Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 22 February, 2009 Protocol for addressing Canadian and foreign dignitaries A reader asked if I would post on the proper protocol to address Canadian dignitaries such as the Prime Minister or other Ministers in the government. Lets enjoy our day together.© This is a must-have resource. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 1 January, 2009 Happy New Year! I only use this if I have a form or something that I always want the current date on it. Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 December, 2009 On the job tips for new Admins. i.e. My boss will send an email with a cc to me and on the last line or buried in the message he will write something like “I have copied Patricia to set up a teleconference at a mutually convenient time.&# Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 17 September, 2010 Whats all the fuss about reading contracts? Food, food and more food If your event requires food the venue will send you a banqet event form and you will need to estimate the amount of food you need. Lets enjoy our day together.© 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 15 March, 2009 When you need it later: The Bring-Forward System My boss likes me to keep him organized and the way I do that is to have a system to bring forward items, which I then bring to his attention when he needs to see it. Lets enjoy our day together.© 411 Look Up 411.ca

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The Marq

JUNE 7, 2010

If you’re interested in getting a copy, please follow the posted guidelines here. Having seen him speak recently, as well as viewed some of his video blogs, I see how true to form this is. You can also add comments here in order to win a free copy of Tony Hsieh’s book, per posted guidelines here. TheMarq.com.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 1 November, 2008 Its Lonely in the Corner Office. Where I used to work we had a Mailroom and I would plunk what I needed in a tray with a form to tell them how I wanted it to turn out and return to get it when it was finished. Lets enjoy our day together.© I liked that. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 April, 2009 New Hire Overload I remember starting a new job at a law firm and on my first day I was handed a 3-inch white binder and told to read it. Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! 411 Look Up 411.ca

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blogs.sitepoint.com

OCTOBER 29, 2010

What forms of payment do you accept? How to Set Policies You probably have your guidelines for most of these areas in your head already, or at least an idea of how you want these items to be structured. Will you have an extra fee for last-minute work? Payment Policies – What is your invoicing schedule? Dont miss a thing.

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The Small Business Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2008

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. So here is my idea, what about if you and some of your colleagues set up small home businesses and formed a little Co-operative and started providing services, like maintenance or upgrades or products to these former clients of your employer? God bless you!

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MARCH 11, 2011

Decide on your guidelines and stick to them so you have part of your procedures for life balance. By creating an intake sheet in checklist form, you can remember to ask all the essential questions, detail and clarify policies, and make notes on the prospect's comments (whether they are red flags or merely useful tidbits).

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Men With Pens

APRIL 27, 2010

His emails are usually brief, casual, and mention something like, “Have a nice weekend,” or “Hope everything’s good with you.” So it was weird to get an email that was so stilted and formal that it sounded like it was written by the Queen of England’s chamberlain to someone she was too polite to outright call a waste of space.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 13, 2010

I’ve happily signed up for all kinds of email lists. Just this: If you are trying to give yourself a shortcut by not asking for your clients’ permission before you sign them up for your sales list, newsletter, or any other form of unsolicited information, you’re shooting yourself in the foot. They could have asked.

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Men With Pens

MAY 11, 2010

You’ve been clamoring and begging for more MwP goodness in the form of books, resources, and courses, and we aim to please. anyone wants to be an affiliate and help promote, drop me an email via my site – shameless self-promotion happening here. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 29, 2010

No emails from the site editor. Firing off a biting email demanding answers and an apology probably won’t win you repeat business. Write the email and then trash it. Get a Firm Commitment By this point, that nasty email is starting to feel like a missed opportunity. And then nothing happens. But God knows you want to.

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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

You have many options: landline, cellular phone, texting, fax line (yeah, many people still fax), email, website contact form, Twitter direct message, LinkedIn message, Skype, and lots more. Yes, you have to manage your time and you can’t email all day, but don’t get so efficient that you become unreachable and aloof.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Email: Some of the people that I’ve followed for a long time have also becoming regular contributors to my email inbox. Agree To Disagree These digital channels lack most forms of emotional communication, as well as body language. Outstanding set of guidelines my friend. Go for common interests not for numbers.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

. • A huge section purely devoted to running your writing business , from getting the processes in place to help you make the best use of your time to finding an accountant who will help you make sense of your new tax forms. • Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Oh my lord, this is IT!&#

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Men With Pens

MAY 26, 2010

You’d lose a crucial part of your life (and your income, if your writing forms all or part of your paid work). I love that I get emails and comments telling me that a blog post came at just the right time. Writing is a form of communication, and there’s a person on the receiving end. I love the magic of words.

