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Sweet - SarcMark: A punctuation mark for sarcasm!

ProAssisting Blog

Submitted by Ethan on January 15, 2010 at 04:51 PM I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read an email, IM, Facebook post or comment online and not known if the person writing the remark was serious or not. We’re gonna keep an eye on this one but given that it costs $1.99 to download (why not free?), Enjoy this post?

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Your career and pizza - Part 1

ProAssisting Blog

These beliefs, along with what we feel is a lack of “real world&# , cost effective and comprehensive assistant training is why we created ProAssisting. Download our free white paper, "Defining Assistant Excellence". I know that this doesn’t answer the whole “So what’s my career got to do with pizza?

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

Practically Perfect PA

While people were probably ‘bleisuring’ long before the advent of the awkward word amalgam, it has recently gained attention as a trend due to quantitative analysis carried out by several corporate travel companies (namely BridgeStreet® Global Hospitality and Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s 2016 white paper on the topic).

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Two-for-One Sale: Get Your Interview Tips Now!

On The Job

I was flooded with so many good suggestions I couldn't use them all for my Gannett News Service and USAToday.com column, so I'm offering you a great deal today: Super resume advice at no cost to you! (I I think I'm spending too much time reading the retailer ads that bombard my e-mail every day.)

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Why Good Copywriting Goes Bad: Ignorance | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Written by Agent X - 25 Comments When I get an email from pro copywriter Dean Rieck , I’m always happy. When you write websites, ads, white papers, or other business materials, readers simply want information. You’re Just Ignorant. He’s a nice guy. When you write a novel or a poem, readers wants great words.

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