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Overworked? Unload Your Workload to a Freelancer!

Professional Assistant Blog

I work for a magazine and we hire freelancers for all sorts of reasons. Think of it this way: You can only do so much and getting a helping hand will get those extra tasks completed when the need to be completed – on time and right the first time. You only have to hire a freelancer for the jobs that need urgent attention.

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

Professional Assistant Blog

With the increasing use of e-mail as the first choice for business correspondence it opens a whole new world of dos and donts for the assistant. Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting.

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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. Octopus etiquette, indeed. Reply NessWorld Magazine ( @nessworld ) January 13, 2010 at 6:52 am I love this post! Now there’s a niche! So yesyesyes.

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