October, 2012

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Top 5 Tips for Small Business Blogging

The Small Business Blog

Top 5 Tips posts from the SME Blog are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Don’t be afraid to display your credentials prominently.

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Moxie Tip 268: Handle Contracts with Moxie

Virtual Moxie

Never, ever, ever sign something you aren’t 100% certain you understand. And never, ever, ever, ask another person to sign something you don’t understand. Doing so may end up binding you to something you never wanted, and will find horribly difficult to get out of. With regard to contracts, this is one place where you really want to have enough moxie to take a pass on being penny wise and pound foolish. -- from a generous guest post by Edwin Levy.

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Happy Halloween Assistants!

Practically Perfect PA

Pin It. I have mixed feelings about Halloween. Growing up in the UK trick or treating wasn’t quite the craze it is now. I do remember my mum shutting the curtains and turning all the lights off like we weren’t home or one year embracing Halloween by giving kids random tins of food from the cupboard such as baked beans or soup… as you can imagine it was more like she was tricking the children by offering slightly out of date products that hadn’t quite made it to the harvest fes

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Are You Turning Into a Zombie Employee?

On The Job

I watched "Zombieland" for the the first time about a month ago, and have to say I thought it was pretty good. That's a rave review from someone who doesn't care for scary movies. (I made my mother sleep with me at night for three days after I saw the first "Friday the 13th.") So, believe me when I say that I would not want to be a zombie because I'd probably faint from being so terrified of myself.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Greening Up Your Business Finances

Eco-Office Gals

When you begin the journey towards a cleaner, greener office environment, you may be amazed by some of the ways in which businesses are working to reduce their carbon footprint and do a good turn for their community, their patrons, and the world at large. Some are ensuring fair trade and green practices along every link in the supply chain while others have found ways to substitute sustainable or recycled materials into their manufactured goods.

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Enterprise Rockers hit Liverpool for the first time

The Small Business Blog

Our friends at Enterprise Rockers have been popping up with gigs all over the country and now they are scheduled to make their debut appearance in Liverpool this coming Monday.

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Moxie Tip 267: Graciously Accept Compliments

Virtual Moxie

When you get a compliment, accept it and say thank you. Even if you don’t believe in the basis of the compliment, accept it and say thank you. When somebody offers a compliment they are introducing a kind of social contract. The person giving the compliment is really saying, “I value something about you, I want you to know that, and I’d enjoy some lovely little return on my gracious recognition.

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Happy Halloween Assistants!

Practically Perfect PA

Pin It. I have mixed feelings about Halloween. Growing up in the UK trick or treating wasn’t quite the craze it is now. I do remember my mum shutting the curtains and turning all the lights off like we weren’t home or one year embracing Halloween by giving kids random tins of food from the cupboard such as baked beans or soup… as you can imagine it was more like she was tricking the children by offering slightly out of date products that hadn’t quite made it to the harvest fes

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How to Manage Multiple Managers

Eat Your Career

I do a lot of work with Administrative Professionals. In fact, the admin audience holds a very near and dear place in my heart—that’s why I created the ELEVATE Admins program. I know from experience (both as an Executive Assistant and as an admin coach, trainer, and mentor) that there are a variety of common challenges facing Administrative Professionals each and every day.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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Jinglesmart - Online Project Marketplace for the Jingles Industry

Small Business Labs

According to Staffing Industry Analysts , the online staffing industry is now about a $1billion dollar industry that's growing at "double-digit" rates.  The best known of the firms in this industry are probably oDesk and Elance. They provide online platforms freelancers and other independent workers offer their skills and services for limited projects or on-going assignments to organizations large and small looking for workers.   A wide variety of talent can be hire

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Host a Legendary New Year's Eve Party

Office Dynamics

The holiday season is rapidly approaching and it's time to start planning. Once you've taken care of Halloween costumes, settled on Thanksgiving plans, ordered your photo holiday cards and started your Christmas shopping list, it's easy to forget about New Year's Eve. Don't let this year be a dud! Host your best party ever by starting with a theme. Themes can be simple and subtle or pervasive and over the top — either way it's a great way to help inform your decision making every step of the way

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Women versus Men in Job Interviews and Salary Negotiations

Job Advice Blog

For both genders, anxiety before the interview may be present, but studies show that women handle it better. Women adapt more proactively than men do. Women seek social support from colleagues and friends more than men do. And women are more prone to do mock interviews with those colleagues and friends more than men are. [.].

