On The Job

AUGUST 10, 2017

Let these top performers do most of the work, and you'll keep doing your job and finding enough time to check Facebook every hour or play "Word Cookies" on your phone. Use just a few “capture tools” you keep with you all the time such as lists, apps, email, etc. You may think that's just fine and dandy. Review weekly.

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Page Personnel

AUGUST 26, 2022

They coordinate schedules, handle employee issues, negotiate with suppliers and work hard to ensure everyone gets along within the company culture. For example, answering phones, taking messages, purchasing office equipment, working with relevant software and filing paperwork. What does it take to be a successful office manager?

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 21, 2020

And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away. Executive assistants are running meetings, making hiring decisions, giving presentations, negotiating contracts, managing budgets and are considered co-leaders.

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Page Personnel

OCTOBER 30, 2019

More often than not, the contracts are fairly straightforward: you negotiate the job you have to complete, and how much the company will pay you. That’s not to say there’s no room for negotiations but in typical situations, it’s about a flat fee. Just remember that phone of yours does have silent mode. And that’s a good thing.

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Eat Your Career

APRIL 17, 2012

People didn’t hesitate to plop themselves down at her desk—even when she was on the phone or heads down working. Aside from in-person interruptions, we’re constantly bombarded with IMs, phone calls, emails and so much more. Set your phone to go straight to voicemail. Email this to a friend? Plan for them!

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Negotiating Time If the person persists on bothering you, one thing that you can always negotiate is time. Even if they are starting to irritate you, keep a smile on your face (even if its fake) and repeat yourself until they walk away. Ask them when it needs to get done and come to a "reasonable" compromise.

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Productivity Bits

MARCH 9, 2011

Most smart phones have built-in voice recorder. A good use of a voice recorder would be for dictating email content, ToDo’s, or maybe questions that you may want to ask during a meeting with the higher ups. When nagging deadlines confront you head on, learn to negotiate. Your email will remain private.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2007

Youd be amazed of how well it works and helps you negotiate the only thing that you really can negotiate - time! By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Filed Under: Organize A re you afraid to talk to your boss about your workload - if you really do feel stressed about the workload that you have?

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 11, 2014

You can then use your initiative to appreciate what your manager’s typical week involves to enable you to deal with emails and phone calls and plan engagements into their calendar, without having to always consult your boss. One of the crucial elements in ensuring a successful relationship is communication.

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The Marq

APRIL 9, 2018

After holding a video conference call, reading his website, exchanging numerous emails and texts, as well as talking a few more times with him on the phone, I realized I was dealing with a Professional Thug. My recommendation for anyone who sells or negotiates, that means everyone, is to do the opposite of the Professional Thug!

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Success

APRIL 25, 2024

Utilize phone calls for connection and to get stuff done Make a phone call? Why bother when we have email, social media, text and so forth? Phone calls from nurses increase survival rates in patients after discharge. Phone calls from nurses increase survival rates in patients after discharge. Is this 1998?

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 1, 2014

In the past I’d be answering phones, taking memos and maintaining files – nowadays you are an extension of your Executive. ” “When I first started as an EA, I was answering phones, filing, and typing memos. I’m now PA to him, his partner in another business (2 email addresses is fun!),

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

I knew we were going to go back to that city the next year so negotiated with the hotel that if I booked the next event at their venue would they waive the cancellation fee. Negotiation As you saw above, negotiation is possible. There is value in getting to know people, even if it is just over email or the phone.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 18, 2013

Remember that you can always say during the interview that you will go away and think about their offer and then negotiate over the phone or by email. It will be awkward at the time but you will regret it later when you don’t think you get paid enough.

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Recruit CRM

JUNE 17, 2021

Examine consumer behaviour and modify email and advertising campaigns accordingly. Accounting Clerk's Key Responsibilities: Completing basic office tasks, including replying to phone calls, acknowledging emails, processing mail, filing, etc. Establish market research studies and analyse their findings.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Save Gmail attachments to Dropbox: Every time a VA forwarded an email labeled “QUOTES” with a file attached, IFTTT automatically saved the file in a designated Dropbox folder. Having to follow up with emails during the course of the day is a huge distraction and requires a lot of multitasking that can be avoided.

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Eat Your Career

JUNE 6, 2011

My mentor and I would meet via phone about once a month (usually for an hour) and in between these conversations, we would communicate via email. This doesn’t have to be stressful like a contract negotiation. Email this to a friend? Find out how much time they are willing to invest and build a schedule based on that.

