Small Business Labs

JANUARY 15, 2013

Our overall economic outlook for 2013 is for continued moderate growth with U.S. 2013 will see rapid increases in the number of small businesses using powerful yet inexpensive cloud-based data and analytical tools.    In 2013 small businesses will need to do more than just make their websites mobile device friendly (few currently do), they will need to re-think how they operate and serve customers in a world dominated by mobile and cloud computing. 

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Eco-Office Gals

APRIL 22, 2013

Learn more about Earth Day 2013 – The Face Of Climate Change. Take advantage of going a little greener for FREE with this list of 2013 Earth Day Freebies. Post from: Eco-Office Gals Happy Earth Day 2013. Today we give homage to our Mother Earth – Though I like to think we should try everyday, one day just doesn’t cut it.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 4, 2013

Well 2012 is over and done with and we are now already two days into 2013. In honour of it now being 2013 I´ve got 13 things I think we can expect to see in the year ahead. With the assistant role now encompassing so many varied tasks we should expect to see a rise in training for assistants in 2013. If in 2012 you did not attend any events or training sessions then you should speak to your manager or HR immediately to get something booked for 2013.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 6, 2013

CRM Magazine released their annual list of market leaders in the customer relationship management (CRM) space.  They have three award categories based on the firm size of CRM system users - large enterprises, mid-market firms and small businesses.   Salesforce.com was this year's winner in the small business space, beating out last year's winner Zoho. Salesforce won the strength of their product direction and reputation for customer satisfaction.

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Eco-Office Gals

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Do you have goals set for 2013? If one of your goal is to keep your WordPress site cleaned up & secure – don’t forget this great WordPress Maintenance Sale ending Jan 2, 2013. Post from: Eco-Office Gals Welcome 2013! Related posts: Keep WordPress Secure in 2013 – SALE! Eco-Friendly Ways to Build Your Brand in 2013. Eco-Friendly Business Promotion Techniques for 2013.

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The post Free Coaching Call: October 2013 appeared first on Eat Your Career. In case you missed it, I held my “quarterly” free coaching call earlier today. You can listen to recording using the audio player below or download the MP3 if you’d like. We had well over 100 questions submitted and, while I would have LOVED to answer every single one of them, that would have taken all day. We did manage to get to quite a few though!

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 28, 2013

Interesting 2013 trends list from CFO Magazine. CFO thinks 2013 might be the year corporations increase hiring. The gist of this trend is 2013 is the year to plan for Obama Care.  Their six trends are: 1.    The pressure on CFOs to unlock corporate cash hordes will grow. Billions and billions are sitting corporate balance sheets basically earning bupkis due to low interest rates. CFO expects stock buybacks and increased dividends.    2. 

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 1, 2013

Taking care of the bottom line and getting your banking right is a top priority, but with so many demands on your time, the last thing you want to do is spend hours in your… Read the full article here: Banking for Small Businesses in 2013 on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG. If you’re like most small business owners, on any given day you have to-do list as long as your arm.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 14, 2013

The post Free Coaching Call: August 2013 appeared first on Eat Your Career. In case you missed it, I hosted my quarterly free coaching call earlier today. You can listen to the recording using the audio player below or download the MP3 if you’d like. During this session we covered so much, including (but not limited to): How to determine whether to quit your job or stick it out. How important is mental engagement in professional satisfaction.

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Eco-Office Gals

JUNE 4, 2013

Post from: Eco-Office Gals Join Me for #HandmadeChat June 6, 2013. The post Join Me for #HandmadeChat June 6, 2013 appeared first on Eco-Office Gals. Eco-Office Gals (that would be me) has been invited to be part of the Indie Business Network #HandmadeChat. HandmadeChat is a Twitter talk show to educate, train and inspire creative and artisan entrepreneurs to become profitable business owners.

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Eco-Office Gals

MAY 17, 2013

Post from: Eco-Office Gals How Your Office Can Go Green in 2013. The post How Your Office Can Go Green in 2013 appeared first on Eco-Office Gals. We’re all in it Together! ??Owing Owing to increased global warming and rapidly depleting non-renewable resources, we have all started to look into ways in which they can save the environment and the Earth.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 7, 2013

Top 5 Tips posts from the SME Blog are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Start this new year with a post-mortem of all the things you did right (or wrong) in 2012. It is important for you to understand exactly why your actions succeeded or failed…

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Step It Up VA Coaching

JANUARY 4, 2013

Questions continue to come in about my 6-Month Lead, Leverage & Leap Private and Group Programs. I created a video, below, to answer the latest questions. But be sure to also read the Q&A post here which answers some others: [link]. And, as always, reach out to me directly if I haven’t answered YOUR question. For more information and to download your application, go to [link]. P.S. My son was thrilled his 5th grade clay house artwork made it into the video!

