Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 25, 2010

Unfortunately, I think because we use our communication skills so continuously, we take them for granted and don’t work to develop them after we begin to achieve success in an organization. Here are some Guidelines for you to consider when Making Your Words Count: 1.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 6, 2009

it requires a firm culture that discusses recovery openly and strongly support it -both in action and written policy. and hopefully, they have supportive procedures and policies in place to help them." This is usually a lot of "talk" in companies.but little real support for it. in my experience. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 11, 2011

Decide on your guidelines and stick to them so you have part of your procedures for life balance. Learning new skills by watching videos and interactive Power Point presentations is a widely accepted medium for explaining terminology and techniques - just look at the popularity of YouTube! Thanks to Sue West of Space4U Organizing.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 14, 2010

E - Email and set up another appointment?   Find out your company’s policy before inviting clients to lunch.  4 -- D or E -- Depending on the communication preferences of the person you were to meet, you should either call or email and set up another appointment.  B - Send flowers?

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Men With Pens

MARCH 4, 2010

Whatever you decide to do, you benefit from each other’s skill sets, experience, knowledge, marketing efforts and much more. You can even send an email just to say hi. Do they have particular skills that you feel would benefit your business? Each of us brought a different skill to the design table. Leave a Comment!

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

A project is not about checking your emails each day. A good definition of Project Management is “The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project.&# (from the PMO and Project Management Dictionary ). Leave a Comment!

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MARCH 28, 2010

Generalists tend not to be as skilled as specialists who do one thing, and one thing only. The essential skills that every thoughtwrestler needs Reply Michelle March 30, 2010 at 2:44 am I think it is the most important to have a consultant understand you and your needs. Mark Dykeman´s last blog. Vance Vance Sova´s last blog.

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JULY 14, 2010

Some claim that absolutely anyone can become a successful freelance copywriter, even those without writing skills or special expertise. At the very least, you must be an above-average writer with some selling skills and a firm grasp of your specialty. They want your fees, skills, service, knowledge, etc. That’s bunk.

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MARCH 18, 2010

You can find out how they did it, and you can ask them how to get your own skills to the point that they can support you in the gamer lifestyle. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. And you can do it for free, if you’re one of the first five people who sign up. We loved this course.

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APRIL 6, 2010

We talked about Extreme Skills Makeover (Work Edition), concerning the different opportunities available to people who want to continue their education: [link] Taylor’s take is quite interesting, though: formally set up your own curriculum, choose your own resources, and set your success criteria according to your goals.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Written by Agent X - 25 Comments When I get an email from pro copywriter Dean Rieck , I’m always happy. Foreign language copywriters or professional translators skilled at intercultural communications adapt your key messages to targets whose cultural values and references can differ significantly. You’re Just Ignorant.

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JUNE 23, 2010

J/K I believe that truly good fiction writing requires more than just writing skill. 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? Exclellent article!

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Men With Pens

MARCH 1, 2010

You’ll have to apologize for mistakes you made or for something you forgot and that fell through the cracks or for being snappy in that last email. Everyone has invaluable self-worth and we’re all important, but our rates should be set according to our skills, talents, and the results we provide. Time is money.

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JANUARY 17, 2010

Even a skilled thief can only front it for so long before their incompetence shows through. 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? Leave a Comment!

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

But it requires little skill and no finesse, so it’s easy and fun to write. 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? It doesn’t.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

If you’ve got someone on staff with grammar beyond the fifth grade and you ever talk to each other or to your clients, you probably have plenty of material and the skills for a blog. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. I don’t think I’d say that to a client, though.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

You have to be disciplined with money, a skill many writers don’t have. I’ve also done the freelancing thing–learning to market myself, developing my money management skills and learned to juggle. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. There’s no paycheck.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

Things I didn’t get done that day, emails I meant to send, bills I haven’t paid, posts I haven’t written, product launch process – they all keep me awake in the wee small hours. The good part of waking up then is that I’ll often write whole blog posts or emails in my head, and they’re generally quite good.

