Sat.Aug 31, 2013 - Fri.Sep 06, 2013

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Honestly, what are the pros and cons of the role?

Practically Perfect PA

'I have been planning to write a blog post around the pros and cons of the role for a while. I wanted to be totally honest but I thought well I can only really base the pros and cons of the role on my perspective and what I have experienced over the years and although I can share plenty of examples I might be limiting the picture somewhat. So I recently asked my lovely readers to complete a survey on the blog and also asked a few questions around the assistant profession itself and two such qu

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Will the New Artisan Economy Save the Middle Class?

Small Business Labs

'How Technology Wreaks the Middle Class covers the growing concern that automation and technology is replacing many middle class jobs.  Key quote: The multi-trillionfold decline in the cost of computing since the 1970s has created enormous incentives for employers to substitute increasingly cheap and capable computers for expensive labor.

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #17: Cash-flow is Queen – get your claws out for cash

The Small Business Blog

'There is something Tony Robinson OBE has said to me over the years that has proven true for successfully starting and running your own business. He said ‘Focun widding cussmers ankajfleur iskin’ which translated means ‘Focus on winning customers and cash-flow is king’. Even I, a celebrity fashionista, best-selling author and investigative journalist, can sometimes… Read the full article here: Feisty Enterprise Tip #17: Cash-flow is Queen – get your claws out for cash on: THE SMALL B

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The Reason You Should Change Your Mind

Virtual Moxie

'Rose called to say that she was overwhelmed. In talking about it, it. became clear that she was overextended; she''d simply agreed to do to. much for too many (clients, friends, and groups she belonged to). I. asked her why she thought she did that; she hesitated a minute and then. said, "I don''t know. Maybe I think I''m supposed to be able to do it. all.".

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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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So you want to find a new assistant job?

Practically Perfect PA

'Over the last 10 years I have been employed full time in 6 different companies. Is that a lot of jobs for one decade? I’m not sure, I suppose it depends on a lot of factors. I don’t think I have a vastly different career history to other people who work in London, because it is such a fluid market. But I have left a job because it was completely mis-sold (having stuck it out for a year) and another I left because the opportunity to move to Barcelona came along both of which are slightly unusual

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8 Ways to Improve Your Attitude

Ian's Messy Desk

'The post 8 Ways to Improve Your Attitude appeared first on Ian's Messy Desk. No matter how you define success, a proper attitude plays a key role in reaching that success. I know people who blame their lack of success on a lack of education. I know educated people who blame their lack of success on circumstances. Regardless of the personal resources you have-education, skills, money, etc.

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Free Training: How To Create A Content Marketing System That Brings You New Subscribers Daily

Office Organization Success

'You’re told EVERY DAY that you need to implement the latest hot marketing strategy and it will add thousands of new subscribers to your list! But the truth is…. You just need a system! You don’t need to implement every new marketing strategy that you hear about … you just need to implement the RIGHT strategies for you and your business. And when you join me, Tracey Lawton, on this free workshop , I’ll show you how simple it can be to automate just those strategies that you want to implement … s

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The Real Reasons You Didn't Get the Promotion

On The Job

'There are very few things that are more discouraging than being rejected for a promotion. You may feel you’re ready to move up the ladder, but you watch others get promotions while you’re passed over. Why? Believe it or not, the reasons are often pretty simple. It’s not some complicated plot that involves Vladimir Putin or the CIA. It often comes down to this: You’re like a bull in a china shop.

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Who Wins in the New Economy

Small Business Labs

'Noted economist Tyler Cowen's Who Will Prosper in the New World  discusses what type of people he thinks will win and lose in the new economy.  He defines this new economic order as "the machine economy", which he describes as a world where increasingly intelligent machines take over more work and life tasks.   Key quote: " machines are providing not only the brawn but the brains, too, and that raises the question of where humans fit into this picture." Cow

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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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Stop waiting…

Ian's Messy Desk

'The post Stop waiting… appeared first on Ian's Messy Desk. Waiting for just the right time to do something is a big problem. Many of us spend too much of our lives waiting for something. We can probably relate to this little verse, more than we would like to admit. Stop waiting…. Until your car or home is paid off. Until you get a new car or home.

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Diving Deeper into the World of Facebook Ads

Office Organization Success

'This week Mat and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary! We enjoyed a lovely evening out (very rare occasion) at one our local restaurants! I’ve been diving deeper into the world of Facebook for business building, and specifically working on creating ads through the Power Editor tool. Over the summer I enrolled in Mari Smith’s Extreme Fanbase Growth program, and then joined her Inner Circle.

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"I feel like I know you!" Making Connections Online

Office Dynamics

'Do you read a lot of blogs? Are there blogs (like this one *grin*) that you read often and feel like you know the author? I know I do! The funny thing is the author rarely knows me. I noticed this when callers would say "I feel like I know you" to me when I would answer the phones at our office. I admit, there are times when I have no clue who that person is and other times when I feel like I know them, too.