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 3, 2013

Are you looking for some relatively quick and easy ways to make your company “all the more green” in 2013? It can save you money and your employees will be more than happy to have the time at home; a surefire way to make you an employee favorite in 2013! Post from: Eco-Office Gals 5 Ways Your Company Can Get Even Greener in 2013. Eco-Friendly Ways to Build Your Brand in 2013. A new year is here.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 23, 2013

We’ve compiled a list of some of the top apps for your business and sorted them into… Read the full article here: Top 50 Integrated / Fragmented Cloud Software Apps for Your Business in 2013 on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG. If your business is looking for a cloud solution for their business software, it is important to understand whether you require something that is truly integrated or fragmented (only connected via API or not integrated at all) instead.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 17, 2013

Are you still looking and need help finding a training option that will best suit your assistants learning objectives for 2013? Do you need ideas for Administrative Professionals Day? It''s April. You''ve likely landed here because you just realized that Administrative Professionals Day is around the corner and you need a gift. You might just be curious what kind of gifts would be appropriate for an assistant.

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Eco-Office Gals

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Post from: Eco-Office Gals Eco-Friendly Ways to Build Your Brand in 2013. Eco-Office Gals 2013 branding strategy building a brand consumers eco-friendly public imageBuilding a brand is more of an art than a science, in many ways. While some people think that branding is virtually synonymous with marketing, the truth is that marketing is just one part of a multi-faceted strategy for creating a public image and influencing the way consumers perceive your company.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Day 1 dawned with a blazing sun and bright early heat. We had a full day’s agenda ahead of us! The administrative field has changed dramatically over the past decades. We pursue excellence through diligence, training, development and by seeking out high-quality learning. What a way to GROW! This is no junket tour; we were downstairs networking by 7:45 am in Red Rock’s Pavilion Ballroom at a wellness breakfast and relationship building segment.

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Office Organization Success

JANUARY 5, 2013

Today, I’m going to share with you my top three simple steps so you can get your business on track in 2013: 1. And if you’d like me to help you pull your 2013 strategic business plan together, do join me next Wednesday. As we sit here at the start of a New Year, many of you may be wondering what the heck you’re going to do this year in your business.

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Productivityist

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

The Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide for 2013 may be a long read, but it may just spark some gift ideas you hadn''t considered. This is another gift idea that makes a return appearance in 2013, but this year there''s a new model being offered. I have saved a ton of time (and money) through the use of Dollar Shave Club since I joined, and that;s the main reason it''s returning to the gift guide in 2013.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 11, 2012

 It's called Looking Further with Ford; 13 Trends for 2013. According to their press release , it reveals "predictions about consumer habits and behaviors expected to shape 2013 and beyond." Ford (yes, that Ford) released their first ever trends report. " The report is very glossy and nicely written. The 13 trends are solid if not surprising.

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Eco-Office Gals

DECEMBER 26, 2012

The button will remain active through January 2, 2013 to start off the new year right! Post from: Eco-Office Gals Keep WordPress Secure in 2013 – SALE! 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.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 2, 2013

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact The Apps and Services I Need to Use More in 2013 Posted on 01/02/2013 // 2 Comments I’ve tested a lot of apps and services over the past few years, and there are some that I’ve given more attention to than others. I’ll be giving this app far more attention in 2013. Quotebook: I will be using this app a lot more in 2013.

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ProAssisting Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

I came across an article in a series of articles that talk about “The Dream Team” from a professional perspective and the one that caught my eye -and might be of interest to you- is the one titled “The Giver”. You can find the article HERE. You can also sign up to be alerted when more are posted. I like this article for a number of reasons but most importantly, it really gets to the heart of what it means to a top-level Executive Assistant.

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Office Organization Success

DECEMBER 7, 2012

So, instead of going through 2013 the same way you went through 2012 (without the puzzle picture in front of you), why not let me help you create that picture so you can breeze through 2013 knowing how all the pieces fit together? Introducing the… Business Success Strategies 1-Day LIVE Virtual Workshop: Create Your 2013 P.R.O.F.I.T. During this 1-day, LIVE, virtual intensive workshop we will work together to create your 2013 P.R.O.F.I.T.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

 As with past years, we'll be covering the 2013 forecasts and predictions that we find interesting and relevant. The restaurant consultants Baum + Whiteman released The 17 Hottest Food and Dining Trends for 2013.  The report also comes with a list of 15 key food related buzzwords for 2013. Yes, it's that time of year again - prediction season.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact 2013: My Year in Preview Posted on 12/31/2012 // Leave a Comment As this piece goes live, some of you around the world will have already finished ringing in the new year while others will be still waiting for it to arrive. Regardless, I wish each and every one of you a happy and prosperous 2013. Nonetheless, here’s my 2013 year in preview… I will write another book. May 2013 be a banner year for you as well.

