ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

Submitted by Stephanie on November 04, 2009 at 05:24 PM I know I said two weeks back that I wasn’t going to blog about assisting but rather about what we (Ethan, Sadie and I) are doing behind the scenes of ProAssisting however after coming across this story through my fashionista reading, I had to post about it! Share it with others.

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MARCH 9, 2010

By partnering with IngBoo, we’re giving them a tool that completely simplifies searching for assistant positions in their specific location and makes sure they won’t miss any new postings if they don’t happen to check a particular job search site that day.&# Pretty cool, huh? Stay in the know!

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

Speaking, emailing or writing a new business deck, the communication doesn’t take on the formal tone that work communication deserves. I don’t blame our “wired in&# generation for this; they’ve grown up with Twitter, Facebook and IM status updates where slang and short communication rule. Stay in the know!

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

Sadie wasn’t too happy with us for being left behind but she had a great time staying at our dog walker’s home and playing with his 1 year old puppy so all was not lost… I think she’s just getting over being mad at us:) I’m sure Steph will post some more pics of her soon. Share it with others. Stay in the know!

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

Don’t worry about being neat or making sure everything is in order, you just need to make sure that your brain is opened up for everything needed for success. What didn’t? Download our free white paper, "Defining Assistant Excellence". Once complete, reflect on the outcome of the project - What worked?

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ProAssisting Blog

MAY 31, 2010

Being invited into this membership is a big deal for us because, as a new company, we want to assure all of our current and future members that we value our reputation and will do what we say we will whether that involves our training, our support or giving you a refund if our training wasn’t what you were looking for. Stay in the know!

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MARCH 9, 2010

I know that this doesn’t answer the whole “So what’s my career got to do with pizza?&# Download our free white paper, "Defining Assistant Excellence". It’s a very valid question. First, let me throw something out there right off the bat: I love pizza… always have, always will. Share it with others.

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JULY 23, 2010

Rest assured though that we are going to keep blogging and putting out free content in addition to the paid executive and admin training program that we offer so don’t be strangers. Download our free white paper, "Defining Assistant Excellence". Enjoy this post? I look forward to your lessons. Stay in the know!

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

He didn’t want to discourage her candor, but, like Mr. Hicks, he offered tips about how to be more effective—“like giving people credit for ideas that they didn’t have, but you sold to them, to give them ownership,&# Mr. Allaire recalls advising her. Hicks, so she could be his executive assistant.

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ProAssisting Blog

MAY 31, 2010

If you’re not, don’t worry, they’ll surely let you know. You will develop a thick skin and be able to take criticism better than people who haven’t worked for a tough or demanding boss. Working for a tough boss teaches you to be at the top of your own game. it does happen. Share it with others.

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MARCH 9, 2010

On Sunday evenings, I log onto my work email from home to take a peak at my inbox and perform my initial round of email triage so I don’t feel caught off guard come Monday morning bright and early when I boot up my computer at work. Download our free white paper, "Defining Assistant Excellence". Stay in the know!

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

pdf format) and suggested that we create a white paper for bosses entitled “Defining Executive Excellence&# that might help bosses create a better working relationship with their assistants. Download our free white paper, "Defining Assistant Excellence". Share it with others. Stay in the know!

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The Marq

DECEMBER 2, 2009

I don’t buy into any of these and I don’t think you should either. They often revolve around why you wouldn’t want to ruin a relationship by putting a friend on the spot for not delivering or for poor performance. My response is that you likely don’t trust that person as a friend to begin with.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 5, 2012

And really, that doesn’t surprise me, because he followed that up with “I am a good editor.” Usually it takes more than a few sheets of white paper and garlands of red ink before my work is good enough for the public eye. “I am a lousy copywriter.” ” (How great an ad man was he? So I write.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

I didn’t even know Jeremy’s name (let alone how to spell it, considering that the name usually ends in an “i&# where I live.). A potential client called me over a year ago because he wasn’t getting the results he needed from his website. Only, he wasn’t selling.

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ProAssisting Blog

MARCH 9, 2010

Although working for two years in a pizza shop didn’t sound all that exciting, it was still pizza we were talking about. You should read part 1 first before you read how pizza fits in with your career below. “First, you need to figure out where exactly you want to open this pizza shop. Now, are you ready to eat some pizza?&#

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2010

I’m happiest when he says nice things like, “It’s fun to write for your readers – I feel like I can let loose in a way I don’t in other places.&# When you write websites, ads, white papers, or other business materials, readers simply want information. They don’t care about the artistry.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

We’ve also had requests for manifestos, white papers, and from one particularly memorable client, three books. About the amount of information you’d get in five decent-lengthed blog posts. But we also get requests for huge ebooks – upwards of 50 pages. Actual books. For publication. These are all extremely lengthy projects. Move again.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

After all, you don’t need it, right? I didn’t pay attention to what I’d learned. Henri ( @henrijunttila ) December 14, 2009 at 3:33 am I don’t even have a degree, but after reading this it feels like I do. You’ve probably forgotten half of what you learned, too. Is Your Degree Useless?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

So, recycle those papers you have written and turn them into your next blog or book! Tip #2: When writing for others, be sure to retain copyright. Don't Write Your Book. Turn your favorite tips into posters, greeting cards, stickers, activity books, T-shirts, jewelry, painted rocks, mugs and you've got product to sell!!

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