Practically Perfect PA

MAY 23, 2013

I now feel I’m quite knowledgable on the subject of promo goods so I made it my mission at IMEX to visit all the stands and take some pictures of the promotional goods that I really liked and could blog about this week, which turned out to be a great icebreaker with the exhibitors working on the stands and the other delegates too!

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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. Learn more about it and access links to other articles in the series here. To squander that is, in my opinion, the height of arrogance.

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Eco-Office Gals

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Here are some great ideas on incentives that you can use to promote green activity with your employees: Alternative Transportation Bonuses. Each employee can get one and it’s not very expensive to order them in bulk, or even have them customized. There are a few levels for bonuses here. Use solar power for the small things.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 27, 2016

While the right venue is most likely the largest expense of your event experience, it is also the most influential in shaping the overall guest experience. Is it a corporate or promotional event for a brand that press needs to get to easily? For a chance to win a gift certificate to Peerspace, share your comment below!

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Admin Awards

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Promotions, births, deaths, divorces – all of life’s moments were shared with my mother, whose desk was rarely not occupied by co-workers hanging out in reception. And what I’ve learned is those things don’t take complicated staging, expensive event décor, laser light shows that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, etc.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 15, 2012

It comes in handy when you are setting up catered lunch meetings, giving gifts, event planning, and being a well-informed assistant. You're setting up lunches, giving restaurant recommendations to visiting executives, and sending gift baskets of fruit, baked goods, and other edibles. Inside was a bottle of red wine.

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Service Untitled

JULY 30, 2010

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. Small businesses should not get scared that implementing a customer loyalty program could be too expensive. Why does Petco do it?

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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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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. She’s worked in various industries, from banking to real estate to venture capital, but the common thread has been finding a mentor who promotes professional growth.

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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. How To Promote Your Business On A Budget Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) January 11, 2010 at 7:06 am @Michael – I’m tossed up about that. How could they not know? Get the picture?

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BioTeams

JULY 13, 2005

I also proposed that this new understanding could be further promoted and made useful to a greater number of people by working around the establishment of a new discipline centred on the study of Bioteams. O-R-G-A-N-I-C team member behaviours. Application of Rule to Organisational Teams.

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Showing employees that you care doesn’t have to be expensive. When Southwest Airlines’ traffic fell 90% during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company couldn’t afford to send gifts for major milestones in their employees’ lives. THE LITTLE THINGS COUNT, TOO. 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. My success was rapid and soon after earning multiple MS certs, i was rewarded with a substantial promotion in this prestigious law firm…The only downside in my eyes was the new dress code i was required to follow, so now i was reporting for work each day in a suit and tie.

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