The Marq

JANUARY 21, 2010

Technology Review I was listening to Ken Robinson’s talk at TED 2006 about promoting creativity when my wife, overhearing Ken’s speech, asked me what I was listening to. TheMarq A Human Perspective on Business and Life Have you Heard TED Talk? I told her I was listening to a TED talk. She didn’t know what it was.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk You guessed it, as soon as I had done that my new computer started having problems, no calendar or address book data anymore,then my email started going and so on – I rebooted and that was that – I could no longer log in.

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 21, 2008

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk To avoid misunderstandings and conflict from the beginning it is best if you set down a clear and consistent policy favouring the dominant culture. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player. External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk

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AUGUST 7, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Many politicians will have you believe that the current up-rise in personal and small business activity is due to their policies, that is b s *, it is due to the greatest platform for entrepreneurial activity to date – the internet and related technologies.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk She then called TNT, while I was on the phone, told me to talk to the lady she connected me with and hung up!!!!! Should this be policy – they are in trouble. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player.

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On The Job

APRIL 13, 2010

this summer with her boyfriend – not only because her company’s policy mandates that she take at least five consecutive days off, but because she needs the break. Amy Soderquist, an administrative assistant for a sales department of a fraternal insurance company, says she also plans to take a few days away in Duluth, Minn.

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Men With Pens

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I have a longstanding policy of not linking to people I don’t actually know.”. His message was perfectly nice, and I realize it’s important to have policies in place that make you comfortable. If you’re worried about people emailing all the time, create a separate account. Don’t publicize your phone number and address.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk This type of surveillance is so advanced and allows us to be able to view our business remotley, from your PC and even our mobile phone. Should our camera pick up motion we are sent an email, SMS and phone call – which is great for us.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 27, 2010

His emails are usually brief, casual, and mention something like, “Have a nice weekend,” or “Hope everything’s good with you.” So it was weird to get an email that was so stilted and formal that it sounded like it was written by the Queen of England’s chamberlain to someone she was too polite to outright call a waste of space.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

A project is not about checking your emails each day. Not to mention overhead like cleaning up emails, invoicing, etc. @PM Marc, Make Way’s business advisor, is that your policies state how long the client has to do their ‘homework’ If they pass that time then you are still paid in full. Eliza´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

Google Notebooks can be accessed from any computer as well as from mobile phones and it can also be shared between friends. Use email, instant messaging and your mobile phone to submit your notes or you can clip content from the web with the browser toolbar. Works in your browser and connects to your mobile phone.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk he sold policies out of the trunk of his car for many years. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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Men With Pens

JUNE 13, 2010

Dean: I start out with a little housecleaning, meaning I answer emails, approve blog comments, and check my calendar for meetings or tasks for the day. Of course, there are the phone calls and urgent emails from clients I have to field. Spending half the day on the phone. Dean: When the phone rings … I answer it.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 13, 2010

I’ve happily signed up for all kinds of email lists. I recently had a discussion via email with someone regarding the CAN-Spam Act (US) and Anti-Spam Act (Australia). In the US it’s legal to sign someone up to your email list without asking their permission. They could have asked. I have a crazy-busy RSS feed.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 25, 2010

You thought you heard the phone ring this morning but you aren’t sure. Check your email. Look at your email. Read that long chain email someone forwarded to you. Forward that chain email to all your friends. Send an email to your client. Then I remember I forgot to check my email at school.

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Men With Pens

MAY 19, 2010

Turn off the phone while working and don’t answer every call. Let the answering machine pick up the phone and focus on getting that work out of the way. Cut out anything that isn’t critical to your business survival for two full weeks – blog commenting, RSS reading, social media, IM chats and emailing friends.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 14, 2010

Alright, well, I know he emailed me to let me know I had a broken link in a post. And I know he was interested in what that link led to, which made me think well of him, so I emailed him back. In less than 5 emails, in fact. This is perhaps my most important rule of thumb, whether writing books, blog posts, or emails.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

The last time I needed the phone number, I looked online. One friend refers you to someone who only has an email address, a generic address like annepottertherapist@mail.com. Would you search online for Anne Potter before writing her an email? Compounding the problem was the president giving me an @comcast.net email address.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

People know to look for items like “our return policy&# there, and you’ll keep more attention on your actual products and sales. Your email opt-in area is looking outdated as well, and it’s just too quiet to be drawing any kind of attention or sign-ups right now. Say, in the footer. What would you change?

