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10 Business Card Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Office Dynamics

What business card mistakes are you making? Like it or not, business cards are still widely used among entrepreneurs and their prospective clients. But if you’ve recently handed out several business cards and never heard back, it may be a sign that you’ve gone wrong somewhere along the way.

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Zero Dollars, Zero Excuses: Starting or Growing a Home Business with No Money

Tips From T. Marie

Define Your Passion and Purpose Before diving into the world of home businesses, it’s crucial to figure out what really makes your heart sing. What skills or hobbies do you have that can be turned into a business? Use it wisely to promote your business, engage with your audience, and build a loyal customer base.

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Conference for Administrative Excellence – Gala Event

Office Dynamics

days of learning, collaboration, networking, relationship building, concurrent sessions, and hands-on learning labs, admins happily exchanged business cards and contact information as we prepared to close out the event. Friday morning began with a networking breakfast. On this final day, after sharing 2.5

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Are you a networked PA?

Practically Perfect PA

Networking is without a doubt a valuable skill set and resource tool but for many it can involve going outside our comfort zone when confronted with the notion of chatting to a complete stranger. Be consistent and collaborative. The word networking can strike fear, horror and / or joy into the best of us.

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Getting buy in from the boss

Practically Perfect PA

There was less sharing of information, silos in place and limited collaboration. It is imperative to be proactive about self-promotion in order to showcase your skills, achievements and personal brand. Business Cards: I was the first PA within my last company of 30+ Assistants to request Business Cards.

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Session 4 - Wednesday, Sept 28, 2011

Office Dynamics

We attendees all got busy networking, exchanging business cards, talking and laughing as we chatted easily over lunch. They encouraged us to have strategic conversations with our managers, and in so doing, we will expand beyond our comfort zones to a collaborative, partnering synergy. Presentation skills.

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Beating Networking Nerves

Small Business CEO

Effective networking is an essential to furthering your career as well as being vital to the success of your business. This experience will translate into the business environment and you’ll soon find yourself feeling far more relaxed about networking. Don’t keep your cards close to your chest.