Success

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Luvvie Ajayi Jones is done with apologizing, and she wants more people to join her. You may know Luvvie from her best-selling book I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual , published in 2016, or from her TED Talk, Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Or maybe you read the blog that started her career as a rebel with a cause.

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Success

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In the past, building wealth meant: Get your foot in the door at a big company, invest a lot of money into stocks, and you’ll get $1 million over 20 to 30 years,” O’Neal says. O’Neal smiles as he shares his hot take on how the rules around building wealth have changed, while I pick my jaw off the floor. Attainable, even.

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Success

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Frankel herself is the bestselling author of books such as Skinnydipping and A Place of Yes: 10 Rules for Getting Everything You Want Out Of Life , as well as cookbooks including Skinnygirl Cocktails: 100 Fun & Flirty Guilt-Free Recipes. Career advice from your blog: “Ignore the noise of your own self-criticism.” Love yourself.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

You can’t get the best out of freelancers until you’ve honed your management processes. The co-founder and CEO of SparkToro , who previously co-founded Moz, gives consultants an edge over agencies and full-time employees in a recent blog post. How do you hire freelance marketers? Just ask Rand Fishkin. They can quit suddenly.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

I had the pleasure of talking with Eimer Duffy and Phillip Twyford on the Let's Get Social Show, and we talked about this common phenomenon and what you can do about it. If you have ever asked yourself: “Am I doing enough?” ” “Am I the best person for the job? Do you price your services too low?

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Tips From T. Marie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

You’ve even started writing a few blog posts on your awesome website. You’ve done all of this with your target market in mind. In the marketing world, it’s a well-known fact that to create content and campaigns that get responses you must get specific about the person that needs or wants what you have to offer.

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Success

AUGUST 19, 2022

When I was 8 years old, I took piano lessons, singing lessons and played violin in the school’s symphony, all at the same time. Except for the symphony, I didn’t care for any of those extracurricular activities, but I especially hated learning piano. My piano teacher was stern and classical, and I was young and unfocused.

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Karen Vivarelli

JANUARY 11, 2024

I hope these ideas give you some inspiration to start posting regularly so that you can showcase your expertise and VA-awesomeness to your ideal clients. Tip: It’s how you can help them, your expertise, your values, it’s less about YOU and more about THEM and what you can do to make their lives easier! Your latest blog post 3.

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Success

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Hmm, odd that you would mention that one, but it’s practical—I like it, I like it. How about: “What you think, you become.” I know, right? Don’t get me wrong, these do help you move toward a better life. Neither am I, but I shun wisdom that’s stood the test of time at my own peril. Not religious?

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Productivityist

APRIL 26, 2023

This week I am excited to feature my conversation with David Allen , the creator of the Getting Things Done methodology. David joins us to delve deeper into the GTD methodology and how it has evolved since its inception in 2001. Welcome back to another vault episode! See you later.

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The Marq

OCTOBER 10, 2019

I was speaking with a buddy about the Persistence blog post I've been working on. He gave me some great input, and asked how I come up with topics. I told him about online resources, including the HubSpot Blog Topic Generator , as well as my own approach. I suggest setting this at your optimal time of day.

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Tips From T. Marie

MARCH 26, 2020

It’s kind of crazy how just a month ago I was writing these blog posts for a relatively small group of home business owners. If I have ever doubted how quickly the world around me can change, this situation is proof that everything can change in a moment. It’s about how others perceive you.

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Productivityist

MARCH 29, 2023

In this vault episode, I chat with Gretchen Rubin , a renowned author of multiple bestsellers including The Four Tendencies , Better Than Before , and The Happiness Project. I hope you enjoy listening to our discussion as much as I did! Signing Up for “NaNoWriMo” – National Novel Writing Month? Want to support the show?

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Productivity Bits

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

A s a blogger, you might find you’re not getting the traffic you were expecting out of some great articles you’ve written. I’ve started several blogs throughout the years and I’d like to share some of the tips I use to make Google love me more. Get on Webmaster Tools. Get your meta tags in order. Expand your posts.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2017

So if the best career advice you’ve received so far is to dress for success, get ready to think bigger. I am talking subtle power; not “walk-all-over-everyone” kind of power. I often see this in my training classes. I assign various activities throughout the day and there may be one group who is always done first.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 19, 2017

In case you did not read part 1 , I am writing a 4-part series around the topics of managing your day and time. I promise to keep these short and to the point. #1: Instead of thinking about the 10 things or more you have to do today, narrow your list to your top 5 priority items that you must get done today.

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Tips From T. Marie

APRIL 3, 2019

I remember those early days. I spent lots of time on message boards, attending business events in the community and writing for my blog. As your list of clients grows, your schedule gets busier. So how exactly do you wisely navigate the ebb and flow of small business ownership? Stick to your work day hours.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 21, 2011

One of the reasons that I can get so much done in my business and in life is because I like things that are easy to implement and this is certainly one of them.    If you follow me on my various platforms ( www.SocialWithSteph.com ) you may have noticed that I do this quite a bit.  Blog Title.

