Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

Make sure that tasks directly associated with clients come first, consider the financial impact of a project and its completion date on the company, don’t let deadlines control the priority list (expense reports can wait when there are more important tasks), and consider cause and effect (do A to enable B, which accomplishes C).

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 29, 2009

He wrote in one sentence that he had " expensive experience" instead of "extensive" and in another wrote "tits" instead of "its." Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? He relied totally on spell check so you can imagine what typos were missed. Good thing I checked.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Holidays 2009 100

Small Business CEO

OCTOBER 18, 2012

These should be the ones that aren’t a technological burden such as email, payroll applications and types of customer relation management (CRM). This is a new and rapidly changing area of ecommerce but there are already guidelines set forth about third-party service providers. How are we saving money?

Payroll 40

Payroll Goals International Networking 40

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 31, 2009

He wrote in one sentence that he had "expensive experience" instead of "extensive" and in another wrote "tits" instead of "its." The woman who sat next to me told me I should have left the message, “Hi, call me back.&# * At another office I needed IT assistance so sent an email requesting help. Good thing I checked.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones 2010 IAAP International 100

Men With Pens

MARCH 28, 2010

Sometimes an expense is an investment, and hiring a consultant can flip your business right onto Easy Street. Get RSS right here Get email updates here Recent Posts What to Do When You Feel Like You Can’t Catch Up How to Take the Next Step in Your Freelance Career What To Do When Clients Haggle Which Type of Entrepreneur Are You?

Lifestyle 40

Lifestyle 2010 AT&T Expenses 40

Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Time: Investment or Expense? Whether you view time spent as an investment or an expense can often be based on the filter with which you view time in general. #2 Consolidate emails/list. Assistant copied on email. Establish guidelines for communication by learning their communication style. If so, how many?

Management 100

Management 2016 Calendars Administrative Professionals 100

Practically Perfect PA

MAY 16, 2012

Last week I was on annual leave and as I’m sure you can imagine on my first day back in the office I was confronted with a shed load of emails and a pile of paperwork **cough cough junk cough** that had been left on my desk. My email filing system. Email filing. Here is a little diagram of my email file structure. .

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Filing Email Finance Expenses 100

Men With Pens

MARCH 8, 2010

That means possibly posting something to your blog, sending out a press release, tweeting a public notice or emailing clients. Twitter,Facebook, your project manager, your to-do list app, Google Analytics, your bookkeeping software, or your email accounts? Then email (a client) and ask him to help you sell my sites.&#

2010 40

2010 AT&T Email Staples 40

Men With Pens

JANUARY 21, 2010

As if getting them on the phone is too expensive, like it used to be. Because even today (sigh), it is too expensive for me to get hundreds of people on the phone every day. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. sigh) I picture one person, and “talk&# to them. Perfect phrase.

2010 40

2010 AT&T Interviewing Learning 40

Men With Pens

MAY 16, 2010

It’s easy to fall into the trap of emailing off four, five, or more guest posts quickly and then expecting to see your work on the blog of your choice the very next day. Look for a writer’s guidelines page. But, when a guidelines page is there make sure that you follow it to the letter. What guidelines do you have?

2010 40

2010 AT&T Email Resume 40

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?&# Peter Masters´s last blog.

2010 40

2010 AT&T Social Media Twitter 40

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!

2010 40

2010 AT&T Email Google 40

Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

I’d like a website, but I’m having a hard time justifying the expense.&# Something doesn’t necessarily have to be expensive, but I believe it has to *look* like it was done to quality standards for that perception of “expensive&# – which many people equate to grounded, established business.

2010 40

2010 AT&T Expenses Social Media 40

Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

By taking the time to write down exactly what you want to accomplish, you’re much more likely to get a good product and avoid expensive rework because of miscommunications. Could easily be modified into a set of guidelines for Freelancers. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got.

2010 40

2010 AT&T Project Management Elance 40

Men With Pens

MAY 2, 2010

It wasn’t packaged all that well but it was a product that could stand by those words and really didn’t need to pay for the expense of nicely designed packaging. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Supporting your visuals/claims with your copy – critical. Reply Go ahead.

2010 40

2010 AT&T Calendars Verizon 40

Men With Pens

MARCH 14, 2010

What we get from that expense isn’t tangible. Some experts may want to tune in and adjust your strategy now and then, or check in to see how you’re doing and where they could suggest tweaks that create even more impact, but even that doesn’t need to be a monthly expense. It doesn’t sound appealing.

2010 40

2010 AT&T Expenses Social Media 40

Men With Pens

APRIL 4, 2010

After we buy the necessary software and equipment, many of us don’t even consider getting help because it’s “too expensive.&# Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Yet we forget that we’re running a business. Sure, there’s a lot we can do on our own. Reply Go ahead.

2010 40

2010 AT&T UPS Interviewing 40

Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

One on one consulting, seminars, meet ups are difficult to copy and expensive to hold. The first ebook is expensive to produce but that is a fixed cost, not marginal cost. At first it was expensive and there was little interest in it. Real contact with real humans will always be valuable. That is where the future will be.

2010 40

2010 AT&T Google Social Media 40

Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

Once that’s up and running a blog gives an extra insight into the website, but shouldn’t be at the expense of quality on the main site. Heather p.s. Yes, I know you asked me if I was *sure* I wanted to start a daily email. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Leave a Comment!

2010 40

2010 Social Media AT&T Goals 40

Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

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. If you’d like to be the first, please email me at steve@ionleap.com and ask me. Wish I knew. I’d really appreciate it, seriously.

2009 40

2009 AT&T Learning Resume 40

Men With Pens

MAY 23, 2010

Like, say, emailing us to ask if this is the right email to email us at, when the email you should use to apply is written on the job ad. When the job ad says email us with information and samples, don’t tweet us and say, “Just click here.&# Someone wrote an email to “Mr. Bangamon.&#

2010 40

2010 AT&T Self Esteem Email 40

Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

When their readers don’t actually know what they do, because they never visit the site, they simply open Google Reader or their email for the RSS feed. We have to consider that additional expense when we work out how much we’ll charge for our freelance services. We are buying attention and paying for it with our writing.

2009 40

2009 AT&T Retirement Twitter 40