Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 3, 2013

Surely, as executive assistants we may feel this way when we have to do all the boring stuff - filing, expenses, travel, calendaring, and phones. As an executive assistant, I knew I wasn't curing cancer or inventing anything, but that customer service role and making a difference in one executive's life was meaningful for me.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Gifts Finance Calendars 40

The Small Business Blog

JUNE 15, 2010

We all start our own businesses because we have passion and drive, this can easily become lost in the day to day monotony of paperwork and tedious tasks, yet employing full or part-time staff can be expensive and risky. Outsourcing offers the perfect balance, to help you regain balance! Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

2007 100

2007 2008 2006 2009 100

The Small Business Blog

MARCH 14, 2010

« Good Business: A Reputation of Integrity Why Your Small Business Needs A SWOT » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, March 15th, 2010 at 7:00 am and is filed under SME-Blog. Web development as well can be pretty expensive. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

2007 100

2007 2008 2006 2009 100

The Small Business Blog

APRIL 8, 2008

The costs will vary greatly depending on your needs – machines that make neon signs for a bar will be more expensive than if you are making wooden estate agent signs. The rest of your expenses will be related to promoting your website. The overall set-up cost could be from five to ten thousand pounds. Sponsors Advertise Here?

UPS 100

UPS 2008 2007 2006 100

The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Whatever method you use to record your income & expenses at the moment, instead simply enter the details on a form on the Payments & Receipts pages of ‘Cashbook’ to record any money paid into or out of your business. You will then have a record of all your income & expenses shown with monthly totals.

2006 100

2006 2007 2008 2009 100

The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2007

by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 25, 2007 I’m answering three questions here, emailed to me during last week, so excuse the long headline. Examples are rent, some employee costs, property taxes, telephone, heating and interest/bank expense. I will give examples and will let you fill in the rest for yourself. Sponsors Advertise Here?

2007 100

2007 2008 2009 2006 100

The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 29, 2009

One of the greatest advantages of being a small business is the ease in which you can quickly implement new technology into the way you work, whereas any change for a large company is a lengthy and expensive process. Also, it is important not to lose focus of your main priority as a small business: making money. Sponsors Advertise Here?

UPS 100

UPS 2009 2007 2008 100

The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 13, 2010

« Top 5 Tips on Building a 6 Month Cash Reserve Competitive Intelligence: Not Just For Big Business » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 at 3:38 pm and is filed under Small Business / SOHO. It’s expensive to develop your own resources so it makes sense to share.

Collaborate 100

Collaborate 2007 2010 2008 100

The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

This allows you to “tag&# expenses to products, departments, services or projects – giving you the opportunity to analyze the true cost of a department or any project. The new cost centre module is excellent for tracking expenses so that we can see which department or project the cost belongs to. do cost cutting.

2007 100

2007 2008 2009 2006 100

The Small Business Blog

MARCH 19, 2008

However, the initial process of incorporation can be lengthy and expensive. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 at 8:46 pm and is filed under Business Checklists , Start-Up. It also can result on income being taxed twice, because the dividends are not deductible.

2008 100

2008 2007 2006 2009 100

The Small Business Blog

JULY 20, 2010

People often say to me that their small business doesn’t have a website as it’s too complicated, takes up too much time or is too expensive. Online presence brings more traffic (eventually customers) to your business. start-up in business , use online IT. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

2007 100

2007 2008 2006 2009 100

The Small Business Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Better Marketing The Zen of Social Media Marketing » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 at 11:39 am and is filed under SME-Blog , Work/Life Balance. Not only is my wife employed by a firm that gave her plenty of maternity leave, they also offered help with expenses.

2007 100

2007 2008 2006 2009 100

The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Ethics And Small Business » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 9:26 am and is filed under Accountants/CPAs , Question & Answer , Small Business / SOHO , Sole-Trader , Suppliers , start-up in business. « Q & A: Can I be a sole-trader while still being employed?

2007 100

2007 2008 2009 2006 100

The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2007

A good side effect here is that you will have to look at your expenses and cost again, and may be able to make a judgement if that was good or bad money spent – you know what I mean – the hindsight thing. WinWeb also covers this version of bookkeeping. « Q & A: What Are The Problems With Staff In A Small Business?

2007 100

2007 2008 2009 2006 100

The Small Business Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at 7:30 am and is filed under How to. I see many businesses making this mistake), shop around for phone services or use voip instead and so on. « Top 5 Serious Start-Up Mistakes Is Your Networking Fishy Enough? lower overheads.

2010 100

2010 2007 2008 2009 100

The Small Business Blog

JUNE 29, 2006

Another downside, if you make more profits than you draw out, you are still taxed on all the profit irrespective of whether you have taken the money, and with a 40% tax band this can be expensive. A limited company must also file annual tax returns (“corporation” tax returns) with the Inland Revenue just like an individual.