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Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

Failure to pay as agreed is a particularly bad form of feedback, but I’ve often seen clients use it that way. Three Steps to Being a Successful Entrepreneur Reply Sarah Charmley ( @SassieC43 ) July 9, 2010 at 5:39 pm I have had success finding jobs by cold-emailing local web design companies. The Other James´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 23, 2010

It’s just in blog form. Fiction writing has begun courting me again and while I am playing hard to get, remembering that the writing itself is a form of play is encouraging. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. I’m at the midway point of a rewrite of about 80k words of fiction.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Many people take advantage of that openness on another level, which is to say we’ve all had trouble with copyright law and keeping our work our own. How do you deal with copyright infringements and people stealing your work? was that Kevin seems to believe in what he does as a form of expression. It’s funny. Pay per view.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 18, 2010

It’s also something that newer blogs are more likely to have than older ones, simply because they were forming their blog at about the same time this trend came out. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Newer bloggers saw this tool and decided to throw it in there. Reply Go ahead. Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 17, 2010

I have thrown most of my ideas out there in either book or blog form, hoping that I can profit from the implementation of those ideas. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. I’d wager that most people properly attribute ideas via URLs and references. Some don’t, unfortunately.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Right now there’s a sameness to all the elements (something lawyer sites are notoriously known for) that led Kelly to completely miss both the telephone number at the top of the page and the contact form on the side on her first sweep. contact form might reassure your potential clients and let them know they won’t have long to wait.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 12, 2010

I actually find it quite therapeutic and sometimes, a form of meditation. And I find that there’s something about the act of forming each letter and word myself that gets my creative juices flowing for the next task. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Reply Go ahead.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

This is an excellent guideline on motivation. And in case of children under 7-8, TV causes damage to some parts of the brain that don’t properly form. Despre dezacordul constructiv Reply 9 Vlad Dolezal October 1, 2010 at 1:45 pm You already form movies in your mind, even if you don’t realize it.

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Men With Pens

JULY 25, 2010

To have any sort of vision of the future, people must form an opinion of where we currently stand, and where we are headed. Then you must own an idea, brand it, publish it in book form, and hold sway in front of many audiences. There's nothing quite like waking up to the smell of money in my email in the morning.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2010

While gender bias is a lovely topic I’m happy to discuss via email, it would certainly be a better idea to focus on Amy’s post and HER ideas, don’t you think? So if you’d like to pursue the subject, give me a shout via the contact form. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2010

And if that mindset forms a pervasive part of the “creative stereotype&# – perhaps there’s a reason. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. But people who prefer soluitude – even NEED solitude, abound. Good for you guys. Terry Reply Go ahead. Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

MARCH 14, 2010

We usually call this form of advice and guidance Business Coaching (which is a separate discipline from Executive Coaching) … and this involves the provision of advice, guidance and consultancy to achieve specific, agreed-upon business goals and objectives. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 6, 2010

Maybe it’s a form of burnout? When we write in almost a free form and just let it flow, I find that some of our best work is produced. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Sharon Hurley Hall´s last blog. Part of what you are talking about here I think is attachment to an outcome.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

I suppose the issue is not how to charge for content, but how to attract readers that are willing to become customers in some form or fashion. Wordsmithing is an art form. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Nathan Hangen´s last blog. What if Atlas Shrugged? I would pay for that!

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 15, 2009

I wanted to enter a female name in the form field to make this post. Get RSS right here Get email updates here Recent Posts What to Do When You Feel Like You Can’t Catch Up How to Take the Next Step in Your Freelance Career What To Do When Clients Haggle Which Type of Entrepreneur Are You? Dot´s last blog. Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

This isn’t just because specialization increases your chances of making a living from your writing – it’s also because it’s easier to improve when you focus on mastering one form. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. I spent over a year writing short stories and nothing else.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 16, 2010

Now James stood in the doorway, the mud spit up by the old bike’s back tire forming grey-brown clumps on his white t-shirt. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Man, they’d trashed and torched their share of sites, and done some hits they could be darned proud of. That’s my bag!” The Top 10.2

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

link] After writing 300+ blog posts, I decided to solve my “blogged out&# feeling by (DUH) starting a daily email instead – I figured the shorter post style would be just right for my busy life. Heather p.s. Yes, I know you asked me if I was *sure* I wanted to start a daily email. Thanks for raising the tough questions.

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