Sat.Sep 06, 2014 - Fri.Sep 12, 2014

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The 3 Stages of a Successful Launch Campaign

Office Organization Success

'What is a launch campaign? It’s a step-by-step, repeatable process, that you can implement whenever you want to launch a brand-new product or program, or re-launch a current product or previous program. It’s much harder to sell something simply by sticking it out there and hoping people will buy it; when you have a launch system in place you will make more sales.

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Interview with a VA: Gayle Bu

Virtual Moxie

'This month, I talked with the delightful Gayle Bu, who''s been in business as a VA for more than a decade! I hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed talking together! Meet Gayle Bu. .

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Working with the executive team

Practically Perfect PA

'As assistants most of us will interact with our organisation’s Executive team on a daily if not hourly basis. Your manager may well be part of the Executive team. If that is the case you will have even more phone calls, meetings and general engagement with other Directors and top-level members of staff. It can be a little scary dealing with the people that run your organisation, especially if they are prickly characters or highly demanding.

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The Rise of Experience Retail

Small Business Labs

'I was shopping recently in Walnut Creek, an affluent east bay suburb of San Francisco. An upscale shopping destination, Walnut Creek has the usual array of high end stores and boutiques. But what caught my eye were two stores that don't actually sell things. Instead, they are meant to be places where potential customers can learn about and experience products and services.

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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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Enthusiasm – Business Quote of the Week

The Small Business Blog

'“A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.” – Mary Kay Ash, US entrepreneur An unfortunate truth of entrepreneurship that many people will not tell you is that often the best idea for a product or service is not the one that ultimately wins out and… Read the full article here: Enthusiasm – Business Quote of the Week on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Threadneedles Hotel, London

Practically Perfect PA

'A few years I organised afternoon tea at T hreadneedles Hotel for my department’s Christmas party. It was just a small, fairly conservative group so afternoon tea in a beautiful setting was the perfect choice. We sat in the lobby area of the hotel, which might not sound very ground but you haven’t seen the Threadneedles Hotel lobby! It is stunning.

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The Booming Field of Public Relations

Small Business Labs

'Interesting data from Pew Research's The Growing Pay Gap Between Journalism and Public Relations shows that the PR field is booming even while the total number of reporters in declining. As the Pew chart below shows, over the 10 year period from 2004 to 2013 the number of reporters fell by 17%.  Over the same time period, the number of PR professionals increased by 22%.             Public relations is booming because PR is proving to ver

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Training from the Guys at Premium Web Cart

Office Organization Success

'With the Labor Day weekend upon us, I shall be enjoying a nice, long weekend. We have lots of jobs to do around the house, and we’ll also enjoy our last weekend at the pool before it closes. I always love learning new software and programs, and this week I’ve been taking some training from the guys at Premium Web Cart on how to use their system.

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Set Your Heart Right

Virtual Moxie

'We must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right. For me , that''s the most powerful part of the quotation. As a VA, there''s a whole big wide workd out there waiting to know you and to thrill about what you can do. But none of that will have any value if you don''t first cultivate yourself, and set your heart right. The reason?

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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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Organising a corporate golf day

Practically Perfect PA

'When I spend time in Scotland my mind and my body wonders to Golf. Scotland is of course the birth place of this sport. For over 600 years men and woman (Mary Queen Of Scots was a very keen Golfer) have knocked a white ball over fairways and greens. Corporate Charity Golf Days have been around for a much shorter time but they have become a staple for many organisations.

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How to Turn Around Miserable Workers

On The Job

'Is it just me, or are American workers complaining more loudly than ever? There are the protests by food workers demanding better wages, of course, but even in my local grocery store or doctor''s office I hear a lot of complaining by workers. It''s not unusual to hear employees criticizing actions by a managers or bad-mouthing a co-worker. It just goes to show the level of their unhappiness that they would so vocally complain in front of outsiders, I think, Many years ago I interviewed Patrick

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Time Saving versus Bending Over Backwards

Office Organization Success

'I’ve worked with many clients over the years who have wanted me to help them set up their client scheduling system — whether it’s creating a system for existing clients or one for booking strategy sessions. And an area that has come up regularly is that of using a service such as TimeTrade to get clients to self-schedule. Getting clients to self-schedule is such a HUGE time-saver as it eliminates the back and forth of emails.

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Moonlighting: Booming or Declining?

