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Email That Works: Best Practices for Truly Busy People

Office Dynamics

How would you describe your e-mail situation lately? Are you getting so much that it’s sometimes impossible to manage it properly and still be productive? Do you worry you’ll hit the “send” button too soon, and deliver a message before its ready? Take heart….You’re not alone! E-mail technology has been great – but it has also wreaked havoc on the way we communicate.

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Minute taking template

Practically Perfect PA

Assistants have come a long way, we are all asked to do lots of different things as part of our role. However, nearly every assistant I know at some point will be asked to write a set of minutes. Love them or hate them – minute taking is never going to go away! Meetings are still a vital part of business and actions will need to be captured! Over the year’s I have written quite a few blog posts about minute taking which you can find below, but today I thought I would share with you a

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The Rise of Smart Farms

Small Business Labs

Tech startups are increasingly targeting agriculture. This is leading to a range of new companies and technologies focused on improving farm efficiencies and creating smarter farms. CB Insights The Ag Tech Market Map: 100+ Startups Powering The Future Of Farming And Agribusiness  covers the companies creating the future of farming. They break up agtech companies into 9 catagories: Farm Management Software : Software that allows farmers to more efficiently manage their resources, crop produ

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5 Ways Small Business Owners Can Enjoy Summer When You Can’t Take a Vacation

Tips From T. Marie

I’ve blogged here before about the importance of down time as a business owner, particularly a small, one person business owner like myself. While I will always encourage you to take those vacations, sometimes it just isn’t possible. For those of you who aren’t jumping for joy over the upcoming Memorial Day weekend and the. Read more.

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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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5 Ways to Nail a Surprise Phone Interview

On The Job

I think anyone can do well in a phone interview if they're prepared, but what happens when you get an ambush call? I know some recruiters like to do this -- call you during the dinner hour when the kids are screaming and the meatloaf in burning and the dog has just eaten a sofa cushion. You scream, a "dammit!" into the phone as you step in dog barf (the dog didn't like the cushion so much) and suddenly your career is teetering on the abyss.

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Aging Baby Boomers Providing and Utilizing On-Demand Economy Services

Small Business Labs

Older Americans are increasing turning to the on-demand economy for both work and access to services. The New York Times article Baby Boomers Look to Senior Concierge Services to Raise Income  nicely covers where these two intersect - older Americans earning money by helping other older Americans.  Key quote: Elder concierge, as the industry is known, is a way for the semi- and fully retired to continue to work, and, from a business standpoint, the opportunities look as if they will

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Marketing video for Data backup solution – IT Support client

Andrea Kalli

My newest marketing video for Data backup solution – IT Support client. Designed and edited by [link] – Andrea Kalli – Video Design. Video Editing Services. Video Marketing. If you want to see more, check out my showcase videos: [link]. Technology Marketing Videos for your IT Support and Services or MSP Business. The post Marketing video for Data backup solution – IT Support client appeared first on Video Design, Editing, and Marketing Virtual Assistant.

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Podcast 057: Develop your vision

Clutter Coach

by Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. You can leave a review here! Don’t just rush out and buy containers for your stuff. First, take some time to develop your own personal vision of what an organized life looks, feels, smells and sounds like. Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play.

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The world’s very first virtual summit for PAs

Practically Perfect PA

I am so incredibly excited to announce that this week we reached the target for our crowdfunding of the world’s very first virtual summit for PAs! You clever bunch! What does that mean? Well, it means that we are definitely going to organise the summit for you. We are now working on the programme, contacting speakers and looking at the technology we need to support the summit.

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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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The Rise of Intermarriage and Cultural Fusion

Small Business Labs

In 2015 one-in-six U.S. newlyweds (17%) were married to someone of a different race or ethnicity.  This is up from just 3% in 1967. The reason 1967 is the comparison date is that's the year the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that interracial marriages were legal.  These stats comes from Pew Research's In U.S. metro areas, huge variation in intermarriage rates.  Not surprising given the sharp increase in intermarriage, the U.S.

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Do You Really Need a Career Plan?

Eat Your Career

In a recent Eat Your Career community poll, there was a resounding request for more information on career planning. As always, your wish is my command! One of the first questions I always hear around the topic of creating a career plan is this: “Do I really need one?”. If you’ve been in the workforce for a while, it can be tempting to put this task on the back-burner.

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Declutter cardboard boxes

Clutter Coach

by I worked with a client yesterday to declutter her garage. It went faster than we thought it would because a quarter of what was in there turned out to be empty boxes! I find many people hang onto boxes for a variety of reasons. This client was moving and thought they’d be helpful. In my experience with movers, they hate packing a truck with boxes in dozens of sizes that don’t stack together well.

