May, 2014

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Drilling Concrete

Loosely Speaking

I can do a fair amount of home repairs, as long as there’s no plumbing, electricity, or leveling required. I like to think that my projects are well conceived, but sometimes brutishly executed. I’m ok with that.

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Think Your Little Website Is Immune to Hackers? Think Again.

Tips From T. Marie

'As someone who provides ongoing WordPress Website Care and Maintenance , a few things have come to my attention in recent months. The first is that there are three distinct types of WordPress website owners when it comes to security. And the second is that people mistakenly think hackers are only targeting big brands, banks and government sites. So let’s talk a little bit about both.

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Knowing your value

Practically Perfect PA

'What do you enjoy? In some cases, the things you’re good at will correspond with the things you like doing – we all tend to put more energy into the tasks that we enjoy. So, it’s worth initially considering what you enjoy at work, as this may help to piece together your unique skill-set. Think about the following: What roles have you enjoyed? What factors have influenced these roles?

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Book Review: Baby Bust

Small Business Labs

'Baby Bust: New Choices for Men and Women in Work and Family is a short (88 pages), easy read. But it fully covers a very important topic - declining birth rates  - and the growing numbers of young adults choosing not to have children.   The book is based on several studies of students from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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1ShoppingCart’s New Features

Office Organization Success

'I am so glad I didn’t jump on the Infusionsoft bandwagon and instead stuck with my trusted 1ShoppingCart account! I’ve always maintained that 1ShoppingCart is a great all-in-one ecommerce system; you can do so much more with the system than most people realize. And these past couple of weeks I’ve been thrilled with some of the new features they’ve been rolling out: 1.

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The Best Thing to Do For Your Career While on Vacation

On The Job

'Probably the last thing you want to do on your summer vacation is think about work. And yet it intrudes into your thoughts, whether you want it to or not. You wonder how many email messages are piling up; how the boss will receive the report you left; and whether you''re still in the running for that promotion. OK, you’re going to think about work whether you want to or not.

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Think Your Little Website Is Immune to Hackers? Think Again.

Tips From T. Marie

'Categories: Business Tips. Business Websites and Blogs As someone who provides ongoing WordPress Website Care and Maintenance, a few things have come to my attention in recent months. The first is that there are three distinct types of WordPress website owners when it comes to security. And the second is that people mistakenly think hackers are only targeting big brands, […] ( Read more. ).

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Speak for Yourself

Step It Up VA Coaching

'by Donna Toothaker. There are many ways to market your business – email marketing, social media, press releases, attending networking events. But to really “kick it up a notch,” you have to put yourself out there, in person, in front of people. The very thought of standing behind a podium may be terrifying for some, or just uncomfortable enough for others to have avoided it up until now.

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Growing Opportunities for Independent Cloud Labor

Small Business Labs

'It seems like almost every day there's news about a startup that uses independent workers accessed via the cloud as a key part of their business model.   Examples from just the past week include: Door Dash , which is an on demand food deliver startup, raised $17.7 million.  Instacart , which provides food shopping services, had a rave review article on them in the New York Times.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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Lots Going On = High Productivity

Office Organization Success

'First of all, welcome to the 300+ new subscribers that have come from the 6th Annual Done-For-You Giveaway Event. I’m thrilled that you’re a part of the Business Success community, and I do hope you enjoy your time here. I’m pleased to report that it’s been an extremely productive week here this week. From getting lots of client work completed: Setting up an Expert Teleseries Planning spreadsheet for a client who wants to start this in September; Setting up ezines for tw

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5 Things to Do to Protect Your Business from Data Security Breaches

The Small Business Blog

'Critical steps that must be taken to ensure the security and protection of your company’s data. The critical dangers and potential for damage to a business’s reputation from a data security breach are severe, and the risks of such a breach can come from any part of a business, including unlikely sources. Verizon’s 2014 report… Read the full article here: 5 Things to Do to Protect Your Business from Data Security Breaches on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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The Westbury, London

Practically Perfect PA

'The Westbury is in the heart of London’s Mayfair area dangerously close to all of the amazing shops that London has to offer. The day prior to my stay at The Westbury I had arrived into London from New York and as you can imagine I was still feeling the full affects of a red eye flight. As I walked into my suite I felt the stress and tiredness slip away.

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Communication Skills That Have Impact…Choose The Right Medium

Office Dynamics

'In the 21 st century, we have so many ways to communicate. Is each communication medium interchangeable? Should you use whichever one is fastest or most convenient for you? Does it make any difference whether you IM or phone someone? And when should you use letter correspondence? When a handwritten is note most appropriate? Does the reason or purpose or event make any difference?