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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

You have many options: landline, cellular phone, texting, fax line (yeah, many people still fax), email, website contact form, Twitter direct message, LinkedIn message, Skype, and lots more. Yes, you have to manage your time and you can’t email all day, but don’t get so efficient that you become unreachable and aloof.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 8, 2010

Throughout the months of phone calls, backtracking, moving forward, and backtracking again, there was a lot of confusion. That means possibly posting something to your blog, sending out a press release, tweeting a public notice or emailing clients. My phone plressed the return key and it submitted. A lot of hurt feelings.

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Men With Pens

MAY 9, 2010

Sometimes we’d forget to ask a question and have to send a new email to confirm a detail – that wastes time. Do you simply direct them to the link on your site or do you email the questionnaire to them? We had a pretty good idea of what we needed to know in order to do our job well. Except the times when we didn’t. Reply Go ahead.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 23, 2010

What burnout can teach you about creativity (or what I did on my late winter vacation) Reply Giulietta Nardone ( @giuliettaspeaks ) March 24, 2010 at 9:37 am Hey Taylor, I too find that talking to folks on the phone or in person brings out the real person. When they see something interesting, I say, “tell me more.&# I blame high school.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2010

People can hear confidence over the phone, through the Internet and even by watching you sit on the bus with a newspaper. That’s why you’re supposed to wear a tie and stand up even when you’re doing a phone interview. But if you are going to fake it until you make it, you may want to invest in some theater skills.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

Do You Have a Phone? Do You Have a Phone? Get RSS right here Get email updates here Recent Posts What to Do When You Feel Like You Can’t Catch Up How to Take the Next Step in Your Freelance Career What To Do When Clients Haggle Which Type of Entrepreneur Are You? The more money it costs the more stable you look.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

I’m dying to dial that phone number,&# James pointed to the sign above the receptionist’s desk. No problem,&# James whispered back, covering the phone with a hand. The phone died in James’ hand – the battery. Don’t just mildly inquire how you can help them in the sidebar. You know, lawyers don’t really care.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

Answer the phone now and then. If you turn white and get all knee-wobbly at the thought of picking up the phone and introducing yourself to a prospective client, keep your day job. We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

DO NOT look at a single work email after that. Your quick email check becomes a written response, some analysis, and finally that little voice says, “What the heck. It’s really easy to get sucked in to one more email and lose an entire evening. Stick To Your Business Hours. I might as well just do it.&#

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 16, 2010

A few hours later, James was puttering in the garage, bleaching a particularly nasty oil slick here, corralling wayward tools there, with Kid Rock blaring from the stereo in the background, when the phone on his hip buzzed. He dove for the volume to twist it down and yanked the phone from his pocket. Intrigued, James answered the call.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Email the owners and offer to guest post or to do an interview. Or maybe he knows someone who would…&# and then I’d email you and ask about options and you’d say, “Hey, I know someone&# and I’d be all happy and go over there and then three people are thrilled and I have a new roof and… YEAH!

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 21, 2010

As if getting them on the phone is too expensive, like it used to be. Because even today (sigh), it is too expensive for me to get hundreds of people on the phone every day. We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Did James REALLY pass Critical Thinking with a 98% and I’d like the phone number of his teacher to double-check that?&# We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I Come on, John. I thought you were better than that.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Michael Connelly could rewrite the Santa Monica phone book and it’d be a bestseller. Get RSS right here Get email updates here Recent Posts What to Do When You Feel Like You Can’t Catch Up How to Take the Next Step in Your Freelance Career What To Do When Clients Haggle Which Type of Entrepreneur Are You? Reply Go ahead.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

I received a personal email from Simon the next day, in which he said he would put the CD in the mail that day, and he also said that he was happy to hear from me because it gave him fond memories of a visit he’d taken to Canada. in person, on the phone, tape recorder, emailed questions…) 2. Keep up the great work.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

It didn’t work at all as described and I emailed him to ask “did you actually use this or are you just selling it for the affiliate income?&# We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I dave´s last blog.

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