Small Business Labs

'Let me say up front our research indicates moonlighting- working 2 or more jobs - has become much more common in the U.S. over the past decade.  But not everyone agrees.   According to the Pew Research Center's article Moonlighting is less common now, despite what you might have heard , moonlighting has been declining for years.   Key quote from the article: Both in terms of raw numbers and as a share of all employed people, fewer Americans are working more than one job th

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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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Eight reasons why assistants should use a travel management company

Practically Perfect PA

'I don’t know about you but I have spent hours arranging and then rearranging travel for my Executives. It takes up a huge amount of time and can be incredibly complex especially if they are travelling to a number of destinations with connecting flights and a host of visa requirements. I’ve had absolute nightmares in the past such as the time I organised a trip to Japan only to be told to cancel everything the day before because my colleague now had to go to Brazil.

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Declutter Your Reading List

Clutter Coach

'by Originally posted 2010-11-10 15:55:18. Republished by Blog Post Promoter It's book chapter Wednesday. Here you go! Like it? You can buy the ebook here. Simple Way #9. Reading List. Reading material constitutes a lot of the paper that people struggle with. If you get two daily newspapers, a few weekly magazines and 5-6 monthly publications, your reading pile gets high very quickly.

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Working with a Mentor is Invaluable

Office Organization Success

'We had a very busy Labor Day weekend, with lots to do around the house. But we did manage to get to the pool for the last weekend before it closes until next Summer. This week I also had a very productive brainstorming session with my mentor. The outcome … I’m going to make some changes to the School for Online Business Success come October 1st; it’s something I’ve been thinking about for over a year but wasn’t sure whether it was the right thing to do.

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BIG Life Choices

Office Dynamics

'Sometimes living a BIG life requires making hard choices and as I sit down to write you this week I am faced with one of those choices. You see, recently I have been challenged within my Wellness Pillar. During the course of the last 2 months I have had to deal with an illness and surgery that took me away from my work and it is only recently that I have been able to get back to my work and my passion, which is helping and inspiring others to be the best they can be.

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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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Today, Your Email is an Engagement Tool – PointDrive Makes Sure it Stays that Way

Small Business CEO

'Gary Vaynerchuk repeatedly says that marketers need to do their thing in the year we live in. In other words, we need to focus on strategies that work today, not those that worked 10 years ago – or even just 2 years ago. It sounds like obvious advice, doesn’t it? Well, not quite. The funny thing is, so many of us are still doing what worked 10 years ago: buying lists, cold calling, sending spammy sales emails.

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Hello world!

The Small Business Blog

Welcome to WinWeb Customers 2 Sites. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

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A Simple 3 Step Filter to Give You Clarity

Productivityist

'Jim Woods is a writer and coach passionate about helping others live a better story. Today marks the release of his new book, co-authored with Erik Fisher, called Hit The Mark. You can connect with him @jimwoodswrites on Twitter or his website. There is no shortage of ideas out there. When you see an opportunity pop up, it’s hard not to want to drop everything else and chase this shiny new endeavor.

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A New Chapter for Service Untitled

Service Untitled

'I started Service Untitled way back in April 2006 to document my experiences running customer service teams at a variety of quickly growing companies. I wanted to learn from others and share what I had learned myself. As it turns out, running customer service at quickly growing companies took up a lot of time and as I continued to get busier in my “day jobs,” I had less time to blog.

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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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New Trends in The US Labor Market

Small Business CEO

'The financial crisis of 2008 has significantly affected the economy of the United States, including in the labor market. In recent years, the labor market began to recover, and today it demonstrates good activity. We can see it in the number of job vacancies available in our country. On job sites, such as JobTonic.com , you will easily find hundreds of jobs in your area.

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The Great Internet Slowdown

Denise Aday

'Stop slow lanes from ruining the internet. Tumblr staff : Today’s the day. The day you help save the internet from being ruined. Ready? Yes, you are, and we’re ready to help you. (Long story short: The FCC is about to make a critical decision as to whether or not internet service providers have to treat all traffic equally. If they choose wrong, then the internet where anyone could start a website for any reason at all, the internet that’s been so momentous, funny, weird, and surprising—that i

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The Quest for "Just Right"

Productivityist

'I can’t even begin to count the number of times I’ve read Goldilocks and The Three Bears. It’s not a crazy number, but it’s enough to know the tale inside and out. I’m not going to retell it here, but I do want to focus on the quest that Goldilocks was on: The Quest for Just Right. Goldilocks spent her entire time in the bears’ home searching for the right chair, the right food, and the right bed.

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Survey: 1 in 3 Americans are Freelancers

Small Business Labs

'The Freelancers Union and Elance - oDesk released a study showing that 34% of the American workforce freelances in some form. According to the study, 53 million Americans said they engaged in some form of freelance work in the past year. The study breaks these folks into 5 segments: "Independent Contractors" (40%, or 21.1 million) don’t have a traditional employer and do freelance, temporary or supplemental work on a project-to-project basis.

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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