Loosely Speaking

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Please Mind Your Manners Monday, November 16, 2009 at 10:18 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Business Strategies/Perspectives , Life of the Virtual Assistant Please bear with this veteran VA while she spouts off on some assaults on common courtesy she’s noted of late.

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C-Suite Assistants

JUNE 26, 2023

For more details on these apps and training resources for administrative professionals go to The American Society of Administrative Professionals. Verification of Information The weak link in using AI is IA.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 14, 2016

Trains are your other option – and during the peak season months of July and August, can often be much faster and convenient than travelling by road. Trains from Nice are about 20 minutes away, but you will need to catch a taxi from the airport to the station first. Try the Bistro Gourmand for a great city centre meal.

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Jen Lawrence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

With my Trello cards, I can keep track of ideas and purchased gifts in a handy tool. Exercise Training Plans. Create a board with a few lists to organize and plan your exercise training! I’m notorious for coming up with gift ideas or actually buying them throughout the year and then forgetting as the holidays get closer.

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Jen Lawrence

OCTOBER 12, 2020

With my Trello cards, I can keep track of ideas and purchased gifts in a handy tool. Exercise Training Plans. Create a board with a few lists to organize and plan your exercise training! I’m notorious for coming up with gift ideas or actually buying them throughout the year and then forgetting as the holidays get closer.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 11, 2016

Trains arrive at the SFO International Terminal every 15 minutes and it’s just 30 minutes to downtown San Francisco. The BART station at SFO is located in the International Terminal and a one-way ticket from SFO to downtown is $8.65; arriving visitors can pre-purchase an SFO BART Voucher to make it even easier.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 19, 2011

Today in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Regional Chamber of Commerce presentation, franchised restaurant operator and owner of Chick-fil-A, Mike Fullington explained to his audience how customer service can have an impact on a person’s day and even his life. With over 1200 restaurants and $1.5 photo credit: Carl Black.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

For the sociable team I organised the following Christmas parties: Cocktail reception at a glamorous bar, dinner in a Moroccan themed restaurant (great for sociable groups as you all sit round small tables and can chat to everyone), after dinner drinks and dancing at a cool night club.

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Make or Break Moments

MAY 20, 2010

During his final year of baseball with the Cincinnati Reds I attended all of the home games, purchasing a bleacher ticket and sneaking my way down to the seats behind home plate. I once dated Johnny Bench. Now “dated&# is a relative term. I’d come early to watch the warm ups and stay for the game.

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Small Business CEO

MAY 23, 2011

Turning in restaurant receipts even though someone else paid the bill is a popular scam. For example, when ordering office supplies, an employee goes online to purchase office supplies, then prints out the screen shot of the shopping cart but never actually places the shopping cart order. Meals expenses are also easy to fudge.

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 19, 2010

Even though these are affiliate links, I use or have purchased nearly all of the products and services listed below. You should always perform due diligence before buying goods or services from anyone via the Internet or offline. Want To Link To This Article? Andrea I know, I know.it looks like all I want is for you to buy stuff.

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Allwork

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Because I also think that having a favorite is a little bit of a subjective type of feeling or it’s a subjective answer because my personal favorite, if I had one, would probably be different than yours, the same as when you recommend a hotel or a restaurant.

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Service Untitled

JANUARY 3, 2011

Do people really boycott businesses and restaurants the first time we feel we are treated poorly? When I first graduated from college, and of course I was poor, I purchased what to me was a very expensive white shirt with navy blue trim from Macy’s. Is it really poor customer service or do we as consumers expect too much?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JULY 6, 2011

When you purchase a travel organizer package from Smead, you get 2 different organizers.  Here are some tips that Smead offered on how you might use this tool: In the early stages of planning you can gather materials in broad categories like: hotels, places of interest, restaurants, and airfare/transportation. What You Get.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 17, 2011

At the time and day this poor service happens we are angry, and we vow the moment we get home we will get a letter out to the CEO of the company and reiterate the miserable events of either our last purchase or service. How many times have any of us just left our would-be purchases on the ledge or on the counter because service was so slow?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

Now's a great time to set a foundation and train your executive (if they are willing and learn to trust you) so a precedent can be set. If possible, train your boss to cc you whenever something needs to be handled and clue you in on conversations so you have somewhat of an idea of what is going on. You ask a very good question!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

I know I am dating myself with this ad, but advertising does influence our decisions on what we purchase. I still get some flyers by regular mail and I do still appreciate them when it is a menu from a fast-food restaurant, money-back coupons or notices of courses in my area, but otherwise I throw them in the recycle bin.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 1, 2010

I purchased a small address book in which I can keep the website address along with my user name and/or password for each particular site. Back to the drawing board. Posted by Patricia Robb at 12:34 PM Labels: administrative professional , log ins , password , professional assistant Reactions: 7comments: Anonymoussaid.

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The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

A website teaching readers about the day-to-day training requirements for various sports. An impartial advice line for people purchasing consumer electronics. A YouTube channel reviewing local restaurants. Improvisational comedy confidence-building exercises. A clothes-sharing website for high-value items such as shoes.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Once the date and location is finalized, if it requires flight and hotel, then I put a travel sheet on top of the meeting sheet and start to go through that checklist to see what I need to do, from getting the passport ready, contacting the travel agent and arranging for a purchase order, etc.

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Allwork

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Although the counterpoint to that argument is that much like bustling restaurants or things of that nature, sometimes it’s actually not a bad thing for a customer to be turned away because it creates this sort of scarcity that makes them actually want to come back. Long term leased office space in the market. And it’s massive.

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Success

JULY 30, 2021

Ask for a discount before you purchase something. Request an item at a restaurant that’s not on the menu. Soon, he’d rewired his thoughts : Comely had trained himself to go for it—to ask for things, to try new things, to not worry about the outcome. Baby steps: Don’t start with the big stuff, you are in training.

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Allwork

JULY 17, 2023

So the marketing process, I would say, doesn’t stop when the customer purchases. The marketing process has to be sustained through their entire lifecycle to reinforce why they purchased and to bring new gifts, if you will, to them so that they sustain their loyalty. Handhelding by individuals? Yes, for right now.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 7, 2010

Whether this involves setting the time of the event, or getting gas before a long trip, or picking the restaurant to meet at, this is your chance to impress everyone. Plan Out The Details Of An Event There is no one out there that doesn’t like it when you plan for an event.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Today, almost 15 years later, I run a fulltime VA business that provides client services and support, a network for VAs with members in 15 countries, VA training and coaching, website hosting and maintenance, a blog that teaches about the industry and I also write books and speak at conferences and events.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

My blog is my proof of purchase. That salary came from advertising purchased by business to air on my station. I’m glad my blogging fame doesn’t interrupt my trip to the zoo with the kids or a candlelit dinner at a fine restaurant. Also you are training a tribe of people to take specific calls to action.

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