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Are You Covering All Expense Bases?

Step It Up VA Coaching

Insurance: If you carry any sort of business insurance, or if you have extra homeowners or renters insurance to cover equipment losses, count it as an expense. You may also consider health insurance as an expense, especially if you had to buy your own after leaving your job to work for yourself. Gas isn’t cheap!

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Elevate Your Elevator Speech

The Office Professionals Place

Depending on what floor you are traveling to, your journey will be short so your introduction should be the same- short and too the point.  An exchange of business cards Here’s an example from someone who is employed as a sales representative from a company that sells crystal products. Here is my business card.

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Good Ol’ Fashioned Marketing is Still Good For Business!

Step It Up VA Coaching

Where do your local entrepreneurs do business or hang out? Places like copy centers, local cafes with Wi-Fi, and health clubs are populated with your target market, and often have community bulletin boards or places to leave business cards. Get to know the managers or owners of these businesses.

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Communication Productivity Tip: Don't Make People Search for You.

Stephanie LH Calahan

  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.    There are a number of ways you can do this. .    Each is a bit different in look and feel. 

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Co-Workers Annoying You?

Professional Assistant Blog

Taking a break is good for your health, but its not a bar or a club. Here are some tips on getting your team members to lower their voices: Ask the group of people to quiet down, move their conversation to a meeting room or even take the conversation outside. Its nice to socialize at times, but we are here to work.

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“Who, me, network?” Build Confidence in Your Networking Skill!

Office Dynamics

Articulate a short term “next step” goal or current position/strength [“I dream of pursuing a position working with CVX heritage documents” or, “I have extensive experience in Angolan travel and visa preparations.”]. Bring business cards to an event or IAAP meeting, and set a goal to get or give a certain number before or after the meeting.

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“Who, me, network?” Build Confidence in Your Networking Skill!

Office Dynamics

Articulate a short term “next step” goal or current position/strength [“I dream of pursuing a position working with CVX heritage documents” or, “I have extensive experience in Angolan travel and visa preparations.”]. Bring business cards to an event or IAAP meeting, and set a goal to get or give a certain number before or after the meeting.