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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Declutter the Digital

Clutter Coach

'by Originally posted 2008-01-17 12:27:59. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Rule of thumb: it’s easier to organize things when there are fewer of them. How often do you look through a folder or collection of digital photographs and find only a handful that you want to show to anyone? The rest are too dark, out of focus, more versions of the same thing, make you look fat, or you have no idea why you even took them.

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MEMORIAL DAY SALE! WordPress Updates

Eco-Office Gals

'All of our wordpress sites are under constant attack from hackers looking for loopholes into our websites. Hackerbots don’t care about traffic or ranking, they are programed for one thing only – to find weak spots in our platforms. Some of you have experienced the misery of compromised sites, it’s not fun or cheap and if you haven’t I promise you don’t want to.

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WOW! Free Business and Marketing Services Giveaway

Office Organization Success

'The most highly anticipated GIVEAWAY event of the year is underway – and it’s bigger than ever before. I’m talking about the “Done4You Giveaway of the Century” Get your free stuff now ! This event, now in its 6 th year, brings together industry leaders and service providers to collectively give away this year more than $2 million in actual DONE-FOR-YOU business products and services.

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Overcoming The Need To Do

The Small Business Blog

'You know the feeling; you’ve got so much you need to get done that you don’t know where to start. So you create a to-do list. When you get to write the last item you’re already feeling better. Just the act of writing things down has given you a sense that you have done something… Read the full article here: Overcoming The Need To Do on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Don't let a verbal attack go unanswered

On The Job

'Not responding to a verbal attack at work can have serious consequences for your career, but there are ways to develop your ability to fire back with professionalism. One of the most frustrating things to happen at work is to get into a verbal tussle with someone and suddenly be unable to respond with anything beyond “Oh, yeah?” Once you’ve sunk to defending yourself on the level of an 8-year-old, you know that you’ve lost status with anyone who witnesses your humiliation, from your manager to

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Don’t Go it Alone! Grow Your Business With a Mastermind Group

Step It Up VA Coaching

'by Donna Toothaker. As Virtual Assistants and business owners, it is so easy to get lost in the day-to-day details of running the business that we do not invest enough time in growing it. Even if we set aside several hours a week, where do we begin? What areas of our business need improvement? Where can we be more efficient? In what ways are we succeeding?

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Interview With a VA: Amy Kazor

Virtual Moxie

'This month, I was fortunate enough to catch up with Amy Kazor, the 2013 AssistU VA of the Year award recipient. Enjoy the interview, and getting to know this bright, talented VA! . Meet Amy Kazor.

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Executive and Administrative Assistant Skills That Are Important to Executives

Office Dynamics

'While administrative and executive assistants have a very good feel for the skills they need to do their job effectively, I like to hear from executives and get their perspective, which is important. I often survey managers and high-level executives on the skills, attitudes and behaviors that are most important for an assistant to possess. Here are some non-edited, direct quotes from them demonstrating the skills that are important to executives.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Organising the office summer party

Practically Perfect PA

'So you’ve been asked to organise the office summer party? As with any event, it is lovely seeing all of your hard work come to fruition and all of your guests having a great time. But, as with any event, it is hard work! Here are my top 15 tips for organising your office summer party. Try to find a date that fits around the summer holiday. Summer parties should ideally be in June or early July so that you avoid the school holidays and vacation time.

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Criticism – Quote of the Week

The Small Business Blog

'“I can’t tell you the number of times that I meet with Internet entrepreneurs or executives, and how little theory they have, and how little cognitive behaviour they seem to exhibit about what it is they are doing.” – Jay S. Walker, US entrepreneur. Even if you don’t have a formal business education, that’s not… Read the full article here: Criticism – Quote of the Week on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Radio Shack Wants to be Maker Shack

Small Business Labs

'Like many baby boomers, I like Radio Shack and have many fond memories of shopping there with my Dad when I was a kid. Unfortunately for Radio Shack, I've rarely shopped there as an adult. That may change. According to the Wired article How Radio Shack Got Its Groove Back : The company is embracing the maker spirit, turning space back over to such gear as 3-D printers and robot sets.

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The Secret Successful Business People Never Think to Tell You

Tips From T. Marie

'Categories: Business Tips I watched an interesting video at Inc.com this morning. The video is an interview with Tim Jahn of Matchist and it’s all about ‘pivoting’ when something in your business isn’t working. As I watched the short video it suddenly dawned on me. Pivoting, or changing direction in my business, is something I’ve consistently […] ( Read more. ).

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha