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5 Steps to Creating Your Digital Portfolio

All Things Admin

Portfolios are useful in interviews, at review time, and whenever you want to make a case for a promotion or raise. Once you’re confident that everything is in order, then you can include the website address on your resume, business cards, social media profiles (especially LinkedIn), and professional association profiles.

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Getting buy in from the boss

Practically Perfect PA

It is imperative to be proactive about self-promotion in order to showcase your skills, achievements and personal brand. Have the confidence to take the lead, be proactive and have a conversation with your boss. Business Cards: I was the first PA within my last company of 30+ Assistants to request Business Cards.

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25 Self-Help Books You (Probably) Haven’t Read

Success

This means that to be an effective leader of ourselves and others we must jettison negativity and judgment and instead choose words that create confidence, love and inspiration. No cold calling, no website or marketing, no business cards or networking events. has incredible power to create the reality around you. Enthusiasm.

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How I Learned to Love Selling (and How You Can Too)

Success

Sadly, this is the conventional wisdom on networking: talk about yourself with as many people as you can for just long enough to hand out your business card in the hopes that some of these seeds will sprout, even without watering. then promote yourself with free talks, appear on podcasts, or try email marketing.

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Why You Need to Have More than Your Clients | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

A website like that conveys confidence, pride and prowess. For most of us, a Web site is as essential as a business card or that first cup of Java in the morning. Having a website is just a part of being in business, just like company letterhead and professionally printed business cards.

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5 Unusual Ways To Measure Your Online Reputation

Brilliantly Better

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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Why You Shouldn't Stick to Your Niche

Men With Pens

Like carrying a business card. Branching out is a great gig—I make friends, I expand my thinking, I have a laugh, and it even has positive business results. As a virtual assistant, I tend to market and promote my services to my niche customer. The customer base that basically I feel safe and confident in.

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