, your personal identification number, your phone number or your social media nicknames. ius´s last blog.

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