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Moxie Tip 266: You Have to Walk the Path You Choose

Virtual Moxie

Moxie is having the guts to take action when the world around you tells you not to. I've learned that my own personal brand of moxie is deeply based in my intuition. And my intuition has never steered me wrong. Or maybe that's because once I'm on a path, I'm on that path, and it's *my* path, dammit. I don't spend a lot of time wondering if I should have taken a different path.

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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PA in Barcelona

Practically Perfect PA

As a PA I’m really lucky that I get my weekends to myself and I always try to make the most of my time off! So last weekend was spent in sunny and beautiful Barcelona. It was so nice to get away somewhere that is still warm at this time of year especially as London is just turning cold and miserable! If you do live in the UK, Barcelona really is a great city for a quick escape.

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Top 5 Tips for Expanding Globally

The Small Business Blog

Top 5 Tips posts from the SME Blog are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. You will need to have the right platform to deliver your products or services to international markets, whether it be software or a website that acts as the mechanism.

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The Rise of the Just In Time Workforce

Small Business Labs

The New York Time's article A Part-Time Life, as Hours Shrink and Shift covers employment changes in the part-time intensive retail industry.  The article touches on the growing use of scheduling software to optimize the number of employees on site based on anticipated retail traffic.  Basically, these systems allow companies to use "just in time"  methods to schedule employees, reducing costs and increasing efficiency.

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Living Boldly Starts With a Mindset

Office Dynamics

October 29, 2012. Hello Monday Motivators! Are you feeling the fullness of fall? It’s hard to believe Halloween is this week. In Las Vegas, Halloween is a big deal and there are lots of Halloween parties and events making October a fun month! This week I want to share with you a few more tidbits from our conference. Kathy Tosoian spoke on hands-on goal setting to reinvent yourself and your career.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Authentic Video Marketing

Stephanie LH Calahan

I've been spending the past few weeks working on my business strategic plan and marketing plan for 2013.  One of the things I've decided is that I will be doing more video.  Do you have the same intentions?  If so, you'll like the guest posts I'll be sharing in the next few days.  My friend and video expert Steve Washer has agreed to share his expertise.  Today, he talks about authentic video marketing.  Enjoy!

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How to Avoid Clients With Financial Problems

Virtual Moxie

Last week, I wrote that a client’s inability to stay in your relationship due to money woes is never your problem. Betty wrote to ask me how to stop getting into relationships with clients with money problems, as she’s had two and would like to avoid them completely in the future. It would be nice, I think, to say there’s a way to make sure that the clients you bring into your practice are financial solvent, but with any certainty, you can’t.

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PA in Barcelona

Practically Perfect PA

As a PA I’m really lucky that I get my weekends to myself and I always try to make the most of my time off! So last weekend was spent in sunny and beautiful Barcelona. It was so nice to get away somewhere that is still warm at this time of year especially as London is just turning cold and miserable! If you do live in the UK, Barcelona really is a great city for a quick escape.

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Top 5 Public Relations Tactics for Your Eco Friendly Business

Eco-Office Gals

So, you have your own business? Already, you should pat yourself on the back. Oh, it’s an eco-friendly one too? You definitely deserve a standing ovation and honestly, when it comes to getting mass attention about it, you are already well on your way. At this time in our world, “green” companies are something that catches the attention of both customers and the media in very specific and consistent ways because so many are conscious about the well-being of our environment.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Quick Biz Tip: Project Planning

Office Organization Success

Create a timeline for your projects – this takes away a lot of the overwhelm as you can see what you need to do when. Creating a project planning calendar to map out key activities and tasks is a great, low-cost way to do this.

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Creating Transformative Partnerships with Your Leader – Joan Burge

Office Dynamics

Joan took the stage confidently on Friday morning, our final conference day. We had already received such wonderful information, and here was an additional rich opportunity to learn. Joan began by sharing a word picture example for administrative assistants: imagine your job is like being at a football game. It’s an exciting, close game. Do you see yourself on the sidelines as a spectator, or are you in the game, running down the field with your executive?

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Small Leadership Gestures That Have a Big Impact

On The Job

Humble. Decent. Accessible. Are these words your employees would use to describe you? Those are terms often used to describe business tycoon Warren Buffet, the man who still lives in the Omaha, Neb. house he bought in 1958 for $31,500 and is often game to strike silly poses with fans who want a photograph with him. If you’re not like Buffet, are you more likely to be the kind of boss who can’t make time for staff members – except to bark orders – and has to be tracked down in the bathroom by emp

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Vote for me, no me, no me….

The Small Business Blog

Ask the right people Over the past month I have received a plethora of requests via social media or email to vote for various businesses whose owners, or directors, I have come in to contact with either this year or in years gone by but who I have had no trading experience with at all.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha