Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 18, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Using Email Effectively Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on June 18, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. For most organizations, e-mail has become the preferred means of communication, both formal and informal. It’s like attaching a business card to every e-mail you send.

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Success

MAY 25, 2022

There are multiple ways to help the conversation flow organically, but I think the best and most underused way to do this is by using a book. People rarely anticipate leaving a networking event with anything except sales swag or business cards. You can bet I prioritize gift givers’ emails and look for ways to help them.

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Tips From T. Marie

JUNE 6, 2018

Lots of businesses mistakenly believe(d) that they could skip the website and simply create a Facebook Page instead. Now, everyone is upset because Facebook is changing it’s algorithm yet again and Facebook Pages are apt to see a decrease in engagement and organic reach. I never hear, “Do I need business cards?”

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 13, 2019

It says that the executive and organization truly value this assistant and want to give them the tools to help them be even more effective. I love it when an executive is willing to make this kind of investment.

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Success

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Work with a professional graphic designer at the planning stage of your business and consider all the possibilities for future growth. That logo may look fine close-up on a business card. Your business’ customer service and general responsiveness are critical to your brand.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Organize With Social Bookmarking! By The Professional Assistant on Monday, November 03, 2008 Filed Under: Networking , Organize , Productivity D o you find articles on this site intriguing? You can also use these services to organize yourself by adding "tags" or keywords to the articles that youve saved.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 8, 2022

Next, you need to setup your account with your username, email address, and password. Once you’re confident that everything is in order, then you can include the website address on your resume, business cards, social media profiles (especially LinkedIn), and professional association profiles. This isn’t the time to get cutesy.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

One: Develop an organized way to maintain your new contact info. Contact Keeper makes great products to save business cards and keep notes and other important info on new contacts. That means a personal email or phone call, not adding them to your mailing list. Thanks to Jonda Beattie of Time Space Organization.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 23, 2007

Home About Me Advertise How to Organize Tasks Effectively By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 23, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize A task here, a task there! The question is, “How do I prioritize and organize my tasks? When does it ever end? Well, you are not alone.

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Clutter Coach

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Spending time on organizing is a great investment because it always gives you a high return, unlike other investments these days. To do for stack of marketing letters : address envelopes, stuff them (including business cards), stamp and take to mailbox. Send yourself email reminders if necessary. Stay focused.

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Green consciousness and eco-friendly movements are gaining more momentum every day, manifesting themselves in everything from recycling to organic produce. One piece of our archaic marketing that has not yet been buried is the old reliable business card. Even the world of marketing has changed.

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Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Get out all those business cards that are collecting dust in your desk drawer, or reach out to past colleagues or clients, and personally invite them to register for your teleclass. You can do this via email, letter, phone call, or in-person. Here are seven ways in which you can market your upcoming virtual event: 1.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 17, 2012

Building your network is about more than just shaking hands and collecting business cards. Networking will help you obtain a new position, help your organization gain or keep customers! Outside Your Organization. To truly build your network you must first build relationships. What can networking do for you?

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Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Just because you recently met someone at an event and they handed you their business card doesn’t mean it’s okay for you to add them to your newsletter. This is actually bad business practice and, for most people would be a HUGE turn off!

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Clutter Coach

APRIL 5, 2016

Spending time on organizing is a great investment because it always gives you a high return (unlike many investments these days). To do for stack of marketing letters: address envelopes, stuff them (including business cards), stamp and take to mailbox. Send yourself email reminders if necessary. Post triage.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 7, 2011

If you’re not familiar with Evernote, it’s an application that helps you get organized and remember everything. If you organize and tag your notes as you go, they will be easier to find, using Evernote’s powerful search. Evernote provides a unique email address to send information to your account.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   This is the back of my card as a sample of what I mean: Creating Your Online Business Card An online business card is one site that lists all of your connection points online.    Tweet Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?

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Office Organization Success

DECEMBER 3, 2008

A VA can help you here by designing custom cards, calendars, flyers, postcards, brochures, or any other promotional item. #2 2 Organizing and maintaining your mailing list. Or is it on bits of paper and business cards that you’ve collected over several months, or even years? Do you even have a mailing list?

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Eco-Office Gals

JULY 5, 2011

It saves embarrassment after running out of business cards and avoids the loss of data due to losing a small piece of paper. Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite: The iPhone application, Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite, is an online service that allows a busy entrepreneur to access their Microsoft Office Productivity Suite.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 21, 2010

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients.   It's also kinda fun to use. 

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

The brainy quote – thousands of quotations organized by topic, author and type. Quotelady.com – An old-school style web site focussing on inspirational quotations organized in dozens of categories. Famousquotations.com – quotations, quotes and proverbs. Quotationreference.com – a compendium of quotations.

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 29, 2013

If you’re looking to expand your network, there are tons of events (organized by various groups) specifically for this purpose. In your area, it might be the chamber or some other local organization. Don’t blanket the room with your business card. Different organizations attract different kinds of people.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 23, 2011

What Business Card? Just Scan My QR Code - [link] -- FastCompany article that will tell you more about how to use QR (Quick Response) Codes in your business.    Read the comments too for some great tools.   Have you written any great articles on organizing and productivity?  To your success!

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Email (build trust) 3. Thanks to Chris Diamond of Time Management For Business Owners | Double Time Today. Social media has played a key role in communicating the services my business offers as a Professional Organizer. "Productive Networking: 23 Ideas to Organize Business Cards for Effective Followup" ». "Productive

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 3, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, March 03, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Brian McCullough of TheJobBored.com. Hopefully, not too many of you were affected by the email system outages yesterday. Fortunately, it’s easy these days to create backup email accounts.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 7, 2010

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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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 ?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 16, 2009

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2009

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity D o you have too many applications open on your computer? Home About Me Advertise Too Many Applications Driving You Crazy? Have you passed by a co-workers desk and noticed that they have 20 different things running all at once?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2009

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 17, 2009

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 14, 2009

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 10, 2009

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? "The Ph.D.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Dealing With Unreasonable Requests By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 08, 2009 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity Y ou receive an e-mail , among the many others that you receive each and every day.

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