Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

If you are a job seeker, send a greeting to every person you talked with about your career search this year, whether that talk was in person, by phone, or by email. Even though sending printed cards is an expense, think of it as an investment in your professional network. Email vs. Handwritten. Ready to thank someone for a gift?

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Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

As humans, we have been endowed with the amazing gift of intellect. All too often, people ask me if it’s worthwhile to attain a specific certification or take an expensive course to get ahead at work. Members have the option to sign up and receive blog posts directly in their email inbox as soon as they are published.

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Clutter Coach

AUGUST 9, 2018

That includes shopping and all the other ways stuff comes into your life: gifts, freebies, hand-me-downs, swaps, white elephant parties, free samples, inheritance, loans you never returned and buy-one-get-one offers. What I see is beautiful, expensive plates, cups, serving ware, etc. Today I’ll talk about the perils of acquiring.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 31, 2010

10 Simple and Inexpensive Christmas Gift Ideas – Gifts for the teacher, babysitter, hockey coach, or for the hosts of your holiday parties, don’t have to be expensive. Here are 10 gift ideas in small packages. However, we can give a gift that requires no cash outlay, but is priceless.

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Productivityist

JULY 5, 2017

You may even find some of the points themselves odd, but if you find one that you think would be worth adding to your own approach, then I’ll consider it a gift both given and received. Never forget to turn on your email vacation message…and preferably do so the day before you go on vacation. It’s worth the effort and expense.).

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Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Although SmartyPig is free to use, there is a processor fee for gift cards. iWallet – a comprehensive app for the iPhone that allows users to track their budget, income, and expenses. FreshBooks – the perfect tool for business owners, making it simple for them to track time, organise expenses, and invoice clients.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 21, 2010

Wit and humour at the other person’s expense are rarely worth it and may hurt when least expected. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Refuse to talk of another’s vices. Discourage gossip. Be careful of another’s feelings.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 4, 2010

There’s always some low-hanging fruit that can be plucked with little effort or expense. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! However, you don’t have to wait for ideal conditions or tools to get started.

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Virtual Moxie

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

But in this life, I have responsibilities and expenses to cover, and no community willing to pay those for me so I don’t have to do anything but sit on my rock sharing love (I am open to a wealthy backer doing that, though, so if you know of one, please send him/her my way!). I’d love to hear—either in comments, or in email.

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Service Untitled

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Still stores can’t depend on that warm and toasty experience shoppers love as they purchase gifts for their families and friends. For instance: Offer free attractive gift wrapping and have numerous employees there to keep line waiting time to a minimum. Offer free shipping for more expensive and luxury items with insurance.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 14, 2010

Be sensitive of others : Jokes at someone else’s expense are not worth the trouble. Comment by Frank on May 17, 2010 @ 9:59 am Trackbacks Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Tearing down another to prop yourself up is a huge waste of time.

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Service Untitled

JULY 30, 2010

All it took was my phone number and email address, and I would earn money back on all of my purchases. They know I am choosing Petco over the grocery store for my dog supplies now, and with the money back program, horse supplies are less expensive, easier to find in the store, and more convenient to shop. Why does Petco do it?

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Eat Your Career

MAY 10, 2013

It’s not about being fake or boosting people up at your own expense. Feeling empowered to create your own destiny is the greatest gift. Email this to a friend? When you delight in elevating others, people are drawn to you. And, in turn, you are lifted to new heights as well. Everyone wins. It’s about easing the interaction.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

It would be good to make the choices inexpensive, medium, or very expensive or whatever spread of variety is possible. Money/gifts contributions etiquette. When it comes to donating money to causes, gifts, or anything else where a lot of people are also pitching in, don’t be shy to ask how much everyone else is contributing.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 7, 2011

Evernote provides a unique email address to send information to your account. Track Expenses - When you get a business receipt, photograph or scan it, and send it to Evernote. Create Lists - Grocery lists, to-do lists, movies to watch and gift ideas, these are all lists I update regularly and like to have handy.

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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. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address. However, sometimes you are also given fun work and special projects.

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The Marq

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

I recently received a disconcerting email from the founder about how the organization may be failing due to lack of funds. I’ve posted the email message body below and I highly recommend we each take action however we can. But now we are about to hit a wall, and this is why I am reaching out to you.

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Virtual Moxie

MARCH 23, 2010

Stay away from email! Why God chose to make me brilliant in this, I’ll never know, but that’s the gift I have. But after taxes, expenses, and the like… well, let me say that I heard about someone today who was KEEPING less than $5/hour of what she was billing. Speed is the enemy of many good things. On Justin Bieber.

