May, 2011

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Submitting Websites to Local Web Directories

Andrea Kalli

Submitting Websites to Local Web Directories. . For decades, business entities as well as regular consumers have depended on yellow pages and other local telephone directories to find suppliers for whatever it is they need. On the World Wide Web, local web directories leverage on that behavior. Such directories exist as online counterparts to yellow pages as listings are organized in a similar manner.

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How I Stay Productive

Virtual Moxie

Today, a question of a very concrete nature submitted to Pick Anastacia’s Brain , from Jacqui, a VA in Alabama, who wrote: Anastacia, as I look around, I see you everywhere. You’re in social media, blogging in at least two places, guesting on talk shows, coaching, leading classes and retreats, speaking at telesummits, reworking your entire virtual training program, writing a BOOK, and I want to know how you do it.

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3 Things to Do While You Wait on a Job Offer

On The Job

Last week I wrote a post about what parents can do to help their college graduates who have to move back home until they find a job. Now, I'm going to write a post for college graduates who are jobless -- and it has nothing to do with writing a resume or brushing up on interview skills. Instead of watching CollegeHumor videos or "Scrubs" reruns, here are some things you can do now that will pay off once you get a job.

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Google Wallet Roundup and Summaries

Small Business Labs

The already hot mobile payments space got hotter last week.  Google announced Google Wallet , an NFC-based mobile payments solution ( click here for quick description of NFC technology).  If you're into mobile payments, there were lots of interesting articles on the topic published last week.  If you're not, take a look at one or two of the summary articles listed below: The Guardian's Mobile phones bring the cashless society closer provides an overview of the ideas

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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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Give Your Business a Boost with Continuing Education

Tips From T. Marie

There are many careers that require continuing education. Those in the legal or health care fields come to mind first, but teachers, real estate professionals and even beauticians are required to take classes to keep abreast of their industries and keep their certifications. The reason for this requirement is simple but important; it ensures that professionals keep up with changes and modern developments within their chosen field.

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Free Webinar: Creating Your Professional Development Plan

Eat Your Career

You’re invited to join me for this exclusive FREE webinar. I’ll be sharing tons of in-depth information about how to create and implement your own professional development plan. Whether you’re looking for a greater level of success and satisfaction in your current position or hoping to transition to a brand new career in the future, having a comprehensive plan is the most essential step toward achieving your goals.

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We are Fighting Against Cancer & Relaying For Life on Saturday - Check Out This Great Organizing Package

Stephanie LH Calahan

I do not normally post regarding personal causes, but this one is near and dear to the Calahan Solutions, Inc. family.  Ellen Hankes is a very dear friend, consultant with Calahan Solutions and CPO-CD.  I have written about her many times here on Productive & Organized. Her speciality is working with those that are chronically disorganized and/or hoarders.  She is a positive light to everyone she comes in contact with.

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How to Start a Workplace Garden

Eco-Office Gals

Although you may have never heard of it, workplace gardening has become increasingly popular over the past decade or so. Establishing a garden that employers and employees collectively tend to can promote new relationships and strengthen teamwork within a company. A workplace garden can also provide a sense of wellness among employers and employees, as the emphasis on healthy living is quite strong these days.

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Overseas Startups Moving to Silicon Valley

Small Business Labs

The Wall Street Journal's Overseas Start-Ups Move In covers the trend of international technology startups moving to Silicon Valley.  The reason?  According to the article, they move "to get access to venture capital, top talent and other resources."  Interesting quote from the CEO of Trulioo on why he moved his company from Canada to Silicon Valley: "The speed at which things move is quite key," said Chief Executive Stephen Uford, adding that he

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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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Thoughts on Memorial Day

Tips From T. Marie

Starting your own business is the stuff the ‘ American Dream ’ is made of. The fact is that in the U.S.A., anyone with the passion and drive to take their dream to reality can do so. It’s one of our freedoms. We should never, ever forget that those freedoms come at a price. I’m taking a few minutes today to say thank you to those who serve, have served and have given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms.

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Top 5 Tips for Accounting in the Cloud

The Small Business Blog

The weekly top 5 tips post is always full of helpful hints and advice for small, home and micro business owners. 1. Putting your accounts in the Cloud requires far less IT infrastructure and upfront investment in software or better hardware than would normally be needed. 2.

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Managing Meeting Meltdowns: Technology Edition

Professional Assistant Blog

Image by Marshall Astor. Y ou have an important meeting to set up and you've prepared the handouts and the PowerPoint presentation on your boss' laptop. The speakerphone and projectors are in the room. Everything is fine and dandy, until. uh-oh! The speakerphone isn't working properly! What do you do? I'm sure that this has happened to the best of us at some point in time.

