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Spring Clean Your Business

Step It Up VA Coaching

In the future, try to deal with mail or faxes as they come in – either respond, toss or file – and make it a goal to touch each piece of paper only ONCE. Make sure you have electronic files on your computer and your e-mail that match your physical files – one for each client, or business function (i.e.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

They each took the initiative to get appropriate training and education to better equip them in the areas they were interested in. They each had forward-thinking employers who allowed them to have vision and encouraged them to work towards their goal and made room for that new role within their organization.

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

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Start off by getting a mailbox at a local UPS, get set up with a toll-free phone number through Grasshopper.com, register a professional domain name at NameCheap.com, and get business cards and marketing material from Vistaprint or PrintingForLess.com.”. Keep it simple, says Kent Healy of Healo Capital.

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