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APRIL 20, 2010

In my old music school there were plenty of teachers who were incredible players and missed no opportunity to show their skills to their students. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. It’s a great post Reply Annabel April 21, 2010 at 7:20 am Yes. Some people are indeed impressed by this.

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JULY 18, 2010

It takes skills to jump small – and to jump well. You have to always push yourself (and it) for more, and your goal is to eventually ‘outgrow’ your horse and need a new one that fits your skill level. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Equestrian Horses´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Love the six core skills idea. Rose – Those six core skills really come into play in the FIRST draft. Come on, Ro-Ro!) @ James: Yes, the six skills need to come into play in the first draft, but the truth is that if you spend your whole time focusing on Writing With These Qualities in Mind, your novel will come out stilted.

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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?

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JANUARY 21, 2010

However, he isn’t stodgy, and his social skills are better than mine. Writing is a skill that I will be working on much more over the next several years to lifetime. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Mike’s audience is anyone who experiences pain and wants to perform better. Thanks Dude!

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JANUARY 10, 2010

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?&# However, being skilled at teaching a course on entrepreneurship, for example, can be very different from being an entrepreneur yourself. So, I appreciated your comment, James.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 2, 2010

You see, new freelancers don’t really know the value of their skills, or feel they can’t charge more because they don’t have experience, or they can’t figure out what the current industry rate for what they do might be. Many people underestimate the value of good skills and great service.

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APRIL 22, 2010

What they don’t tell you is that in order to do any of these things you should do, you need to master something else first – something more intangible, something more than a skill. The Secret Marketing Skill that Packs a Punch That’s the secret – confidence. Get branding. Find affiliates. All of that, yes.

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JUNE 13, 2010

Dean: I start out with a little housecleaning, meaning I answer emails, approve blog comments, and check my calendar for meetings or tasks for the day. Of course, there are the phone calls and urgent emails from clients I have to field. I don’t know how anyone got anything done without a computer and email. Persistence.

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MAY 2, 2010

Everyday I take time to study copywriting skills. Since this is the million dollar skill. The website lets freelancers use their work to market themselves, which in my opinion is great and innovative since now skill can rule over a marketing drive. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got.

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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. They’re all small business owners. THANK YOU!!

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Men With Pens

MARCH 21, 2010

Praise in order – Writing takes skill, time and practice too! 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? Ragnar´s last blog. Reply Go ahead.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2009

No one is going to go through all the skills and tools you need to set up the business. The skills you never knew you had that absolve you of the need for prior web writing experience. • Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. (Ignore that pretty picture on the right.) Oh my lord, this is IT!&#

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

Perhaps you have all of three readers right now – but this means it’s a great time to practice and hone your skills before you have thousands of fans hanging on your every word. Focusing on that genre and reading other people’s amazing writing developed my skills and made it easier to write in other styles as well.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 4, 2010

She seems like she really knows her stuff, and she has the right skills/experience to help me get where I want to go. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. OConnor ( @ocopy ) April 6, 2010 at 8:34 pm Yes, your info has helped a lot, thank you! I will let you know how it goes. Reply Go ahead.

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MAY 30, 2010

There’s a hockey school near here – I wonder if those guys get bored and want to skip class to go read textbooks Reply Randy Cantrell ( @randycantrell ) May 31, 2010 at 3:39 pm James, my son has killer social skills, and always has. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Leave a Comment!

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DECEMBER 13, 2009

However, if they go to develop skills like writing and critical thinking, to learn more about the world and to connect with future leaders, then university is invaluable. I have used those skills almost every day of my working life. And now I coach public speaking skills. I did an Arts degree (Modern Languages).

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JULY 25, 2010

There's nothing quite like waking up to the smell of money in my email in the morning. Lessons Learned from Dr K on Interpersonal Skills and the Art of Persuasion Reply Azstrel ( @Azstrel ) August 6, 2010 at 9:21 pm Freakin’ Fantastic, Mate! Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

In fact, they seriously lack in professional qualifications, the kind required to be dispassionate and unbiased – essential skills if you truly want to help a person. People with low competency level cannot objectively estimate their low competency level as they lack metacognitive skills for it. Dunning-Kruger effect.

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