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Productive Communication & Marketing : How to Manage All of Those Links! Interview with @ItsMyURLs CEO @hustle247

Stephanie LH Calahan

How many social networks do you belong to?  How many different web sites are related to you personally or professionally?  I bet the number is more than five.  How are you managing all of those different urls? Do you even remember signing up for everything? Now, take a look at your business card, brochures or other social media profiles.  The other day I was in a meeting and saw a card that had the back covered with 2 different QR codes and the front had a few different u

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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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Why You Need to Put Your Desk on Cinder Blocks

On The Job

I've been reading that it's better for your health and productivity to stand at your desk rather than to sit hunched over it like a gargoyle (who knew?), but I'd never really heard anyone personally vouch for it until my friend Eve at CareerDiva. Then, I got a tweet from Jeff Gothelf at The Ladders, extolling the virtues of standing at work. I called him and then filed this story for Gannett/USAToday: When Jeff Gothelf heard that standing while working at your computer had health benefits, he sa

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Don’t Go it Alone! Grow Your Business With a Mastermind Group

Step It Up VA Coaching

by Donna Toothaker. As Virtual Assistants and business owners, it is so easy to get lost in the day-to-day details of running the business that we do not invest enough time in growing it. Even if we set aside several hours a week, where do we begin? What areas of our business need improvement? Where can we be more efficient? In what ways are we succeeding?

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75 Reasons to Volunteer

Ian's Messy Desk

I posted the following list a few years ago. However, given natural disasters being dealt with in North America and around the world, I thought it would be beneficial to re-post these reasons to volunteer. Here in Alberta , wildfires have forced the evacuation of communities. In the most extreme case, the town of Slave Lake has be evacuated of its 7,000 residents.

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What is Mentoring?

The Small Business Blog

Running a business can sometimes be a very lonely affair. Decisions are always on the to-do list, having someone as a sounding board can be an invaluable asset to every small business owner. Business mentors are one group of people who can be your sounding boards.

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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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The E-tiquette of E-mail - Part 2

Professional Assistant Blog

Image by idogcow. Y ou send an e-mail to a colleague only to get an e-mail back stating that you should ask another person they mention. Don't you just love it when this happens? You ask a simple question and the person doesn't know the answer, but either thinks or knows another person knows the answer. Then they send an e-mail back to you stating that you should contact this person.

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Top 10 Emerging Technologies 2011

Small Business Labs

Each year MIT's Technology Review chooses 10 emerging technologies they think will have the greatest impact on the world.  This year's top 10 are: Social Indexing. Smart Transformers. Gestural Interfaces. Cancer Genomics. Solid State Batteries. Homomorphic Encryption. Cloud Streaming. Crash Proof Code. Separating Chromosomes. Synthetic Cells.

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Across the Threshold of Change Lies Opportunity

Virtual Moxie

14 years ago this month, I was enrolling my very first students for my Virtual Training Program (VTP) at AssistU. At that point, the program was 16 weeks long with an 800 page training library to go with it. I thought it was awesome, but I honestly didn’t know what might happen with this training I’d created, or with the new “profession” I’d envisioned.

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Help! My Boss Is a Jerk

Eat Your Career

I’m not naming names but I’ve worked for some pretty difficult people in my life. Oh, who am I kidding? They were jerks. It’s probably just the nature of the professional world. Some people are cut out for management and some aren’t. But what do you do when you’re stuck with a boss who’s a real pain in the you-know-what? Below, I’ve listed a few of my recommendations.

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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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Use Mind Maps for Better Notes and Ideas

Ian's Messy Desk

Image via Wikipedia. A neat page of notes or a well-structured outline might not be the most effective way to capture and organize your thoughts. A page of something that looks like scribbles, complete with drawings, arrows and plenty of colour, may be just the “structure&# you need. A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea.

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Top 5 Tips for Accounting in the Cloud

The Small Business Blog

The weekly top 5 tips post is always full of helpful hints and advice for small, home and micro business owners. 1. Putting your accounts in the Cloud requires far less IT infrastructure and upfront investment in software or better hardware than would normally be needed. 2.

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Hosting Online Contests for Link Building

Andrea Kalli

Hosting Online Contests for Link Building. . Online contests are among the most effective yet least popular link building methods, largely due to the frugality of many webmasters and the effort required in executing an effective competition. From planning prizes to contacting entrants, contests require work that many marketers just aren’t willing to provide. .

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Global Middle Class Booming; Poverty Declining

Small Business Labs

The Christian Science Monitor's Surging BRIC middle classes are eclipsing global poverty  does a great job describing the surging number of people entering the middle class around the world.  Key quote: "By 2030, the global middle class is widely projected to at least double in size to as many as 5 billion – a surge unseen since the Industrial Revolution.

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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