Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 30, 2008

The spreadsheet might contain other types of data, but is similar to this example? checked (in this example). Imagine your boss comes to your desk and asks you to provide him/her with details of how much each firm earned in revenue on this spreadsheet. You think to yourself, how can I do this quickly, without much manual work?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 27, 2011

Now, take a look at your business card, brochures or other social media profiles.    The other day I was in a meeting and saw a card that had the back covered with 2 different QR codes and the front had a few different urls. .    Some would say that having a Google profile is all that you need. 

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 21, 2007

I tried searching around for an answer on Google, but no luck. Here is how to calculate the difference between two numbers as a percentage: For example, your earnings are $2,342 in November and $2,500 in December. One of my colleagues had this dilemma a few days ago. I then checked Excels help file and there it was.

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Tips From T. Marie

OCTOBER 14, 2010

That used to mean attending local networking events week after week, robotically spouting your elevator speech and handing out business cards that likely never got out of the pocket they were tucked into. For example, look at the Twitter tweets below. Post on Google Buzz. 60,000 a year to Tweet? Share this on del.icio.us.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 24, 2008

For example, I receive an e-mail from my direct supervisor. No, you are not making your screen more lively - well, if thats what you are intending to do, then go ahead. When e-mails come in and you have set up your colors, you will notice that you have prioritized them by color. Then I have my faxes set up as green.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 9, 2008

For example, if I have Microsoft Excel XP and would like to send a file to a client that only has Microsoft Excel 97 (which was a horrible disaster for Microsoft, since there were quite a few bugs in this version), you could save the file as a Microsoft Excel 97 version. I remember in the past that you can always downgrade files.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2008

F or example, if you want to make a million dollars before you die, write out exactly what you want and how you will achieve this. Another thing that helps people to get motivated is by writing some sort of mantra on a piece of paper or printing it out. This way, when you sit down, you can read it each and every day.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2008

For example, you want to spend one hour on a particular project. But of course, you don’t want to disturb others around you with the bell going off or some even have chickens clucking as the alarm. To avoid this, try using an online timer instead. Virtual Stopwatch gives you the option to set a predetermined amount of time.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 29, 2008

For example, I will try to work on task A for 1 hour. Narrow them down to the amount that you can manage (usually 3 - 5), but some people can do more or less. Move all of the other tasks to the next day or time that you can tackle them. Next, add a time frame to each task. Then I will work on Task B for 30 minutes and so on and so forth.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

For example, if I need to send out a newsletter to all clients, I would call it "Newsletter" At this point, you would just start up a new e-mail, click on the "To:" button and select "Newsletter" from your address book. Add New, of course, would be used to add a brand new contact.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Heres an example of what happened with me. The downfall of outsourcing is that youre not sure if the quality of the work will be presented, since you are relying one someone or a company to do the work for you and might not be to your standards. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 4, 2008

For example: Advertising inquiries, please contact John Doe at john.doe@company.com Billing inquiries, please contact Jane Smith at jane.smith@company.com And so on and so forth. I appreciate your example. And lastly, don’t forget to turn it on. Thanks, Richard Posted on 23 September, 2008 10:40 AM Delilah Thanks for the tip.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2008

Note: Make sure to add the time in the meeting schedule (for example: Meeting with client, 1:00 pm Calgary time), so the manager knows that this is the correct time to meet with this client. Now you can see by the picture below that the new time zone has been added. You can now add in the meeting details for this time zone.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JULY 1, 2011

  For example, say you met someone at a networking meeting a year ago and had a conversation with that person.  Of course, we rely on our own tool, Batchbook, but we also look to tools such as Google Chat , Google Docs , TripIt or Skype for helping us staying organized. -    Delegate, delegate, delegate.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2008

I usually follow up ever 3 business days on outstanding items. Explain to him that youre in a situation where you feel unproductive and give some examples. Another thing that I can suggest is to have a meeting with your boss. M ention him that you are here to help in any way you can. Remind him that this is why he hired you.