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Denise Aday

JANUARY 3, 2013

Life List updated for 2013 :-). life list personal

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Productivityist

AUGUST 5, 2013

I pledged to read more in 2013 and I''m on track to match 2012 right now. Even though I''ve been keeping myself busy with work, that doesn''t mean I haven''t had time to read. Here are some of the books that caught my attenttion over the last month as I read them. The Suitcase Entrepreneur. I''ve had the opportunity to chat with Natalie online before and was really looking forward to receiving this book in its "author''s cut" format.

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Eco-Office Gals

DECEMBER 23, 2012

So if you’re looking for a few good ways to greenify when it comes to touting your business and your brand, here are some strategies that are sure to deliver in 2013. Post from: Eco-Office Gals Eco-Friendly Business Promotion Techniques for 2013. Eco-Friendly Ways to Build Your Brand in 2013.

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Productivityist

AUGUST 4, 2013

Anthony Marco has quite the event on his hands.should he continue to foster it going forward. Last month I returned to where I grew up -- Hamilton, Ontario -- to be part of VoxPopCon , an event that could be best described as a storytelling conference. Sure, there were elements of technology and new media thrown into the mix, but at its core every talk was more about the story behind all of that other stuff.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Hard to believe, but the 2013 prediction season has started. Gartner released their Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2013 last week.   As I mentioned, several of the trends related to mobile and I really like this quote: "Gartner predicts that by 2013 mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web access device worldwide and that by 2015 over 80 percent of the handsets sold in mature markets will be smartphones."

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Productivityist

JULY 26, 2013

Three weeks later, I''m ready to share my 2013 World Domination Summit experience. To be clear, I can''t possibly share that much of it -- this is an event that everyone needs to experience to fully appreciate it. But I''ll do my best, as I''ve done for the past two years before this one. I''ve attended every single WDS to date, and each can be described as truly amazing.but in very different ways. In 2011 , I didn''t know what to expect, which made it all the more special.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2015

Census released the 2013 nonemployer business data. In 2013 there were 23.0   Over the decade from 2003 to 2013 the number of nonemployer businesses increased by 4.4 trillion in revenue in 2013, with the average nonemployer pulling in about $48,000. The U.S. million businesses without paid employees in the U.S. This  This is an increase of 270,000, or 1.2% over 2012.

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Small Business CEO

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Nominations are currently being taken until March 3, 2013 with voting starting shortly after that. We’re pleased to announce that the annual Small Business Book Awards have begun. Each year our sister site, Small Business Trends, sets out to recognize and honor the best business books and their authors. If you know any great business books that were published in 2012, nominate them now ! Entrepreneurs awards business books

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

The 2013 MBO Partners State of Independence Report was released today.  This is the 3rd year we've worked with MBO Partners on this study and it's the most in-depth analysis of the independent workforce (freelancers, the self-employed, etc.) we're aware of. This year we expanded the research, conducting two surveys with over 2000 respondents each. We also conducted dozens of interviews and held multiple focus groups and workshops on independent work.

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Productivityist

AUGUST 4, 2013

The post A Look Back at VoxPopCon 2013 appeared first on Productivityist. Anthony Marco has quite the event on his hands…should he continue to foster it going forward. Last month I returned to where I grew up — Hamilton, Ontario — to be part of VoxPopCon , an event that could be best described as a storytelling conference.

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The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

JANUARY 1, 2013

Welcome to 2013 everyone! That’s why today, I’m not going to post a 2013 guide. You’ll walk away with a complete plan and the rock solid certainty you need to make huge things happen in 2013. 2013, for me, is about taking Commit Action to the next level. I believe that a Commit Action membership is hands down the best way to make your 2013 twice as successful as 2012.

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Denise Aday

DECEMBER 30, 2013

10 Hopeful Things That Happened in 2013 to Get You Inspired for What’s to Come : Beyond the headlines of conflict and catastrophe, this year’s top stories offered us some powerful proof that the world can still change—for the better. Good and important news to share. The common denominator? PEOPLE. The People linking minds, hearts and hands. inspiration people power environment climate economic justice

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