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On The Job

MAY 16, 2018

One time the transmission fell out of my car (this is bad, very bad), so I was forced to rent a car to get to and from work. I decided to rent a car that I had been considering for some time, with the idea that getting to test drive it for a while would help me make a decision. I can survive."

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 29, 2017

Am I really leveraging LinkedIn to its full effect? Am I using LinkedIn strategically to grow my Personal Brand? Fear not, here are my 25 top tips to help get you noticed on LinkedIn. 25 ways to get noticed on LinkedIn. This is easily done by adding @ and their name. You have an ‘All Star’ LinkedIn profile.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 17, 2022

When contemplating your level of productivity, it’s easy to get caught up in how much you’re able to do in a given day, week, and so on. Sure, they’ll tell you how much of something you’ve finished, but they won’t necessarily tell you whether or not those were the right things to do.

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The Marq

MAY 7, 2020

The COVID-19 Pandemic’s physical distancing has meant a lot of knowledge workers (people using a computer to get work done) have relocated to home or some other isolated location. But how are you coping with the rapid shift? I know some of you were thrown into this and have had to learn quickly.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 3, 2017

Was pretty much the sound I made when I was asked to take on the task of managing meeting rooms for my office. I’m not going to lie to you, I hated this task. It sucked more than expenses and writing minutes combined. Where do I start…? You get my point! I hated it. Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 16, 2018

Over the past 20 years, I have attended several conferences ranging in topics from fiction writing to motivational to professional training and even a full weekend trying to become a more educated outdoor woman. I highly recommend reading them more than once (with a notepad!). The conference exceeded all of my expectations.

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Virtual Moxie

MARCH 8, 2016

Maquisha, a new VA, wrote to ask: "Some days I feel like I get nothing done! I start the day with a plan, and somewhere, I find something else that catches my attention and I do that, instead, procrastinating on everything else and blowing up my whole day. Those get banished, too.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 27, 2018

The way I work is to get things off my plate as soon as possible and move on to the next task. It is still hovering in the background somewhere, but I've completed the work, done whatever I had to do with it and diarized whatever needed to be diarized and moved on until I need to know it again.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 11, 2008

This August will be my one-year anniversary of starting my blog. Over 250 articles later and here I am still blogging. What I have learned as a blogger Blogging about your career is an excellent way to present yourself to a potential employer. It is hard to believe it has been a year already.

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Clutter Coach

JANUARY 20, 2016

by Most of us are way too busy to remember all that we need and want to get done. To get your list down to a manageable size, divide and rename it. If you just don’t want to write a list, draw it instead. Alexia Petrakos of the Alternating Current wrote today about how to-do lists suck.

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Clutter Coach

JANUARY 14, 2016

In this session, I’ll determine your three biggest time wasters and provide personalized strategies for you to stop losing precious time and start getting things done. How to Win: Write one paragraph about your biggest time management challenge and post it on your blog or Facebook page with a link back to this post.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 10, 2017

I make sure he has everything he needs for all the day’s meetings embedded in his daily OneNote notebook every morning, and I work out how long each incoming task is likely to take him so that I can schedule them into his “free” time outside of meetings. What is your morning routine before you get in to the office?

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Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

When it comes to building your list, it is not a one-and-done activity. Due to the nature of list building, you will get people unsubscribe, and if you don’t have strategies in place to fill those gaps your list will very quickly become stagnant and shrink. FREE Get Your First 1,000 Subscribers List Building Checklist.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

So much so that I asked Brian and Joan if I could write a blog post about my experience and share some photos from the event. Oh, and just in case you are wondering, I am the guy you get all the emails from. It was so fun and so awesome to finally get to meet all of you. You previously attended.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

I have personally experienced stress in the past too! Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation. There are several tips for getting the most out of your next performance evaluation & reducing stress. Getting the most out of your next performance evaluation includes setting achievable and meaningful goals.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 15, 2015

<Guest Post by Adam Timm > Ever feel like when you get to the end of the day, you’ve worked really hard but don’t have much to show for it? The energy of springtime (even for us in the land of eternal summer) is ripe for planting new seeds, starting new projects, and getting in the creative flow. Just writing.

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Success

MARCH 20, 2023

And they posted the whole thing for their followers in a series of “get ready with me” videos, room tours and more. In fact, Tarte itself has done a number of trips like this one in the past, with destinations including Hawaii, Bora Bora and Costa Rica. Brand trips like this are nothing new. What was the big scandal two years ago?”

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Loosely Speaking

MARCH 5, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Dissecting a WordPress Blog Crash Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 10:06 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging This is a really long, detailed post for anyone who may ever have to sort through the labyrinth of possibilities in the aftermath of a blog crash.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 31, 2014

Alina is a content creator at Sandglaz , where she writes about productivity, collaboration and work culture. Her personal motto: “If it can be dreamed, it can be done.” ” Blogging can be as stressful as it is rewarding. A great blogger offers readers great timely content and high quality writing.

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