Sat.Feb 18, 2012 - Fri.Feb 24, 2012

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Why Pinterest is No Longer of Great Interest

Virtual Moxie

An extra smackeral from me this week--about something I felt so strongly about that I didn't want to wait to share it till next week. I admit, I love Pinterest. I love how it’s been a place of pure attraction. And I have been a super-avid Pinner. But when the Boston Business Journal decided to stop using Pinterest out of fear it could be sued for infringing Copyright, I decided to take my own deeper look.

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Five Reasons Why Attending Live Events is a Must

Step It Up VA Coaching

by Donna Toothaker. For those who work virtually, and even some who don’t, we can easily get stuck in a comfort zone of learning and networking solely by email, phone, teleclasses, and internet and don’t always find a way to get out to a live marketing, networking, or educational event or workshop. And there’s SO much more that one can get out of a live event that you can’t get from online networking and learning.

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Simple 5-10 Minute Task That Could Save You Hours - Learn From My Mistake!

Stephanie LH Calahan

Today, I'll share the story of the HOURS we lost in productivity that could have been saved by a simple 5-10 minute task. You see that graphic to the right?  That was from the first set of graphics my designer made for my recently released program.  We were all set and had even began promoting the program when we were contacted and told we could not use our program name.  As a matter of fact, we should stop using it immediately. and this could happen to you if you are not c

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Top 5 Tips for Small Business Payment Processing

The Small Business Blog

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Allow customers to purchase from you in the way they want to, rather than just limiting them to one method.

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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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The Hard Truth About Achieving Your Goals

Eat Your Career

I’m a big believer in setting goals. After all, how can you expect to “get” anywhere without first having a clear idea of where you want to go? Only, the problem with goals is that achieving them isn’t always all its cracked up to be. How so, you ask? Well, here are three common experiences (I know them well) and what you can learn from them. 1. “Wait.

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Answers to YOUR Biggest Challenges to GETTING IT ALL DONE - Is Your Space Setup to Blame?

Stephanie LH Calahan

I love hearing what is on your mind and I often ask questions on my Facebook page and then share tips and strategies right there.  Sometimes, I'll share thoughts here that come from those conversations. So I asked: I would love to know what is YOUR biggest challenge to GETTING IT ALL DONE? They shared: That awful P word-Procrastination. What I have come to learn is that being more specific about what I want to accomplish aids in tackling this everytime.

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Top 5 Tips for Small Business CRM (Customer Relationship Management)

The Small Business Blog

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Talk to everyone who comes in contact with your business. If they purchase from you, find out why. If they don’t want to purchase from you, you should definitely find out why! 2.

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4 Top Project Management Tools

Office Organization Success

One question that I get asked a lot is “what’s a good online product I can use for scheduling projects throughout the year?” or something similar. In fact just this week, on a group that I belong to, this very question came up, so I jumped in with my recommendations and thought I’d share them here with you too. But first … a little advice. Just because some of these project management tools have all these fancy bells and whistles don’t go assuming they’re the best.

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8 mental steps to self-motivation

Ian's Messy Desk

To be a success you need to know how to motivate yourself. You have to keep your spirits high no matter how discouraging a situation is. It’s the best way to overcome difficulties. If you are discouraged in difficult times, you will lose the battle before it starts. How do you motivate yourself? Here are several tips I’ve found to be effective to build self motivation: Use visual motivators : An inspirational quote or poster can keep you focused on a change you’re trying to make in your life.

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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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7 Ways to Make a Good Impression on the Phone

On The Job

I have interviewed a lot of great people in my time, and those talks stick out in my mind. But so does the phone conversation with the women was yelling at her kids every few minutes without turning away from the phone ("I TOLD YOU I'M ON THE PHONE! NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER COOKIE! STOP HITTING YOUR BROTHER!). I also remember the time I obviously woke someone up, and he denied it while he slurred and stumbled his way through his answers.

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Top 5 Tips for Small Business Facebook Marketing

The Small Business Blog

Top 5 Tips posts are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Small businesses should try to provide relevant local content that their fans might be interested in. You need to understand your audience and what their needs are. 2.

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Lowering Fees When a Client's Biz Seems to Flounder

Virtual Moxie

I've been traveling--meeting and spending time with some truly amazing people associated with AssistU (both VAs and our partners), and it's doing my heart a world of good, truly. If you don't get out and meet people in your virtual community because you think it wouldn't matter, go. Do it. It matters. And only by doing it will you realize how much. While I've been on the road, a topic has come up several times, making it great for today's post.

