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Communication Productivity Tip: Don't Make People Search for You.

Stephanie LH Calahan

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Green Gift Giving: Green Glass Company

Eco-Office Gals

One area of our home that is not green is our kitchen cabinets. I confess, our plates, cups and travel mugs… they are littered with plastic. With 3 kids in the home and a husband that walks out the door with cups full of coffee or soda, never to return (the cups, he normally comes back), plastic is a cheap convenience. In our defense, we are paperless in the kitchen, no disposables, no coffee filters, no paper products and we recycle, and compost.

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$1,000.00 Referral Fee!

Job Advice Blog

The search for Engineers is on. Over the past several months we have seen the need for Engineers growing all across the country. We have been engaged by a dozen companies or so to help supply them with job candidates with experience in Aerospace, Software, Automotive and Manufacturing. JTL Services, Inc. is offering a $1000.00 [.].

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Shell Live Wire Competition – Meet Business Partners

The Small Business Blog

As readers of my blog will know, I love innovation and entrepreneurship – both of which I am passionate about. Shell Live Wire are currently running a competition and the winners are the people who produced the video that gets the most views on YouTube. One contestant, Becky Blackmore, from Meet Business Partners , took the forward-thinking step of emailing me to ask if I could help her video get more views.

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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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Review of Our Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2010

Small Business Labs

Each year we publish a Top 10 Small Business Trends list for the coming year.  Our 2011 list will be out in the coming weeks.  As part of the process of putting together next year's list, we review last year's list.  Here is how we did in 2010: 1.  The Shift to Contingent Workers Turns Employees into Entrepreneurs :  If anything, the shift to contingent workers (part-timers, temps, contractors, freelancers, etc.) has been even more pronounced than we expecte

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How to Know if You (and Your Business) Are Ready for an Affiliate Program

Office Organization Success

Just lately I’ve had several business owners approach me for advice and support in adding an affiliate program to their business. And quite often what has prompted them to think about adding this additional income stream is that someone has simply said to them “do you have an affiliate program that I can sign up to?”. Just because someone asks you this doesn’t mean you need to run out and get one set up.

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Customer Care- Growth Potential For Small Business

The Small Business Blog

For most big businesses customer care is a ‘cost centre’ – in other words it is something that costs them money, they outsource it (often to India, to save some more money) and they generally wish it would all go away so the quarterly results look a little better to their shareholders. Here is the thing – who pays your bills, who do you sell to?

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Tweets Not All Sweet on Black Friday

Customers Rock!

Social media has brought the customer experience more in-focus than ever before, and this became very apparent during the start of the 2010 holiday shopping season on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Consumers made their lists of who had the best deals, based on what they learned on Twitter and other sites. The brave ones, armed with their mobile phones, made the trek into the brick-and-mortar retail stores to fight the crowds for their coveted items.

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10 Tips for More Effective Office Meetings

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. [ Admin's Note: Here's another guest-post from James Adams. If you are interested in guest-posting, please contact me at marlon@productivitybits.com ]. Meetings are an essential part of office life. However, there is no need for them to be as boring as they often seem to be. If you work in one of those offices where meetings are incessant yet nothing ever seems to be accomplished, you probably want to find a way to remedy thi

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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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Just sign on the dotted line

Virtual Moxie

Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance Practice I Want Moxie! And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Anastacia on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Renee on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Pam Ryan on Speed is the enemy of many good things.

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Win A Signed Copy of RARE Business – By Adrian Swinscoe

The Small Business Blog

Last week I reviewed Adrian Swinscoe’ s fantastic book – RARE Business. And now I have a signed copy to give away to a lucky reader of my blog. In keeping with Adrian’s strong business values, to win the book you need to leave a comment here, on my blog, telling us why customer care is vital for business success. The chosen answer will win this great business book, that I would recommend to you all!

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Are You a Twitter Menace?

Tips From T. Marie

I’ve talked about Twitter Do’s and Don’ts before. Today I want to talk about making sure you’re not a Twitter menace. So just what is a Twitter menace? Those people that are using Twitter as a bullhorn rather than a communication device. Are you guilty of the following? Hourly auto-posting of advertisement type tweets. Responding to every instance of a keyword you’re following.