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Virtual Moxie

MAY 17, 2022

Drop a comment or email me and let me know. Expenses tend to rise as you become more experienced and sophisticated in your business. That’s a wonderful gift to give them. They will send you a letter, or an email, but they don’t get you on the phone because… say it with me… there is nothing to discuss.

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C-Suite Assistants

JULY 31, 2023

We may all have different jobs but that gift of 24 hours is the same for everyone. This could involve setting up a document system in the Cloud, a CRM system, scanning physical documents, organizing financials and expenses, contacts, etc. Some EAs even help with social media if you don’t have staff for this.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Your email opt-in area is looking outdated as well, and it’s just too quiet to be drawing any kind of attention or sign-ups right now. Your email list is one of the best for pitching people interested in your products, so it should be working much harder for you. but there’s almost too much of it for that sidebar.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 7, 2010

Buy Expensive Things This is one of the most costly ways to impress others, and it is very temporary. This is a very expensive way to impress others though, and will also create some folks who are unimpressed by your attempt to impress them. However, the one I have to disagree with is, ‘buy expensive things for yourself.’

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Then it is going to be more expensive, therefore, fixed pricing will be more ideal. Ideal Gift Said on November 27th, 2008 at 5:42 pm I always bill a customer for the job, as opposed to by the hour – I can’t stand being billed by the hour myself, as it can relate to how competent that person is at the job.

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Recruit CRM

JANUARY 25, 2021

Optimizing Selecting & Other Recruiting Costs The utilisation of candidates and worker information permits recruiters to decrease spending on leads that don't acquire top-notch applicants, though it's not really about recruiting metrics being less expensive but employing more knowledge.

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Recruit CRM

JANUARY 25, 2021

Optimizing Selecting & Other Recruiting Costs The utilisation of candidates and worker information permits recruiters to decrease spending on leads that don't acquire top-notch applicants, though it's not really about recruiting metrics being less expensive but employing more knowledge.

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

“You may still have to do travel and expense reports, but you should look at everything from a larger mindset, a wider scope,” she says. ” Also draw upon your gifts for observation and listening. “For example, have specific conversations about when to use text and when to use email.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Believe it or not, while some EAs do hold tremendous power, because travel is a very expensive and uncomfortable aspect of business, many executives or companies are very specific on what is or isn't allowed and which airlines they will or won't fly. Then I call and email every vendor. 4) Make your company searchable.

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BioTeams

JULY 13, 2005

Human team members have the gift of human intelligence so we need to construct rules which are more abstract and allow space for team members to apply their own judgements. email wars. O-R-G-A-N-I-C team member behaviours. In the longer term cooperation is better for the whole community but is open to abuse by individual opportunists.

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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?&# Get the picture? Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

One friend refers you to someone who only has an email address, a generic address like annepottertherapist@mail.com. Would you search online for Anne Potter before writing her an email? Compounding the problem was the president giving me an @comcast.net email address. It’s too expensive.&# Stacy – YES!

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

I feel the gift of speech need to be leveraged. One on one consulting, seminars, meet ups are difficult to copy and expensive to hold. Solomon – I feel that being able to discuss, talk and look at all sides of the coin is a gift, and yet so many people ignore the opportunity to ask questions, go deeper and learn more.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Tame Your Email 1. Turn off email alerts when emails arrive in your inbox. If you know that you will never answer an email, delete it right away. Create email folders same as you would for word doc and paper files. Examples: If you have a full email box, then schedule an hour each morning to tackle it.

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Employees were asked to share a personal story or something meaningful to them that would serve to inspire one another through an encouraging email to the entire firm. Showing employees that you care doesn’t have to be expensive. Instead, they reached out via phone calls, emails, and texts. BEWARE OF FALSE NICETIES.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Going back to school was the best gift I could give myself. Sonya – I do have to admit that most people who email me their resume and quote an English degree tend to have some of the worst writing in the world… Not sure why that is, actually. In 1982 when I graduated from highschool, no one forced me to attend college.

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Ideas.Ted

JUNE 24, 2021

Yet white Americans are far more likely than Black Americans to view racism as a “zero-sum game,” believing that if life improves for Black people, it will be at the expense of white people. A World Without Email: Reimagining Your Work In An Age of Communication Overload by Cal Newport (TED Talk: Why you should quit social media ) .

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