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Success

JULY 27, 2022

Respondents included members of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization, a global network that also operates the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards program for college students who own and run businesses while attending a college or university (awarded in November). Some common favorites include Google apps, Grasshopper, Skype and Dropbox.

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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. This can be a rewarding career change for those suited to this type of work.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The easy way to answer this question is to have you Google interview questions online. Here are two examples. -Is May I have your business card before I go? Please also feel free to ask more questions and suggest topics. If you are on Twitter, I would love to follow you there as well! You can find a trove of them.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 18, 2008

Ask for business cards and have a stack of business cards for yourself at hand as well. If you meet someone at an Administrative Assistant conference, for example, make sure to follow up with that contact within a week or two after the event. Give, receive and record contact information. Keep in touch.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 22, 2008

Here is an example of some sub-folders and rules that I have set up that would work for a work e-mail or home account: I now send my subscribed feeds to a sub-folder that I can look at when I have the time. I have set up a folder for Google Alerts to keep me updated on what is new in my profession.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Have a consistent logo across your business card and company stationery. Take testimonials from all your early customers to start building credibility for your business. It’s relatively inexpensive and can be very effective is used the correct way (and there are many examples of companies misusing social media!).

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Google for all the agencies in town, look on Yelp, or look on LinkedIn. She gave me her business card. I always have tons of stamps, thank you cards, blank cards, and stationary on hand along with pre-printed address labels. For example, I got promoted after being at a company fairly quickly.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

For example, if all you need is a place to store contact information and keep your calendar, that is much different than a system that can prompt you for different types of follow up, keep templates, etc. For example, techno-phobes shouldn't force themselves to use a computerized calendar if they are more comfortable with a paper planner.

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The Marq

JUNE 1, 2010

Examples of this include: Hands in pocket Playing with a pen Repeatedly touching your face or any other body part (don’t get any ideas!) Follow Up If you’ve collected names and business cards, be sure to follow up within the next 24 to 48 hours when you and your presentation are still fresh in everyone’s mind. What Do You Think?

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Men With Pens

APRIL 13, 2010

I get snail mail from credit card companies who could not possibly have my new mailing address unless they scammed it off some list. These are all examples of someone choosing not to ask permission to get me interested in their stuff. I have a crazy-busy RSS feed. They could have asked. Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Tell them about your freelance business and go into detail about what you do. Show them you’re serious by giving them examples of your work. Update your Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+ profiles – keep going until you’ve updated every account you have. Tell them what type of work you’re looking for.

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

Build an identity for your business online by using ready-made stylish templates. Invest in a colour printer to make business cards, stationery and letterheads look more professional. For Example – Ads in women’s magazines discuss the weight-loss and calorie burn from cross-country skiing.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

For most of us, a Web site is as essential as a business card or that first cup of Java in the morning. Rather than feel uncomfortable, as in your example, in responding “(uh, well, oh.) Having a website is just a part of being in business, just like company letterhead and professionally printed business cards.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

For example, my niche interests are humor, tech, writing (clearly!) & Like carrying a business card. For example, we have menwithpens.ca, but we also have capturingfantasy.com They’re “related&# , in that it’s about writing, but one is about business and one is about creative fiction.

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Brilliantly Better

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

People Are Approaching You in Real Life Situations For example, you may be approached by people who start up conversations with you using sentences like: I don’t know you but I read your blog. The smallest building block of this circle is your business card (if we’re talking about business relationships).

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

For example, if you have a video, you can use the whole video or clips, you now also have access to just audio, you can transcribe what you have and that can be used for articles, blog posts, social media content and posts, and as a manual to go along with your course. I have included some examples below. 2X Your Video Content.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Take this blog, for example. You have a site that, three times a week, as regular as clockwork, gives readers a 700-word value-packed blog post full of insight and knowledge that’s fully tailored to benefit and improve people’s ability to earn more income and have a successful business. It’s free. What do you have?

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