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How Simple Policies Can Change Your Business

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While this makes sense, it doesn’t mean you should ignore behind-the-scenes business administration tasks, such as setting policies. Policies that outline how you run various elements of your business, and why you do it that way, set boundaries and create a foundation for the business. When will you answer calls and return calls?

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AZVAs Podcast 3: Prepping to Attend Industry Events

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Building on your skills

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Subscribe to AZ VA Connections , the AZVAs newsletter, by sending an email request to ktcosmos@LooseEnds.net. Comments: 0 Leave a Reply Site Pages Commenting Policy About ktcosmos Got Loose Change? RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. Get Loosely Speaking Products. Loose Ends. All Rights Reserved.

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High Performers Versus Low Performers - 7 Ways to Tell the Difference

Stephanie LH Calahan

Adheres to policies, procedures, and regulations in a way that positively contributes to the achievement of team, office, and organization goals 6. Work With Stephanie | Contact Copyright 2007-2010 Calahan Solutions, Inc. -- All Rights Reserved Want to use my content in your ezine, newsletter or blog?

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Your Etiquette Practice Could be Killing Your Productivity

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Find out your company’s policy before inviting clients to lunch.  Work With Stephanie | Contact Copyright 2007-2010 Calahan Solutions, Inc. -- All Rights Reserved Want to use my content in your ezine, newsletter or blog?   Make sure the restaurant is within your budget! Part of the Calahan Solutions, Inc.

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Do you ask for permission or forgiveness? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

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. So what does all of this have to do with being an entrepreneur, a copywriter, or a freelancer?

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What's Under the Hood of Your Web Copy? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

I learned the lesson of writing in the appropriate voice many years ago, when I wrote my first newsletter for a client. She said, “I hear you all over the newsletter. Sometimes, writers simply don’t hear the client’s voice at all. Bursting with pride, I showed it to a friend. You write just like you speak!&#

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