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Launching a Business Against All Odds: 3 Tips for Startup Success

Success

So he traveled. Sometimes networking laterally instead of up the ladder of influence is powerful. In a world with no email or social media, Larry met his customers by: Flying to Germany, London, Japan and France to pitch eyewear kits to magazines. For Larry, that meant flying to New York for an estate sale.

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15 social media and technology trends for 2015

Practically Perfect PA

Be fun but be professional when using Social Media. But it is still worth reiterating every year that social media should be used responsibly, especially as more and more people are using the various platforms. This is an oldie but a goldie and it is still going to be the top tip for all social media users in 2015.

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How Hiring Virtual Assistants Can Boost Employee Performance and Work-Life Balance

Success

Taking time away from work is also essential to mental health and wellness, something that VAs have helped with at East End Taste , a Hamptons-based online publication covering food and sustainable travel. Gordon also recommends platforms like Fiverr or connecting with people she’s met while networking to find VAs that fit your needs.

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Make the Most of Networking Events with a Post-Event Plan

Jen Lawrence

To ensure you get the most out of networking and professional development events, create a post-event plan. Traveling, getting up early/staying up late, walking around, engaging in conversations, and generally exerting energy can drain you. Connect on social media and send emails to connect.

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Using your social media skills at work

Practically Perfect PA

Over the last few weeks I’ve been writing about social media and how best assistants can use it for their professional lives. Corporate Social Media. So lots of ways you can add value using your personally developed social media skills. Technology geek. for online profile etc.

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

Practically Perfect PA

Over the last few years there are plenty more online communities and in more recent times we have taken networking to a whole new level with local networks, organised by assistants, springing up all over the place. First up we have the Edinburgh PA Network. The PAs behind the Network. It is brilliant!

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Time Spent on Social Networks Exploding; Email and IM Fading

Small Business Labs

  We are using email and instant messaging less.    From the article: "the uptick in social networks led to the 28% and 15% declines in email and instant messaging, respectively. .  " But despite the declines, the death of email is greatly exaggerated.