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The Marq

OCTOBER 10, 2019

You need to have a regular schedule that's non-negotiable and dedicated to this activity. During this time, I know I'm not doing anything else: no emails, texts, browsing (unless I'm researching), or phone calls. Just kidding! Below are the details. I suggest setting this at your optimal time of day. Of course not.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 24, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Cost Cutting for Small Business – Payment Terms by Stefan Töpfer on Aug 24, 2007 There are two ways to get better payment terms from your suppliers – make sure you know what the pricing is and negotiate the payment terms last, without warning.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 24, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Cost Cutting for Small Business – Payment Terms by Stefan Töpfer on Aug 24, 2007 There are two ways to get better payment terms from your suppliers – make sure you know what the pricing is and negotiate the payment terms last, without warning.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

While you are at it, do as much automatic or online bill pay as you can - rent, phone bill, etc. Do a great job and learn to negotiate to a better salary or when you job hunt after you've gained a lot of experience. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address. Do a great job.

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Success

JULY 26, 2022

and start cranking on those emails before any of your co-workers and competitors? While the exercise piece is a pretty specific and, in Sharma’s terms, “non-negotiable,” piece of the 5 a.m. because following Sharma’s plan means my phone stays in another room. No checking emails, tweets, Instagram or text messages.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 15, 2013

Keep in mind how long it takes to commute or how you will find a quiet, private place to do phone interviews. Some weeks between commuting, phone interviews, in person interviews, and planning/searching/scheduling/researching everything, I was spending a good 25 hours or more just on my job hunt. You can just write “Thx!”

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 13, 2010

As soon as you get an email or piece of paper, deal with it. If I flag it for later I at least say I got their email. Oftentimes, they have never met me, but may recall my name or my boss’ name when I mention it over the phone. In all emails with other assistants we started referring to our bosses by initials only.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 29, 2010

You also have more negotiating leverage for a better salary and projects. HR will usually call 2-3 people for a quick phone chat. Email them saying you’d love 2-3 sentences if they feel comfortable commenting on how you did x, y, z on the _ project. Short of that, looking for a new job elsewhere is your second best bet.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Get better payment terms by negotiation. It’s obviously fine to try and negotiate payment terms, but I think that deliberately paying your bills late is just bad business. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 14, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Frank Said on March 21st, 2010 at 9:58 pm Another tip is to align your advertising activity with your public relations activity and if you can, negotiate a review of your product or editorial alongside your advertise campaign. thanks for your advice.

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Success

AUGUST 10, 2021

The lion’s share of our sales comes from email marketing , but very few blog readers (1%) subscribe. If we increase our email subscriber rate from 1% to just 2%, we could capture 150 additional leads each month just from our top two blog posts. Your gut says email marketing has huge potential if only you’d double your efforts here.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Nobody answers the phone – put the phone down and do not call back. Negotiate a back-up deal if you can, so if your primary provider falls ill, you have a back-up, or divide the work between two or more service providers to begin with.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 13, 2011

You'll find yourself getting calls and emails a couple of times a year if not once a month. You may do a 30 min phone interview with 3 different HR folks and then will be asked to meet with at least one of them before meeting an array of assistants, senior level management, and your actual boss.

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk In this economy, every price is negotiable. I see many businesses making this mistake), shop around for phone services or use voip instead and so on. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

I would like to email her after they meet to let her know I am interested in the role. To email her expressing my interest and why I would be great in the role? I would like to email her after they meet to let her know I am interested in the role. To email her expressing my interest and why I would be great in the role?

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

A project is not about checking your emails each day. Not to mention overhead like cleaning up emails, invoicing, etc. @PM If they then want you to complete the job, you re-negotiate a price. In other words, a project is fully time-based. It is not about updating your bookkeeping or worrying about your finances.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

EA work is typically admin work - phones, travels, calendars, expense reports, mtgs/luncheons, etc. However, if you know how valued you are and what unique things you bring to the table, it does mean there may be some room for negotiating. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address.

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Productivity Bits

JUNE 10, 2011

Instead, carving out portions of our day where we know we need to be super productive, shutting the door and turning off our phones helps to keep us on track during critical moments. Blocking out these times on a calendar, turning off the phone and pronouncing ourselves unavailable helps keep any distractions away. 100% No Spam.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk I sent about 70 emails to different wine farms around SA and received about 5 positive replies. So now I had my supplier with whom by this stage I had built up a good base for a trustworthy supplier by way of emails. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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Brilliantly Better

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

In the last two months I started a consulting project (quite a big one, it will end in March next year) where I have to spend a few hours every day in an office, evaluating progress of a team, provisioning, negotiating deals, creating and implementing strategies and so on. Like no messages, no phone calls, no nothing.

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