The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Word of mouth is a significantly more successful marketing tool than advertising; not only that but it is also cost-effective; which is a necessity for business start-ups. No matter what the size of your business, growth is what is important. But what is the best way to promote business growth? Make sure your business is there!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Pay attention or it could cost your company money. It was going to cost our company $5,000 plus in cancellation fees. I knew we were going to go back to that city the next year so negotiated with the hotel that if I booked the next event at their venue would they waive the cancellation fee. It is always worth asking.

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Small Business CEO

MAY 6, 2013

As the nation’s economic recovery slowly gains momentum, small business owners are finding that working with international partners can help their enterprises stay strong during tough times. Small Business Administration as a Global Trade Counselor and by NASBITE International as a Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP).

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Small Business CEO

JULY 6, 2011

One company outsourced its IT, negotiating excellent rates. It may be cost-effective to bring some functions in-house. Discussions should include business benefits, costs and risks. If it’s everyone, is that driving up your costs? Did you sign up for outsourcing figuring you could forget about IT?

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Get on a bus and negotiate your arrival later. Yet, we almost never get on a bus, ready to negotiate our arrival later on. But even if they get seed money, they don’t have the necessary internal resources to make the best out of their business idea. And then went on with our lives. Just be out there somehow.

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Small Business CEO

MAY 5, 2010

Consolidating applications and minimizing the number of technologies increases efficiency and reduces ongoing support costs. Design an internal web page that displays your key business performance indicators. Identify contracts and negotiate rates before they automatically renew. It may also hurt existing customer relationships.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

APRIL 21, 2024

An immigrant to the US, she has 11+ years of experience as an EA with international companies and counting – now on the US side! An immigrant to the US, she has 11+ years of experience as an EA with international companies and counting – now on the US side! She speaks Russian, English and some German.

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Some bad bosses believe that what they say goes and there is no room for negotiation. If the manager insists that the budget is tight, suggest that you would pay half of the cost; this will show the manager that you are willing to invest in yourself. Be proactive and get a dialogue established with your boss.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 15, 2013

In order to monitor contractors’ work, keep the communication streamlined and work together on things remotely, we used a number of applications that we work with internally with all the VAs to optimize work progress and avoid confusion: Communication: Skype, Google Chat, Yammer. Use technology. File exchange: Dropbox, WeTransfer.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Research published in the International Journal of Behavioral Science in 2011 suggests that approximately 70 percent of people will experience at least one impostor syndrome episode in their lives. She has spoken candidly about her challenges with imposter syndrome and how she negotiated the feelings of fraud.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

This week’s question also comes from an international/non USA reader! It also costs a lot to hire someone else because finding the time to find the right person and training them is expensive in energy, manpower, resources, and money. They write. “Hi Hi there, I just stumbled upon your blog today and am glad that I've done so!

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Jen Lawrence

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Whether you have an internal share folder or use Google Drive, declare a location to track all information and save important files. Don’t be afraid to negotiate. The biggest negotiation mistake in event planning is focusing solely on price. Establish a Collaboration Tool and Knowledge Base.

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BioTeams

JULY 31, 2005

The more sophisticated the nervous system is the more external triggers it can respond to, the more internal states it can sustain and the wider its vocabulary of communications with its external environment. This network includes all the teams members and partners, internal and external, individuals and organisations.

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Ideas.Ted

OCTOBER 28, 2021

For two weeks this November, world leaders and national negotiators will meet in Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss what to do about climate change. It’s a complex process that can be hard to make sense of from the outside, but it’s how international law and institutions help solve problems that no single country can fix on its own.

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Brilliantly Better

DECEMBER 24, 2010

From the selection phase, going through the interview and negotiation phases, all seemed incredibly familiar. This is a brand new local event (local in respect to the fact that it takes place in Romania, but its audience is international) which aims to match online entrepreneurs with investors. Maybe I should try this again.

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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 22, 2010

Your internal voices will start telling you: “nothing good will come out of this, because you didn’t respond with kindness”. And, depending on how powerful your script is, those internal voices can be pretty strong. Fact is that even if your internal script was broken, the outside reality was modified in your favor.

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Success

MARCH 4, 2024

The Future of Happiness: 5 Modern Strategies for Balancing Productivity and Well-Being in the Digital Era By Amy Blankson Technology makes us more productive, but it comes with a cost: multitasking, 24-hour availability and the incessant sensation that we are falling further behind.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 16, 2010

I would like to say that it was a sudden enlightenment, an internal breakthrough which led me to an epiphany, but it wasn’t. It was my way of healing the strange illness I got by this foreign image which I glued on me, at the cost of my own authentic being. , but rather “where’s my opportunity spot?”.

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

“If there is truly no internal way to influence change from the EA seat, leaving can be a very powerful way to preserve oneself.” Morale was low and costs were high. In brief, each employee was assigned a day to serve as Chief Morale Officer and help boost the morale of coworkers — from the CEO to interns.

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