Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 7, 2011

Store Business Cards - Instead of collecting a pile of business cards that you’ll lose, photograph or scan them send the images to Evernote. Evernote recognizes text on the card, so you can search for names such as “Staples” or “Henry” when that’s all you can remember about the person.

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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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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 18, 2010

It’s like attaching a business card to every e-mail you send. For Example: “Follow up to our conference call” or “Needing Information on Computer Disposal Policy” Avoid blank subject lines or overly general subjects.They are more likely to be ignored or overlooked when the recipient’s in-box has 100 new messages.

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. Concentrate on your business, not your office. What is Small Business Infrastructure? Build your own network! You ask a question, I answer!

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Success

JULY 27, 2022

Once you have to go too many layers into a software tool, it’s a time and focus killer. 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.”.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 21, 2007

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. It kept providing me topics that werent relevant to the particular answer I was looking for. I then checked Excels help file and there it was.

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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

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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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.  BatchBlue was created with one goal in mind: to create useful, user-friendly software for small businesses. Productive Networking: 23 Ideas to Organize Business Cards for Effective Followup.

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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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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 1, 2010

’ Branding used to be just associated with a company logo or a business card, but that was 20 years ago. Branding is how businesses live and breathe. As an example, Wal-Mart caters to low prices, Microsoft is known for technology, and Mercedes-Benz is known for luxury.

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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.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. Concentrate on your business, not your office. You ask a question, I answer! Build a brand.

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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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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

A Real Life Example Let’s see now a real life example. Business Cards Are Nice Too Now, what do you do if you have some human powered work force, some OCR software to do the dirty job for you and a lot of audience (Shoeboxed is pretty popular, you know)? That’s all. You expand.

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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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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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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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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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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 get home at night and regularly find 40 new messages in my Inbox that I have to sift through.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

For example, my niche interests are humor, tech, writing (clearly!) & I’ve found ways to incorporate software and technology into my fitness business. Like carrying a business card. Example: I have a social work degree. Know what my upcoming business venture is going to be? & marketing.

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Service Untitled

JULY 15, 2010

He begins his book asking the retailer to identify what type of business owner he might be, and breaks down the four personalities to: - Driver : Extroverted, egotistical, project driven, and makes decisions based on results. An example of this “Thinker&# would be Donald Trump, and the “ You’re fired &# line.

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