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10 Tips for Taking Effective Phone Messages

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Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 10 Tips for Taking Effective Phone Messages Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on October 14, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Write it down on a piece of paper, preferably a phone-message pad. Make sure you have a working pen and a back up. Thanks for visiting!

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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind

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Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on October 20, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Think you can successfully study the details of a report while talking on the phone and reading your horoscope? Thanks for visiting!

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A Telephone Etiquette Test

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Test you telephone skills with this simple quiz: How quickly should you pick up a ringing phone? Answers Answer a ringing phone by the third ring. Set up your voice mail to answer after the third ring. If your phone system shows internal vs. external calls, alter your greeting appropriately. Answers after the jump.

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8 Tips to Help You Clean Off Your Desk

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Make an appointment - Don’t just hope you find the time to clean up, set a calendar entry and stick to it. Remove everything else - pens, stapler, toys, gadgets, phone, monitor, etc. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! Thanks for visiting!

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20 Tips for Better Time Management

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Phone ringing? When I’m doing important work, I also switch off my phone. Planning really enables focus, and saying “No&# frees up time to actually do what was planned. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! Or defer it to a later period.

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5 Productivity Boosters for the Afternoon Slump

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Make phone calls, have meetings and other social tasks. Try a “pick-me-up&# – Listen to high-energy music, so long as it doesn’t disturb co-workers or workflow. Are you staying up too late at night, watching television in bed or do you have a sleep disorder. Breath deep, drink cold water, etc.

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The 12 Privacy Tips of Christmas

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name, address, phone number) will be used. Follow up with creditors if bills don’t arrive on time. Refuse to give out personal information on the phone, through the mail or over the internet unless you have initiated the contact or you know who you’re communicating with. Ask to use other forms of identification.