Legal 100

Legal 2006 2007 2008 100

The Small Business Blog

MARCH 2, 2010

If a start-up funds the development of their company through internal cash flow and are cautious with expenses, the company can grow with low-risk to all those involved. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment.

2007 100

2007 2008 2009 2006 100

The Small Business Blog

APRIL 21, 2008

Maintaining a brand can be expensive in marketing terms so you may wish to drop some entirely. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

2008 100

2008 2007 2009 2006 100

The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Let me spell it out for anyone who really has not got the picture, businesses go bust because: The banks will not lend money to them; Even if they lend the money it is so expensive that it takes any profit out of the deal; They run out of savings. My email address is Patrick(at)PMJohnson.com. Please feel free to get in touch.

2009 100

2009 2007 2008 2006 100

The Small Business Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

The set-up cost for this business is one of the more expensive ones due to all the equipment that will be required. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

2008 100

2008 UPS 2007 2009 100

The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Darling we’re out!&# » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 11:49 am and is filed under Finance , Health Check , Home Business , Outsourcing , Sales , Virtual Assistants , Work/Life Balance , be successful , bootstrap , do a SWOT plan , do a reality check , do bookkeeping. ,

2007 100

2007 2008 2009 2006 100

The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I used the migration assistant to move all files across to my new computer and at first all seemed fine. You guessed it, as soon as I had done that my new computer started having problems, no calendar or address book data anymore,then my email started going and so on – I rebooted and that was that – I could no longer log in.

2007 100

2007 Keyboards 2008 2009 100

The Small Business Blog

MAY 12, 2010

This penalises small businesses, which can ill-afford to pay out for expensive legal advice. HMRC – and any other government department – should ideally operate a free information service, which provides free written and binding advice to the public as well as to businesses. Sponsors Advertise Here?

2007 100

2007 2008 2010 2009 100

BMT Office Administration

DECEMBER 5, 2022

That’s not to mention how difficult communication can be if you use email. Before you know it, you’ll have 15 email threads to keep up with, as well as loads of time-tracking spreadsheets for each team member. Time tracking and expense tracking. What are those? Budget management. Customizable project templates.

Project Management 64

Project Management Management Calendars Budget 64

The Small Business Blog

MAY 31, 2006

This might sound like a shocking statement, since "Enterprise Software" typically means the world of SAP and Oracle, and the traditional heavyweight, expensive, pay-huge-license-fees-upfront, then try-to-implement-forever model that does not work anymore. We advertised on television and radio and print. SMBs to Spend $2.2

2006 100

2006 2007 2008 2009 100

The Small Business Blog

JULY 27, 2006

Also, when you buy such a system the up front costs can be expensive. Next is the new generation of SaaS (Software as a Service) offerings, these operate in much the same way those that sit on your computer do, except you use them over an internet connection. Some such systems are Sage , TAS , Clearlybusiness , and VT transaction.

UPS 100

UPS 2006 2007 2008 100

The Small Business Blog

MAY 10, 2006

It used to collectively refer to companies too small to be attractive for the major Enterprise Software providers – and of course the same held true vice versa: I assume most readers of this blog are in small businesses, and for you the rule has been that "enterprise software" is too expensive. Sponsors Advertise Here?

2006 100

2006 2008 2007 2009 100

The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm and is filed under Marketing/PR , grow your business , market and sell. Then it is going to be more expensive, therefore, fixed pricing will be more ideal. For your customers and you will be ideally to increase sales.

2008 100

2008 2007 2009 2006 100

The Small Business Blog

MAY 8, 2006

Members of the major accountancy bodies, such as ACCA, ICAEW, ICAS, CPA, ICAI and others are also subject periodic reviews of their files by their professional body and are required to keep up to date by engaging in Continuing Professional Development. Unqualified “accountants” are not subject to any of the above. Sponsors Advertise Here?

2006 100

2006 2009 2007 2008 100

The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2007

High profit home business Said on April 20th, 2008 at 9:12 pm Bootstrapping is great also because with success does not come huge expenses that can’t be endured with the ups and downs that come with any industry. It does not mean you can’t realise real profits either. The choice to remain low cost is a smart one. Great post.

2007 100

2007 2008 2009 2010 100

Recruit CRM

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Some of the significant features that you're bound to notice in a good recruitment software include— Resume parsing Advanced search Candidate sourcing In-built CRM software Email templates Advanced reports Various integrations Now let's find out how an ATS works— 1. Job boards will provide you with plenty of traffic for your job openings.

Resume 69

Resume Agencies Social Media Interviewing 69

Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

Listening to Experts is Expensive When new business owners believe faulty information they find on the web, it costs them a great deal. It didn’t work at all as described and I emailed him to ask “did you actually use this or are you just selling it for the affiliate income?&# The other side of this is eBusiness.

2010 40

2010 AT&T Social Media Twitter 40