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Technology of the week: Paper by 53

Practically Perfect PA

Today’s technology of the week: Paper by 53. Here are all the details… What is Paper by 53? Paper by 53 is a very simple, free to use app for your iPhone or iPad that lets you take notes, scribble ideas, write text, put together charts and diagrams, write on photos and screenshots. What does it do? Here is a quick video that shows you exactly what Paper by 53 can do.

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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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IT Service Provider – promotional marketing explainer video

Andrea Kalli

Check out my latest IT Service Provider – promotional marketing explainer video for a client. Designed and edited by Andrea Kalli – Video Design. Video Editing Services. Video Marketing. If you want to see more, check out my showcase videos: [link]. The post IT Service Provider – promotional marketing explainer video appeared first on Video Design, Editing, and Marketing Virtual Assistant.

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How to Collaborate With Your Customers to Be More Successful

On The Job

Think about the last time you were asked to fill out a customer satisfaction survey. Chances are, you rated everything “fine” and then moved onto something else. You may have actually been fine with the service or the product, or maybe you didn’t want to be a hater and give the company a bad rating. But the problem with such a tepid response is that it gives the company a false sense of well-being – and that can lead to real bottom-line consequences.

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Define the steps

Clutter Coach

by Define and write down the actual steps you will take to complete any project, even if you know them in your head. This also helps you know what not to do. This is the first tip in my new, free book, 101 Productivity Tips (to get the important things done at work). It’s from the first section about defining your work. I’ve written before about the value of writing things down , not only to remember them, but to clarify your own thinking.

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Who or Whom?

Laughing all the Way to Work

An easy way to remember when to use who or whom: If you can replace the word with “he” or “she,” use who. If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom.

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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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4 SEO Tips Small Businesses Can Implement Today to Increase Visibility

Small Business CEO

Small businesses just starting out online are at a disadvantage compared to businesses that have been online for years. The idea of overtaking Amazon, a Fortune 500 company or a large law firm that has a long presence on the Internet, can seem daunting and impossible. And while these entities do have the advantage of age and years of search engine optimization on their side, small businesses can still compete.

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The 2 Things I Do for “Netflix Productivity”

Productivityist

Netflix isn’t exactly considered a haven for productivity. But once you start leveraging some of its features, it winds up being more productive than most content-consuming platforms. I should know because I watch Netflix regularly and still get all the things I need and want to do done. And I do this by doing these 2 things: tagging and clipping. Tagging.

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Reaping the Rewards of Meaningfulness

Energage

How a Virginia Consulting Firm Hires Young Talent, Trains It Well, and Keeps It for Decades. Plenty of organizations say they invest in employee development, but many end up doing it for someone else. This is especially true for places that hire young people and provide them with training only to see them leave for larger organizations with bigger this and flashier that.

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4 Pricing Strategies That Can Boost Your Online Sales Fast

Small Business CEO

When sales are low there are various things that can be done. You can use many strategies and make so many site modifications. A part of the strategies that can be used are connected to pricing. photo credit: Toni Girl / Flickr. When your storefront is attractive and sales are slow, although traffic is good, you can use various pricing strategies to increase sales.

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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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How to Effectively Manage and Motivate Your Salon Staff

Small Business CEO

Upon proactively recognizing the specific challenges on motivating and managing staff, salon owners or managers need to find effective ways to attend to these. However, there is actually no definite way to resolve those issues considering the fact that there are many types of salon business models. Diverse approaches could be employed depending on the type and case of your operation.

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3 Professional Services Marketing Questions Answered

Small Business CEO

Professional services marketing is ever-changing. There’s a lot that goes into marketing, and when a business is small, it’s not uncommon for mistakes to be made and questions to go unanswered. Whether you’re a business owner or a marketer, you can use these tips to help properly market a service: 1. Social Media: How Does It Help?

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Publish Your Business Profile on These 5 Free Sites

Small Business CEO

If your small business doesn’t have an online presence, it doesn’t exist in the minds of millions of potential customers and clients. A study by Google found that “4 in 5 consumers use search engines to find local information.” In today’s world of business, you must have an online presence to be successful. That’s simply a fact of modern life. There are a couple of ways you can accomplish this.

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Top 5 Tips For Keeping Your Employees Motivated

Small Business CEO

For those on the outside looking in, running a business might seem like a luxury. While it does have its benefits, these individuals often ignore the complications and hardships associated with running a successful business. As a business owner, it often feels like there are innumerable tasks to juggle simultaneously. You’re responsible for keeping a smile on the faces of your workers and customers.

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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