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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

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The goal is to increase capability—whether through offering new products or services, expanding in capacity or geographically, or cross-promoting,” she says. When a client comes to me and asks for a service outside my area of focus, I refer them to one of my partners, with whom I have a pre-negotiated referral fee.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Diapers.com uses customer service.

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The company has developed software explicitly designed that allows it to ship orders the same day until 6:00 PM and has negotiated discounted rates with the major shipping carriers. The site also offers a referral program with cash incentives, and the customer service toll-free phone numbers and contact information are easily accessible.

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Answering Reader Mail: Career Progression, Wearing Different Hats, and Realistic Expectations

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I'm an EA to the President and CEO of a North American marketing agency that is growing rapidly. When we were a smaller agency, I was the EA and Office Manager for a smaller facility. I've heard of EAs who are promoted to Operations or Facilities roles later on in their careers but at this point, I am playing both roles.

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25 Self-Help Books You (Probably) Haven’t Read

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Marketing has a bad rap because many ad agencies think that he who shouts the loudest, wins. Sooner or later, every entrepreneur discovers that negotiation is an indispensable skill. Great work is almost never urgent work, and so we get swept away by the ringing phone, the jerk in traffic, the phone bill that’s overdue.

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Answering Reader Mail: How Long is it Fair to be a Temp for a Job?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

After only 2 weeks, I found a great company through a staffing agency and the position was full time working for a wonderful CEO. Keep in mind, the role of a staffing agency/HR is to work for the company and to protect the CEO/client, their company, and their business, and their money. In hindsight, I am 99.9%

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