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Productive Networking: 22 Ideas to Organize Business Cards for Effective Followup

Stephanie LH Calahan

" That is what a recent client told me when I opened a drawer in her office and found it filled with business cards. The cards had been collected over a year or so of miscellaneous networking events and trade shows.  Business Cards. A pile of business cards is simply clutter.

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

Tips From T. Marie

Leverage What You Already Have Take inventory of the resources you already possess. Use what you have at your disposal to kickstart your business. Get creative and design your logo, business cards, and marketing materials using free or low-cost online tools. This is often called starting your business as a side hustle.

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Are you a networked PA?

Practically Perfect PA

The word networking can strike fear, horror and / or joy into the best of us. 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. External networking will broaden the playing fields.

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3 Smart Money Moves to Make Before Starting a Business

Success

Even so, your business might not provide income for some time. Knowing what resources you have on hand before you get in too deep can provide peace of mind that you’ll either have the funds you need to support your startup phase or that you need to save more before you order those new business cards and call yourself CEO.

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Networking – it doesn’t have to be a chore!

Practically Perfect PA

Networking can be a scary word can’t it? At the start of my career aged just 21, I had no real grasp of what networking was, nor was I interested in finding out. Now, just 5 years on, I have come such a long way and networking has been a huge part of my journey and contributed to my success. Networking can mean many things.

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The Admin’s Guide to Career Organization

All Things Admin

They don’t have a network of professionals they can activate at a moment’s notice. Go to your human resources department and ask to see your employee file so you can write down all of the job titles, dates, and salary details for each position you’ve held with your current company. Personal Business Cards.

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

Office Dynamics

Perhaps you’re one of the lucky few who network (think, “build relationship”) easily and with hardly a thought. For some people, building a solid network of colleagues and helpful professionals comes naturally. For some people, building a solid network of colleagues and helpful professionals comes naturally. Awesome wordsmith?