Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 20, 2015

Here are 10 random tips I’ve culled over the years on how to be a better assistant. I save “food profiles” of each individual for each restaurant. This is part 6. If I only need to drop stuff off, I walk in silently, don’t make any eye contact, put stuff in their in box, and leave silently.

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The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 17, 2010

Rule #6: Dont forget the tip! I was at a lunch meeting and people were wondering how much to tip the waitress. The rule of thumb is that a tip is typically 15 – 20% of the bill. If the service was extraordinary, tip 25%. Sometimes the tip is included for larger groups. said. ??????????~ ???BLOG?????????

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 28, 2014

There are no secret underground tips, as I hear they try to be pretty fair and they are in such high demand they will never have a shortage of clients. Don't forget to tip that concierge well too! Blogs online will give you all sorts of tips: Find a cancellation on OpenTable. Kind Regards, PG" Dear PG, Ahhhhhh. Check back often.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 14, 2010

Archive Network with Steph Is This You?   Find out your company’s policy before inviting clients to lunch.    Make sure the restaurant is within your budget!   Have any tips or other thoughts to share?  Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O!   Please comment below.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 6, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets 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."

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The Marq

MAY 26, 2010

You can track your daily expenses, find hot deals on products, get currency exchange rates, calculate tip on your restaurant check, calculate your monthly payments on your new loan, figure out your retirement savings needs, track the performance of your stock portfolio, check the markets’ performance, and read the latest financial news.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 29, 2008

In addition to not totally understanding the blogging craze, I am really stumped on how social networking could possibly help me market my services. I hear you on the weekly new invites to join new networks. So, I founded the first Virtual Assistant network in the southern hemisphere without realising what I was doing at the time!

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Productivityist

MAY 12, 2016

Pro tip : Just assign your starting date to the first one, then click on it and drag it down the column to automatically fill the column. You don’t go to a restaurant and order “half a pound of burger”, you just order a burger. Right after you’re done learning for the day, share what you’ve learned on the social network of your choice.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

The posts I write that combine personal experience, a story, some expertise and action tips that you can take away are always my favourite. My blog focuses on London restaurants, which means in some cases you really are travelling back in time because restaurants come and go so regularly. Oh, and this one about a camera.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

You get actionable value, great tips and practical advice, and plenty of good stuff that helps you succeed. I think the tipping point is where a blogger is blogging away and not selling – the just keep putting free content out there yet never ask for the sale. Now, that’s great. And yes, it’s also marketing.

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