Office Dynamics

MARCH 13, 2019

We use this information for a 30-, 60- and 90-day follow-up call with the assistant and the executive to track progress. This is detailed and maps out specific action steps the assistant will take.

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Worxbee

MAY 17, 2021

Or, you can set them up in software such as Mailchimp or Campaign Monitor. It’s important to keep up engagement with clients so a template for re-engagement can help. Email tip for EAs: Set up templates for your most-frequently repeated emails Click To Tweet. #3. Calendar management tools. It’s so important to keep it up!

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 2, 2016

A handful of assistants still had to manage paper diaries, print off and file emails along with every other bit of paper that passed by their Exec’s desk, type up hand written notes and take dictation. I had one Executive that had a bunch of the old style Rolodex business card holders dotted around his office. AHHHHHHHHH!

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Clutter Coach

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

I’ve added some post-30 minute clean-up suggestions if you want to keep going. Pick up the first item in the first pile. When they are piled up or spread out, you can’t get the whole picture. To do for stack of marketing letters : address envelopes, stuff them (including business cards), stamp and take to mailbox.

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Office Organization Success

DECEMBER 3, 2008

By letting go of these five tasks that you SHOULD be delegating ensures that you can free up your time and focus on your clients and income generating activities: #1 Designing promotions. Need to send seasonal cards to your clients? Your VA can help you here by setting up and maintaining a mailing list for you.

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Clutter Coach

APRIL 5, 2016

I’ve added some post-30 minute clean-up suggestions if you want to keep going. Pick up the first item in the first pile. When they are piled up or spread out, you can’t get the whole picture. To do for stack of marketing letters: address envelopes, stuff them (including business cards), stamp and take to mailbox.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Advertise A Great Outlook: Adding Holidays to Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize D o you often wonder how you can add your countrys holidays into your calendar in Microsoft Outlook ? In the Calendar Options section, click Add Holidays.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MARCH 24, 2011

Spring is coming, and with it, an opportunity for a little sprucing up! Time to make a clean sweep of your office, your business systems, and even your mind! You may be one of the many who feel you never really set up your office properly in the first place. Clean up electronic files and documents. by Donna Toothaker.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

- How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity (guest post by Meggin McIntosh) A question that often comes up in workshops as well as on my blog is this one: How do you suggest people use their calendar (planner) in conjunction with the tickler (1-31) files? What are your thoughts in this area?

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Your boss calls you up and tells you that you need to add an agenda to this meeting, but you don’t want everyone to get the meeting request again and have to accept/decline it. To do this, open up your scheduled meeting in the calendar that you are using and click on “Forward as iCalendar&#.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Put birthdays on your calendar and send cards to your clients – your kindness will be remembered, and so will you when the opportunity comes up for a client to refer somebody to your company. A good way to keep track of client birthdays and send out cards automatically is to use an online service like SendOutCards.com.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 31, 2013

Gone are the days of stacks and stacks of business cards in a suit jacket pocket, now all you need is a trusty smartphone to keep all your contacts and leads organised. Email is still the primary communication channel for the vast majority of businesses both internally and externally. Bluetooth Headset.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

By taking a photo of someone’s business card the app allows you to immediately transfer their contact details to your phone or tablet. The app also links up their social networking details as well. The current calendar app on the iPhone and iPad doesn’t allow for a week-to-view setting. CardMunch: Free.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

By taking a photo of someone’s business card the app allows you to immediately transfer their contact details to your phone or tablet. The app also links up their social networking details as well. The current calendar app on the iPhone and iPad doesn’t allow for a week-to-view setting. CardMunch: Free.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 15, 2014

I used to find walking into a room full of strangers terrifying and the thought of striking up conversation with them seemed impossible. WATC make it simple by providing an events calendar of when all the networks are due to meet. Make sure you follow up. Now, once you have met someone and exchanged details, follow up!

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 3, 2011

We attendees all got busy networking, exchanging business cards, talking and laughing as we chatted easily over lunch. The restaurant features tall sweeping glass “flames” that reach up to the tall ceiling at its entrance. Linda stated that we should not stop at putting meetings on the calendar. Consult others.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 13, 2013

If your manager needs to pick up a souvenir for their kids this app will tell them (or you!) By taking a photo of someone’s business card the app allows you to immediately transfer his or her contact details to your phone or tablet. The app also links up your social networking details with theirs. CardMunch: Free.

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Small Business CEO

MARCH 2, 2010

What’s more, they are proven concepts that will help to increase your business’s recognition, pool of customers, and most importantly, your bottom line. Forget the Traditional Business Card. households have business card magnets on their refrigerator. As at least 80% of U.S.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 15, 2014

If necessary, write a date and time on your calendar when you’ll retrieve this paper for further action. That doesn’t mean throwing it in the recycle bin as soon as you receive it, but you need to know where things will end up after they hit your desk. It adds up. DELAY IT. DELEGATE IT. Make decisions on the paperimmediately.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 1, 2012

If necessary, write a date and time on your calendar when you’ll be retrieving this paper for further action. That doesn’t mean throwing it in the recycle bin as soon as you receive it, but you need to know where things will end up after they hit your desk. It adds up. File it in a Reminder file or in your file cabinet.

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Small Business CEO

AUGUST 3, 2012

There are limited hours in the day so do you update the database, make those new business calls, work on that report, meet with your product vendor, confirm meetings…. If you are like me you probably answered, “Yes, I do it all and stay up late to get it done.” I hear you! In fact, they do very little. That’s more like it.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2008

Since Outlook only allows for one time zone to be added to the persons calendar , this makes it a little difficult. As for the DST, it really does mess things up. I am currently in the process of doing this for one of my managers. I need to book meetings for him to travel to firms all over Canada.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

I think Tasks is one of Outlooks best-kept secrets, but it shouldnt be and is a great way to follow up on items. If I send an email to a co-worker requesting information, I immediately drag it from my Sent items to my Tasks, set a reminder to follow up and write in the Subject line "Did I get this information". Dealing in real time.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 18, 2008

Ask for business cards and have a stack of business cards for yourself at hand as well. What separates a good networker from an average one is the ability to follow up. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

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Success

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Many are not shelved in the self-help section, but each will open up new roads into your wide-open future. When the tribe gets fed up with Seagull’s constant barrel-rolls and high-speed near-misses, the elders exile him to the ends of the earth. No cold calling, no website or marketing, no business cards or networking events.

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Loosely Speaking

AUGUST 6, 2009

We’ll post the names of the companies offering these goodies and they are firmed up. Branding Iron Designs —Discounted business card and brochure printing, including complimentary design! This needs to be written up for IVAACast, too. At 110 in the Valley, it’s too hot to dress up. Got a Better Idea?

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On The Job

JANUARY 4, 2010

Take everything else off your desk except for those materials and write the list on piece of paper or your calendar so it’s the first thing you see when arriving for work. Most people have figured out that to survive in today’s business climate they must make themselves more valuable by learning new skills. Improve skills.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Even though the articles were on specific topics, I could take one or up to three sentences from one article and morph it into another article on a different topic. I also can use the recording to make a cd and give to potential clients or current clients instead of a business card or brochure. Never Throw Anything Away!

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