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10 Signs You're a High Maintenance Employee

On The Job

You insist on a certain chair in the conference room. You complain when the brand of coffee you favor isn't used in the office coffee pot. But you figure everyone 3,000 miles away in the home office should know you're having a really bad day. You can't figure out Twitter. Let's see if any of this fits: 1.

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7 Tips for Organizing Your Home-Based Business

Stephanie LH Calahan

   There are many advantages to owning your own home-based business.    You can fold laundry while you are on a conference call or do a little gardening when you are stuck on a problem.    It is often more difficult for individuals that operate their business out of their home

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Could telecommuting be a career mistake?

On The Job

He also relies on various forms of communication, ranging from phone conversations to using social media such as Twitter or Facebook. Get a babysitter even if you work at home. My company has many employees outside of the Vancouver office, including our CTO. It’s something he continues to maintain for the same reasons, he says.

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

Success

This can be done from your home office but quickly becomes unscalable. I’ll use my writer training business to illustrate: Every time we participate in a writers’ conference, we see an influx of new customers. Through partnering with influencers on Twitter, our followers doubled. Physical or digital products?

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Don't Be an Introvert Writer | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

What Should I Do” – Microblogging Reply Laura Spencer ( @TXWriter ) July 1, 2010 at 9:18 am We’re supposed to leave the home officer sometimes? I’ve often used Twitter to supply my own “people time&# needs, and it works fantastically! Personally, I need to make this a higher priority. to recharge.

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