Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

E-mail is no longer just for personal use, with all our accepted short forms: LOL, U, GB and a co-workers favourite, OMG! 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. Writing all in caps is a form of e-mail shouting. Who are you?

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 14, 2008

These are endless, since many people have usernames and passwords for so many different sites, it really is impossible to keep track of all of this information. Fill long registration and checkout forms with one click. Then you have the dreaded website passwords. Try taking off the CAPS lock.

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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. However, one of the best ways to approach forming questions is to ask yourself, "Is this the best fit for me?" May I have your business card before I go? Please also feel free to ask more questions and suggest topics.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

First, what you have been up to recently that is exciting, fun or new, why and what sort of job you are looking for, and your contact information and an online link to your resume or a social media profile (more on this later). Those who are too busy will probably just read it and delete. And then share 3 things about yourself.

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On The Job

MAY 7, 2009

Use formal forms of address. Of course, I have taken it a step further and Googled the people I know who are going to be interviewing me. go to vista print and order free business cards that are simple in design with your current name, email and cell phone number. When meeting someone for the first time, always say "Ms."

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Men With Pens

APRIL 13, 2010

It’s like saying, “Hey, so, sorry we stole your information without your knowledge from Facebook, but we’ll make it up to you by offering you 0% APR on a credit card! I trusted those companies with my information, with the understanding that they would use it responsibly. That’s asking for forgiveness. It’s easier, yes.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Web forms (like Gravity Forms) are great for this. Update your Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+ profiles – keep going until you’ve updated every account you have. Use Foursquare and find out the businesses listed in your neighbourhood. Your Portfolio. Start with your immediate neighbourhood.

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Brilliantly Better

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Your circle of friends or business partnerships are usually formed by direct interactions. 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. Stacy Stacy´s last blog.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

I also can use the recording to make a cd and give to potential clients or current clients instead of a business card or brochure. In addition to sharing and posting on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, I like to adapt for other media, as well as information products (eBooks and special reports). Why would you want to use audio?

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

It was free because it was idle; it wasn’t supposed to be the sort of business expertise that many companies would shell out good money for in the form of a consultant. But business blogs started to grow and then became essential, and all the while no one stopped to think, “Wait a minute. Dave Doolin´s last blog.

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