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New Team Member Taniesha Gibson

Office Dynamics

Office Dynamics has been growing by leaps and bounds this year and our team needed to grow as well! In order to handle all that we are working on every day we saw the need to add a new member to our team and quickly filled it! We would like to introduce you to Taniesha Gibson! Taniesha's professional background includes roles in b anking, government, hospitality.

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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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Your Personal Invite To The Ultimate Social Media Giveaway

Office Organization Success

There’s a Brand NEW annual giveaway that’s about to SURPASS all other giveaways of it’s kind! Kerry Russell and Paul Teague have some how managed to talk the one and only ‘Giveaway Queen’ Stephanie Mulac, into joining forces with them, for a limited Special Appearance in the Internet Marketing arena to lend her knowledge and expertise to build the Ultimate Social Media Giveaway!

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Top 5 Tips for Small Business Mumpreneurs

The Small Business Blog

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. The stress of juggling business management while bringing up young children can be a major stumbling block for fledgling businesses.

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Looking for a Virtual Assistant? Think Cupcakes.

Tips From T. Marie

Consider this scenario: You need 500 specially decorated cupcakes for an extremely important event you’re hosting at the end of the month. You do a search for local bakers and find two that list custom decorated cupcakes as something that they offer. You jot down the addresses and head out to check them out. . You find the first bakery easily, noticing its sign from the roadway, it’s window is nicely decorated with a few fancy cakes and cupcakes.

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What is Pinterest?

Small Business Labs

The latest hot social media platform is Pinterest , which is the fastest growing web site ever and already has over 10 million people visiting it each month. The site allows users to post, organize and share pictures of things they are interested in.  Think of it as an online, photo-sharing pinboard of interesting pictures - hence the name.   Users can "pin" their own pictures, or easily "pin" pictures they find on the web.  Doing this creates a virtual bulletin

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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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26 Ways to Make Meetings More Fun (…and productive)

Ian's Messy Desk

Cover via Amazon. by Charlie Hawkins. Looking for ways to bring new life and energy to your meetings? Turn “dull and dreaded” to “energizing and effective” with these tips. 1. Keep It Moving. Change some aspect of your meeting about every twenty minutes: presentation style, insert Q&A, use a panel discussion, small group breakouts, videos, mini-breaks, team presentations, exercises, games, quizzes, feedback, voting, etc. 2.

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Does Your Boss Motivate You?

On The Job

Heidi Grant Halvorson is associate director of the Motivation Science Center at the Columbia University Business School and a popular blogger on motivational science. She co-authored “ The Psychology of Goals” and is author of “9 Things Successful People Do Differently” and “Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals.” Anita Bruzzese recently interviewed her on how motivation plays a role in the workplace.

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Minimal Wallet For Everyday Carry

Productivity Bits

I’ve been looking for a minimal wallet since I decided not to use any of my credit cards. Well, I still carry one credit card for emergency use. I don’t carry much cash either; I have a debit card to cover for my purchases. The less credit card I carry with me, the less likely I will be tempted to impulse buying.That just works for me. You don’t really want to ding your debit account.

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When It’s NOT Okay To Add People To Your List

Office Organization Success

Just because you recently met someone at an event and they handed you their business card doesn’t mean it’s okay for you to add them to your newsletter. This is actually bad business practice and, for most people would be a HUGE turn off! Instead, send them an email, give them a phone call, or send them a postcard, and INVITE them to sign up for your list.

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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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10 Questions to Kick Start a Daily Journal Entry

Ian's Messy Desk

Journal writing is a good way to document events in your life. Time passes quickly and thoughts evaporate are lost unless written down. A journal entry can remind you of something you thought today, months from now. Looking at a blank page in a journal can be daunting; where to begin. Here are 10 questions you can ask yourself to get ideas flowing. What were the significant events of the day?

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Mobile Workers and Touchdown Spaces

Small Business Labs

We're starting to look at how mobile workers choose and use touchdown spaces. These are workspaces mobile workers use while away from their regular work locations. Starbucks is probably the best known and most widely used touchdown space. They combine convenience, free Wi-Fi and expensive coffee in an easy to find and use package.   Joining Starbucks and other coffee shops in offering touchdown spaces are a wide variety locations including libraries, hotels, chains like McDonald's

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Moxie Tip 122: High Standards for High Flexibility

Virtual Moxie

The higher and more solid your standards, the more flexible you have the room to be, and the more opportunities you're likely to see all around you.

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Do Your Strategy Sessions Run Smoothly?

Office Organization Success

One of the easiest and simplest ways for solo service professionals to get new clients is to offer a complimentary strategy session. This is where you and the potential client meet on the phone for 15-20 minutes and the purpose of it is to find out if you’re a good fit for one another. Your strategy sessions can take many formats but the most important part is that they are well-organized.

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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