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The Growing Role of Technology Based Talent Intermediaries

Small Business Labs

'The Two Sides of MBO Partners: Things May Not Always be What They Seem is an interesting article from Andrew Karpie from the Staffing Industry Analysts. It provides a detailed look at Emergent Research client MBO Partners. And while we're always happy to write about our clients, the main reason I found the article interesting is the focus on how technology is changing nature of work arrangements.  Key quote: Like the trend of enterprises toward more flexible workforces and the t

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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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How to avoid the traps of Solopreneurship

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

'This article isn’t for my readers who’re tycoons with empires. Or even those of you rocking small businesses with growing teams. You people should tune out right now, because the solopreneurs and I have some highly classified information to discuss. Listen up solopreneurs. I’m talking to you. You’re running a very small business – probably from home – and you’re all by yourself.

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More to customer loyalty than just having a great product

Service Untitled

'Most of us take great pride in the excellent products or services we provide, but let’s face it – there are many great organizations and service providers who do the same thing. So how do we set ourselves apart from our competition? Better yet, how do we deliver customer service above and beyond; services and products which shoot us out of that “good” box and upward towards the big blue sky of “great”?

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Irritating Co-workers, How do you deal?

Office Dynamics

'What does it take to get nominated for the Most Irritating Co-worker Award? by MARY ELLEN SLAYTER on AUGUST 22, 2013 8:44AM. in ADMIN PRO FORUM. Question: "I opened the office fridge one day last month and found a note taped to my empty grocery bag. Someone was apologizing for eating my sandwich when she realized she''d left hers at home and had become shaky with hunger.

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The 3 Best Ways To Market Your Small Business

Small Business CEO

'When you are looking to market your small business, it’s important to find ways to get the most out of money spent. You want to get the most out of all your efforts because it’s likely your budget is limited. Here are the three best ways to market your small business. Paper Marketing - Paper marketing can be your best friend. Tried and true, it still works.

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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 True Key to Transforming Your Content-Marketing Results

Men With Pens

'Content marketing is one of the most effective ways to promote and market your business in today''s world, no matter what kind of business you have. You could be a solopreneur offering consultations, a painter who hosts workshops, or a magician who dazzles at corporate events. You could be an accountant, a lawyer, a purebred collie breeder. Doesn''t matter.

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The Labour

Productivityist

'Today we celebrate the achievement of the labourer -- the worker. That means you and me. So let''s look at what labour is. Labour is defined as the following: "productive work, especially physical toil done for wages.". But that''s only the first definition. There are several others where "labour" is a noun, including: difficult or arduous work or effort. a particular job or task, especially of a difficult nature. the process or effort of childbirth or the time during which this takes place.

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6 Things I Learned From Working with Virtual Assistants

Denise Aday

'See on Scoop.it - Email Marketing Virtual Assistant. Denise Aday ''s insight: Simply THE best article I’ve ever read on the benefits of working with virtual assistants. Especially loved this: "Virtual team members have a very different mindset primarily because the business relationship is different. I’m not their boss, I’m their client. Astoundingly my VA’s act as if they have a bigger vested interest in my success.".

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To Connect With Customers, Invest in Yourself First

Small Business CEO

'Freelancers and consultants are becoming much more the norm by the year for a variety of reasons. More people are taking their careers into their own hands, desiring the flexibility to work when they wish and with clients they covet. But another form of flexibility shows itself at times that will help propel you from one level to the next. The small business owners who can show a range of talents, from writing copy to choosing good design, are the people who can make the most of their meetings

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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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After The Marathon

Brilliantly Better

'Post by Dragos Roua.

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Assessing Workflow

Productivityist

'I started to give my workflow a good look during my reassessment -- and then I listened to Matt Alexander on Bionic #57 discussing the very idea of workflows. Matt''s always made a lot of sense (my buddy Michael Schechter goes into things a little deeper in this post over at Workflowing ), so I began to look at my workflow once again -- this time through a different lens.

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Remembering why we celebrate. To the workers! To fighting the.

Denise Aday

'Remembering why we celebrate. To the workers! To fighting the good fight! I was so proud marching with the Teamsters, nurses and other unions against the secret TPP negotiations in Dallas in 2012. Solidarity Forever (Pete Seeger). (via saldunes on YouTube).

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Website Design: Don’t Let Your First Impression Be Your Last

Small Business CEO

'The other day, I looked up a restaurant website to tell a friend about a great meal I enjoyed. Instead, I found myself making excuses for their lousy website, which was a poor reflection of their excellent food and service. Does your website possibly give the wrong impression of your business? It’s helpful to look at your site through the eyes of… …A first-timer.

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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