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The Voice that Says You Can’t

Eat Your Career

You’ve just had the most amazing idea. It hits you like a tidal wave and nearly knocks you off your seat. THIS is the best idea you’ve ever had and you’re so excited to get started. And then…the voice shows up. “Who are you kidding? You’ll never accomplish that!”. “Yeah, yeah, yeah. You’ve had ‘great’ ideas before and none of them have ever worked out.

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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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Stress and Slushies

On The Job

The news that Pfizer's 55-year-old CEO has decided to retire because he is burned out and over-stressed by the job probably struck a chord with many people. Probably millions of people. The difference, however, is that while Jeffrey Kindler is likely to retire with enough money to buy an island and have a personal slushy machine, the rest of America's workers -- including those older than Kindler -- will continue working.

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Finding True Love For Small Business Success

The Small Business Blog

Starting a business is often an act of passion, you want to change the world for a better place, love how it makes you feel to do what you do; in short it is often more than only making money – it’s like finding true love in what you do. You are probably very good at what you love doing or better, because you love what you are doing, you are very good at it.

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Do You Have What it Takes to Be a Virtual Assistant?

Tips From T. Marie

Starting your own virtual assistant business requires more than just a desire to make money working from home. Ask yourself the following questions and answer honestly. Too many individuals look at becoming a VA as a way to make easy money from home, but the truth is, running your own business is anything but easy. Your honest answers to these questions will give you a clearer idea of what it takes to become and succeed as a virtual assistant.

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Finding a Job Is a Nonsport Competition

Job Advice Blog

Two steps to getting a job. Get a resume done by an outstanding professional resume writer and use a career coach to train you for the competition.

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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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How Did He Learn to Do This?

Make or Break Moments

Have you ever experienced such extraordinary customer service from an associate that you wonder about the training they’ve had? Are some people just born with the skills necessary to build customer relationships or can it be learned? Here is a story recently shared about just such an experience: Last week I had the best customer [.].

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How Would I Feel Meeting You?

The Small Business Blog

You see this face in the crowd (I’m terrible at remembering names) you know this face and then you remember you met this person during a networking event, a trade show or a business meeting of some sort. You say, “Hello&# ! The problem is you can’t remember what his/her business was, what products or services they offer, big business, small business – even ‘what business’?

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A Flurry of Articles on the She-conomy

Small Business Labs

Several good articles on the growing role women are playing in the economy this week.  Huffington Post's The Decade of the Women is Upon Us covers the She-conomy trend from the Intuit 2020 Report  and adds the very important point that women doing better does not mean men have to do worse.  Economics is not a zero sum game.  The growing economic power of women means more economic growth.  This will create more opportunities for everyone.    Tim

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Two Heads (or more) Are Better Than One When Getting Organized!

Complete Organizing Solutions

I recently overheard two women complaining about chores, then the conversation went something like this, “How about you come to my house and help me clean, then we can go clean your house!&# It was said half jokingly but really what better way to get things done! Organizing, like cleaning, is much more fun when you have someone to help! Get Organized With A Friend.

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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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The Assistant’s Year-end Sprint

Office Dynamics

The Gift of Life; the Gift of Love. The holidays are supposed to be the happiest days of the year. Friends, family, trusted colleagues, what could be better than that? But let’s face it, sometimes year-end also has tremendous responsibilities, increased workload, and more often than not, the administrative assistant is the one planning and executing the office holiday party, rather than simply attending it.

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Top 5 Website Tips for Beginners

The Small Business Blog

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Make sure that you know your target market. If you don’t know who you are trying to attract to your website, it is difficult to cater the content accordingly. 2. Consider how your audience are going to be able to find your website. Niche businesses will always find it easiest to find their audience online. 3.

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GobiSOFT Webinar on Reducing Carbon Emissions

Small Business Labs

GobiSOFT, from Gobi Carbon Management Solutions is a web-based tool that enables small-to medium-sized businesses to easily and affordably measure, report and reduce their carbon footprint. They are holding a free webinar this Wednesday, December 8th at 10:00am PST.  The webinar will provide an introduction to measuring greenhouse gas emissions and what steps to take to begin saving money by tracking and reducing your organization's carbon footprint.

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Monday’s Motivation: Stress Relief

Complete Organizing Solutions

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. – William James. - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -. Join me on Monday’s for a thought provoking. quote to inspire you and get your week off to a great start!

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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